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# Well Played, X-Factor Ladies
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/well-played-x-factor-ladies-05-2011/
- Published: 2011-05-18T17:00:34.000Z
- Updated: 2011-05-17T22:03:08.000Z
- Author: Heather
- Tags: Well Played, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 07:30

Apparently Cheryl Cole here is determined to make orange happen. Orange is the new fetch.

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2011/05/cherylcole_114242401.jpg "Cheryl Cole")](https://gofugyourself.com/well-played-x-factor-ladies-05-2011/2011-fox-upfront-2?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

I am not a fan of white shoes, so I really wish she'd picked something for her feet that wouldn't glare at me. But the orange dress is cute and simple and has a whiff of retro about it. Actually, it all cracks me up a little -- the sedate hair, the pearls, the simple outfit. It's like somebody told her to treat her entry into America like she's chairing a cotillion planning meeting. But she's cute. When I'm not going cross-eyed by her fashion choices, I can appreciate her face. See how that works? Sometimes a girl needs to slow it down and let her DNA do the talking.

I can't say for sure that's what Paula is doing her, as she is continuing her Wow, Did Paula Get Work Done Or Did She Just Get A Year's Worth Of Sleep? tour:

[![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2011/05/paulaabdul_114242291.jpg "Paula Abdul")](https://gofugyourself.com/well-played-x-factor-ladies-05-2011/2011-fox-upfront-3?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)

Either way, she looks tremendous, and not at all like she's hopped up on goofballs -- which I suspect was part of her point, but unfortunately, I really LIKED her when she was acting drunk on wack juice. So maybe this strategy will backfire in terms of *X-Factor* viewership, but as far as viewership of this photo goes, for me, it's a hit. Straight up. OH YES. I went there.