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If only Wayne Rooney had been as effective as captain of England’s long-suffering national soccer team as his wife has proven to be as an internet sleuth.
In what one appreciative fan dubbed worthy of a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting, Coleen Rooney used a cunning social-media trap to determine that the wife of another famed British soccer player has been leaking fake stories to The Sun about her.
Rooney, dubbed “WAGatha Christie” for her detective work (WAG refers to the wives and girlfriends of professional athletes), explained in a tweet how she found Rebekah Vardy to be the villain in this very-2019 mystery.
As you can see by the likes, the tweet went viral.
Even before this whole thing blew up on social media, Vardy, the wife of England national Jamie Vardy, was already well-known for her appearances on the British daytime talk show “Loose Women,” and also for her role in the popular 2017 series, “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!”
And, oh yeah, for posts like this:
Vardy, for her part, quickly took to Instagram to deny the allegations, blaming other people who have had access to her account.
And with that, Twitter TWTR, -0.73% was off and running:
If you missed all this drama, don’t fret — it’ll soon be streamable:
