Rebekah Vardy (née Miranda; born 17 February 1982) is an English model, television, and media personality. She was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2017 and Dancing on Ice in 2021.
Rebekah Vardy | |
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 Vardy supporting her husband Jamie at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |
| Born | Rebekah Miranda 17 February 1982 |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1996 - present |
| Television | I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2017) Dancing on Ice (2021) |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Spouse(s) |
Mark Godden
(m. 2001; div. 2003)Steve Clarke
(m. 2005; div. 2006) |
| Children | 5 |
Television
In November 2017, Vardy was a contestant on the seventeenth series of the ITV reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. Vardy was the third celebrity to be eliminated on 4 December 2017.[1] Vardy has made multiple appearances as a guest panellist and presenter on Loose Women.[2] She has also appeared on Good Morning Britain, Jeremy Vine and This Morning. In 2019, Vardy appeared in two episodes of Celebrity Gogglebox alongside husband Jamie, and an episode of How To Spend it Well at Christmas in 2019 alongside her family.[3] In September 2020, it was announced that she would be competing in the thirteenth series of Dancing on Ice in 2021.[1] She was partnered with Andy Buchanan.
Charity work
Rebekah and Jamie Vardy are both Family ambassadors to Barnardo's. [4][5][6] Vardy is also a patron of The Dorothy Goodman School in Leicestershire.[7][8] She has supported Leicester based homeless charity 'Homelessness to Hope' having officially opened The Hope Centre [9] and has supported the Jeans for Genes charity campaign. [10] Vardy was a very public defender of baby Alfie Evans and supported his family in their tireless campaign to save him. [11]
Personal life
In 2014, whilst working as a nightclub promoter, Vardy met current husband Jamie.[12][13] The couple married on 25 May 2016 at Peckforton Castle.[14] Vardy has five children, a daughter Megan (born 2005), a son Taylor (born 2010) with footballer Luke Foster and three children with current husband Jamie Vardy, Sofia (born 2014), Finlay (born 2017) and Olivia Grace (born 2019). Vardy is also stepmother to Jamie's daughter from a previous relationship, Ella. [15]
On 9 October 2019, Coleen Rooney, wife of footballer Wayne Rooney made a Twitter post[16] alleging that posts from her private Instagram account were being leaked to The Sun newspaper. Rooney stated that to catch out who was selling the stories, she had restricted access on who could see the posts. She stated that the only viewer of these posts was Vardy, therefore insinuating that she was the culprit. This Tweet went viral, being dubbed the 'Wagatha Christie'[17] scandal (a play on words of famous mystery writer Agatha Christie, and the football term 'WAG'). Vardy, who was seven months pregnant with her fifth child at the time, responded on her own Twitter account, denying the claims and stated that her Instagram had been hacked.[18] In June 2020, it was reported that Vardy is taking Rooney to court for defamation, with legal costs reportedly set to hit £500,000 on each side.[19]
References
- ^ a b "Rebekah Vardy signs up for Dancing on Ice". The List. 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Rebekah Vardy breaks down as she opens up about Coleen Rooney row in first TV interview". Heart.
- ^ "Rebekah and Jamie Vardy join Phillip Schofield in How To Spend it Well at Christmas". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Jamie and Rebekah Vardy to become Barnardo's first family celebrity ambassadors | Ethical Marketing News".
- ^ "Rebekah Vardy backs top tips to help children celebrate who they are". Barnardo's.
- ^ Watson, Hayley (9 November 2018). "Rebekah Vardy cutting the ribbon on new charity shop". LeicestershireLive.
- ^ "Rebekah Vardy | Dorothy Goodman School". www.dorothygoodman.co.uk.
- ^ "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "It's official - The Hope Centre is now open". 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Our celebrities Genetic Disorders UK". Jeans for Genes.
- ^ Douglas, Nicole (23 April 2018). "Rebekah Vardy fights for Alfie Evans as protestors storm hospital: 'This is a disgrace'". OK! Magazine.
- ^ "#WorldCupWAGs: Wives and Girlfriends of England Stars Rocking the World Cup in Russia". USAHint. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "Who is Rebekah Vardy? I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! 2017 profile". Radio Times. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Leicester City's Jamie Vardy gets married". BBC News. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Watson, Hayley (23 November 2017). "Fans of I'm A Celebrity star Rebekah Vardy blast show for describing her occupation as 'footballer's wife'". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ Khan, Coco (13 December 2019). "Why Wagatha Christie was an essential reprieve in a year of dreadful news" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ Brinsford, James (23 June 2020). "Rebekah Vardy sues Coleen Rooney in High Court as she launches '£1m lawsuit'". mirror.