Rebekah Vardy has laid down the gauntlet to ITV - telling the broadcaster to get her connected I'm a Celeb truthful she tin face Coleen Rooney.
The media property is hatching a "revenge plot" against WAG rival, it is understood, and has expressed her tendency to spell connected I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! arsenic a precocious entry.
Coleen, 38, has already been confirmed arsenic a contestant this year, and her archetypal scenes are expected to aerial connected Sunday. Pictures amusement the mum of 4 embracing TikTok fable GK Barry, besides confirmed arsenic a subordinate successful the flagship ITV programme.
But speaking up of the series, Rebekah, 42, said: If radical truly privation america to conscionable up earlier that, past ITV should get maine successful that jungle arsenic a peculiar guest. What are they frightened of? Confrontation? But isn’t that what the show’s each about? It’s astir viewing figures."
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GC Images)Rebekah, joined to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, has been embroiled successful a high-profile libel conflict with chap footballer’s woman Coleen. Rebekah added: "Coleen’s ineligible squad were precise dismissive astir my world TV past. They mocked it. So for her to beryllium doing the jungle now, it’s hypocrisy astatine its finest, isn’t it? I deliberation determination was ever a program for reinvention. She stayed retired of the nationalist oculus for truthful long."
The mum of 5 told The Sun she volition beryllium watching Coleen connected the amusement but doesn't deliberation Wayne's woman volition travel crossed well. She claims Coleen is "quite calculated" with everything that she does and "likes to beryllium the victim" - adding she suspects her rival volition participate the jungle with a crippled plan. Rebekah was successful I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! successful 2017, but was the 3rd prima to beryllium booted out.
Although Coleen was initially the jungle favourite this year, likelihood connected her person present been slashed to 9/1, portion Danny Jones has grown successful popularity and is placed astatine 5/2. Nicola McGeady of Ladbrokes said: "Coleen Rooney is the astir celebrated look heading to the jungle and punters are convinced that she volition beryllium voted to bash the astir bushtucker trials. Whether oregon not she tin grip it remains to beryllium seen, but we person witnessed wealth connected her throwing successful the towel."
This interest was echoed by an insider who, earlier this week, had said Coleen would apt "quit connected the spot" if Rebekah is introduced arsenic a precocious entry. Coleen's anticipated absorption would reportedly beryllium a "nightmare" for ITV bosses who person reportedly lured the TV property onto the amusement with a whopping £1.5million deal. The mum of four was pictured arriving astatine an airdrome successful Australia earlier this week, successful beforehand of the commencement of the bid connected Sunday.