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To think Colleen Rooney

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Smidgexxx · 13/07/2021 10:42

Shouldn't put things online that are so private to her? None of us should?
I just think the money wasted on this court case with Rebekah vardy.

I know we all have our own opinions. I found the way Colleen dealt with it wrong personally. Rebekah was 7 months pregnant and she wasn't just causing stress to Rebekah but to her children too. She went all public about it and aired her dirty laundry in public whilst being angry about her own privacy.

I just saw an update and one of the things she said was Rebekah was sitting behind her at the 2016 euros to be seen even though it was someone else's seat. What a petty thing to say.

The whole thing is just ridiculous.

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MaBroon21 · 13/07/2021 23:18

What have monkeys done to deserve being dragged into this mess?

Nightlystroll · 14/07/2021 00:02

@DrSbaitso
Well to be fair, they've got a story of their own going on here. We could discuss the court case at length without ever mentioning their husbands.

Except without their husbands, they wouldn't even be in court. 🤑🤑🤑

DrSbaitso · 14/07/2021 06:43

[quote Nightlystroll]@DrSbaitso
Well to be fair, they've got a story of their own going on here. We could discuss the court case at length without ever mentioning their husbands.

Except without their husbands, they wouldn't even be in court. 🤑🤑🤑[/quote]
How many women on MN wouldn't have their lifestyle without their husbands?

Nightlystroll · 14/07/2021 13:16

@DrSbaitso

Me for one. Haha. I do get your point, but how many on MN would be able to publicly humiliate someone and afford those huge court costs because of being married to their husband?

DrSbaitso · 14/07/2021 13:57

[quote Nightlystroll]@DrSbaitso

Me for one. Haha. I do get your point, but how many on MN would be able to publicly humiliate someone and afford those huge court costs because of being married to their husband?[/quote]
If the issue is having opportunities and a lifestyle that you can't afford alone, does the extent really matter? Does the woman who lives in a four bedroom house in a nice suburb that's mostly paid for by her husband have a right to criticise the woman who lives in a £3 million mansion that's mostly paid for by hers?

There have been a few sneering references to "footballers' money", the implication being that that's worth less than the money of a hedge fund manager or corporate director.

If it's just about graceless or unworthy behaviour, there's a point to be made there, but their husbands aren't relevant. You can follow and discuss this case without having a clue who the husbands are. I'd never heard of either of the Vardys before this and since Rebekah was the one I heard of first, I still struggle a bit to remember her husband's name.

Nightlystroll · 14/07/2021 14:17

Well, yes, in this instance it does matter.
a) because of whom they're married to, people know who they are
b) when CR did her big reveal, it made national news because of who she is.
c) she made her reveal on twitter and Instagram which have followers because of whom she's married to
d) CR could reasonably predict that a portion of so many of those followers, who are interested in her only because of her husband, would be hostile to RV
e) RVs humiliation was because she was publicly known as the wife of a famous footballer
f) she was invited on TV because they were interested in her as a wife of a famous footballer
g) if she didn't have her husband's money, RV wouldn't be sueing.
h) if she didn't have her husband's money, CR would just apologise.

Having said all that, if RV feels she's maligned, she's every right to sue. And if CR feels that she's in the right, she's every right not to apologise. But they're both in this situation because they have the fame of being married to their husbands, and they have access to their husbands' money. Let's not pretend it would even be a thread if Mary Bloggs of Blythe had made the same tweet.

Hellcatspangle · 14/07/2021 15:36

I've read this whole thread thinking it was about Colleen Nolan. No wonder I'm bloody confused.

BatsInTheCellar · 14/07/2021 15:38

@TargetMatcher

I find the spelling "Rebekah" so tacky

Tacky?

DrSbaitso · 14/07/2021 15:45

@Nightlystroll

Well, yes, in this instance it does matter. a) because of whom they're married to, people know who they are b) when CR did her big reveal, it made national news because of who she is. c) she made her reveal on twitter and Instagram which have followers because of whom she's married to d) CR could reasonably predict that a portion of so many of those followers, who are interested in her only because of her husband, would be hostile to RV e) RVs humiliation was because she was publicly known as the wife of a famous footballer f) she was invited on TV because they were interested in her as a wife of a famous footballer g) if she didn't have her husband's money, RV wouldn't be sueing. h) if she didn't have her husband's money, CR would just apologise.

Well you're right that they're rich and famous because they're married to famous footballers. Still, what they do with their wealth and fame is on them, not their husbands. If you don't like what they do with it, that's one thing. But it's a bit off to weaponise the fact that they have it on account of their marriages, given how many of us are also benefiting from being married to higher earning men, even if they're not as high earning as that.

They're both in this situation as a result of their choices that came long after they married footballers.

Nightlystroll · 14/07/2021 21:03

@DrSbaitso OK. 🙂

EmeraldShamrock · 14/07/2021 23:28

But it's a bit off to weaponise the fact that they have it on account of their marriages
Tbf Coleen's marriage is a joke he has continually cheated throughout their relationship, I'd rather sleep in the gutter than forgive her cheating DH repeatedly.
Money must help her stay with him.
She'd have done well from a divorce and had some self respect instead of staying with the misogynistic man child.

DrSbaitso · 14/07/2021 23:42

@EmeraldShamrock

But it's a bit off to weaponise the fact that they have it on account of their marriages Tbf Coleen's marriage is a joke he has continually cheated throughout their relationship, I'd rather sleep in the gutter than forgive her cheating DH repeatedly. Money must help her stay with him. She'd have done well from a divorce and had some self respect instead of staying with the misogynistic man child.

Well maybe you would. But how many women stay with cheating men because of money and the lifestyle? We see them on here all the time.

She's made her choice and it's her decision. And it's really nothing to do with this case.

Any discussion of her always leads to a whole load of castigation for doing exactly what millions of other women do, including the ones who berate her, but for some reason it's different when the money is REALLY good, or primarily earned by a footballer.

EmeraldShamrock · 14/07/2021 23:55

I'm not berating her. I genuinely think she could do a lot better independently.
She is a fashion icon she could be the next VB she has the brains.
It is her choice to stay.
I'd imagine his DC will think he is a dick when they're grown up and realise how he treated their DM.

BrozTito · 15/07/2021 06:58

Peter Crouch has cheated on his wife loads yes, and RVardy has zero class. I have stacks of stories

Brefugee · 15/07/2021 07:06

come on then, Coleen - spill!

Babymeanswashing · 15/07/2021 07:16

Funny how on MN people jump on high earning husband threads eager to inform everyone how much theirs earns but when it’s a footballer they jump on the thread to say they don’t care

sst1234 · 15/07/2021 07:19

I think you are placing a little too much expectation on WAGs having any discernible talent and creative thinking. This is the best they can manage in order to stay in the papers.

longwayoff · 15/07/2021 07:27

YAWN. Zzzzzzzz

DrSbaitso · 15/07/2021 07:34

@Babymeanswashing

Funny how on MN people jump on high earning husband threads eager to inform everyone how much theirs earns but when it’s a footballer they jump on the thread to say they don’t care

It's not even a high earning husbands thread. It's about a court case between two women.

Babymeanswashing · 15/07/2021 07:40

But we must state we are not interested in the court case between two women.

Otherwise people might think we had an interest in the lives of footballers wives.

How dreadful.

burnoutbabe · 15/07/2021 08:03

@Babymeanswashing

But we must state we are not interested in the court case between two women.

Otherwise people might think we had an interest in the lives of footballers wives.

How dreadful.

I'm allowed to be interested as studied tort law this year and defamation cases are part of it. So depp v the sun, this case, Andre v price. Was lovely to read in full the trial details!

DrSbaitso · 15/07/2021 08:10

I'm allowed to be interested as studied tort law this year and defamation cases are part of it.

You are allowed to be interested for any reason you like.

I mentioned I was interested in the legal side of it earlier and was promptly jumped on by someone who has apparently "worked in law" (specific, hm) for 20 years or something and she still didn't give a flying fuck. I felt a need to let her know that it was OK, just because I was interested didn't mean she had to be. But for someone who gave not a flying fuck, she certainly seemed to feel strongly about it. Why would anyone even open a thread on a subject that interests them not one jot?

nettie434 · 15/07/2021 08:54

Absolutely agreeing that people can be interested for any reason they like. Presumably future law students will have to study Rooney v Wade. The case tells us a lot about how people use social media to curate images about themselves. It also highlights the misogyny of how a rare instance of two women as plaintiff and defendant incurs so many derogatory comments when there are plenty of other examples of rich men using the law to stop public criticism of them. Not least, when people are managing everyday essential tasks like shopping, school runs and trying to make their budgets work, it's nice to have a few moments reading about lives that are very different.

I think it's also worth pointing out that when they met their husbands, they were not famous footballers. Wayne and Coleen met at school I think and Rebekah met Jamie when he was a professional footballer but was not famous in the way he became after Leicester won the league title.

Daisychaincarrot · 15/07/2021 08:56

I’m sure Colleen is really upset that you don’t personally agree with what she has done. Sending love to Colleen at this difficult time xoxo

LobotomisedIceSkatingFan · 15/07/2021 08:57

'Rooney v. Wade' 😂😂😂😂😂

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