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Coleen Rooney has been given a hilarious codename by I'm A Celeb bosses

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Updated 11:15 19 Nov 2024 GMTPublished 08:36 19 Nov 2024 GMT

Coleen Rooney has been given a hilarious codename by I'm A Celeb bosses

I'm A Celebrity's Coleen Rooney has reportedly been given a little nickname

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

Featured Image Credit: ITV

Topics: Coleen Rooney, Im A Celebrity, Rebekah Vardy, ITV

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish is a Journalist at LADbible Group and is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2025. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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Coleen Rooney has reportedly been given a hilarious codename by the I'm A Celebrity bosses and it's pretty unique.

The 38-year-old, who is married to Manchester United's record goalscorer Wayne Rooney, has joined the likes of N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos, Loose Women’s Jane Moore and McFly star Danny Jones on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!.

Though it didn't take long for Rooney to be asked about her infamous 'Wagatha Christie' case in 2022 in Monday's (18 November) episode.

As you'll remember, the footballer's wife accused Rebekah Vardy on social media of leaking her private information to the press.

After Vardy sued her for libel in July 2022, the court said Rooney's allegation was 'substantially true', and ordered Vardy to pay 90 percent of her costs.

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Now, as Rooney settles into jungle life, it has been reported by The Sun that ITV bosses have given her the nickname 'Marple', to keep her signing a secret.

The name comes from the author Agatha Christie’s detective Miss Marple, played by Joan Hickson on TV.

(ITV)
(ITV)

A source told the outlet: “Bosses at ITV were desperate to keep Coleen’s signing a secret for as long as they possibly could.

“She’s the biggest and best for years and they broke the bank to get her, so they wanted to keep schtum on it until the last minute.

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“They come up with a codename for all the contestants, and sometimes it’s something to do with that particular person.

“The choice for Coleen was apt and it would take someone with her detective skills to work it out.”

During the show, campmate GK Barry asked the mum-of-four if she was scared to make the social media post.

(ITV)
(ITV)

“No, because I just didn’t think it would have the impact it did, because I was just that sick and tired of it, it was draining,” Rooney said.

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“That was my worst nightmare to go to court… I felt ashamed going to court because I am not that type to play things out in public.

“I just felt like it was like putting on a show for the whole world. I didn’t want that, I wanted to settle it before and get it done with.

“What got me, over the whole thing, was it became a bit of a joke and that’s really disappointing, it wasn’t a joke for me.

“But no one knew the full story.”

LADbible Group has contacted ITV for comment.

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