Coleen Rooney's real reason for I'm A Celebrity as pals say 'She doesn't need the money'

Coleen Rooney is set to join the famous faces in the I'm A Celebrity jungle this year, with Ant and Dec said to be thrilled with the casting

Coleen Rooney's real reason for signing up to I'm A Celebrity.... Get Me Out of Here! has been revealed.

The mum's place on the line-up had left some fans scratching their heads when she was rumoured to be joining the stars heading to Australia this month.

Fans pointed out Coleen hardly needs to raise her profile, after being in a stormy relationship with one of the biggest football stars in England since she was a teenager. Multi-millionaires Coleen and hubby Wayne are hardly short of any cash either with a hefty pay cheque unlikely to be what tempted Coleen. She has also banked plenty of cash in her own right with various endorsements, book deals and a hugely successful Disney series lifting the lid on her Wagatha Christie battle.

Not to mention the £1.8million in legal fees rival WAG Rebekah Vardy has been told to pay her following their 2022 court battle.

After being in the limelight since the showdown, Coleen would be forgiven for wanting a quiet life rather than putting herself on TV ever single night in the gruelling reality series. So why sign up for a three week slog on one of TV's toughest shows?

Sources close to Coleen put her real motive down to a unquenchable ruthless streak. They say Coleen couldn't pass up the opportunity to wind up her biggest rival in front of an audience of millions.

Rebekah Vardy appeared on I'm A Celeb herself back in 2017. She became the third contestant to be eliminated and was caught up in a bullying row with presenter Iain Lee. The DJ hit out at the wife of footballer Jamie Vardy for making him “f***ing miserable and isolated” in the jungle, with Rebekah being one of the first to be voted out.

" I'm A Celebrity is a fantastic opportunity to wind Becky up," a source close to Coleen said. "She has got a mischievous side to her. While she has been dignified with how she dealt with being dragged through a court by Becky, it is bound to come up and Coleen has always been honest about the situation," they told the Mail.

ITV are yet to officially announce the programme's line-up this year. However insiders at the channel say they 'can't believe they have got Coleen' to sign on the dotted line.

Presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are also said to be thrilled at the casting and already plotting a series of stinging jokes for their scripts.

Coleen will join her fellow castmembers in landing at Brisbane airport from next weekend. The line-up is also set to include McFly's Danny Jones, presenter GK Barry and as the Mirror revealed this week boxing legend Barry McGuigan

It's not yet known whether Wayne will be joining Coleen when she does eventually leave camp. But following the public support after her Wagatha court takedown, it's unlikely Coleen will be short of fans when she makes it out.