Cheryl Tweedy reveals that Bear, her and Liam Payne's son, found out his parents are famous

Bear, the son of Cheryl Tweedy and Liam Payne, thinks it's “pretty cool” that his parents are famous.

The 40-year-old Girls Aloud star and the 30-year-old former One Direction star are co-parents of their son, who turns seven in March. The Love Machine singer was stunned to find out that Bear knew his mum and dad were celebrities because she wants him to live as “normal” a life as possible.

She told British Vogue: “The problem is that I want Bear to have a normal childhood. I don't want people to recognise him on the street. But he has realised I'm famous. The other day he said, 'How lucky am I to have famous parents?' I said, 'It doesn't matter.' He said, 'Yeah. But it's pretty cool.'”

She gushed: “Bear is delicious and no longer a baby. We blinked and are now almost seven.”

Cheryl and the other surviving members of Girls Aloud – Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh – have just announced a greatest hits reunion tour for next year, to mark the 21st anniversary of her and the late Sarah Harding winning Popstars: The Rivals.

The “Fight For This Love” singer revealed that they had been discussing the plans for some time, but put the idea on hold when Sarah, who died in September 2021 at the age of 39, was diagnosed with breast cancer.

In a statement, she said: “We all started talking a few years ago about the possibility of doing something to celebrate Girls Aloud's 20th anniversary. The anniversary seemed like an obvious thing to celebrate.”

“But when Sarah got sick, all the priorities changed. She died a year before the anniversary and it just didn't feel right, it felt too soon.”

The group will use the tour to “celebrate” their deceased friend.

Cheryl added: “But I think there's an energy now that makes it feel right. It's the right time to celebrate Sarah, it's the right time to celebrate the band and the right time to celebrate the fact that we can still do this 21 years later. It's a huge honour in many ways.”