09 November 2023 , 10:45
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Coleen Rooney has finally spoken out about her husband Wayne's 'shameful' prostitute scandal.
The mum-of-four, 37, opens up about the couple's relationship in her new book, My Account, which is released today. In the eagerly-awaited autobiography, Coleen recalls the time Wayne, 38 admitted he'd been unfaithful after visiting a brothel in Liverpool when he was 16.
Revealing the couple, who met when Coleen was 12, had "screaming matches" after Wayne was reported to have slept with Gina McCarrick, then 37, Coleen writes: "The full story was that when he was sixteen, Wayne had visited prostitutes in a Liverpool massage parlour.
Coleen Rooney opens up about her relationship with her husband, Wayne Rooney, in her new book, My Account (Instagram/coleen_rooney)
Wayne admitted to visiting 'massage parlours and prostitutes' (Instagram/coleen_rooney)"When Wayne sat me down and told me it was true and that the story was about to break in the national press I was confused and hurt. I couldn't even speak to him.More than that, I felt ashamed," in a extract reported in the Mail.
Admitting she was battling to save their marriage behind closed doors, she continues: "Everyone knew, and everyone seemed to have an opinion. I sat with it all swirling around me like some horrible dream, unable to decide what was best or what I wanted. A voice inside me told me not to do anything rash and not to make a decision in the midst of my anger. Dealing with that kind of thing was heart-breaking enough, but I was eighteen –years-old. I was upset and confused, not knowing what to think or how others might react."
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Claiming Wayne was "devastated" by what he'd done, Coleen says she wasn't ready to 'throw in the towel' and reckons they were in a "stronger place" after they decided to fight for their marriage.
In 2004, the Sunday Mirror reported a teenaged Wayne had paid £140 for sex with prostitute Charlotte Glover, then 21, and gave her his autograph as a “souvenir”. A month later, he was said to have slept with Gina McCarrick, then 37. The football star visited the brothel 10 times, and was caught on CCTV.
It was at this same brothel that he was said to have slept with grandmother Patricia Tierney, then 48, who wore a rubber catsuit and was known as the ‘Auld Slapper’. However, Patricia later denied these claims.
Wayne admitted to sleeping with prostitutes, saying previously: “Foolish as it now seems I did on occasions visit massage parlours and prostitutes. I now regret it deeply and hope people may understand that it was the sort of mistake you make when you are young and stupid. It was at a time when I was very young and immature."
Coleen didn’t publicly comment on the claims at the time, but later wrote in her book, Welcome to My World, that she and Wayne were yet to have sex when he visited the brothel.
She wrote: “The truth is, and I’ve never said this before, at that time in our relationship I’d never even slept with Wayne,” she wrote. “I was only 16 and we weren’t having that kind of relationship at that stage.”