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Rebekah Vardy has claimed her rival Coleen Rooney is ‘getting it easy’ in the I’m A Celebrity camp, compared to her own stint on the ITV show.
The WAG, 42, hasn’t shied away from sharing her outspoken views on the new series, after her legal dispute with Coleenas part of the Wagatha Christie scandal.
Since Coleen entered the jungle earlier this month, Rebekah has made no secret of what she thinks about her nemeses, branding her ‘dull’ while also wanting her to eat bull’s penis.
And in her latest column for The Sun, Rebekah shared that this year’s I’m A Celebrity lineup were being rewarded with luxuries far too early in the series, insisting she ‘hardly got any food’ during her first week in the camp.
She said: ‘This year’s campmates are having it so easy compared to when I did the show. We hardly got any food for the first week, let alone home comforts.
‘I do not begrudge them getting their luxuries so early because you need that in the jungle to keep you going. But ITV are sure not making them work for it. Cranky campmates make for the best TV.’
Rebekah Vardy has claimed her rival Coleen Rooney is ‘getting it easy’ in the I’m A Celebrity camp, compared to her own stint on the ITV show
in her latest column for The Sun, Rebekah shared that this year’s I’m A Celebrity lineup were being rewarded with luxuries far too early in the series (Coleen is pictured in the camp)
It comes after sources shared that despite their recent legal battle, Coleen is determined to avoid an interaction with Rebekah when she returns from Australia.
In a new interview with The Mirror, a source claimed: ‘In Coleen’s mind, her war with Becky is over and all she wants is for Becky to pay her bill and then she will never have to think about her again.’
‘But Becky can’t let it go – and Coleen will find it hilarious, and somewhat tragic, about Becky’s constant mentioning of her.’
Jamie Vardy’s wife initially took a swipe at Coleen at the start of the series, gleefully mocking her when she sank in the river during the opening task – writing: ‘Coleen sank in the river twice. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.’
The mother-of-six also set the tone for her own social media as she posted a picture of herself lounging in a bikini, captioning it with: ‘The feeling when you are living rent free in people’s heads.’ alongside a laugh-crying wink emoji.
She then accused Coleen – who reportedly is being paid a record £1.5m for her appearance – of ‘following in her footsteps’ because she had ‘always wanted (Vardy’s) life.’
But Rebekah, who previously labelled Coleen ‘dull’ and expressed her desire to see the campmate eat ‘penis or humble pie’, recently praised the mother-of-three following her successful Bushtucker Trial.
Coleen was hailed as a ‘warrior’ by viewers for maintaining her composure during the gruesome Absolute Car-nage trial with Northern Irish DJ Dean McCullough, which saw her completely covered in cockroaches and rats.
Rebekah said when she appeared on I’m A Celeb back in 2017 (pictured), she and her fellow campmates had ‘hardly any food’ during the first week
It comes after sources shared that despite their recent legal battle, Coleen is determined to avoid an interaction with Rebekah when she returns from Australia
And in a dramatic U-turn, the WAG commended Coleen for her efforts saying she ‘held her nerve’ as the cockroaches and rats crawled all over her.
Writing in her The Sun column, Rebekah penned: ‘It’s blowing a gale at home but there’s definitely a rumble in the jungle.’
‘Luckily it’s not in the campmates’ stomachs, as Teabag Dean had Coleen with him for Absolute Carnage and they managed to get nine stars.’
‘I’m applauding Coleen. She really held her nerve as the mealworms, cockroaches and rats crawled all over her.’
Rebekah’s shocking U-turn has taken many by surprise but the source also added that Rebekah is aware of all the backlash she has been receiving for slating Coleen on her social media.
And has now ‘decided on a change of tack’ as she wants a ‘long career’ and wishes to be seen as more of a ‘pantomime villain and a rent-a-gob’.
The source also claimed that Rebekah too wants to move on but that won’t be possible if ‘she continues to take aim at Coleen’.
Meanwhile, an insider for The Mirror added that Coleen’s opinion of Rebekah hasn’t changed one bit despite Rebekah’s apparent attempt at reconciliation during her time in the jungle.
The insider revealed that Coleen has ‘no intention of ever talking about all that drama again’ and just wants Rebekah to ‘shut up, leave her alone, and get on with her life.’
Furthermore, the source insisted that Coleen’s appearance on the ITV show will be transformative for her and she is buzzing for the future.
They added her main aim of going into the jungle was to ‘make her boys proud’ and claimed she would most likely end up feeling sorry for Rebekah as she is a ‘kind person’ and Rebekah’s videos aimed at Coleen will not be ‘doing her any favours’.
Meanwhile, a separate source close to Rebekah claimed she is just reviewing what she sees on the ITV show and is ‘doing a job to give an opinion/insight into the jungle’ before adding ‘I wouldn’t read anything more’ into it.
Coleen’s jungle adventure follows the 2022 Wagatha Christie trial, where she accused Rebekah of leaking private stories – a claim Rebekah vehemently denied.
Despite this, in July 2022, a High Court judge ruled that Coleen’s allegations were ‘substantially true’
And adding to Rebekah’s woes, last month a judge ordered the WAG to cough up an additional £100,000 in costs, piling onto the hefty 1.8 million bill she has already been instructed to pay Coleen.