Pregnant Coleen Rooney continued to shed her wedding ring on Thursday, yet the background on her phone remains an image of her embattled husband Wayne.
The 31-year-old appeared downcast during the outing, which came four days after Wayne was slapped with 100 hours of unpaid work after being caught three times over the legal limit while driving with party girl Laura Simpson, 29, earlier this month.
Flashing a glimpse of her iPhone, Coleen, who is expecting her fourth child with Wayne, displayed a snap of the grinning sportsman cosying up to her and their three boys, Kai, seven, Klay, four, and Kit, 21 months.
Tough times: Pregnant Coleen Rooney continued to shed her wedding ring on Thursday, yet the background on her phone remains an image with her embattled husband Wayne
Coleen appeared deadpan as she wondered through the Cheshire village of Alderley Edge, the home of many footballers and WAGs, having been to the gym and grabbed a hot drink, while going extremely low-key in an anorak and leggings.
Atop her minimal garb, the Liverpudlian star was again flashing a bare left hand a week after she was first seen without her £250,000 bespoke wedding ring and £200,000 engagement ring – despite Wayne continuing to defiantly sport his own wedding band.
The star was first seen without the jewellery on 8 September as she was pictured in her plush white Range Rover with her bare hand completely visible on the wheel.
The image on the back of Coleen’s phone was a sweet snap posted initially by Wayne on Instagram on 20 November 2016 before Coleen shared it soon after while adding the caption: ‘Great Sunday with the family’.
Happier days: The image on the back of Coleen’s phone (left) was a sweet snap posted initially by Wayne on Instagram on 20 November 2016 (right) before Coleen shared it soon after while adding the caption: ‘Great Sunday with the family’
Down and out: The 31-year-old appeared downcast during the outing, which came four days after Wayne was slapped with 100 hours of unpaid work after being caught three times over the legal limit while driving with party girl Laura Simpson, 29, earlier this month
Nowhere to be seen: Atop her minimal garb, the Liverpudlian star was again flashing a bare left hand (right) a week after she was first seen without her £250,000 bespoke wedding ring and £200,000 engagement ring (left, last year) – despite Wayne continuing to defiantly sport his own wedding band
Night out: Laura enjoyed a night out with Wayne before he was arrested for drink-driving when he drove her Volkswagen Beetle following the night of drinking
Heading out: Coleen appeared deadpan as she wondered through the Cheshire village of Alderley Edge, the home of many footballers and WAGs, having been to the gym and grabbed a hot drink, while going extremely low-key in an anorak and leggings
Her outing comes a day after it was reported she believes Wayne’s community service for drink-driving could finally force him to ‘grow up’.
Sources claimed Coleen sees him as a ‘kid’ and thinks his punishment is the wake-up call he needs to ‘man up’. A source told The Sun: ‘Coleen has said the best thing that could have happened to Wayne is getting this 100-hour community service’.
‘She thinks this may be the shock he needs to grow up. She has always said he is like her fourth child. It’s time for Wayne to man up. The latest events are the last straw. Coleen thinks this might be the making of him.’
The insider also claimed the former England captain does very little around the house and is always ‘playing computer games’. MailOnline has contacted representatives for Coleen and Wayne for comment.
Man-up: Sources claimed Coleen sees him as a ‘kid’ and thinks his punishment is the wake-up call he needs to ‘man up’
Heading home: Following her gym trip, Coleen grabbed a hot drink and her phone
Deep in thought: Her low-key look was worlds away from her beloved designer threads
Not happy: Other sources claimed Coleen is annoyed at Wayne’s driving ban as it means he won’t be able to take her to hospital during her pregnancy
Hometime: After a difficult few weeks, Coleen looked downcast as she undoubtedly sweated it out in the gym
Other sources claimed Coleen is annoyed at Wayne’s driving ban as it means he won’t be able to take her to hospital during her pregnancy.
A source told the Daily Star. ‘She won’t be able to rely on him to ferry her around during her pregnancy – particularly when she goes into labour. She will suffer too for his stupidity.’
The insider added: ‘[Coleen] knows he was targeted by the girl [Laura] and that the police arrived before anything happened. But she is still angry.’
Heading off: The star was enjoying a workout in the midst of her woes
Engrossed: In the midst of her woes, Coleen appeared deep in thought
Bling: While she continued to sport her favoured dazzling diamond earrings, her ring was nowhere to be seen
Taking responsibility: The arrest was a huge blow to the couple, who have remained quiet over the state of their marriage ever since
The claims come after Wayne apologised for his ‘unforgivable lack of judgement’ as he was banned from driving for two years and given 100 hours’ community servicE.
He was stopped by police while driving party girl Laura home from a night out in her Volkswagen Beetle in Cheshire at 2am on September 1. Wayne was stopped because Laura’s car had a faulty brake light. He was almost three times the legal limit.
The Everton striker was handed a 24 month driving ban and given 100 hours’ community service as part of a 12-month community order imposed at Stockport Magistrates’ Court today.
Claims: ‘Coleen has said the best thing that could have happened to Wayne is getting this 100-hour community service,’ a source told The Sun
‘Suffering for his stupidity’: Other sources claimed Coleen is annoyed at Wayne’s driving ban as it means he won’t be able to take her to hospital during her pregnancy
In his statement he said: ‘Following today’s court hearing I want publicly to apologise for my unforgivable lack of judgment in driving while over the legal limit. It was completely wrong.
‘I have already said sorry to my family, my manager and chairman and everyone at Everton FC. Now I want to apologise to all the fans and everyone else who has followed and supported me throughout my career.
‘Of course I accept the sentence of the court and hope that I can make some amends through my community service.’
Ban: Rooney apologised for his ‘unforgivable lack of judgement’ after pleading guilty to a drink-driving charge (pictured leaving Stockport Magistrates’ Court on Monday)
Sheepish: Wayne has been banned from driving for two years and given 100 hours’ community service
Mistake: The former England captain apologised for his ‘unforgivable lack of judgment’ in a statement issued after his plea
Claims: It comes after Coleen reportedly slammed Laura Simpson for allegedly targeting the Everton footballer in a bid to launch a reality show, reports The Sun
It comes after Coleen reportedly slammed Laura for allegedly targeting the Everton footballer in a bid to launch a reality show, reports The Sun.
A source told the website the star was becoming more sympathetic towards Wayne and thought Laura was a ‘fame-seeking slapper’.
Earlier this week Laura was given a grilling on This Morning when she said that Coleen shouldn’t forgive Wayne and added ‘I don’t think he deserves it.
Describing the night, she said: ‘Basically, we just got a cab. It was a bit of a whirlwind really. There was no conversation. We just ended up in my car after getting out of the cab.’
Reports: The source told the website: ‘Coleen has been furious at Wayne. But the more she learns, the more sympathetic she is to Wayne’s version of events. She labelled Laura a ‘fame-seeking slapper’
Keeping it cool: The couple have remained quiet on the state of their marriage but Coleen continues to leave her wedding ring off
When asked what she was planning to do with Rooney, she replied: ‘Go home.’
She denied previous claims she said she had ‘kissed and cuddled’ the footballer, claiming the night had been ‘blown out of proportion’.
She admitted that the scandal must be difficult for Rooney’s pregnant wife Coleen to deal with, but insisted she had spoken to her and explained the situation.
Speaking out: Earlier this week Laura was given a grilling on This Morning when she said that Coleen shouldn’t forgive Wayne and added ‘I don’t think he deserves it’
The source added that Coleen reportedly wasn’t impressed with Laura’s TV appearance or her ‘changing story’ saying ‘She still thinks Wayne was in the wrong — but for the first time it seems he has some light at the end of the tunnel.’
Meanwhile Coleen was seen enjoying a night out at the Cilla Black musical amid the revelations. The smiling star looked radiant in a floral shirt as she posed up with a pal on one of her few outings since the news broke.
Laura met Wayne at a Cheshire nightclub before they were stopped with Wayne behind the wheel of her VW Beetle at the start of the month.
She has previously been quoted as saying she ‘kissed and cuddled’ Rooney and would have had sex with him if they hadn’t have been stopped.
Hitting back: She denied previous claims she said she had ‘kissed and cuddled’ the footballer, claiming the night had been ‘blown out of proportion’
Longtime love: The source added that Coleen wasn’t impressed with Laura’s TV appearance or her ‘changing story’ saying ‘She still thinks Wayne was in the wrong — but for the first time it seems he has some light at the end of the tunnel’
Rooney drove her home in her VW Beetle, but their night out was ruined when police pulled them over due a faulty brake light and discovered Wayne was over the drink drive limit.
Neither Rooney nor his wife have officially spoken about the incident, although Coleen has moved out of the family’s £6million home and has twice been seen out without her wedding ring since her husband’s arrest.
Friends have previously suggested it was likely they would reconcile, and Coleen has reportedly asked Wayne to take a break from his football career with Everton to spend time working on their marriage.
Call: She admitted that the scandal must be difficult for Rooney’s pregnant wife Coleen to deal with, but insisted she had spoken to her and explained the situation
Laura was previously quoted as having said her tryst with the former England captain was ‘only a bit of harmless fun’, before admitting they probably would have ‘ended up s******g’ had it not been for the police stopping her car as he drove them home from a bar.
She had travelled more than 20 miles from her home in Irlam, north-west Manchester, to get to the bar, where regulars said they had not seen her drinking before.
She left her job as a property development company sales manager in Greater Manchester shortly after the scandal broke, but it is unclear what, if any, new role she has taken up.
Sweethearts: Wayne and Coleen have been together since they were teenagers