Rebekah Vardy, who infamously took fellow footballer’s spouse Coleen Rooney to courtroom over an Instagram publish, is ready to get her personal actuality present.
Titled “The Vardys,” the collection, from Orchard Studios, is because of hit U.Okay. community ITV (and its streaming platform ITVX) later this 12 months. The showrunner for “The Vardys” is Josh Jacobs.
The collection will function Rebekah and her husband Jamie Vardy, a former soccer participant for Leicester Metropolis. He has since moved to Cremonese in Italy. The present will comply with the couple and their youngsters as they decamp to the continent to begin over.
Rebekah Vardy discovered herself within the headlines in 2019 after Coleen Rooney (spouse of England soccer star Wayne Rooney) revealed on social media she had hatched a plot to search out out which of her pals had been promoting tales about her to the tabloids by posting pretend information on a non-public Instagram account. She blocked her followers one after the other till the one individual left was Vardy, who, she concluded, was the one promoting the tales. The fallout, which made waves throughout the nation, earned Rooney the nickname “Wagatha Christie” (“Wags” being the collective time period for footballers’ wives and girlfriends within the U.Okay.)
Vardy sued Rooney for libel however after a showstopping 2022 trial that was coated extensively by the press, the decide discovered for Rooney, leaving Vardy with an infinite authorized invoice and her fame in tatters. The trial impressed a play and TV particular whereas Rooney went on to have her personal collection on Disney+.
Now, in response to ITV’s press launch, Vardy is “prepared for the following chapter.”
“As she manages the emotional and bodily upheaval of the brand new transfer, she displays on her current challenges within the U.Okay., intent on placing the ‘Wagatha’ drama behind her and specializing in an thrilling new chapter,” reads the discharge.
ITV’s commissioning editor for leisure and actuality, Louise Main, who ordered the present alongside Katie Rawcliffe, stated: “We’re thrilled to be working with the Vardys on this collection for ITV1 and ITVX. At a pivotal second of their lives, this can be a uncommon and revealing look behind the headlines – from the highs of Jamie’s soccer legacy to the realities of beginning over as a household, with Rebekah sharing her reflections on some of the talked-about tales of the final decade.”
Dan Grabiner and Nat Lippiett, govt producers for Orchard Studios, added: “The Vardys are an iconic and brilliantly entertaining household, and this behind-the-scenes perception into their huge transfer exhibits them as you’ve by no means seen them earlier than: candid, unfiltered and utterly unpredictable. Welcome to the Vardy get together.”
