Coleen Rooney addresses 'not telling' sons about ITV I'm A Celebrity stint

Coleen Rooney has shared the real reason she didn't tell young sons about her ITV I'm A Celebrity stint. She and former football star Wayne Rooney, who played for England, Everton, Manchester United and Derby County, 39, share Kai, 13, Klay, 10, Kit, seven and Cass, five.

Explaining two of her sons don't know she'll soon be jetting off to the jungle, she detailed: "I haven't spoken about it with my younger two boys as not many know, but my eldest son told me, 'Yeah, go for it,'" she explained.

"My second one was a bit more emotional. He thought about me being away for a long length of time, but hopefully that will pass. My parents are happy too that I'm doing something for me."

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The Liverpool-born media personality also detailed why she felt the show would be "good for me," admitting to ITV: "It has been a year after year I have been asked to go on a programme and it's always been 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. 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. And 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 do watch the show every year, you get hooked on it, you get to know the campmates, the challenges are always entertaining and it's a good family show," she said, adding: "The most rewarding thing for me is the fact I have actually agreed to do it.

"It's a massive thing as I am so close to the children, I do everything for them. I am a really organised person and so to take myself away from that is going to be difficult. But I've got a very supportive family around me and I know everything is going to be fine."

The 38-year-old hit the headlines in recent years over her high-profile libel battle, dubbed Wagatha Christie, with fellow footballer’s wife Rebekah Vardy. In 2019, Rooney accused Vardy of leaking her private information to the press in a viral post on social media at the heart of the dispute.

It came two years after Vardy appeared on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, becoming the third campmate to be eliminated.