The X-Factor judge is said to have told rumoured boyfriend Derek Hough that although she definitely wants children, she does not want to walk down the isle again following her divorce from footballer Ashley Cole last year.
An insider told the Daily Star Sunday: 'They've been talking a lot recently about what the future holds for them. Cheryl has told Derek she loves him and wants to settle down and start a family. But she's made it quite clear that it won't involve a wedding. Cheryl has told Derek point-blank that she won't marry him. She's been permanently scarred by her marriage break-up with Ashley and can't face going through another divorce. Derek has really been hit hard by Cheryl's change of heart. He is desperate to get married and settle down. She wants to have babies - and lots of them - and has told him that he’s the man she wants to be with. But he had his hopes set on a really big wedding. Derek's very traditional and grew up in a Mormon household, where having children out of wedlock is absolutely not acceptable.'