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Wayne Rooney

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Vodkalimeandice · 26/07/2021 22:44

Poor chap he's been tricked into sharing an evening of drinking & dancing with some lovely blonde 20 somethings. Followed by being tricked into going back to a hotel with them all. Poor chap doesn't have much luck does he?

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mygood · 28/07/2021 10:16

@Fairyliz

So Wayne goes into a nightclub and is in the VIP area. Does he invite some young men to join him to discuss the Euro’s? Or possibly some women in their 30’s and they could swap parenting tips? No he invites some young gorgeous scantily clad women to share his drink. He then goes back to their hotel room. Possibly to discuss the merits of a travel lodge versus premier inn? Hmm Surely we can imagine what he was thinking? Personally I think he deserves the ridicule. The women didn’t try to blackmail him, they just showed him up for the twat he is.
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YesIDoLoveCrisps · 28/07/2021 10:35

Unfortunately I don’t think it means no second/other family as sometimes the footballers or sportsmen have flings and end up with love children.

the80sweregreat · 28/07/2021 12:04

I've messed up over the years ( nothing on this scale , but things I still cringe about from when I were much younger ) but at least I didn't have it all over the papers and social media wasn't a thing then , either. These days you never live anything down , it's all out there forever.
You would think it would make people a lot more guarded about their behavior out and about knowing this sort of thing can and will happen , especially if they are drinking.
He clearly doesn't seem to care.

LadyEloise · 28/07/2021 13:09

@YesIDoLoveCrisps
I agree that he could have other children with "flings". I'm just trying to figure out why she stays.

I really dislike the term "love child / love children" - it implies that children born in a marriage are not born of love. It probably dates back to older times and aristocratic arranged marriages where love was not a factor.

IcedPurple · 28/07/2021 13:25

I think with Rooney, it doesn't seem to be so much having a 'fling' here and there, more than he gets drunk as and has one night stands with whatever female happens to be around. Alcohol almost always seems to be involved, not that that's an excuse in any way.

msgloria · 28/07/2021 14:23

I think whether or not he were to have other children outside of his marriage is likely to be secondary to the risk of another woman becoming involved in the lives of Colleen's four boys.

Whilst I imagine Colleen would be pretty devastated if Wayne was found to have had other children, the risk that the mother or mothers of any such children would become directly involved in the lives of her own boys would be slim.

The main risk is always going to be that if she leaves him there will be a second Mrs Rooney who will step in.

Also I think there's a lot in them having grown up together. They got together so young, he's all she's ever known and their families are linked. Whilst he's had one night stands, there's no indication he's had any full relationships with anyone aside from Colleen. I imagine there's a deep shared history and bond there.

I hope in her situation I wouldn't stay, but I can see why she does.

choli · 28/07/2021 14:26

[quote LadyEloise]@YesIDoLoveCrisps
I agree that he could have other children with "flings". I'm just trying to figure out why she stays.

I really dislike the term "love child / love children" - it implies that children born in a marriage are not born of love. It probably dates back to older times and aristocratic arranged marriages where love was not a factor. [/quote]
Somehow I doubt love is a factor in the Rooney marriage either.

YesIDoLoveCrisps · 28/07/2021 16:04

Maybe love child isn’t the right expression then, I don’t know what the correct term is.

LadyEloise · 28/07/2021 17:06

@YesIDoLoveCrisps
You used the correct expression in the correct context.
I just commented because it's just an expression I don't like.

YesIDoLoveCrisps · 28/07/2021 17:08

Either way I hope it’s not something that happens to her, it would be shit for her and her children.

ChicChaos · 28/07/2021 18:03

Just to be clear, I don't think it was the women involved who attempted to blackmail Rooney. Don't know who it was, but the complaint to the Police wasn't about them AFAIK.

Religion-wise, adultery is in the Bible as a reason for divorce. It's also one of the ten commandments. Whatever Coleen's reasons for staying with him, it's not down to Catholicism.

MobyDicksTinyCanoe · 28/07/2021 19:23

MSGloria I think you're onto something there.

I was only 13 when I met my dp and we're so intertwined it's unreal.

I wouldn't be without him, but I do wonder how we'll cope when the inevitable happens as we're all we've ever known. With hindsight I think it would have been a lot healthier if we'd split during our teens as many kids do and got together again later on. It's almost like in our mindset we're still young kids and would put up with the stunts that a young teenager would pull (( not that my dp would dare!!))

Sceptre86 · 28/07/2021 19:30

He was partying with young women whilst married he went to their hotel room. He can blame the alcohol all he likes, he chooses to drink it. He has cheated on Coleen numerous times and she puts up with it. He is a great role model for his sons , not! The money, status may have a lot to do with not divorcing him and maybe religion although adultery is a valid reason for divorce in Catholicism is it not?

As for the girls well they don't come off well either. It is well known he is a married man and they did take advantage whilst he was passed out. If he was a female celebrity and they were men they would have been hung out to dry. The stories in the press from parents of the girls were frankly ridiculous, saying they were from 'good ' families. What exactly is that supposed to mean? It doesn't take a genius to know mooning near someone who has passed out and then posting it on social media is a bad idea. No-one comes out of it looking good.

Kipperandarthur · 29/07/2021 00:05

Well once again he’s apologised but only to keep his job. There are clear photos of him leaning in kissing one of the girls. Fortunately he then passed out. Subsequent photos that they took were awful and showed them to be cheap attention seekers after money.

But he is the Manager of Derby County and an ex professional footballer that supposedly young budding footballers aspire to! What a terrible role model.

The apology is certainly on the orders of his employer. He really doesn’t ever learn or seem interested in any form of reform. He obviously has a major drink problem and there have been numerous past instances involving drink and women.

Who knows what his wife will do but her long running spat with R Vardy pales into insignificance (though it always was) in comparison to the shambles of being constantly humiliated by her husband. At what point will she actually call time on being married to this odious man child who really has no respect for her.

The days of “glory”, and I’m loathe to even call them that, are sadly very behind them both now and the longer she stays with him she just degrades herself alongside what he does to her. Most other people would have some dignity and self respect by now and call time on their marriage as he’s not going to change.

Of course they have children but they are now old enough to pick up on the atmosphere and publicity that his awful antics generate even from comments from their young friends.

Sadly it wouldn’t surprise me if in years to come he follows the same path as Gazza.

Anordinarymum · 29/07/2021 01:08

An acquaintance of mine knows Wayne and Colleen and their families from way back.
Wayne Rooney wanted to go out with Colleen for years and she would not have anything to do with him until the day he was signed up for Everton. She sent her brother to his house to say she would go out with him now.
When he was involved in the first scandal with the woman in the brothel he took all the rap for that , being young and stupid, and allowed other higher profile footballers who were also there to get away unnoticed.

Colleen stays with him for the money and the limelight and that is all. She tolerates all the women because there is no love in that marriage.
If she ended it she would lose the fame she enjoys. Why has she carried on with the Rebecca Vardy fiasco? It keeps her relevant.
In some ways she is no better than her husband because in turning a blind eye she endorses his behaviour.
What a fine example they are showing to their children.

WelliesandWine88 · 29/07/2021 01:22

Really though, how pathetic and disgusting are the girls who took the pictures in the first place. Right up there with daily mail gutter journalists.

imamule · 29/07/2021 06:21

Colleen stays with him for the money and the limelight and that is all. She tolerates all the women because there is no love in that marriage.

I'm not sure about that. If they divorced she wouldn't be penniless & I think it would boost her profile & offer opportunities eg tv appearances, book deals etc.

imamule · 29/07/2021 06:24

and I agree with pp that the fact they were together so young is a big factor in staying together.

Maggiesfarm · 29/07/2021 07:14

@Vodkalimeandice

Poor chap he's been tricked into sharing an evening of drinking & dancing with some lovely blonde 20 somethings. Followed by being tricked into going back to a hotel with them all. Poor chap doesn't have much luck does he?
I know, heartbreaking isn't it?

He is quite revolting. I remember when he wasn't.

Colleen, with whom he has several children, might give him the boot this time. Who could blame her? She is way above him.

Onlinedilema · 29/07/2021 07:26

Can you imagine an incredibly famous married mother of 4 doing this?
Imagine the pasting she would get from the press and public.

Iamthewombat · 29/07/2021 08:07

If they divorced she wouldn't be penniless & I think it would boost her profile & offer opportunities eg tv appearances, book deals etc.

There is very limited mileage in ‘wronged woman’ status. After the first few weeks of interviews it starts to be considered embarrassing.

imamule · 29/07/2021 08:17

Cheryl Cole did very well

imamule · 29/07/2021 08:18

Nonetheless she would not be left penniless so I don't believe she is motivated to stay by the money aspect.

Iamthewombat · 29/07/2021 08:39

Cheryl Cole had a career, of sorts, to fall back on and several high profile men in the music business (including Will I Am and Simon Cowell) helped their own profiles by ‘rescuing’ her by getting her to sing on a song or giving her a job on the X factor. That’s not going to happen with Colleen. Cheryl ditched the ‘woman scorned’ thing after the first few weeks. She obviously had good advice!

imamule · 29/07/2021 08:46

I'm just saying I don't think she stays with him simply because of the fame & money. You don't have to agree!

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