ROO 'WAS STUPID'
Wayne Rooney speaks for the first time about drink-drive shame and how ‘it hurt his kids’
SHAMED drink-driver Wayne Rooney has told how his “stupid mistake” hurt his kids.
But Rooney, 32, said he has learned from it — and is loving community work at a garden centre.
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The Everton striker was arrested in September driving a woman home while pregnant wife Coleen, 31, was away.
Speaking for the first time about the incident, Rooney said: “Sometimes you make mistakes. I held my hands up. I made a mistake.
“I knew straight away I had made a stupid mistake and I have to move on. It is not nice. I’ve got children and it is not nice for them to see that and I try to move on and learn from it which I feel I am doing.”
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The father of three was subsequently banned from driving for two years and ordered to carry out 120 hours’ community service.
In an to be aired on Sunday, he told how working alongside adults with learning difficulties at a community garden centre was “relaxing”.
He said: “I’m still doing it and am about halfway through it.
“It wasn’t something that I was thinking I wanted to be doing because obviously I’ve got children at home and when you have a day off you want to rest.
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“But I’ve really enjoyed doing it.”
The former England captain said he will continue to help there even after he has finished his allotted hours.
He went on: “I will keep in touch with them and try to help. Just going in, they have made me feel so welcome.
“There has been no stick. We don’t actually talk about football.
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“It is a refreshing place to go and it is relaxing.
“You are with people and doing things you wouldn’t do normally. It has been great.”
Coleen admitted last month she feared their marriage was over but said the couple were trying to work through their problems.
Wayne Rooney banned from driving for two years and ordered to do 100 hours of community service for drink-driving
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