{"id":78787,"date":"2019-10-10T08:58:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T07:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=78787"},"modified":"2019-10-10T08:58:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T07:58:24","slug":"rebekah-vardy-vs-coleen-rooney-drama-is-the-greatest-use-of-instagram-stories-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=78787","title":{"rendered":"Rebekah Vardy vs Coleen Rooney drama is the greatest use of Instagram Stories ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Agatha Christie might have written some pretty gripping tales of sleuthing in her time, but this British celebrity&#8217;s tale of intrigue and shock discovery gives Miss Marple a run for her money.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coleen Rooney, who&#8217;s one of Britain&#8217;s most famous WAGs (an acronym for the wives and girlfriends of footballers), shared the results of an investigation she managed to carry out using her Instagram Stories privacy settings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For a few years now someone who I trusted to follow me on my personal Instagram account has been consistently informing <em>The Sun <\/em>newspaper of my private posts and stories,&#8221; began Rooney, who&#8217;s married to footballer Wayne Rooney.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rooney continued by saying that the individual in question has been feeding the British tabloid information about her, her friends, and her family without her &#8220;permission or knowledge.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After a long time of trying to figure out who it could be, for various reasons, I had a suspicion,&#8221; she went on.<\/p>\n<p>To prove her suspicions correct, Rooney came up with an ingenious plan. &#8220;I blocked everyone from viewing my Instagram Stories except ONE account,&#8221; she explained. She added that people who follow her private Instagram account will have likely spotted that she hasn&#8217;t been posting stories for some time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the past five months I have posted a series of fake stories to see if they made their way into the <em>Sun<\/em> newspaper. And you know what, they did!&#8221; she wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The story about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/9732351\/coleen-rooney-mexico-gender-selection-baby-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gender selection in Mexico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/10026215\/strictly-coleen-rooney-wayne-return-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the story about returning to TV<\/a>, and then the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/10094317\/rooney-morrisons-cheshire-mansion-flood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">story about the basement flooding in my new house<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those stories were at press time still available on the <em>Sun<\/em> website:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/9732351\/coleen-rooney-mexico-gender-selection-baby-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COL&#8217;S BABY GIRL BID: Coleen Rooney travelled to Mexico to look into \u00a38k \u2018gender selection\u2019 treatment in desperate bid to have baby girl<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/10026215\/strictly-coleen-rooney-wayne-return-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ROO-MBA: Coleen Rooney in talks to join Strictly next year as she looks to revive TV career when Wayne returns to UK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/10094317\/rooney-morrisons-cheshire-mansion-flood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IN ROO-INS: Wayne and Coleen Rooney\u2019s \u00a320million \u2018Morrisons mansion\u2019 flooded during Storm Lorenzo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Per BuzzFeed UK reporter Mark Di Stefano, the stories were temporarily taken down from the Sun website but were later republished with an editors&#8217; note:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Sun has now re-published the fake stories from Coleen Rooney with this note: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2maP8WNyyQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2maP8WNyyQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Di Stefano ?? (@MarkDiStef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkDiStef\/status\/1181924279493021698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rooney&#8217;s detective work has paid off, she wrote in her statement. &#8220;I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them,&#8221; she wrote of her findings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Rebekah Vardy&#8217;s account,&#8221; she concluded, in what might be the most theatrically gasp-worthy revelation since those of Hercule Poirot.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This has been a burden in my life for a few years now and finally I have got to the bottom of it&#8230;&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0YqJAoXuK1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/0YqJAoXuK1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coleen Rooney (@ColeenRoo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColeenRoo\/status\/1181864136155828224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The plot thickens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who exactly is the accused? Rebekah Vardy is the wife of footballer Jamie Vardy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>30 minutes after Rooney posted her statement, Vardy tweeted her response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I have just said to you on the phone, I wish you had called me if you thought this,&#8221; she began.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I never speak to anyone about you as various journalists who have asked me to over the years can vouch for,&#8221; she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the years various people have had access to my insta &amp; just this week I found I was following people I didn&#8217;t know and have never followed myself,&#8221; she claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not being funny but I don&#8217;t need the money, what would I gain from selling stories on you? I liked you a lot Coleen &amp; I&#8217;m so upset that you have chosen to do this, especially when I&#8217;m heavily pregnant,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;You should have called me the first time this happened ?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColeenRoo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ColeenRoo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VkhkkIa6nh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VkhkkIa6nh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebekah Vardy (@RebekahVardy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebekahVardy\/status\/1181871914081509376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mashable reached out to News UK, which owns the <em>Sun<\/em> newspaper, for a statement. A press officer said they had no on-the-record statement at present but directed us to a story on the <em>Sun <\/em>website entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/10098127\/rebekah-vardy-coleen-rooney-leaking-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;WAG WARS: Coleen Rooney accuses Rebekah Vardy of \u2018leaking stories about her\u2019 \u2013 before fellow WAG hits back&#8221;<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p class=\"see-also-link\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/finstas-instagram-trend\/?utm_cid=a-seealso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Finstas&#8217; can be boring or funny or sexy \u2014 but they&#8217;re always real<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Each of the stories provided to <em>The Sun<\/em> was put to Coleen\u2019s representatives before publication, and on each occasion they declined to comment,&#8221; the story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/10098127\/rebekah-vardy-coleen-rooney-leaking-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claims<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the time of press, WAGatha Christie was trending on Twitter in the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<p><img alt=\"Rebekah Vardy vs Coleen Rooney drama is the greatest use of Instagram Stories ever\" class=\"\" data-fragment=\"m!0b48\" data-image=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fcard%252Fimage%252F1059834%252F1addd360-4643-48dd-a8b3-f937f6a4a37b.png%252Ffull-fit-in__1200x2000.png?signature=x7dbXRZJHTmnMHXB9bdm2VyJ8Zo=&amp;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com\" data-micro=\"1\"  ><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-credit\">\n<p>Image:  twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">COLLEEN ROONEY RIGHT NOW <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gddYxXl1b8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gddYxXl1b8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 N is for Nicole, Who Fell Off a Cliffe (@Nicole_Cliffe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nicole_Cliffe\/status\/1181925739072897024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even Netflix weighed in on the drama&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrapper sort-rerender\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">we&#8217;re going to have to make a documentary about this, aren&#8217;t we<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Netflix UK &amp; Ireland (@NetflixUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetflixUK\/status\/1181871176789966848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That is a documentary many of us would like to see, just FYI.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bonus-video-card\">\n<h2 class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/7370\/instagram-to-officially-remove-following-tab-from-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WATCH: Instagram to officially remove &#8216;Following&#8217; tab from app<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"jw-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/videos\/embed?video=gb0evdvbnL&amp;player=default\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; 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