London, June 14 (IANS) Singer Cheryl Cole was traumatised when an unrelenting fan grabbed her by the wrist after she came out from the auditions for ‘X Factor’.

As the singer got out of her car after she arrived at her hotel in Birmingham after filming for the show’s audition, an excited female fan pushed through and grabbed Cheryl’s wrist, reports dailymail.co.uk.

Clutching a marker pen, the woman shoved a CD of Cheryl’s album ‘3 Words’ into her face and didn’t let her go demanding continuously that she sign it.

Cheryl’s security people managed to take the woman away but the signer looked shaken and scared as she was swiftly ushered into the safety of her hotel room by her security.

Cheryl recorded the second round of auditions in Birmingham with fellow judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and guest judge model Natalie Imbruglia.