Vardy says she was ‘not thinking straight’ when she 'compared Rooney to a pigeon'

Rebekah Vardy has now finished being questioned by Coleen Rooney’s lawyer on what is the the third day of the Wagatha Christie High Court battle. In the latest update from court, Vardy said she 'was not thinking straight' when she 'compared Rooney to a pigeon' and was accused of tipping off a photographer about a WAG dinner at the 2018 World Cup.

Vardy was accused by Rooney of leaking fake stories about her back in October 2019, after Rooney had uploaded several fake stories to her private Instagram in a bid to find out who was 'betraying' her.

She took to her Twitter account, in her now-infamous Wagatha Christie post, accusing Vardy of leaking the posts about her. But Vardy, 40, denies the allegations and is suing Rooney, the wife of England star Wayne, for libel.

The mother-of-five became visibly more upset as the questioning came to a close, asking for breaks in the hearing twice after becoming tearful. At one point, Rooney’s lawyer David Sherborne was told to stop making “unnecessary remarks” about Vardy’s evidence.

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Excerpts from Vardy’s interview for the Daily Mail with Alison Boshoff, the day after Rooney’s ‘It’s …. Rebekah Vardy’ tweet were read to the court.

Vardy said in the interview: “Arguing with Coleen Rooney would be like arguing with a pigeon. You can tell it that you are right and it is wrong, but it's still going to s*** in your hair."

She also said in the interview that “a dozen” people had access to her Instagram account - but, in the trial, she has now admitted only four - herself, Watt, husband Jamie and his social media manager Adam Jones - had her login.

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