The world will fall in love with Coleen, Wagatha Christie producer says
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he government producer of an upcoming documentary on Coleen Rooney’s feud with Rebekah Vardy mentioned “her jaw was on the floor” after studying what the footballer’s spouse was put by.
Julia Nottingham, who’s main manufacturing within the collection Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story, described working alongside Mrs Rooney and is satisfied it would inform a special story about her dispute with Mrs Vardy.
In 2019 Mrs Rooney outed Mrs Vardy on social media for leaking posts from her non-public Instagram to the press.
In 2020 Mrs Vardy sued Mrs Rooney for libel, and in 2022 the High Court dominated that Mrs Rooney’s statements have been “substantially true”, dismissing Mrs Vardy’s claims.
Speaking on the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) on Wednesday, Ms Nottingham described assembly Mrs Rooney for the primary time.
I actually suppose the world goes to fall in love with Coleen
She mentioned she advised her “I’m not coming here with any pitch. I just want to listen, you know, what do you want to say? What do you think of documentaries?”
And Ms Nottingham mentioned Mrs Rooney advised her “I’ve never said a word. I just want to say everything. I want it to be in my words”.
Ms Nottingham added: “And I think we sat together for five hours, you know, talked through everything and my jaw was on the floor.
“And you know, that was a couple of years ago now. And that was before she knew she was going to trial. So it was a very long kind of relationship-building process.”
She added: “I really think the world is going to fall in love with Coleen.”
I simply wished the leaks to cease. It was so sneaky – it was cheeky
In a clip from the documentary proven to the EICC, Mrs Rooney says: “When I put that post up I didn’t in a million years think I would be in a court case.
“I had to message her back saying what the f*** is this?
“I just wanted the leaks to stop. It was so sneaky – it was cheeky.”
Mrs Rooney says within the three-part documentary that she has been pursued by paparazzi.
She additionally says that whereas she didn’t agree with the extent of harassment Mrs Vardy confronted following the revelations, she “sticks by” her phrases.