Coleen Rooney’s detective skills have sent the internet wild, with fans rushing to honour her on Wikipedia.
On Wednesday Coleen launched an incredible social media attack on fellow WAG Rebekah Vardy, revealing how she set up an elaborate sting on Instagram to ‘catch’ her leaking fake stories.
Coleen’s Wikipedia page received a number of edits in the hours after the story broke, with one fan changing her birth date to that of detective novelist Agatha Christie, while Wayne’s wife also got her own mention on the writer’s page.
Super sleuth: Coleen Rooney’s (left) detective skills have sent the internet wild, with fans rushing to honour her on Wikipedia and call her the ‘reincarnation’ of Agatha Christie (right)
Witty edits: Under a new heading of ‘Reincarnation and subsequent true-crime investigations’ Coleen was included on Christie’s Wikipedia
Tweeters picked up on the witty edits, with one fan posting: ‘The absolute best thing about this Coleen Rooney/Rebekah Vardy story is that Wikipedia can’t keep up. In a stunning move, someone changed Coleen’s birth date to 15 September, 1890 – that of Agatha Christie.
The news even reached Agatha Christie’s own Wikipedia page, as one edit which has since been deleted, referred to Coleen as the ‘reincarnation’ of the famous writer.
Under a new heading of ‘Reincarnation and subsequent true-crime investigations’ it read: ‘Ten years after her death, she was reincarnated as Coleen Rooney, although this did not become apparent for 33 years.’
Hilarious: Tweeters picked up on the witty edits, with one fan posting: ‘The absolute best thing about this Coleen Rooney/Rebekah Vardy story is that Wikipedia can’t keep up’
Detective skills: Back on Coleen’s own Wikipedia page further changes were made with her bio at one point reading ‘She is also affectionately known as the female Poirot’
‘In 2019, Coleen’s true nature – WAGatha Christie – came to light following a long-term investigation into the ‘rat’ behind tabloid ‘leaks’ regarding her personal life.’
Back on Coleen’s own Wikipedia page further changes were made with her bio at one point reading ‘She is also affectionately known as the female Poirot following stellar detective work involving a fellow WAG in October 2019.’
Another edit read: ‘She is most famously known for exposing fellow WAGs via Instagram and becoming one of Britain’s leading celebrity detectives.’
WAGatha: Another edit read: ‘She is most famously known for exposing fellow WAGs via Instagram and becoming one of Britain’s leading celebrity detectives’
Edits: Fans were falling over themselves to edit Coleen’s Wikipedia . The platform allows anyone to edit any unprotected page
Following Coleen’s accusations that Rebekah has been planting false stories about her life, the Internet was awash with hilarious and shocking memes.
On Wednesday morning, the presenter and philanthropist, 33, took to Instagram and Twitter to ‘expose’ the pregnant I’m A Celeb star, 37, for allegedly taking stories from her private social media accounts and selling them to them to the press.
Naturally, fans were delighted with the shock spat and soon took to Twitter to share a number of memes and messages about the feud, including many users saying they were reaching for popcorn and others comparing it to a Footballer’s Wives episode.
Shocker: Following Coleen’s accusations that Rebekah has been planting false stories about her life, the Internet was awash with hilarious and shocking memes (the WAGs pictured together in 2017)
Coleen took to social media to accuse her pregnant friend Rebekah of selling stories on her private life in an extraordinary rant. She revealed she had been suspecting that someone had been betraying her and that she thought of a plan.
She admitted she has been planting false Instagram stories on her private page and blocking all her other friends to prove that Rebekah was the guilty party.
She admitted that stories about her basement flooding, gender selection and so on were only viewed by Rebekah and these were subsequently followed by outlets.
Rebekah subsequently hit back at the star and insisted the claims were false.
Delighting! One tweet featured a screengrab showing Larry Lamb and Alison Steadman in Gavin And Stacey, with her character Pam saying: ‘It’s all the drama, Mick. I just love it!’
Happy days! Fans soon took to Twitter to share a number of memes, with many likening the feud to a storyline from hit noughties TV show Footballer’s Wives (Pictured: Tanya Turner, played by Zoe Lucker, and Laila Rouass’ character Amber Gates)
Shocker: One user shared a screengrab from The Inbetweeners, with Simon saying: ‘I dunno, I think that’s a bit dodgy, mate’
Fans soon took to Twitter to share a number of memes, with many likening the feud to a storyline from hit noughties TV show Footballer’s Wives.
In the hit show, Tanya Turner, played by Zoe Lucker, was in a long-standing war with Laila Abdesselam Rouass’ character Amber Gates.
One tweet featured a screengrab showing Larry Lamb and Alison Steadman in Gavin And Stacey, with her character Pam saying: ‘It’s all the drama, Mick. I just love it!’
Ha! Getting in on the action, the official account for Netflix penned: ‘we’re going to have to make a documentary about this, aren’t we’
Cheeky! A hilarious meme was a mock up of Coleen in Guess Who?
Another fan was so thrilled by the highly dramatic turn of events that they branded the scenario: ‘Dynamite’ alongside a picture of SpongeBob character Patrick.
Getting in on the action, the official account for Netflix penned: ‘we’re going to have to make a documentary about this, aren’t we’.
One of Coleen’s supporters suggested she be awarded for her efforts, with the user writing: ‘the pulitzer prize for investigative reporting goes to coleen rooney’.
Pointless host Richard Osman wrote: ‘I will vote for any political party who agree to immediately give us the rest of the day off so we can follow this Coleen Rooney/Rebekah Vardy thing properly.’
Lauding her skills, one fan penned: ‘Coleen Rooney winning best best detective inspector, best dramatic performance and best reality show cliffhanger in one go’.
In her original post, Coleen wrote: ‘For a few years now someone who I trusted to follow me on my personal Instagram account has been consistently informing The Sun newspaper of my private posts and stories.
The full statement: Coleen made these claims on social media after discovering she had been betrayed by someone close to her and wrote that it was Rebekah Vardy
Oh my! The scenes were likened Kerry Washington’s TV show Scandal
‘There has been so much information given to them about me, my friends and my family – all without my permission or knowledge. After a long time of trying to figure out who it could be, for various reasons, I had a suspicion.
‘To try and prove this, I came up with an idea, I blocked everyone from viewing Instagram except ONE account. ‘
She continued: ‘(Those on my private account must have been wondering why I haven’t had stories on there for a while). Over the past five months I have posted a series of false stories to see if they made their way into the Sun newspaper.
‘And you know what, they did! The story about gender selection in Mexico, the story about returning to TV and then the latest story about the basement flood in my new house.
‘It’s been tough keeping it to myself and not making any comment at all, especially when the stories have been leaked, however I had to. Now I know for certain which account/individual it’s come from.
‘I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them. It’s……… Rebekah Vardy’s account.’
She also wrote: ‘This has been a burden in my life for a few years now and finally I have got to the bottom of it……’
Shocker: Rebekah hit back minutes later on social media and denied the accusations (pictured last month)
Rebekah hit back minutes later on social media and denied the accusations. She wrote: ‘Can’t believe I’m even having to write this. I’m pregnant & on holiday & am at a loss to why she would do this.
‘I’m now having to take legal advice as I can’t deal with this stress myself when I’m this pregnant. I’m now having to take legal advice as I can’t deal with this stress myself when I’m this pregnant.’
She also shared: ‘As I have just said to you on the phone, I wish you had called me if you thought this.
Betrayal: Coleen and Rebekah have been close friends for years – they were pictured together at the England vs Wales game in France