Cheryl X Factor performance: Ofcom complaints TRIPLE after she makes statement defending controversial routine

Cheryl seductively licked one of her tattoos during the performance [Wenn]Cheryl's racy, wrist-licking Love Made Me Do It routine on The X Factor gained only a handful of complaints to TV's official watchdog Ofcom in the hours following the performance – but since then, the number has tripled.The broadcasting regulator exclusively told OK! online 15 people – out of the hundreds who voiced their outrage on Twitter – actually lodged a formal complaint hours .