Wayne and Coleen Rooney premiere Disney+ series The Real Rooneys in London
Wayne and Coleen Rooney have premiered their Disney+ series The Real Rooneys in central London, with cameras following their family for over a year.
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Wayne and Coleen Rooney have premiered their new Disney+ series, The Real Rooneys, in central London. The fly-on-the-wall show follows the couple and their four sons for more than a year as they take on new roles, including Wayne on the school run and Coleen working.
At the premiere in the West End, the couple said they played no part in the final edit. According to the programme's billing, that means viewers should see them "warts and all". A trailer for the series shows the couple joking: "This is my series. Are you glad that I let you come on? Oh, here we go, let's get over it. Do anything."
The Rooneys have drawn huge press interest since they were 16, when Wayne started scoring Premier League goals. There have also been scandals along the way. Despite that attention, the couple have generally been private, and they were asked why they had now decided to let cameras in.
Wayne said the timing was not great from his point of view because he had reached a crossroads. He said he did not know whether to stay in coaching or move into TV or community work, and that he struggled at times with leaving football.
He also responded to a question about whether a bush tucker trial was worse than opening up in his own reality show. He said he looked back on the experience as a good break, and that watching the series reminded him how busy their household is. He now sometimes thinks he would go back on a reality show for the peace, he added.
The latest rumour is that Wayne could follow Coleen into the I'm A Celebrity jungle. That has not been confirmed. The Real Rooneys is available on Disney+ from Thursday.
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| Claim | ITV |
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| The Disney+ series The Real Rooneys follows Wayne and Coleen Rooney and their four sons for over a year as they take on new roles. | |
| The Real Rooneys had its premiere in central London, with Wayne and Coleen Rooney present. | |
| Wayne and Coleen Rooney said they had no involvement in the final edit of The Real Rooneys. |
Channel Perspectives
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ITV1 treated the premiere as a showbiz item at the end of its evening bulletin. It focused on the family angle, the couple's privacy, the lack of final edit control, and Wayne's post-football crossroads. It also flagged an unconfirmed rumour that Wayne could enter the I'm A Celebrity jungle.
- “Well, as the titles suggest, this is about the real Rooneys, the family behind their headlines, cameras following Wayne and Coleen and their four sons for over a year as they try to navigate new roles, Wayne on the school run and Coleen working.”
- “And they say that they've had no part in the final edit of this series, so this should be them, warts and all.”
- “Well, the latest headline is that Wayne is rumoured to be following in his wife's footsteps into the Imus celeb jungle.”
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