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Cheryl Cole insists that although she does not always wear her wedding ring, it is not a sign to her estranged husband Ashley Cole that she has decided to get a divorce.

The 26 year old X Factor judge stated that it is not a game she is playing and that when she was seen in Paris without her ring she was not drawing attention to her ringless finger, but simply pulling hair back out of her face.

On Twitter she explained that there have been many instances in which she has been photographed without her ring including instances when she was still with Ashley and thus believes it is crazy that people are so willing to interpret the gesture.

Later the same day Cole was seen in Paris wearing a gold knotted ring on her finger but it is not thought to have come from Ashley Cole.

Ashley Cole is the Chelsea and England footballer who made headlines this year off the field for cheating on Cheryl Cole with a long string of women which has led to their separation temporarily while the couple decides what to do.

Cheryl stated that Ashley and she are aware of what is going on in their private lives and a silly picture of her moving the hair from her face means very little.

In the ongoing Cheryl vs. Ashley Cole wars, it’s still hard to tell where the battle lines are really drawn.  The last time they were photographed together was on February 12^th at the hospital where Ashley was treated for a broken ankle.  Cheryl picked him up, but since then she has hardened her heart, in spite of attempts on his part to see her and “sort things out”.

According to sources close to the Chelsea star, Ashley has been pretty confident that the two will get back together, perhaps after a period of separation during which Cheryl will change her mind or at least soften up towards him.  Whether his hopes are unfounded remains to be seen.  She refused to see or speak to him when he arrived at their mansion to pack some of his belongings, and her mother showed him to the door.

Ashley left that non-encounter in the boot of a Range Rover, the possessions he had retrieved piled on the back seat.  Not a comfortable exit, especially for someone with an injured ankle.  He has been recuperating in a French sports clinic since the injury, and there is still doubt about whether he will make it to the World’s Cup this summer.

Meanwhile Cheryl’s state of mind has been described as extremely stressed.  Friends and associates say that she’s furious and tired of being a pushover, but the strain is telling on her.  She’s having trouble sleeping and has abrogated a lot of her promotional duties, behaviour that is very unlike her usual energetic involvement.