Coleen Rooney has admitted her relationship with husband Wayne has "obviously changed" over the years, opening up about the couple experiencing "ups and downs". Coleen and Wayne are childhood sweethearts, having first met as teenagers. They tied the knot in 2008 and are parents to four sons - Kai, 16, Klay, 12, Kit, 10, and eight-year-old Cass.
Coleen on How Their Relationship Has Evolved
The WAG believes it is entirely natural that their relationship has evolved throughout the considerable time they have known one another, now spanning more than 20 years. Speaking to The Times, Coleen, 40, said: "Obviously it's changed with age and children coming on board and career changes. You have your ups and downs, you have things that happen in life. But I think being together from a young age, we know each other inside and out."
"We're a team. So no, I wouldn't say we've changed. I would say things around us have changed."
From Teenagers to Household Names
Coleen and Wayne met at the age of 12, both hailing from the same part of Liverpool. Yet they had only been courting for a matter of months when Wayne netted his first Premier League goal for Everton, just days before his 17th birthday. This landmark made him the competition's youngest ever scorer at the time, thrusting both of them firmly into the spotlight.
She acknowledges that her children will enjoy vastly different opportunities to those she and Wayne experienced, given that the Rooneys are now established household names. The former England striker is currently on a two-year, £800,000 BBC deal at the World Cup following several unsuccessful managerial stints. Meanwhile, Coleen reportedly pocketed £1.5 million from her time in the I'm A Celeb jungle, though she turned down an invitation to feature on Celebrity Traitors.
Coleen on Reality TV and Future Plans
She said: "I love watching The Traitors. But I don't know whether I could be that fake. If I was a traitor and I was lying to them, in my head I'd be thinking, 'Oh, I'd hate people to think that's what I was like in real life, just like scamming people'."
