Dean McCullough called Coleen Rooney ‘Wagatha Christie’ in their first encounter on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! on Sunday night.
As the ITV show kicked off this series, Danny Jones, Tulisa, Jane Moore, Dean, and Oti Mabuse had to do the iconic skydive into the jungle.
Meanwhile, Barry McGuigan, GK Barry, Alan Halsall, Coleen, and Melvin Odoom waited at the beach for the other five campmates to join them.
The celebrities doing the sky dive then had to take their turns to pick which celebrity they wanted to compete in a race to the finish line.
Once it was Dean’s choice to pick between Coleen or his Radio 1 colleague Melvin, he said: ‘Melvin, I’m so so sorry! Wagatha Christie you’re coming with me!’
Danny and Barry were team orange, Tulisa and Alan were team red, Jane and GK team green, Dean and Coleen were team yellow and Oti and Melvin were team pink.
Dean McCullough, 32, called Coleen Rooney, 38, ‘Wagatha Christie’ in their first encounter on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! on Sunday night
Wagatha Christie is the popular name given to Coleen and Rebekah Vardy ‘s £1.8 million court case, which culminated in a 2022
Wagatha Christie is the popular name given to Coleen and Rebekah Vardy‘s £1.8 million court case, which culminated in a 2022.
It began when Coleen put a widely-shared post on Instagram which accused Rebekah of leaking ‘false stories’ about her private life to the press.
Rebekah denied the allegations and sued Coleen for libel, but the case – dubbed the ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial – found in Coleen’s favour, and left Rebekah liable to pay £1.5 million towards Coleen’s legal fees.
Just last month, Rebekah was ordered to pay £100,000 of the money she owes.
While Coleen has already told her side of the story for £1 million in a Disney+ documentary last year, ITV bosses will no doubt be hoping for some extra titbits during her jungle stay.
But they may be left disappointed – Coleen says she’s ‘drawn a line under’ the saga.
‘That’s a place that I’ve been, I’ve dealt with it,’ she says. ‘In my life now, I’m just moving forward and not looking back. ‘That’s something I’ve done my whole life, dealt with things and moved forward at the time and got on.
‘There are more important things to think about with the family and kids.’
As the ITV show kicked off this series, Danny Jones, Tulisa, Jane Moore, Dean, and Oti Mabuse had to do the iconic skydive into the jungle
Meanwhile, Barry McGuigan, GK Barry, Alan Halsall, Coleen, and Melvin Odoom waited at the beach for the other five campmates to join them
The celebrities doing the sky dive then had to take their turns to pick which celebrity they wanted to compete in a race to the finish line
Once it was Dean’s choice to pick between Coleen or his Radio 1 colleague Melvin, he said: ‘Melvin, I’m so so sorry! Wagatha Christie you’re coming with me!’
Wagatha Christie is the popular name given to Coleen and Rebekah Vardy ‘s £1.8 million court case, which culminated in a 2022
Coleen is reportedly being lined up for a £1million ITV deal after starring on this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
ITV are thought to be keen to get the WAG involved with one of their daytime shows like Loose Women.
The Sun also reports that there is potential for her to do other shows such as a remake of her 2008 series Coleen’s Real Women.
The show followed Coleen who was set the challenge to find naturally beautiful women to be the face of major brands.
As well as TV work Coleen – who is thought to be being paid £1.5million for her Jungle stint – is reportedly hoping to bring out a swimwear line too.
The insider added that Coleen’s friends know her as someone ‘intelligent and not afraid to speak her mind’ – so she would be perfect for the show.
Jane – who stars on Loose Women is also in the Jungle so Coleen reportedly hopes to speak to her about the show when she’s there.
To find out more tune into I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! Monday at 9pm on ITV1, STV and ITVX