Lizzie Cundy defends friend Coleen Rooney and insists 'she's in love with Wayne'

Lizzie Cundy defends friend Coleen Rooney and insists 'she's in love with Wayne'
Lizzie Cundy defends friend Coleen Rooney and insists 'she's in love with Wayne'

Lizzie Cundy has defended her friend Coleen Rooney and her decision to stand by her footballer husband Wayne's side despite his many infidelities.

Speaking on Wednesday's Lorraine, Lizzie, 53, said: 'There's been a lot of mud slung at her. She wants people to realise why she's still with Wayne. She wants to speak out because she's in love with Wayne.'

Lizzie made her comments in the wake of the release of the trailer for Amazon Prime documentary Rooney, which charts the life and career of the footballer and saw Coleen tearfully admit Wayne's many public cheating scandals were 'unacceptable'.

Defense: Lizzie Cundy, 53, has defended her friend Coleen Rooney and her decision to stand by her footballer husband Wayne's side despite his many infidelities

Defense: Lizzie Cundy, 53, has defended her friend Coleen Rooney and her decision to stand by her footballer husband Wayne's side despite his many infidelities

Sharing her opinions on the matter with host Lorraine Kelly, Lizzie added: 'She wants to say it's not acceptable how he's behaved at times, but she loves him.

'She wants to keep her family together. It's very brave of her to come out.'

Noting that footballers are 'given everything', Lizzie – who was a WAG herself between 1994 and 2010 when she was married to Chelsea player Jason Cundy – continued: 'He [Wayne] can't turn the clock back.'

She also noted that former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson 'encouraged footballers to marry early because he wanted to keep them off the front pages'.

Kind words: Speaking on Wednesday's Lorraine, Lizzie said: 'There's been a lot of mud slung at her. She wants people to realise why she's still with Wayne'

Kind words: Speaking on Wednesday's Lorraine, Lizzie said: 'There's been a lot of mud slung at her. She wants people to realise why she's still with Wayne'

Wayne played for Manchester between 2004 and 2017.

Presenter Lizzie also said she hopes Amazon's documentary will 'draw a line' under Wayne's cheating controversies.

'I think a line will be drawn under it now,' she said.

Noting that she understands the difficulty of Coleen's situation as she has also been cheated on, Lizzie added: 'I think she felt she had to come out and say something. I've been cheated on, it's sometimes harder to stay.'

'She loves him': Sharing her opinions on the matter with host Lorraine Kelly, Lizzie added: 'She wants to say it's not acceptable how he's behaved at times, but she loves him'

'She loves him': Sharing her opinions on the matter with host Lorraine Kelly, Lizzie added: 'She wants to say it's not acceptable how he's behaved at times, but she loves him'

She concluded: 'I take my hat off to her. It's very brave of her to stay.'

Coleen broke her silence on husband Wayne's many public cheating scandals, branding his behaviour 'unacceptable' in the new trailer.

The 35-year-old WAG married Wayne in 2008 and the couple have four sons - but their relationship has been marred with several claims of infidelity.

Addressing the reports in the trailer for Rooney, an Amazon Prime documentary on the life and career of the footballer, the couple spoke candidly about the impact it had on them.

Reflecting on Wayne's infamous romp with three prostitutes back in 2002, Coleen said: 'I knew groups Wayne was hanging around with - together with alcohol - not good. I forgive him but it wasn't acceptable.'

Interesting: Lizzie said former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson 'encouraged footballers to marry early to keep them off the front pages' (Wayne, Coleen and Ferguson pictured in 2004)

Interesting: Lizzie said former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson 'encouraged footballers to marry early to keep them off the front pages' (Wayne, Coleen and Ferguson pictured in 2004)

Wayne, 35, then noted that he is still suffering from the aftereffects of the scandal, admitting: 'People still look at me in a different way.

'For me it's important that people remember me for who I am rather than what I've done.'

Wayne and Coleen began dating aged 16, but had known each other since they were 12 when Rooney played football against her brothers in the garages behind her house.

They went on to marry in Italy in 2008 after six years of dating, and have four sons - Kai, 11, Klay, eight, Kit, five, and Cass, three.

'It wasn't acceptable!': Coleen broke her silence on husband Wayne's many infidelities  in the trailer for the upcoming Amazon Prime documentary, Rooney

'It wasn't acceptable!': Coleen broke her silence on husband Wayne's many infidelities  in the trailer for the upcoming Amazon Prime documentary, Rooney 

Their relationship has been marred with various cheating scandals - with the footballer making national headlines when he was found to have visited three prostitutes as a teenager.

In 2004 after Wayne, then aged 18, moved to Manchester United, it was discovered that the teenager paid £140 for sex with prostitute Charlotte Glover, 21.

It was also claimed that at a brothel in Liverpool he slept with Gina McCarrick, then 37, and grandmother Patricia Tierney, then 48, who wore a rubber catsuit and was known as the 'Auld Slapper'.

Devastated Coleen stood by her man but didn't comment publicly on the claims - though later admitted that when the scandal came out she hadn't yet slept with Wayne herself.

The pair worked through their troubles and wed four years later, though their newlywed bliss was short-lived, as it emerged in 2010 that the footballer had slept with two more prostitutes.

Family: The 35-year-old WAG married Wayne in 2008 and the couple have four sons (pictured earlier this year with sons Kai, 11, Klay, eight, and Kit, five)

Family: The 35-year-old WAG married Wayne in 2008 and the couple have four sons (pictured earlier this year with sons Kai, 11, Klay, eight, and Kit, five)

Wayne was found to be having secret hotel sessions with £1000-a-night prostitute Jenny Thompson and fellow call girl Helen Wood while Coleen was pregnant with their first son, Kai.

Their last meeting was in October 2009, a month before Coleen gave birth.

In 2017, Wayne was alleged to have enjoyed a 'kiss and cuddle' with another woman before being arrested for drink driving while Coleen was pregnant with their fourth child.

The footballer was charged with drink-driving after being caught behind the wheel of a VW Beetle belonging to a woman he picked up after a 10-hour drinking session while his pregnant wife and three sons were on holiday.

Young love: Wayne and Coleen began dating aged 16, but had known each other since they were 12 when Rooney played football against her brothers (pictured in 2004)

Young love: Wayne and Coleen began dating aged 16, but had known each other since they were 12 when Rooney played football against her brothers (pictured in 2004) 

FROM DRUNKEN HOTEL CHATS TO ROMPS WITH GRANS: A TIMELINE OF WAYNE'S CHEATING SCANDALS

2004: Wayne, then aged 18, paid £140 for sex with prostitute Charlotte Glover, 21. He also slept with Gina McCarrick, then 37, and grandmother Patricia Tierney, then 48, who wore a catsuit and was known as the 'Auld Slapper'.

2009: The footballer pays for several hotel room romps with £1000-a-night prostitute Jenny Thompson before paying for a threesome with fellow call girl Helen Wood while Coleen was pregnant with their first son, Kai.

2017: Wayne was alleged to have enjoyed a 'kiss and cuddle' with lettings agent Laura Simpson before being arrested for drink driving while Coleen was pregnant with their fourth child.

2019: Wayne's marriage was 'hanging by a thread' after the footballer was spotted drinking with barmaid Vicki Rosiek until 2.30am.

Later that same year e was pictured at 5.30am in a Vancouver hotel with a mystery woman following a night out with his DC United teammates but insisted it was an innocent exchange with a fan wanting his autograph.

2021: Wayne hit headlines once again this year after pictures emerged of the star partying and falling asleep in a hotel room with young women.

 

 

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Lettings agent worker Laura Simpson, 29, said the pair had 'kissed and cuddled' and she would have 's*****d' him if he had not been pulled over by the police.

Coleen then flew back from Spain with their children and wrote a candid Facebook post about the scandal.

She penned: 'Before all the stories begin, Yes, I have put my wedding ring on....... A lot of people will be saying 'you don't have to explain yourself, don't feel

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