I’m A Celebrity’s Coleen Rooney reveals terrifying ordeal with a RAT before her first Bushtucker trial
I’M A Celebrity star Coleen Rooney has revealed her terrifying ordeal with a rat before her Bushtucker trial.
The star went head-to-head against McFly’s Danny Jones in last night’s finale after the Rev Richard Coles finished third.
And the 38-year-old wife of footballer Wayne Rooney was the last woman standing in the final of the ITV series on Sunday night.
But coming off the show, the mum-of-four has since revealed that her ordeal with rats began before her I’m A Celeb stint.
Coleen explained that a rat was living in her car pre-I’m A Celeb, and had “caused damage.”
She shared: “Can I talk about the rat? Back home, I had a rat in my car, and it caused damage.
“I didn’t know I was driving around for a week with a rat in my car.
“What had happened was it was chewing the wires and found a way in, so my car had a lot of damage.”
Coleen went on: “That was why I thought I got voted for that trial. Because it was rats in a van. But obviously it wasn’t.
“Coming in, probably rats and snakes would have been the worst things, and the rats were OK. It was the cockroaches – I had one in my ear.
“I could just feel it going round. I could see people with their faces, like, that’s not right.
“But don’t panic because she will panic. I didn’t panic. The medic came over and squirted the water and it came out and it was all OK.”
During her time on the show, Coleen truly faced her fears after competing in several Busktucker trials, one of which included rats crawling all over her.
After doing so well on I’m A Celeb, the star is poised to sign a £1million TV deal.
Before the show, insiders said if Coleen lost out on being crowned Jungle Queen, she was still on course to become one of the show’s most successful celebs.
A source said: “She is poised to sign a huge new TV deal, worth around £1million.”
I'm A Celebrity - All The Winners
Here's every star who has been crowned King or Queen of the Jungle to date:
- 2024: Danny Jones, McFly star
- 2023: Sam Thompson, Made in Chelsea star
- 2022: Jill Scott, England footballer
- 2021: Danny Miller, Emmerdale star
- 2020: Giovanna Fletcher, actress and podcaster
- 2019: Jacqueline Jossa, EastEnders star
- 2018: Harry Redknapp, England legend
- 2017: Georgia Toffolo, Made In Chelsea star
- 2016: Scarlett Moffatt, Gogglebox star
- 2015: Vicky Pattison, Geordie Shore star
- 2014: Carl Fogarty, famed racer
- 2013: Kian Egan, Westlife star
- 2012: Charlie Brooks, EastEnders actor
- 2011: Dougie Poynter, McFly star
- 2010: Stacey Solomon, X Factor star now TV personality
- 2009: Gino D’ACampo, TV Chef
- 2008: Joe Swash, TV personality
- 2007: Christopher Biggins, actor
- 2006: Matt Willis, Busted star
- 2005: Carol Thatcher, author and broadcaster
- 2004 (second series): Joe Pasquale, comedian
- 2004: Kerry Katona, Atomic Kitten star and reality star
- 2003: Phil Tufnell, England Cricketer
- 2002: Tony Blackburn, Radio DJ
There was also an All Star series in South Africa in 2023, which was won by Myleene Klass.
It came as her mum, Colette, revealed her daughter asked her, “Have I been boring?” as they hugged during a camp visit this week with the Wag’s sons, Kit, eight, and Cass, six.
Colette said: “It broke my heart hearing that, but I said, ‘No, you’ve been yourself — and that’s all that matters’.”
Coleen also got emotional after making the final three, saying: “It’s very rare I’m proud of myself, so it means a lot. It’s very rare that I put myself first. So, yeah, these are happy tears.”