I’m A Celebrity’s Coleen Rooney made a heartbreaking confession to her fellow camp mates on I’m A Celebrity.
The 38-year-old WAG - who is married to former England and Manchester United professional football player-turned-manager Wayne - explained during Tuesday night’s show why their son Kai, 15, stopped him from coming to his football matches.
While grateful for the life that they have together, she also got real about the downsides of fame and the impact growing up in the spotlight has had on all four of their sons.
She explained: “That's the thing with kids I think, it's hard to go on days out. Kai told Wayne to stop coming to football games, when he played grassroots tournaments and stuff because he used to get swarmed and he couldn't even watch the game.
“How do you say to all of these kids, ‘Go away, I'm watching my son?’
“Adults, it's different you could speak to them, so he [Kai] just said, ‘Oh, Dad there's no point you coming because you don't even watch me play anyway.' which is sad but it can't be helped anyway.
“At the same time the fans help you along the way and get you where you are.”
She sparked a debate amongst the camp mates when she went on to claim that Plymouth Argyle manager Wayne, 39, would have rather had his career without the fame that came with it.
Irish boxing promoter and former boxer Barry McGuigan, 65, disagreed, saying of his experience: “I wouldn't change anything.”
Rev Richard Coles also joined in the discussion, telling the group that he knew he had become famous when fans started throwing their underwear at him when he performed as part of pop duo The Communards.
His musical career lasted from 1985 to 1988 before he went on to train as a member of the church.
Coles - who is openly gay - laughed: “Never in the history of recorded sound did a girl throw her knickers at a band to less effect than to The Communards, I think Jimmy made a scrunchie out of a pair of them and that was it.”
