Terri Hatcher tells News of the World she’s lobbying producers of ‘Desperate Housewives’ to offer Cheryl Cole a multi-episode role on the hit ABC show if she can bounce back from malaria soon enough. “Cheryl is a great role model and exactly the sort of woman we would love to have a role on ‘Desperate Housewives’,” Hatcher told Dan Wootton. “Season seven is going to be a really great series and if she is fit enough I think it would be great to have her in a guest role for two or three episodes. With her looks she could cause some real trouble in Wisteria Lane.”

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Cheryl Cole confessed to a friend that her close friend Derek Hough may have saved her life by insisting the Girls Aloud star make a second visit to doctors after they initially misdiagnosed her as suffering from the flu and exhaustion. “I thought I had a bad case of flu and everyone else agreed,” Cheryl reportedly told the blabbermouth pal. “I was even told to stay at home and get some rest. The doctors were so certain it was not serious, and I believed them. Derek saved my life. If he hadn’t spoken out to the doctors and told them he thought something was seriously wrong I would probably have died.” Read more.

Cheryl Cole is forbidding estranged husband Ashley from visiting her as the Girls Aloud singer continues to recover from malaria. “The simple fact is Cheryl doesn’t want to see Ashley. Given everything she’s been through it just wouldn’t be a good idea,” a source told News of the World. “Obviously it’s hard for her and there’s a part of her would like to see him. They were married for years after all and she was madly in love.”

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As Nicole Scherzinger stands in for Cheryl Cole on ‘The X Factor’ Boot Camp, a source tells the Daily Star that the Girls Aloud star may not return to the UK version of the show. Instead, Cheryl would continue to recover from malaria and then transition to being a judge on the U.S. version of ‘X Factor’ when it begins the fall of 2011 on FOX. “Cheryl is still frail and has no idea when she will be strong enough to come back to work,” the insider explained. “She also needs to find time to promote her music worldwide, so something had to give – and that looks likely to be her spot on the UK show. Cheryl may be a huge star in Britain but no one really knows who she is in America. She’s determined to make it big on the other side of the Atlantic and she knows she needs a lot of help. A judging seat on the American ‘X Factor’ is just too good an opportunity to miss out on. Simon Cowell has all but promised her the gig and she’d be mad to pass up the opportunity.” Read more.

Cheryl Cole’s weight has dropped to 98 lbs as the Girls Aloud star continues to recover from malaria, a source tells News of the World. “Cheryl is far too thin. She was 7 1/2st to 8st before, but she doesn’t have any meat on her now,” the insider told the British tabloid. “Her hip bones literally stick out. She won’t be dancing for some time. Her routines were exhausting.”

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Cheryl Cole has banned her Girls Aloud bandmates Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts from seeing her while she’s in a frail state battling malaria. Those allowed to see Cheryl have been Derek Hough and her mother Joan. “Cheryl doesn’t want people to see her as she is,” a source told The Sun. The singer has had a bit to be happy about after getting moved to a private hospital room instead of the tropical diseases ward of a London hospital she resided in prior. “She was delighted to get some privacy,” the insider added.