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Coleen Rooney Accuses Rebekah Vardy of Leaking Stories

Coleen Rooney Accuses Rebekah Vardy of Leaking Stories

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Overview

Coleen Rooney vs. Rebekah Vardy refers to allegations made by Coleen Rooney, wife of football star Wayne Rooney, that Rebekah Vardy, wife of football star Jaime Vardy, had been leaking false stories about her to British tabloids. Mrs. Rooney tweeted that she had initiated a sting operation in which she blocked everyone but Rebekah Vardy from viewing her Instagram Stories and then purposefully put false stories there to see if they'd be leaked. When the stories did leak to British tabloid, she concluded that Vardy must have been leaking them. Vardy denied the allegations. Online, Twitter users delighted in Rooney's telling of the tale, particularly her dramatic reveal at the end of her statement, when she wrote, "It's…… Rebekah Vardy's account."

Background

In 2019, The Sun published several sensational stories about Coleen Rooney. These included a story about her traveling to Mexico to look into "gender selection" treatment for her baby,[1] a story about her basement flooding,[2] and a story about her looking to get into a British reality TV program.[3] On October 9th, Rooney[4] alleged on Twitter that she had purposefully leaked those stories on her Instagram Stories, and blocked everyone but Rebekah Vardy from seeing them in order to prove Vardy was leaking stories about her to the press.


Coleen Rooney @ColeenRoo This has beena burden in my life for a few years now and finally I have got to the bottom of it.. For a few years now someone who I trusted to follow me on my personal Instagram account has been consistently informing The SUN newspaper of my private posts and stories. There has been so much information given to them about me, my friends and my family-all without my permission or knowledge. After a long time of trying to figure out who it could be, for various reasons, I had a suspicion. To try and prove this, I came up with an idea. I blocked everyone from viewing my Instagram stories except ONE account. (Those on my private account must have been wondering why I haven't had stories on there for a while.) Over the past five months I have posted a series of false stories to see if they made their way into the Sun newspaper. And you know what, they did! The story about gender selection in Mexico, the story about returning to TV and then the latest story about the basement flooding in my new house. It's been tough keeping it to myself and not making any comment at all, especially when the stories have been leaked, however I had to. Now I know for certain which account /individual it's come from. Ihave saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them. ebekah Vardy's account. It's 5:29 AM Oct 9, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

Developments

Vardy immediately denied the allegations, saying she never spoke to journalists about her, and pointed out that it's possible to see stories even from people you don't follow. She said she was hurt she had to deal with the controversy, "especially" because she's "heavily pregnant."[5]


Rebekah Vardy @RebekahVardy @ColeenRoo As I have just said to you on the phone, I wish you had called me if you thought this. I never speak to anyone about you as various journalists who have asked me to over the years can vouch for. If you thought this was happening you could have told me & I could have changed my passwords to see if it stopped. Over the years various people have had access to my insta & just this week I found I was following people I didn't know and have never followed myself. I'm not being funny but I don't need the money, what would I gain from selling stories on you? I liked you a lot Coleen & I'm so upset that you have chosen to do this, especially when I'm heavily pregnant. I'm disgusted that I'm even having to deny this. You should have called me the first time this happened 5:59 AM Oct 9, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

Meanwhile, Twitter users eagerly commented on the drama, and particularly of the way Rooney told her story. Twitter user @vonstrenginho tweeted a video dramatizing the reading of Rooney's post, gaining over 4,400 retweets and 18,000 likes (shown below, top). User @DavidMackau did the same, gaining over 50 retweets and 400 likes (shown below, bottom).





The Wikipedia page for Coleen Rooney was briefly changed to reference the drama[6] (shown below, left). Twitter user @TomC_22 tweeted that they just loved the ongoing drama (shown below, right). The drama was widely covered by publications including Huffington Post[7] and Twitter Events.[8]


14:28 EE 7 91% a coleen rooney PEOPLE ALSO SE NEWS OVERVIEW VIDEOS BOOKS About Coleen Mary Rooney is an and amateur detective. Following some superb sleuthing English television personality skills and dramatic storywriting on Twitter, unmasking the villain behind false stories being sold to The Sun, Coleen earned a new nickname with the British public: WAGatha Christie. Wikipedia Born: 3 April 1986 (age 33 years), Liverpool Height: 1.6 m Residence: Prestbury Spouse: Wayne Rooney (m. 2008) Children: Kit Joseph Rooney, Klay Anthony Rooney, Kai Wayne Rooney, Cass Mac Rooney Claim this knowledge panel Feedback People also search for Tom Carnduff @TomC_22 Me after reading Coleen Rooney's post on Rebekah Vardy: It's all the drama, Mick Ijust love itg 5:49 AM Oct 9, 2019 Twitter for iPhone

Search Interest

External References

[1] The Sun – COL'S BABY GIRL BID Coleen Rooney travelled to Mexico to look into £8k ‘gender selection’ treatment in desperate bid to have baby girl

[2] Twitter – Richardvines

[3] The Sun – Coleen Rooney in talks to join Strictly next year as she looks to revive TV career when Wayne returns to UK

[4] Twitter – ColeenRoo

[5] Twitter – RebekahVardy

[6] Twitter – emmajenkins1981

[7] Huffington Post – Coleen Rooney And Rebekah Vardy Are Twitter’s Latest Obsession. Here’s Why.

[8] Twitter Events – Coleen Rooney accuses Rebekah Vardy of leaking stories about her to The Sun

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