We are just days away from I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and with Coleen Rooney set to join up with her new campmates, her former 'rival' has spoken.
The infamous 'Wagatha Christie' case in 2022 came after Rooney accused Rebekah Vardy on social media of leaking her private information to the press.
Although 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, including an initial payment of £800,000.
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With Rooney set to enter the jungle on Sunday (17 November), the wife of Leicester City forward Jamie Vardy has told The Sun what she thinks about her endeavour.
"Everyone seems to think I have this massive problem with Coleen going into the jungle," Vardy, who appeared on I'm A Celeb in 2017, said.
"But do you know what? If you want to fan the fire, the flames are going to get higher.
"I wasn’t going to carry on talking about this, I had no intention of talking about it, but she clearly can’t let it go.
"I mean, we’ve done a book, we’ve done a documentary, we’re going into the jungle. What’s next — Dancing On Ice?
"She’s following in my footsteps. I think she always wanted my life."
But wait, there's more.
"Coleen’s legal team were very dismissive about my reality TV past. They mocked it," she added.
"So for her to be doing the jungle now, it’s hypocrisy at its finest, isn’t it?
"I think there was always a plan for reinvention. She stayed out of the public eye for so long.
"There were so many stories, negative stories, about Wayne. And I think she wanted to turn things around for herself.
"We’ve gone from a person about whom her legal team stood up in court and said, ‘She’s such a private individual’, and now this so-called private individual is going on one of the biggest reality TV shows in the UK. I mean, it’s ironic really."
Meanwhile, Rooney said she has been asked 'year after year' to go on the ITV programme, and that it's normally 'a straight no'.
"Over the years, there have been different things going on in my life, and also, my children have been really young. But they are at an age now where I can go away for this length of time," she explained.
"I also feel it’s time to have a challenge for me, and do something different. It has taken many, many years but I’m finally doing it.
"I have always said if I was going to do one, then it would be this show. I think it will be good for me."
I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! starts on Sunday 17 September at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
LADbible Group has contacted Coleen Rooney's representative for comment.
Topics: Coleen Rooney, Rebekah Vardy, Im A Celebrity
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