Rebekah Vardy insists her footballer husband Jamie plays better when she is feuding with rival Coleen Rooney . The media personality, who has been married to the Leicester City legend for eight years, has appeared to have reignited her famous feud with her former pal. She is reportedly hatching a "revenge plot" against Coleen, 38, who is preparing for her stint on I'm a Celebrity.
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It is this decision which has brought the WAGs's clash to the fore again - with Rebekah, 42, accusing Coleen of hypocrisy for going on the programme after the Scouse mum's legal team in the famous libel case allegedly mocked Rebekah's reality TV past. Rebekah lost the case in 2022 and faced a massive legal bill. But Rebekah said reports that Jamie, 37, became angry amid this conflict, and further spats since are off the mark.
The media personality, born in Norwich, said today: "Everyone thinks Jamie is mad at me for speaking out, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. He’s encouraging me, saying, ‘Give it to her, get the truth out there’. He loves it that she’s back getting headlines.
The more stick he gets from the stands in football, the better he plays." Indeed, Jamie has already scored four times for Leicester City this season, including two in two games last month when talk about the I'm a Celebrity line-up first surfaced . The Foxes have had steady start to the campaign, and are three points above the relegation zone despite.