The cheeky reason Coleen Rooney has signed for I’m a Celeb – and it’s NOT the money

THE CHEEKY crushed for Coleen Rooney's I'm a Celeb sign-up has been revealed - and it's NOT the money.

WAG Coleen, 38, secured the show's biggest woody successful history aft signing the ITV declaration connected its dotted enactment past month.

When The Sun connected Sunday disclosed the daze news, eyebrows were raised among immoderate of her fans owed to Coleen's £140 cardinal combined luck with her hubby Wayne, 39.

But insiders person present insisted there's different information down Coleen’s determination - a accidental to instrumentality a excavation astatine her arch-rival, Rebekah Vardy.

Becky, who appeared connected the amusement successful 2017 and was the 3rd to beryllium eliminated, famously clashed with Coleen during the high-profile ‘Wagatha Christie’ saga.

A root told the Daily Mail: “It’s a fantastic accidental to upwind Becky up.

"Coleen has got a mischievous broadside to her. While she has been dignified with however she dealt with being dragged done a tribunal by Becky, it is bound to travel up and Coleen has ever been honorable astir the situation."

Coleen's representatives person been contacted for comment.

The Sun antecedently told however Coleen besides signed up for the jungle due to the fact that she finally trusts Wayne to behave — aft 22 years together.

The mates started dating aged 16 and wed successful 2008, but mum-of-four Coleen told pals she lone present has assurance that her scandal-hit different half tin support retired of trouble.

Coleen, who flies to Australia for the bid adjacent week, is definite that erstwhile Everton, Manchester United and England ace Wayne has calmed down since becoming head coach astatine Plymouth Argyle.

A root told us: “He’s grown up.

"He’s decidedly changed and Coleen wholly trusts him.

"This is 1 of the reasons she’s agreed to bash the jungle.

"She knows she tin spell disconnected and prosecute her ain enactment projects harmless successful the cognition Wayne isn’t going to stroke up and bash thing daft again.

“One of the astir communal factors successful the incidents successful the past has been that Wayne ever seemed to spell disconnected the rails erstwhile Coleen was away, oregon erstwhile helium was overseas and near to his ain devices.

“It’s people near Coleen a small spot scarred, but those fears and apprehensions nary longer apply.

“Everyone astir them has noted a full alteration successful his behaviour successful the past 2 oregon 3 years.

“They are much loved-up than ever present and she believes helium is focused connected being a bully dada and hubby — arsenic good arsenic a coach.”

The Devon-based occupation means Wayne, who turns 39 connected Thursday, spends astir of the week distant from Coleen and their sons Kai, 14, Klay, 11, Kit, eight, and six-year-old Cass astatine their £20million household home successful Cheshire.

The long-distance narration has been pugnacious but, according to pals, it has underlined to Coleen however the spot has grown.

Seven years agone she astir dumped him aft helium went disconnected the rails erstwhile she jetted disconnected to Majorca.

He was charged with drink-driving aft ending up down the instrumentality of another’s woman’s car.

Wazza, who scored 53 goals for the Three Lions, besides incurred Coleen’s wrath for drunken behaviour and partying aft helium moved to America to play for D.C. United.

Meanwhile, Becky has told pals she'll lone ticker her rival if she has to bash a stomach-churning bushtucker trial.

A root said: “The lone clip she would ticker would beryllium if she knew Coleen was going to devour a sheep’s anus.”

Becky besides believes Coleen has been wanting to motion up to the amusement for years aft talking astir it successful a backstage Instagram post.

But astatine the time, it was acceptable up to beryllium Becky had been snooping connected her, which was revealed during the pair’s Wagatha High Court battle.

Becky claimed defamation, but it was tossed retired successful 2022 — leaving her with £3million successful ineligible costs.

Sources added that Becky finds it hilarious her force is pursuing successful her footsteps.

They continued: “Coleen was banging connected during the trial, claiming she was specified a backstage person, and present she’s going connected 1 of the astir watched shows connected television.”

“She’s conscionable doing what Becky has already done.”

But adjacent if the erstwhile England Wag chooses not to personally tune in, her squad of lawyers volition beryllium connected precocious alert — acceptable to instrumentality enactment if her archenemy says thing derogatory astir her connected air.

It was confirmed: “Becky hopes that she does speech astir Wagatha Christie, due to the fact that it volition beryllium a large payday for her.”