Inside Coleen Rooney's meticulous plan to keep boys & Wayne in ...
COLEEN Rooney has left footie-style tactics boards filled with instructions to ensure her sons are looked after while she is in Australia for I’m a Celebrity.
The mum of four has filled two whiteboards with details of parties, pick-ups and drop-offs for the next four weeks.
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Husband Wayne, 39, manages Championship side Plymouth Argyle, 300 miles away from the family home in Cheshire — so Coleen has had to draft in an army of friends and relatives to help with Kai, 15, Klay, 11, Kit, eight, and Cass, six.
She said: “I am really anxious about leaving the kids. That’s my biggest thing, and for weeks and months that’s been on my mind.
“But I’ve come to terms with it. I’ve planned, I’ve prepped, I’ve got an army of people — family, friends, school friends — all helping out with the kids.
“They are going to be fine, they’ll probably have a great time. I have prepped, as you can see behind me. That is, like, literally front and back, four weeks of timetables, football runs, parties, just everything.
“Before, I just wrote them all a little card each to open when they come home from school tomorrow, and a little teddy to keep so that they know I am constantly thinking of them.”
Coleen arrived at Brisbane Airport on an Emirates flight at 10.40pm local time yesterday, having travelled from Manchester.
Wearing an £875 Loewe zip-top and carrying a Chanel tote bag, she smiled and said she was excited ahead of entering the jungle.
Coleen added that she had said her goodbyes to Wayne on Monday morning and that his last words to her were: “Good luck!”
She also took the children on her final school run for weeks.
Coleen said: “For me it was emotional, not too much for the kids. I just done it as normal.”
Watch as Coleen Rooney arrives in Australia ahead of I’m A Celeb and reveals husband Wayne’s last words to her
Asked if there were any tears, she said: “There might’ve been. Not from the kids, just from me.”
She also said she was “not sure” if Wayne would be voting for her to do the Bushtucker Trials.
Coleen — the ITV show’s record fee signing — was the last of ten celebs to fly into Australia this week for Sunday’s curtain-raiser.
She was guarded by an ITV security guard before being driven to a secret location.
Former Love Islander Maura Higgins, 33, and ex-BBC radio host the Rev Richard Coles, 62, are expected to be the late arrivals into camp.
Meanwhile, we can reveal Coleen and her new campmates have got a fresh foe to fear after deadly fire ants were detected near a mansion being used for filming Sunday’s opening show.
I am really anxious about leaving the kids, that’s my biggest thing, and for weeks and months that’s been on my mind
Coleen
A warning has been put in place near the £21million Diamond Head estate after the insects swarmed the area in Queensland.
Fire ant bites cause the skin to feel like it is burning and bring on blisters. In severe cases, they can cause fatal anaphylaxis.
Aussie authorities have pledged £303million into a national fire ant eradication programme.
The invasive species damage crops and kill livestock.
Last year, five nests were also discovered in Murwillumbah, New South Wales — where the jungle camp is.
I'm A Celebrity 2024
As the hit ITV show enters into its 24th series, a brand new batch of famous faces look set to enter the Aussie jungle once again to face terrifying Bushtucker Trials and living amongst the critters in camp in order to come out on top and be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle. The Sun's Jake Penkethman takes a look at the stars heading Down Under this year...
Coleen Rooney - Arguably the most famous name heading into the camp, the leading WAG, known for her marriage to Wayne Rooney, will be making a grand return to TV as she looks to put the Wagatha Christie scandal behind her. The Sun revealed the mum-of-four had bagged an eye-watering deal worth over £1.5million to head into the camp this year making her the highest-paid contestant ever.Tulisa - The popstar and former X Factor judge looks set to be making a triumphant TV comeback by signing up to this year's I'm A Celeb after shunning TV shows for many years. Known for being a member of the trio, N-Dubz, Tulisa became a household name back in 2011 when she signed on to replace Cheryl on ITV show The X Factor in a multi-million pound deal. Alan Halsall - The actor, known for playing the long-running role of Tyrone Dobbs on ITV soap opera Coronation Street, was originally signed up to head Down Under last year but an operation threw his scheduled appearance off-course. Now he will be hoping to become the latest Corrie star to win over both the viewers and his fellow celebrities when he gets into camp.Melvin Odoom - The Radio DJ has become a regular face on TV screens after rising to fame with presenting roles on Kiss FM, BBC Radio 1 and 4Music. He has already been for a spin on the Strictly dancefloor and co-hosted The Xtra Factor with Rochelle Humes in 2015 but now he is facing up to his biggest challenge yet - the Aussie jungle.GK Barry - The UK's biggest social media personality, GK, whose real name is Grace Keeling, has transformed her TikTok stardom into a lucrative career. Aside from her popular social media channels, she hosts the weekly podcast, Saving Grace, and regularly appears on ITV talk show, Loose Women. She has even gone on to endorse popular brand such as PrettyLittleThing, KFC and Ann Summers.Dean McCullough - A rising star amongst this year's bunch of celebs, Dean first achieved notability through his radio appearances on Gaydio and BBC Radio 1. He was chosen to join the BBC station permanently in 2021 and has featured prominently ever since. He has enjoyed a crossover to ITV over the past year thanks to his guest slots on Big Brother spin-off show, Late & Live. Oti Mabuse - The pro dancer has signed up to her latest TV show after making her way through the biggest programmes on the box. She origianlly found fame on Strictly Come Dancing but has since branched out into the world of TV judging with appearances on former BBC show The Greatest Dancer as well as her current role on ITV's Dancing On Ice.Danny Jones - The McFly star was drafted into the programme last minute as a replacement for Tommy Fury. Danny is the second member of McFly to enter the jungle, after Dougie Poynter won the show in 2011. He is also considered a rising star on ITV as he's now one of the mentors on their Saturday night talent show, The Voice, along with bandmate Tom. A jungle insider said: "As well as bringing some of the star appeal of the group with him, he'll be supplying some serious guy candy for the campmates and viewers at home."Maura Higgins - The Irish TV beauty first found fame on Love Island where she found a brief connection with dancer Curtis Pritchard. Since then, she has competed on Dancing On Ice as well as hosting the Irish version of the beauty contest, Glow Up. Since last year, she has been working on building up her career in the US by being the social media correspondent and host of Aftersun to accompany Love Island USA. She even guest hosted an episode of the spin-off, Love Island Games, in place of Maya Jama last year.Jane Moore - The Loose Women star and The Sun columnist will be braving the creepy crawlies this year. The star is ready for a new challenge - having recently split from her husband. It will be Jane's first foray into reality TV with the telly favourite having always said no to reality shows in the past.Barry McGuigan - Former pro boxer Barry will become the latest fighting champ to head Down Under following in the footsteps of Tony Bellew and Amir Khan. It comes after a tough few years for Irish star Barry, who lost his daughter Danika to breast cancer. He told The Late Late Show in 2021: "She was such an intrinsic part of the family that every day we ache."Rev. Richard Coles - Former BBC radio host the Rev Richard Coles is set for I’m A Celebrity — and is ready to let rip at his old employer. The former Communards and Strictly star, 62, said the BBC did not know its a**e from its elbow last year.An insider said: "Rev Coles will have a variety of tales to tell from his wild days as a pop star in the Eighties, through to performing on Strictly and his later life as a man of the cloth."
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