Cheryl Cole was 'shocked' to have been axed as a judge on the US version of 'The X Factor'

The British beauty ' who is reported to have been replaced by Nicole Scherzinger on the judging panel of the show alongside L.A. Reid, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell ' did not expect to be sacked and is upset Simon, with who she worked on the UK version of the show, did not tell her of the move in person.A friend of Cheryl's said: "She is completed shocked and stunned. She never saw this coming."