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These days, my native land of the U.S.A. and my adopted home of the U.K. are pretty similar.
America has Donald Trump; England has Boris Johnson.
Americans are woefully divided on impeachment; the English are woefully divided by Brexit.
America has a(not as good)Love Island; England has(the best)Love Island.
the New England Patriots of soccer).
For the purpose of this exercise, think of Wayne as akin to Michael Jordan.
the Pittsburgh Steelers of soccer).
Jamie also played with Wayne on the English national team for three years.
For the purpose of this exercise, think of Jamie as akin to Scottie Pippen.
(TheSunis a Rupert Murdochowned British tabloid.)
Then she started to post fake Instagram Stories to see if the details would end up in theSun.
The next was that she wasgoing onStrictly Come Dancing, the U.K. version ofDancing With the Stars.
The last one was that herbasement flooded.
Yes, Coleen and Wayne are so famous here that even their basement flooding is news.
In her tweet, Coleen explained why she thought the misinformation campaign was necessary.
Now I know for certain which account / individual its come from, she wrote.
I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them.
Its … Rebekah Vardys account.
Thats the end of the tweet.
But it wasnt just the tabloids eating it up.
she wrote in her denial.
Im disgusted that Im even having to deny this.
Its the dog ate my homework of online misbehavior.
Would you not be freaking the hell out?
I know I would be, and I havent touched a basketball since high-school gym class.
I mean, imagine!
Its also important to understand the place that WAGs hold in English culture.
Coleen is not like Victoria Beckham, who was famous and then married a football star.
Coleen is famousbecauseshe married a football star.
Considering all of this, why have the American press not been following the Rooneys for this entire decade?
GetWho Weekly?on the case!
Rebekah is clearly … not that.
Shes a much more craven self-promoter.
to a tabloid back in 2001.
And still, shes not nearly as popular as Coleen.
Maybe she did this out of good, old-fashioned jealousy?
Or maybe it was a vendetta against the Rooney family?
Wayne reportedly told Jamie not to get distracted by his then-girlfriend.
Maybe that was enough to send Rebekah rogue?
