Cheryl 'plotting major comeback as she plans a new tell-all documentary about her career and love life'

Cheryl is plotting a major career move, with insiders revealing the Girls Aloud singer is in talks for a documentary about her life.

The star, 43, has largely kept out of the spotlight since the tragic death of her nine-year-old son Bear's father Liam Payne two years ago. 

She also hit pause on her music career after welcoming Bear in 2017, choosing to focus on motherhood and TV work and only returned to the stage in 2024 for the Girls Aloud reunion tour, in memory of her late bandmate Sarah Harding.

But sources close to Cheryl have now revealed she is considering signing up for a major documentary focusing on her career successes, beginning with Popstars: The Rivals.

The film will also give rare insight into the love life of Cheryl, who has had high-profile marriages to footballer Ashley Cole and Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini alongside her relationship with Liam Payne.

A source has told The Sun: 'Cheryl is incredibly picky about what she chooses to do these days and spends a lot of time on motherhood, but she feels like she has a story to tell.'

The insider added that no specific streamer has been attached to the project yet but it is likely to prompt a bidding war between the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime and Apple. 

Cheryl 'would also have creative control over the project', says the source, following her regrets over her 2012 documentary Access All Areas, which followed her first solo arena tour.

Speaking about the film, Cheryl explained how a friend filmed her 'so that I would not feel like I had a camera crew in my way and at times forgot myself'.

'I have since regretted this decision. The number of times I cringed watching it.'

Whilst Cheryl hasn't released any new music in years, her accounts have been hacked twice in 2026, with 'new music' uploaded to the star's social media accounts. 

The Fight For This Love singer last released a track in 2019 but in June fans noticed that the star's YouTube account had three new additions in the 'Releases' tab. 

The new albums were titled Taking Care, Inner Peace and I Miss Who I Was and featured alongside Cheryl's legitimate hit records. 

In January, Cheryl's Spotify was also hacked after a 'new' song claiming to be performed by her appeared on the official artist page. 

Fans were left confused as the 'new' single, which runs for five minutes and 48 seconds, does not include her vocals.

Called 'Yesus Kau Baik Bagiku', which translates to 'Jesus You Are Good To Me', it instead features a woman singing in Indonesian.

The calming, religious track is also a far cry from Cheryl's typical fast-paced and upbeat pop songs fans are used to hearing.

It's understood the streaming platform quickly deleted the song from Cheryl's page and the actual singer on the track in question has the same name as the hitmaker, and is called Cheryl Tuasuun.