The love-cheat England and Chelsea star - on holiday in
California - refused to answer questions from worried fans
concerned about his ailing wife. Instead he carried on drinking and
dancing, telling Los Angeles clubbers: "I'm having a great
time!"
Callous Cole, 29, bragged to an American reveller how he
was loving his booze-fuelled break with pals.
The footballer has spent much of this week enjoying the company
of 20-year-old Sheffield party girls Melissa Naik and Ellie Hartley
after England's World Cup debacle.
But yesterday he showed his bully boy side as he SHOUTED at
another customer at the trendy Les Deux nightclub in
Hollywood.
Flanked by an 18-stone bouncer, pint-sized Cole snarled: "Leave
me and my girls alone or I'll put you in a brace!"
And the worm's mates ordered bouncers to THROW OUT any clubbers
he suspected were members of the media.
The nasty scenes came just 24 hours after grinning Cole upset
yet more fans by refusing to talk about Cheryl's
condition.
He'd emerged from his £450-a-night hotel at around 3pm, sunk
frozen strawberry daiquiri cocktails at £10 a go and enjoyed a
Japanese sushi dinner.
As he strolled back with a grin on his face and lollipop in his
mouth his mood suddenly changed when he was asked by a photographer
how Cheryl was doing. And his hot-headed England pal Shaun
Wright-Phillips angrily confronted the snapper for daring to
ask.
The mad-eyed Manchester City midfielder screamed: "Just shut the
f*** up! Leave the f***er alone! What is wrong with you?"
Cole's party-packed break started last Sunday when he was
pictured cavorting with Wright Phillips' student pals Melissa and
Ellie at a beach party.
Later another brunette flashed her boobs at him during a night
out at Guys and Dolls club in West Hollywood.
And on Tuesday he was snapped gawping at Ellie and Melissa in
their skimpy bikinis.
Later we spotted him dancing in Les Deux surrounded by NINE
women. One who danced close told us: "He was very giggly and
flirty. He and his friends seemed very excited about heading off to
party in Las Vegas."
The struggling X Factor judge is still on oxygen, on a drip and
unable to talk as her brave fight against a deadly strain of the
tropical disease continues in a top London private hospital this
weekend.
Last night Cheryl's close friend told us: "We nearly lost her
and the battle is far from over. She is so weak and this horrible
illness has taken complete hold of her.
"It got so bad she was literally only hours from death's door.
Thank goodness she was diagnosed in time.
"Even now she can't talk. She drifts in and out of consciousness
and when she comes round all she can do is sob.
"There was no news coming out of the hospital because it was all
so touch and go. We couldn't give any assurances to fans because
there weren't any to give.
"The fact is, we came close to losing someone very special. She
can't even speak at the moment and doesn't know what's happening to
her. All she can do is sob. It's terrifying. And there's no end in
sight."
Although Cheryl's malaria plight has been widely reported,
almost no-one was aware of the near deadly consequences of her
sickness.
For the first time the News of the World is revealing the true
extent of her illness - picked up on holiday in Tanzania with close
friend Derek Hough three weeks ago.
Cheryl's condition is so serious that:
Fans' hopes that Cheryl would make a quick recovery were raised
on Friday when she was released from the specialist tropical
diseases unit at London's University College Hospital and moved to
a top private clinic nearby.
But our source said the star was still seriously ill with the
killer plasmodium falciparum strain of malaria and is expected to
remain that way for some time.
The jaundice is a common side- effect. And there are growing
fears the disease - which can cause kidney failure, seizures and
coma - could quickly return if weak Cheryl doesn't take care to
recover properly.
Her worried pal said: "Seeing Cheryl like this is so painful.
She could easily have died. And she's not better, she's not even
close. It's still a very serious situation and she's really going
to have to battle.