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Benjamin Lynch

All Wayne Rooney's cheating scandals – and why Coleen Rooney forgave him each time

Wayne and Coleen Rooney remain one of football's most famous couples.

Their relationship has had its fair share of ups and down, with numerous cheating scandals dogging former England captain Wayne.

These types of scandals could test even the strongest relationship, but the pair remain strong together. Coleen has since revealed she has forgiven her husband for his affairs in a new documentary about Wayne, his life and career.

More than one scandal has followed Rooney during his life, but he hopes the documentary will help people see the 'real him'.

He told BBC Sport: "Even though it might sound a bit strange, I'm a really private person. I just feel it was an opportunity for people to see me, the real me.

"The good moments, the bad moments - which, of course, have been there as well - and then for people to judge me on knowing a bit more about me."

The pair have been married since 2008 and their relationship features heavily in the documentary, so what scandals have followed the pair during their time together?

Wayne Rooney and three prostitutes

Coleen says she has forgiven Wayne for his mistakes, including cheating on her with sex workers (Manchester United via Getty Images)

Wayne visited three prostitutes in 2002, which included paid-for sessions with Gina McCarrick at a brothel in Liverpool and Charlotte Glover, then 21.

Then-girlfriend Coleen forgave Wayne for the incidents that were brought to light in 2004.

The Rooneys met at the age of 12 when they were in school, but Wayne began frequenting prostitutes when he was just 16. One of the sex workers he visited was 48-year-old grandmother Patricia Tiernan, known as Auld Slapper.

Wayne later said: "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 wrote in her autobiography: "The truth is, and I've never said this before, at that time in our relationship I'd never even slept with Wayne."

Wayne Rooney and Jennifer Thompson

Rooney had seven separate romps with Jennifer Thompson behind pregnant Coleen's back (SPLASH)

It was revealed in 2010 that Rooney had solicited prostitutes when Coleen was pregnant with their first child.

He met with Jennifer Thompson seven times and was exposed for having a threesome with her and Helen Wood.

Wood has since claimed: "He said, 'I feel really s**t already - I'm begging you two not to say anything. It will ruin my marriage if it gets out. Having a kid means everything to me.'"

Rooney drink-driving charge and Florida parties

Wayne Rooney knocked back shots with Vicki Rosiek at the bar into the early hours, though nothing untoward is believed to have happened (Facebook)

Wayne was stopped by police for drink-driving while with party-goer Laura Simpson in 2017.

He was banned from UK roads for two years as the couple moved to the US and it was reported that Laura told Coleen nothing had happened between the pair.

After moving to the States, he was spotted partying with barmaid Vicki Rosiek in February 2019, though nothing is suggested to have happened between the pair. The same for an incident in August of that year when Rooney was seen getting into a lift in Vancouver with a woman after a seven-hour bender.

A minor incident occurred in 2021 - again in which there is no suggestion Rooney did anything untoward or behaved inappropriately - when he was pictured asleep with young women in a hotel room.

Rooney was shown with his hands in his pockets by Snapchat model Tayler Ryan and her pals Elise Melvin and Brooke Morgan.

Of the incidents, Coleen said in the documentary: "Forgiveness I’d say is different. It’s not acceptable what he’s done but it’s happened and that was a stage of life that we were in at the time. But we’ve moved on."

'Rooney' is streaming on Amazon Prime Video now

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