Coleen Rooney teases that husband Wayne could enter the I'm A Celebrity... jungle too

Coleen Rooney has hinted that her husband Wayne could sign up to star in ... Get Me Out Of Here! in the future.

is one of the stars taking part in the 2024 season of But she reckons her 39, could follow in her footsteps to take part in the series himself at a future point.

The only reason that Coleen has beaten her husband to the line-up is because he is so busy acting as the head coach of EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle. Before entering the jungle, Coleen said: "If he had time, he’d have a go."

She continued: "I am not saying he would go in, but he wouldn’t be completely put off. I haven’t spoken about it with my younger two boys as not many know, but my eldest son told me: ‘Yeah go for it’.

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"My second one was a bit more emotional. He thought about me being away for a long length of time, but hopefully that will pass. My parents are happy too that I’m doing something for me."

Coleen also revealed the she can rest easy knowing Wayne will be rooting for her from home. She said: "Wayne is supportive. He did say, ‘You know you are going to be on camera 24/7?’ but I said, ‘Yeah that’s the show!’. He is fine with it all.”

The WAG explained that she extra excited to be taking part because she is such a huge fan of the series herself. She gushed: “I do watch the show every year, you get hooked on it, you get to know the campmates, the challenges are always entertaining and it’s a good family show. The most rewarding thing for me is the fact I have actually agreed to do it.

"It’s a massive thing as I am so close to the children, I do everything for them. I am a really organised person and so to take myself away from that is going to be difficult. But I’ve got a very supportive family around me and I know everything is going to be fine.”

She also explained that she has been asked to appear on other reality shows in the past, but the timing has never worked out until now. She said: “It has been year after year I have been asked to go on a programme and it’s always been a straight no.

“Over the years, there have been different things going on in my life and also, my children have been really young. But they are at an age now where I can go away for this length of time. I also feel it’s time to have a challenge for me and do something different. It has taken many, many years but I’m finally doing it. And I have always said if I was going to do one – then it would be this show. I think it will be good for me.”

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! returns to ITV1 and via ITVX on Sunday 17 November 2024 at 9pm.

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