Coleen and Wayne Rooney with their sons
(Image: Coleen Rooney / Instagram)

The one Christmas tradition Coleen Rooney did with her sons before flying to Australia for I'm A Celebrity 2024

16 Nov 2024, 07:13 by Emma Gill · Manchester Evening News

Celebrities are once again preparing to face their fears in the jungle for I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here of here and among this year's line-up is WAG Coleen Rooney.

But before flying out to Australia for the new series, there was one thing the footballer's wife wanted to do with her children.

With the 38-year-old preparing to spend up to four weeks away from her sons, Kai, Kit, Klay and Cass, who she shares with football manager Wayne, she made sure they did their usual Christmas tradition of writing letters to Santa.

Coleen showing the white boards on which she's planned the kids' activities for the next four weeks
(Image: Coleen Rooney / Instagram)

In a video on Instagram the night before flying out for the show she said: "We've even done letters to Father Christmas today so they'll get posted on the way to school tomorrow, that was another thing that I wanted to make sure that I did before I go."

She explained how she was feeling 'really anxious about leaving the kids', but has come to terms with it and has planned and prepped everything for the weeks ahead.

Showing two giant white boards behind her, she said she'd planned everything from school timetables, to football and parties, so that her 'army' of friends and family helping out know exactly what's happening and when.

The mum-of-four also shared how she's written a card to each of her boys and a kangaroo teddy, 'so they know I am constantly thinking of them'.

She gave each of her boys a card and a kangaroo teddy before leaving for Oz
(Image: Coleen Rooney / Instagram)

She said that it would be a huge change in the jungle, but as someone who's always 'in mum mode' with little time to think, she was looking forward to having the opportunity to do something for herself, meet new people and have the 'time to reflect and think of all the things that I am grateful for'.

The 2024 turn of the hit ITV reality show will be premiering on Sunday, November 17, at 9pm, with a 105-minute special before airing every night - except on a Saturday - until December 8 when the final is expected to take place.