Cheryl broke down in tears when she learned of Sarah Harding’s devastating cancer diagnosis, the former Girls Aloud star has revealed.
Performing together for over a decade, Cheryl, 37, and Sarah, 39, were catapulted into the public eye as two-fifths of the iconic Brit-pop girlband in the noughties.
Still close today, Sarah FaceTimed Cheryl during the lockdown to give her an update on her health, after she was tragically diagnosed with breast cancer.
When she shared some “terrible news” about her cancer battle, Cheryl was unable to hold back the tears and broke down on the call.
In a piece Cheryl penned in Sarah’s new autobiography, Hear Me Out, the singer recalls her friend comforting her in the moments that followed.
Cheryl and Sarah rose to fame as members of Girls Aloud in the early noughties (Image: Getty Images)
Cheryl wrote: “Mostly, I try to keep my own emotions in check, but on one FaceTime call with her the other day, I couldn’t hold it in. She relayed some terrible news, and I lost it and started crying.”
Proving her strength and resilience, Sarah comforted her friend, as Cheryl remembered: “The mad thing is, it ended up with Sarah comforting me.”
“That’s probably the thing I love most about Sarah; she doesn’t have a bad bone in her body,” Cheryl added.
The girl band saw four of their singles earn a number one spot in the UK charts (Image: Getty Images)
Sarah announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer last August, adding: “A couple of weeks ago I received the devastating news that the cancer has advanced to other parts of my body.”
At the time, Cheryl responded to the news with a broken-heart emoji, with the former bandmates communicating privately via video call.
Having undergone a mastectomy and intensive chemotherapy, Sarah has heartbreakingly revealed she has months left to live, as cancer has spread to the base of her spine.
Sarah has undergone a mastectomy and intensive chemotherapy (Image: PA)
Cheryl and Sarah were brought together when they auditioned on Popstars: The Rivals, forming what would become one of the UK’s most renowned girl bands of all time with Nicola Roberts, Kimberly Walsh and Nadine Coyle.
Since their 2002 inception, Girls Aloud earned 20 consecutive top ten singles in the UK and recorded a platinum studio album.
Their song The Promise, which soared to the top of the charts in 2008, earned the group a Brit Award.
Since Sarah broke the news of her devastating diagnosis, her Girls Aloud bandmates have rallied around her in a show of support.
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Nicola said: “Calling her brave isn’t enough. This is so much more than bravery.”
While Kimberly told Entertainment Daily: “All you can do is literally be there, constantly remind them that you’re there to help with whatever is humanely possible.
“And she knows, she fully knows that, and that’s all that I care about that she knows that she can ask us for anything.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
