Campmate Coleen Rooney's mum has praised her daughter's Wagatha Christie skills in the Jungle - as she told how it was "not much longer now" before she was reunited with her boys.
Colette McLoughlin arrived in Brisbane, Australia, with husband Tony, and their daughter's youngest son Cass, six, and Kit, eight. She has been looking after her and Wayne's children, including older sons, Kai, 15 and Klay, 12, who have remained at home.
Landing just after midnight, Colette spoke of her delight at how well Coleen was doing in camp - including working out the Jungle Junkyard was a luxury camp. "I'm not surprised at all…she'd figure anything out," Colette said of her daughter, who was dubbed Wagatha Christie after her famous Rebekah Vardy post. Speaking moments after landing, Colette said she was doing "brilliantly", adding: "She's doing really well. We're so proud."
Coleen had prepared detailed instructions for the care of her four sons on a whiteboard filled with notes. And Colette joked how she'd have got in trouble with Coleen if she didn't follow the whiteboard to the letter. "I'm glad to see the back of the whiteboard….I followed the whiteboard, all right," she said.
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Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)Opening up about the children, she said they were looking forward to being together again. "They've been really good, to tell you the truth. I think it's because they've been able to see her. If they hadn't been able to see her, it would've been different. One of them's been really quiet and subdued."
Colette was particularly impressed by her daughter's trial in which she racked up an impressive nine stars. "She was amazing, wasn't she? I couldn't do that," she said. Asked if Coleen could win the show, Colette replied: "It's anyone's isn't it, we don't know. Hopefully."
In a post on Instagram before she went away, Coleen said she had planned out "four weeks of timetables, football runs and parties, just everything" to ensure her children are looked after while she stays in the jungle. She showed her followers a whiteboard filled with notes outlining the plans as she admitted to feeling "really anxious about leaving the kids". Wayne was staying at home because of his job as manager at Plymouth Argyle.
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ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Speaking before entering the camp, Coleen said: "My two youngest ones are coming over. They all had the option but the two older ones decided that they would stay at home to continue with school and football.
"I think I said when you come you'll have to bring your work with you, and they would be missing some football tournaments, so they quickly changed their minds. And also the fact that they don't know when they get to see me. That was another big thing…. if I did last and stayed close to the end, there's not going to be any time spent with me so I explained that.
"Obviously, I would have liked them all to come out but it makes sense in a way and they both chose a wise decision not to miss out on anything back home and as soon as the show's over, I'm back straight away. So, it's one of those things, I put it in their hands, they decided and I agree with it really. I think it was missing the football that really did it for them, they didn't want to miss any tournaments."
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