Cheryl Cole is avoiding anything to do with her imminent divorce from cheating Ashley, according to reports.

Insiders had expected the divorce to be finalised this summer but due to the X Factor judge contracting malaria and her subsequent hospitalisation, things have been delayed quite considerably.

The Girls Aloud star is now recovering at home in her Surrey mansion but is said to be refusing to even look at her legal papers, despite having started working again.

A source told Now magazine: “This means the divorce is being stalled and could take even longer to go through.”

“Why she’s refusing to deal with it, yet is still liaising with her management about her schedule and texting people like Simon Cowell about X Factor, has become a bone of contention with her family.”

They added: “Her mum Joan is absolutely beside herself. She knows Cheryl finds the divorce stressful. After all, she’s run down because she overworked herself in the first place 
in an attempt to block it out.”

“But Joan says the avoidance tactics need to stop. She thinks her daughter should get this process through as quickly as possible, so she can start healing. Ashley’s presence is a burden to the entire family.”