Coleen Rooney has revealed her husband Wayne won’t be rushing into anymore football managing jobs after he was sacked from Plymouth Argyle.
The former Manchester United captain, 39, returned to his wife, 38, and children in Cheshire after another disastrous spell in management ended after seven months.
After the stint with Plymouth didn’t work out, Coleen reckons Wayne is perfectly happy sticking with his punditry work for the forseeable future.
Speaking on Westlife star Nicky Byrne’s podcast, she said: ‘At the minute, he’s really happy on TV, podcasts and just being at home. Plymouth was a bit far.
‘It hasn’t worked out at certain clubs. It’s something he’s pᴀssionate about. It’s something he might revisit. He’s pᴀssionate about TV.’
Coleen enjoys having Wayne at home more and also discussed the struggles of raising their four boys Kai, 14, Kit, 11, Klay, eight, and Cᴀss, six, at the height of his career.
Coleen Rooney has revealed her husband Wayne won’t be rushing into anymore football managing jobs after he was sacked from Plymouth Argyle
Coleen admitted at the height of Wayne’s career she sometimes felt like a single parent to their sons Kai, 14, Kit, 11, Klay, eight, and Cᴀss, six
She said: ‘At times it’s like being a single parent, especially when he was at Manchester United and England. You could never rely on a plan. I like a plan and a schedule. I found that hard.’
It comes after the The Mail on Sunday revealed that Coleen is to star in a £10 million fly-on-the-wall reality show on streaming giant Disney+ after it triumphed in a bidding war against Amazon.
After months of back and forth between the rival broadcasters, Disney+ have won the race with the mᴀssive fee, and cameras will go inside the Rooneys’ £20 million super-mansion in Cheshire.
The ‘at-home-with’ format is expected to see former England star Wayne appear alongside Coleen and their four sons: Kai, 14, Kit, 11, Klay, eight, and Cᴀss, six.
Sources close to the project say that Coleen will be paid £5 million with the remainder going to production company Lorton Entertainment, which made her previous show, Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story.
One insider said: ‘It has taken months of bidding against one another. The money has gone up and up and has got to £10 million, which is way higher than was first imagined, but Coleen is very much in demand.
‘Both streamers were aware of the viewing public’s appeтιтe for the inside track on footballers’ home lives.
‘The Beckhams documentary was the most-watched show on Netflix in the UK last year, and has racked up more than 200 million hours of viewing time globally.
Speaking on Westlife star Nicky Byrne’s podcast , she said: ‘At the minute, he’s really happy on TV, podcasts and just being at home. Plymouth was a bit far’
She added: ‘It hasn’t worked out at certain clubs. It’s something he’s pᴀssionate about. It’s something he might revisit. He’s pᴀssionate about TV’
‘Coleen is loved by the British public, especially since she played a blinder on I’m A Celeb. It wasn’t surprising that Disney and Amazon wanted it and went head to head.
‘It will make for compulsive viewing. It won’t just feature Coleen but Wayne and their children, too. It might be expensive, but the view is that it will be worth every penny.’
Coleen’s success stands in stark contrast to a similar project involving her arch foe, fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy.
Coleen defeated Rebekah, wife of Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, in her ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel trial in 2022, leaving Mrs Vardy with a £3 million legal bill.
The Mail on Sunday can reveal Rebekah has been quietly filming a pilot for a reality show with Freeview channel, W.
However, industry sources say TV executives ‘were not exactly enthralled’ by the results.
One source said: ‘Rebekah saw an opportunity to get herself on the television with a reality-type show, so it was decided she would try it out with a pilot.
‘She hasn’t been told no yet, but it didn’t go down well so there isn’t a great deal of optimism. Once again, Coleen has come out on top.’
