The former X Factor judge was seen in Los Angeles airport over the weekend in the trousers that were covered in the show's famous X logo, sparking speculation that she was either mocking the programme or hinting that she had no hard feelings about her exit from the show.
But the Girls Aloud star, 28, took to Twitter yesterday to write: 'Promise I am not trying to send out subliminal messages to anybody through my jeans.
'They just looked cool to me... But since you mention it...'
The Geordie beauty then wrote an impression of the show's theme tune: 'Du do do - do doodle oo do. Du do do - do doodle oo do. Du do do - do doodle oo do. DO DO DO - DO DO.. LMHO (laughing my head off)!!!!'