Cheryl Officially Announces Her Pregnancy And Steals All The Brit Awards' Thunder In The Process

She's done a Beyoncé!
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Wednesday (22 February) night may have been the biggest night in the musical calendar, but a certain Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has made everyone forget all about the Brit Awards just hours after they finished by officially announcing her pregnancy.

The former ‘X Factor’ judge totally stole the thunder of everything that happened at the awards ceremony, after photos of her posing with her baby bump hit the front pages.

Thursday SUN: 'Did He Kill 1st Wife Too?' #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/BvywaF92rW

— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) February 22, 2017

Cheryl ended months of speculation about whether she was expecting, proudly cradling her bump for a L’Oréal photo-shoot, featured in both The Sun and The Mirror newspapers.

She later took to Twitter to reveal the shoot was part of 15 ambassadors working with the beauty brand and The Prince’s Trust to help young people with their self confidence.

I am proud to announce that I am one of fifteen ambassadors working with @PrincesTrust & @LOrealParisUK to help thousands of young people...

— Cheryl (@CherylOfficial) February 23, 2017

...turn self-doubt into self-worth. The "All Worth It" Confidence training program starts now! Link in bio👆🏼 #ALLWORTHIT #PRINCESTRUSTLOREAL pic.twitter.com/QrhrXjVaui

— Cheryl (@CherylOfficial) February 23, 2017

The announcement will have come as a surprise to many fans, given the star is notoriously private, and neither she nor boyfriend Liam Payne had publicly addressed speculation until now.

Many took to Twitter to react to the big news:

excited for "Pregnant" Cheryl losing her quotation marks

— G💰 (@oneofthosefaces) February 22, 2017

woooaaahhh cheryl is so pregnant

— hannah (@brightsidenialI) February 22, 2017

Cheryl is so private she did a photoshoot when she was pregnant and she sold the photos to a magazine

— Ángela (@peachprince_) February 22, 2017

I love that Cheryl confirmed her pregnancy on the night of the Brits. Queen of stealing thunder.

— Josh Haigh 😇 (@joshcharles_21) February 22, 2017

Cheryl is actually pregnant. A baby Payne is coming 😭❤ I mean i've known for so long but i feel its finally out and i can let my feels out

— Charlotte (@Charlottte_xo) February 22, 2017

If the whole reason she never ~commented was because she had this big money deal in the back pocket..... well played 😍 pic.twitter.com/yvpzBLUipe

— Shaun Kitchener (@ShaunKitchener) February 22, 2017

Brit Awards?
What Brit Awards??
Well played, Cheryl. pic.twitter.com/6ejbfB3bFt

— Ryan Love (@RyanJL) February 22, 2017

Liam had been in attendance at the Brits, prior to the pictures of Cheryl being released.

He was on hand to collect One Direction’s award for Best British Video for their last single ‘History’, which was presented by ‘X Factor’ judges Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger.

Liam Payne was at the Brits on Wednesday night
Liam Payne was at the Brits on Wednesday night
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