Perrie Edwards turns to Cheryl for advice

12 July 2024

Perrie Edwards often turns to Cheryl Tweedy for advice.

Perrie Edwards turns to Cheryl for advice [Kaj Jefferies /Cosmopolitan UK]

The 31-year-old singer knows she can always rely on Cheryl - who shot to fame as a member of Girls Aloud before embarking on a solo career - for advice about work and motherhood.

She told Cosmopolitan UK magazine: "I always go to Cheryl. I love her. My manager, who used to manage her, had a birthday party recently, and I was just letting rip (about things that had happened to me.) And Cheryl was like, 'Yep, tell me more.' She’s just the best."

Perrie also gets advice from Cheryl's friend and bandmate Kimberley Walsh.

She said: "And Kimberley lives near me, and I was like, 'What nursery does your little boy go to? Have you started potty training him yet?' I go to her a lot for advice."

While Perrie turns to Cheryl and Kimberley for support, she insisted that the Little Mix group chat - with her former bandmates Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall - is still her go to when she needs anything.

She said: "We still message each other in our group chat, and that’s important to me. They were like sisters for 10 years, and I looked up to them a lot. Jade and I are on the same record label, and the release dates for my second single and her first single were meant to be on the same day. So I went straight to her to ask, 'Babe, what’s the craic? This is your moment.' If I’m doing promo, it doesn’t seem right, so I’d rather go quiet – I didn’t want it to look like I was maliciously releasing a song on her debut. It’s important to me that we don’t have that kind of overlap."

And Perrie admitted launching a solo career after 10 years in a band has been terrifying.

She said: "I love singing and I love making music. I’m so proud of my album, but subconsciously, it was really scary for me. I’ve had to learn to be my own support system, to find the strength and confidence from within. I’m not a naturally confident person, even though I might seem like it."

The August/September issue of Cosmopolitan UK is on sale from Tuesday 16th July. To read the full interview, go to https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a61471480/perrie-edwards-cosmopolitan-cover/