KATIE HIND: As Coleen Rooney claims the Wagatha court case took a terrible toll on herself and Wayne, her brutal honesty sparks a spiky backlash from her rival, Rebekah Vardy

As Coleen Rooney’s staunchest supporter throughout her Wagatha Christie ordeal, her husband Wayne carried her bag each day as they arrived at the High Court together. It prompted a barbed response yesterday from a clearly rattled Mrs. Vardy who took to Instagram to describe her as ‘boring’ and ‘publicity-seeking.’ Mrs. Rooney, talking about her husband, the former Manchester United and England footballer who is now head coach of the US soccer team DC United in Washington, said: ‘He was supportive, you know, but it took its toll. Coleen Rooney was pregnant at the time of her court case against her former friend Rebekah Vardy Coleen revealed on social media that Mrs. Vardy had been leaking stories about her private life to The Sun In a candid interview with Vogue magazine, she shared intimate details of her personal life at the time of her legal battle with her old friend Rebekah Vardy ‘He kept saying all the way throughout it “don’t worry, you’ll be fine.” But there were certain moments where we did have disagreements. She said the texts ‘knocked her sick’, adding: ‘When I was reading them I was thinking, the evilness and the hatred that they had for someone that they don’t even know.’ Mrs. Rooney admitted she found it hard seeing Mrs. Vardy in court, explaining: ‘It was so weird that first day, actually sitting on a bench together. Asked by Vogue if she could forgive her fellow WAG, she said: ‘I’m a forgive and forget person… But this is obviously totally different.’ Forgiveness didn’t appear on Mrs. Vardy’s mind yesterday during her family holiday in Portugal as she responded to fan’s comment about Mrs. Rooney’s interview by saying: ‘Boring now isn’t it,’ with the fan then adding ‘Desperate’.