Coleen Rooney Declines Celebrity Traitors Role

Coleen Rooney Declines Celebrity Traitors Role

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Coleen Rooney revealed why she turned down Celebrity Traitors after being asked by the BBC if she wanted to join the line-up. 

The show, hosted by , aired their all stars spin-off last year, with Traitor , 49,winning the £87,500 jackpot for Neuroblastoma UK. 

With a second Celebrity spin-off planned, Coleen, 39, said she was approached by show bosses but decided to give it a miss. 

She told The Times: 'I love watching Celebrity Traitors. But I don't know whether I could be that fake.

'If I was a traitor and I was lying to them, in my head I'd be thinking, "Oh, I'd hate people to think that's what I was like in real life, just like scamming people".' 

While Coleen has turned down staring on Celebrity Traitors, she has let a film crew into her £20million Cheshire home to shoot a Disney documentary. 

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Coleen Rooney revealed why she turned down Celebrity Traitors after being asked by the BBC if she wanted to join the line-up

The show, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, aired their all stars spin-off last year, with Traitor Alan Carr winning the £87,500 jackpot for Neuroblastoma UK

Coleen, who had previous success with her The Real Wagatha series on the streaming platform, will return with the £10million reality show.

Teasing what's to come in an interview with the Sunday Times, Coleen joked that she is the 'boss' in the Rooney household and has to tell 'laid back' Wayne what to do.

She said: 'I like everything in order, he's a bit more laid-back.' Does she boss him around? 'He would probably say that, but I would say he needs telling sometimes.'

Wayne now spends much more time at home following his football pundit rebrand, where he has an £800,000 two year deal with the .

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He was previously the manager at Derby County, City,  United and Plymouth Argyle and spent a lot of time away.

But now he regularly appears on Match Of The Day as well as featuring on other former pros podcasts, which means he can be at home a lot more. 

Reflecting on this, Coleen cheekily quipped it can be 'annoying': 'In some ways it's good, in some ways it's annoying, because we've never had that much time together'.

In the summer, Disney+ announced a new reality series set to explore Wayne and 's relationship 'like never before'.

Coleen and Wayne share their sons, Kai, 16, Klay, 12 - who are now both on the books at Manchester United - and Kit, 10, and Cass, eight.

Coleen and Wayne share their sons, Kai, 16, Klay, 12 - who are now both on the books at Manchester United - and Kit, 10, and Cass, eight

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Speculation is rife about the line-up for the next series of Celebrity Traitors. On Friday, it was reported Angela Scanlon is the latest star in talks (pictured on Celebrity Apprentice) 

favourite following her appearances on Celebrity Apprentice and Come Dancing.

Angela, who this week has been standing in for on This Morning, would join a long list of stars rumoured to be joining the show, including Steve Pemberton, and .

A source told The Sun: 'Angela's turn on Strictly, and on Celebrity Apprentice earlier this year, went down a storm.

'The BBC are big fans of hers and are keen to secure her as one of their key talents. Celebrity Traitors would be the perfect fit for Angela. She's clever, mischievous and isn't afraid of causing a stir.

'Negotiations with talent are still ongoing and it'll go down to the wire. Contracts are often signed in the days leading up to the show starting.'

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Daily Mail has contacted representatives for the BBC and Angela Scanlon for comment.

Angela herself has confessed she is a huge Traitors fan, and even confessed she was 'obsessed to an unhealthy degree' with the civilian series' fourth run last month.  

So far there has been a long list of names rumoured to be taking part in Celebrity Traitors' second run, including Ruth Jones, David Mitchell and Steve Pemberton, Alison Hammond and Jamie Oliver.

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