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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Entertainment
Gemma Jones

Coleen Rooney 'planted up to 39 false stories' including home being flooded

Coleen Rooney reportedly planted 'up to 39 false stories' about herself in a bid to find the mole who was selling stories to the media.

Just three of the made-up stories appeared in the media before the wife of football legend, Wayne Rooney, came to the conclusion former friend Rebekah Vardy's Instagram account was behind the leaks. Coleen cunningly closed her Instagram Stories to every single one of her followers, except Rebekah Vardy's account, which helped her to determine who was behind it.

Like many celebrities, Mrs Rooney has two Instagram accounts. One is for all her fans, and a second, secret, account that is private to all but her closest family and friends. It was the secret account that Mrs Rooney used to bait the story-seller with three pieces of fake information to see if she would get a nibble.

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