Coleen Rooney has been spotted for the first time since it was reported she will be taking part in this year’s I’m A Celebrity after landing the biggest contract in the show’s history.
However, on Sunday the WAG, 38, found himself in surroundings more familiar than the jungle, as he headed to the Cheshire petrol station.
She seemed calm and content during the outing, entering the M&S garage to pick up some essentials after filling up her Mercedes.
She was dressed casually for the outing in a black tracksuit and mules.
The outing comes amid hopes Coleen will recount her epic fight with Rebekah Vardy when she appears on the reality show.
Coleen Rooney was spotted on Sunday for the first time since it was reported she will be taking part in this year’s I’m A Celebrity after landing the biggest contract in the show’s history.
However, on Sunday the WAG, 38, found himself in surroundings more familiar than the jungle, as he headed to the Cheshire petrol station.
Coleen is also believed to get ‘ultimate revenge’ upon signing up, with Rebekah being voted off early in the 2017 series.
In another blow, it is said to be a big payday for Coleen, who reportedly commanded a fee exceeding Nigel Farage’s £1.5million from last year.
It comes as Rebekah was this week ordered to pay Coleen a further £100,000 after losing her battle over legal costs in the so-called Wagatha Christie case.
According The sun on Sunday, Coleen is expected to travel in November to take part in the show of which her four children are said to be big fans.
A source said: “I’m A Celeb bosses have taken a big step in landing Coleen for the jungle this year and the team are delighted to have her on board.”
‘She has always been a big fan of the show and loves watching it with her children. ITV is delighted that the stars have aligned this year and she can fit in. The series will be one of the best yet.
“Coleen has a huge fan base and has earned huge plaudits for her elegant handling of the Wagatha Christie case.”
The couple became the center of a major storm in 2019 when Coleen accused Rebekah of leaking stories about her to the press.
Rebekah then sued Coleen for defamation over the claim, but it was Coleen who prevailed when a judge declared in 2022 that her claim was “substantially true.”
Rebekah was subsequently instructed to pay 90 per cent of Coleen, 38,’s fees, with an initial payment of £800,000, but has been contesting the claimed costs of £1.8million.
At the end of the latest hearing, which began on Monday, Costs Judge Andrew Gordon-Saker has told Rebekah to pay an additional £100,000 within 21 days.
Rebekah Vardy photographed in the 2017 series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here
It features Ant and Dec in series 23 of last year’s hit reality show.
He said: “I think there is scope for an additional payment on account so that the defendant (Ms Rooney) is not exempt from her costs, and I think it should not be more than £100,000.”
The hearing, which was not attended by any of the women, addressed a number of preliminary issues before a full “line by line” assessment of costs takes place at a later date, which will decide the total amount of money to be paid.
Judge Gordon-Saker said this could take place in early 2025, but added: “The parties must get on with this and put it behind them.”
He said: “Realistically, (the line-by-line assessment) will probably be next year, hopefully early next year.”
In 2019, Coleen publicly claimed that Ms Vardy’s account was the source behind three stories in the Sun newspaper which featured false details she had posted on her private Instagram profile.
These included her trip to Mexico for a “gender selection” procedure, her plans to return to television, and the flooding of her home’s basement.
Following the high-profile trial, Judge Steyn ruled in Coleen’s favor in July 2022, finding the post to be “substantially true”.
The judge said it was “probable” that Rebekah’s agent, Caroline Watt, had passed information to the newspaper. and that the Leicester star’s wife “knew and tolerated this behaviour”.
At the latest hearing, Rebekah’s representative, Jamie Carpenter KC, said in written submissions that the legal bill claimed by Coleen amounted to £1,833,906.89, which was more than three times her “agreed costs budget of £540,779 .07”.
Wayne and Coleen Rooney, pictured leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London in May 2022, received another boost with this week’s High Court ruling.
Rebekah Vardy, pictured with her husband Jamie outside the Royal Courts of Justice in May 2022, was accused of sharing private information about Coleen Rooney with the Sun newspaper.
Coleen appears here with her husband Wayne, former England and Manchester United striker, at Nordoff Robbins’ Legends of Football event in London on Monday.
He said the bill was “drafted without sufficient care” and had “a ‘kitchen sink’ approach”, and included “more than £120,000 in costs to which Ms Rooney is not entitled”.
But Robin Dunne, representing Coleen, said in written submissions that Ms Vardy had shown “deplorable conduct” in the case and that the costs could have been lower if “she had handled this litigation appropriately”.
He added: “It does not sit well with Ms Vardy to now claim that Ms Rooney’s costs, many of which were caused directly by her conduct, are unreasonable.”
MailOnline has contacted ITV representatives and Coleen Rooney for comment.
