The 30-year-old singer, who is judging 'X Factor' along side Simon Cowell, Walsh and first time judge Mel B, said there was a lot of grovelling to get her back on the reality series, reported Mirror.
"It's a little bit frosty," Cole said, before adding she was referring to Louis. When asked is it meant that things were off between the two, she joked, "They were never on!"
"There was a lot of grovelling to get me back once Simon was on board," she said. Nonetheless, Cole said she was enjoying being back on the show. "It feels like I've never been away," she said.