Wayne Rooney has revealed why he was fuming with his wife, Coleen Rooney, after what she did on the night before a game. The 39-year-old former Everton striker shared the story on the latest episode the Wayne Rooney Show.
His new podcast launched this season and is available to view and listen on BBC Sport YouTube, BBC Sounds and iPlayer every Monday and Friday morning. The retired England international has been lifting the lid on his family life during episodes of the podcast so far.
Manchester United’s all time top goalscorer has been married to Coleen since 2008 and they are the proud parents of four children. In the latest episode, Rooney talks about how he was fuming with Coleen after she painted his toenails when he was asleep the night before his first England squad call-up.
He said: “I was in Coleen’s mum and dad’s house…and I fell asleep on the couch the night before, and Coleen painted me toenails while I was asleep, and I had no idea!
“It was like a – I don’t know what colour it was – like a see-through glossy type thing. If you really look close, obviously you could see it. So, I got to England and then you get on with the physios and massages and stuff.
“I went to one of the masseurs and he said: ‘Have you painted your toenails?’ I was raging, I was fuming then.” He also laughed about how life has changed since they became parents.
Rooney said: “Before we had kids, Coleen used to leave me clothes out the night before. She’d put my clothes out, ironed and ready for me to put on the next morning. I know, and then now I’ve got to get up and get my own clothes. I’m fuming.”
In another story from the episode, he revealed how he accidentally made Brooklyn Beckham cry. The former Plymouth Argyle manager explained that he and Coleen were invited to the Beckhams’ house for dinner when they were both around 19.
He said: “We were like ‘this is weird, what’s happening here?’ Had a walk around and he’s showing us round his house, and then I open a door and his eldest boy – I bumped his head and he started crying.
“I thought ‘oh Jesus Christ’. Yeah, that was surreal and we sat there with Becks and Victoria having dinner, it was like…”
Fellow podcast host Kelly Cates asked: “What was dinner? Was it posh?”
Rooney replied: “No. We met up with Becks and Victoria, me and Coleen, when he was at Madrid and went for dinner then, and we were having kebabs.
“He’s obviously a great lad and Victoria’s such a lovely woman, and they’re funny. A lot funnier than people would think.”
The Wayne Rooney Show is available on BBC Sport YouTube, BBC Sounds and iPlayer every Monday and Friday morning, and can be found by clicking on the link: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0m0dgzr