Coleen Rooney looked calm and composed on Wednesday as she headed to a yoga class in Cheshire, just hours after it was revealed that her rival Rebekah Vardy had landed her own reality series. Appearing unfazed by the announcement, the WAG, 40, cut a fashion-forward figure as she arrived for her workout in a light leather jacket and skintight leggings. The mother-of-four looked younger than her years, sweeping back her hair and sporting a pair of trendy tinted aviators.
Coleen's placid outing came the morning after the news broke that Rebekah and her husband Jamie Vardy were following in her footsteps by letting cameras into their private lives for a new ITV show. The Vardys is set to offer an insight into the family's life as they start a new life abroad after Jamie spent 13 years playing for Leicester City. The show will document the couple's move to Cremonese in Italy with their four children, following the drama and chaos of house-hunting and school searching.
After a difficult and dramatic five years in the UK, Rebekah is 'ready for the next chapter' after her recent challenges and is determined to put her 'Wagatha' drama with Coleen behind her. Meanwhile, Jamie battles to prove his doubters wrong on the pitch at the age of 38, with Italian Serie A underdogs US Cremonese.
ITV has promised the series will give fans 'no-holds-barred, intimate access to the Vardys' and that it will be 'a rollercoaster journey of resilience, fierce family bonds, and the promise of a new life.' The series follows all the drama and chaos of their new family adventure - from frantic house-hunts and tearful school searches, to unexpected disasters and dramatic setbacks.
In the release, the Commissioning Editor for Entertainment & Reality, Louise Major, said: 'We're thrilled to be working with the Vardys on this series for ITV1 and ITVX. At a pivotal moment in their lives, this is a rare and revealing look behind the headlines – from the highs of Jamie's football legacy to the realities of starting over as a family, with Rebekah sharing her reflections on one of the most talked-about stories of the last decade.'
It comes three years after Coleen starred in her own docuseries for Disney+, where she was paid 'millions' to tell the story of her legal battle with Rebekah. Back in 2019, she sent shockwaves with her now-iconic post on both her X and Instagram accounts accusing her fellow WAG of leaking stories about her to The Sun newspaper. Coleen hatched a plot to find out who was behind the leaks by posting fake stories on her private Instagram and blocking her followers one by one, until only Rebekah was left. The story had the nation obsessed as Rebekah went on to sue Coleen for libel, leading to the highly-covered 2022 trial.
However, the judge ruled in favour of Coleen, leaving Rebekah with an enormous legal bill, estimated to total £3 million. Two years later, Coleen landed her four-part series, Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story, with sources close to her saying she was paid in excess of £1 million following a bidding war. Originally the documentary was heading in the direction of Disney's arch rival Netflix but bosses were so keen to get it that they offered the astonishing fee.
One source said: 'What Coleen went through with Becky was pretty awful, there is no doubting that it was a really, really hard time for her and her family. But her show was really in demand, everybody wanted it. Coleen is the one who the public had the most sympathy with and her inside story was always going to be gripping. She kept her counsel a lot more than Becky did throughout so there was always going to be a lot to share in it. But still, it is a lot of money, hopefully that will have made her feel better about losing four years of her life.'
