Coleen Rooney suffered 'alcohol withdrawal' symptoms in first week of I'm A Celeb

Iconic WAG Coleen Rooney, who was runner-up in the 2024 series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, has admitted that she struggled with going cold turkey from booze, caffeine and sugar at the start of her jungle stint

Coleen Rooney felt the effects of quitting caffeine, alcohol and sugar all at once when she first entered the I'm A Celeb camp.

The mum-of-four, 38, came runner up in last night's final after McFly star Danny Jones was crowned King of the Jungle - but her route to second place started off with some serious wooziness. Speaking on this morning's GMB, she admitted that she plagued with headaches at the start of the show.

Speaking to Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley, Coleen admitted that she had been so focused on her family - husband Wayne, and their sons Kai, 15, Klay, 11, Kit, eight and six-year-old Cass - that the prospect of going cold turkey from caffeine, sugar and alcohol hadn't crossed her mind - until the symptoms kicked in.

She told the presenters: "The first week I struggled, day three I had a headache. People were saying before I went in there, 'have you started weening yourself off caffeine, this and that..' I didn't do any of that.

"I focused on getting everything prepared before I went in the jungle to leave the boys that I didn't actually think about being in the jungle until I got there.

"When I got there, a few days in I was thinking what have I signed up for? What am I doing here? And then the headaches set in, obviously withdrawal from caffeine, sugar, alcohol and then the hunger because we didn't get the stars in the first week. The first week was a struggle but then it picked up after that."

Coleen added that while she adapted to jungle rations, she wasn't inspired to whip up any basic dishes when she gets home to the UK. She said: "We got used to the rice and beans in the end. I will never cook rice and beans again."

While speaking on the ITV daytime show, Coleen also revealed she was close to tears after she spoke to her footballer husband Wayne, 39, for the first time after four weeks apart.

"He just said how much he missed me, how proud he was, and he said the support back home has been unbelievable," she gushed. Coleen went on to adorably confess to Good Morning Britain : "He just can't wait to see me, and I can't wait to see him as well."

Coleen and Wayne first met in 1998, becoming part of the same friendship group. Just a short 10 years later, they tied the knot in a luxury wedding in Portofino, Italy, that was estimated to have cost upwards of £5 million. The wedding featured performances by iconic bands Westlife and Stereophonics.

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