Rebekah Vardy has opened up about her lengthy legal battle with Coleen Rooney in her first TV interview since the Wagatha Christie verdict was reached last week.
The former Dancing on Ice star, 40, confessed to TalkTV’s Kate McCann that she she was left traumatised and even suicidal by events surrounding the trial as she struggled to come to terms with what had happened.
She also admitted her guilt after her past kiss-and-tell story on pop star Peter Andre was dragged up in court leaving her feeling “deeply ashamed”.
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Daily Star has taken a look at some of the most explosive bombshells to come out of Rebekah’s chat.
WAGs at war
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Rebekah claimed that despite their issues and feud she reached out to offer Coleen somewhere to stay when she and husband Wayne Rooney had issues in their marriage.
Asked if she had made the friendly gesture she said: “I did. And that was genuine. An act of solidarity.
“To say, ‘Look, I am here if you need me. What you are going through is horrible and I wouldn’t want anyone to go through it.'”
Coffee with Coleen
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Despite their very public feud and subsequent legal battle over the past three years, Rebekah appears to be adamant there are no hard feelings for her when ti comes to Coleen.
The WAG laid the blame for her issues with the legal system and not her former friend as she admitted she would like to go for a drink with her.
When Kate asked how she would react if she saw Coleen in the street, Rebekah said: “I’d ask her if she wanted to go for a Caffè Nero.”
Traumatic abuse
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Rebekah revealed the depth of online abuse she was subjected to following Coleen’s post “exposing” her.
Visibly emotional she admitted receiving as many as 100 messages a day and having poison pen letters to her home.
She said: “The abuse I was getting was insane. At the beginning, it would be 100 messages a day. I even got letters sent to my home, and some crazy s*** sent over including letters from psychics.
“I was linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, people suggesting I was a member of IS, stuff like that.
“It was as if I’d murdered someone. Every time something happened it was my fault, every time something new broke, it was my fault.”
Peter Andre regret
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Rebekah opened up about selling her story after she bedded Peter Andre, saying she “put her name” to her comments about his manhood, suggesting he had a “chipolata”.
Talking to host Kate McCann Rebekah vehemently denied that she had ever sold a story on Coleen to any media organisation.
She was then asked about the kiss and tell which was brought up in court during her trial with Coleen.
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Kate probed: “There was a story that came up for example about Peter Andre during the trial – that was an example of a story that you had given to the press…”
Rebekah then responded: “I didn’t leak that. That was a story that I put my name to and it was something that I deeply regret and I’m deeply ashamed of. “
She then admitted feeling it was “deeply wrong” that Peter was even mentioned.
She continued: “But it was so long ago. Life for me was so different then and I tried to explain the situation in which that came up and you know I just think that was wrong for him to have (been) brought into that situation.
“He had nothing to do with it. That had nothing to do with what I was accused of.”
Calling Coleen out
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Rebekah recalled the moment she saw Coleen’s social media accusation and how she called out her fellow WAG on the accusation.
She explained to Kate that she was heavily pregnant at the time with her daughter Olivia and on holiday with husband Jamie Vardy and admitted calling her to ask “what the f**k is this?”
She recalled: “I picked up the phone and called her and basically said, ‘What the f*** is this?’ Her response was quite rude, quite harsh, and she basically just said, ‘You know what this is’.”
She remained adamant that she had no clue what Coleen was talking about.
PTSD fears
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Rebekah confessed that her mental health has suffered significantly due to the stress of the accusations and the trial.
She claimed she was prescribed anti-depressants after suffering from dark and suicidal thoughts and that she ended up in hospital twice.
The I’m A Celeb star said: “I was having serious panic attacks. I had kidney stones which were brought on by stress, and I just felt like my life was falling apart.
“Physically, emotionally and mentally it was exhausting. It was draining. I had to go to hospital a couple of times because they were really worried about my mental wellbeing.
“And since the court case, I think I’m probably suffering with PTSD — I feel physically sick when I talk about the trial and what happened, and I have nightmares.”
‘Feels sorry’ for Coleen
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Rebekah admitted that she feels sorry for Coleen because of the constant spotlight and speculation around her marriage admitting that she can’t know what that feels like because she is “happily married.”
She added that she felt “nobody” should have to deal with their marriage being talked about in the press constantly like Coleen.
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