Hough praying for Cheryl

The 'Dancing with the Stars' professional Derek Hough - who is rumoured to be dating British beauty Cheryl Cole - says he has spent much of his free time with the 'Fight for this Love' singer since she has been hospitalised with a strain of potentially-fatal disease malaria.

He is quoted as saying by website Mail Online: "I blame myself for all of this. I convinced Cheryl to come on holiday with me to Tanzania. We might have gone somewhere else if it had been up to her.