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It is clear that there is no love between them as he was the reason why Cole got axed from The X Factor USA in 2011 after just four rounds of auditions.
But recently, there were rumours that Cheryl Cole might be returning to the ITV talent show after she was spotted arriving at Simon Cowell's Los Angeles mansion on Wednesday night.
According to reports, Cole spend around three hours at the music mogul's Beverly Hills home, with the pair believed to be holding secret talks about the possibility of the Girls Aloud star returning to the panel of the British show.
Reports claimed that Simon wants Cheryl to return because he wants to save the show after seeing ratings plummet this series, with an average of 8.2 million viewers tuning in to Saturday night's episode.
And after admitting the UK show has 'lost its way' with the fans, the 53-year-old TV boss apparently wanted to offer the Geordie beauty whatever she wants in terms of money.
According to The Sun newspaper, the money is double than what she got last time.
From the looks on Cheryl face, meant business when she arrived in Los Angeles for a 'catch up' with her old pal, looking effortlessly chic in a leather skirt, fierce spike-detail shoe boots and a white and orange checked sweater.
A friend of Cowell told MailOnline: 'They have met a few times in the last 18 months and have remained in contact. They were just shooting the breeze and catching up.'
Simon was apparently planning to get rid of Tulisa Contostavlos because of her wild behaviour - including a sex tape, and public spats with her current beau Danny Simpson's ex-girlfriends - caused the show unwelcome attention.
Though, Simon plans on returning to the British series himself, his obligations on the US show would make it 'incredibly difficult'.
A source added to The Sun: 'He doesn’t want to see X Factor going down the way it is, and he thinks Cheryl is the next best thing to him.
'Simon wants to get rid of Tulisa so this meeting will be part and parcel of that.'
And Tulisa admitted that Cheryl’s return would be perfect since the talent show has taken some time off on her solo music career.
In an interview with ITV1's Daybreak on Friday morning, she said: 'I don’t know anything about it, but I think that would be amazing. Obviously I love Cheryl to bits, but I don’t know anything about that.
'It does put more pressure on you, definitely. But it's just a case of if you let the pressure get to you.'
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