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Becky Vardy’s cutting comment about Coleen Rooney’s marriage troubles – and how she offered to help
BECKY Vardy has made a cutting comment about Coleen Rooney's marriage troubles - despite insisting "life is too short to be resentful".
Speaking for the first time since the High Court defeat last Friday, the 40-year-old has opened up about her friendship with Coleen before their Wagatha Christie libel battle.
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Asked if she offered Coleen a place to live when she and husband Wayne were having problems, Becky giggles: “Which time was this?”
She continues in a tell-all interview with The Sun: “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.’”
Becky says: “It’s a bit of a bitter pill to swallow but life goes on. That is not my beef. I don’t want to look at people and think, ‘Well I did that for you so you should’ve done this for me.’”
Childhood sweethearts Coleen and Wayne have been together for 20 years and are proud parents to four gorgeous boys.
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But it hasn't all been plain sailing - with the couple facing numerous controversies during their marriage.
In 2004, the Sunday Mirror reported that a teenage Rooney had paid £140 for sex with prostitute Charlotte Glover, then 21, and gave her his autograph as a “souvenir”.
That same year he was said to have slept with Gina McCarrick, then 37, at a £45-a-go brothel in Liverpool.
The football star visited the brothel 10 times, and was caught on CCTV.
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It was at this same brothel that he was said to have slept with grandmother Patricia Tierney, then 48, who wore a rubber catsuit and was known as the "Auld Slapper".
In 2010 Helen Wood claimed Wayne had paid for a threesome with Jenny Thompson.
In 2017 Coleen was left fuming again when her husband was caught in a car with Laura Simpson and tested positive for drink-driving.
Wayne was sentenced to 100 hours community service, after admitting to drink-driving.
Back in August 2019, the married former England ace, 35, was pictured laughing and joking with a mystery brunette — dressed in a skimpy white top and high heels — at the end of the mammoth booze-up.
When their husbands played for England, Coleen and Becky were often seen together in the crowd.
Becky insists she was a support to Coleen amid her marriage troubles after forming a bond as fellow WAGs.
But during the trial, a witness for Coleen claimed former I’m A Celeb contestant Becky deliberately sat behind the Liverpudlian at the 2016 Euros clash with Wales.
Her pal then went on to accuse her of leaking stories in a bombshell message ending: “It’s . . . Rebekah Vardy’s account.”
Despite a devastating verdict, which cost Becky millions, she extended an olive branch to Coleen during the interview, saying: “I’d take her for a coffee.”
She says: “If I saw her in the street tomorrow, I’d ask her if she wanted to go for a Caffe Nero.
“Life is too short to be resentful and hold grudges and be bitter towards someone. That is not me. I am not that person.”
Becky reveals she has twice been hospitalised with mental health issues since the Wagatha Christie row erupted in October 2019.
She has seen a string of counsellors and was put on medication to alleviate her anxiety. Becky was subsequently diagnosed with depression and put on anti-depressants – which she is now off.
The mum of five believes she has PTSD since the court case, adding: "I feel physically sick when I talk about the trial and what happened, and I have nightmares. I haven’t gone to get a diagnosis yet but I do know I probably need some more therapy. It’s been a horrible time.”
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However the wife of England and Leicester City striker Jamie, 35, blasts Mrs Justice Karen Steyn — and says she was “slut-shamed” and bullied in the harrowing court hearing.