As the Girls Aloud tour comes to a close on Cheryl Tweedy’s 41st birthday, a source tells new she is now focusing on her dream of expanding her family
Eve Macdonald
There’s no doubt about it, Cheryl Tweedy is back at the top of her game. With a sell-out reunion tour for Girls Aloud, where fans are going wild for her, there’s no stopping the singer. But as her 41st birthday approaches on 30 June, sources are saying that she feels like something is missing – another baby.
With four BRIT Award nominations and seven million album sales in the UK under her belt, Cheryl has been making waves in the showbiz world ever since she shot to fame on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 and later as a judge on The X Factor. But the one thing that’s made her life feel truly complete is being a mum.
In fact, the 40-year-old – who shares son Bear, seven, with former One Direction star Liam Payne, 30 – once famously said, “I know that is what I was put on earth to do – to be a mother.”
Now, according to our source, it’s a mix of nostalgia and broodiness that has led the Fight For This Love singer – who is currently touring with bandmates Kimberley Walsh, Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts – to believe it’s now or never to have a sibling for her only son.
“Cheryl still hasn’t given up hope of having another baby but with her 41st birthday coming up later this month, she knows she needs to act fast. Bear is seven now and growing up so quickly and she misses the baby and toddler phase.
“She was always desperate to have more than one and it hasn’t worked out that way so far but she’s not ruling it out. She’s seen how well Bear gets on with his cousins and Kimberley’s boys and she knows he’d be the best big brother,” the source said.
Cheryl and Liam first met when Liam auditioned for The X Factor in 2008 and then welcomed their son Bear in March 2017, just over a year after they began dating. They split in July 2018 but have remained on friendly terms to co-parent Bear. They’ve also gone to huge lengths to protect his privacy and haven’t shown his face online.
But as for having another baby together, Cheryl has made it clear that’s off the cards.
In 2020, following her split from Liam, she spoke about her hopes of giving Bear a sibling, saying,“If time was on my side and I was in my twenties, yeah, I would wait and consider more options, or wait for somebody I felt was right.”
However, Cheryl later admitted to the Mail Online in January 2023 that she also wo
