'X Factor' star Cheryl Cole has admitted she is petrified about being photographed as she might end up displaying her rude bits.

The 27-year-old star-speaking for the first time since divorcing Ashley-said she's often overwhelmed by the interest in her.

"I don't want to be one of those people who complain about their privacy. That's the price you pay. I understand that," the Mirror quoted her as telling Vogue.But I'm only 5ft 3in and some of these men with their cameras are very big," she said.

Explaining that she was "constantly paranoid" around snappers, she added: "I might have one of me private parts on show by accident!"

Cheryl also said she has been sleeping for just a couple of hours a night following her love split.

"Night time - that's when my brain starts ticking over. I'm frightened of my mind at night. I find myself racing, racing, racing, talking nonsense to myself," she said. (ANI)