So everything is coming up roses for Cheryl Cole or is it?

The Girls Aloud singer revealed pics of her shapely bum covered in a massive tattoo last week.

The black and red blooms cost took 15 hours of painstaking work.

Clearly Cheryl loves tattoos she’s reputed to have had 19 of them all over her body.

Some are discreet this one ain’t. It’s big and brash . . . and bloomin’ awful!

I worry about Cheryl. She’s a pretty, 30-year-old woman who has achieved the success so many girls dream off.

She became a role model for hundreds of teenagers and had a glamorous wedding to footballer Ashley Cole.

When her heart was broken by his affairs, her fans felt the pain of her rejection.

But what message is Cheryl giving now? And is it a healthy one for young, impressionable girls?

Surely there’s more to life than the thrill of a new tatt?

Perhaps for Cheryl it’s a way of expressing herself. Maybe she needs it, in the same way men have their favourite football team or girlfriend’s name scrawled on their skin.

And I’m not ashamed to admit that I still have a fondness for David Beckham’s tattooed torso. Everyone needs a guilty pleasure, don’t they?.

But I hope that Cheryl eventually finds what she’s looking for. A man who will love her for who she is, not the symbols covering her body.

A body which is beautiful in itself, with or without the roses.