The Therapy Crouch

Wayne & Coleen Rooney on 18 Years Together, Family & The Truth About Abbey’s Past!

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Show Notes

Welcome back to a very special episode of The Therapy Crouch!

This week, Abbey and Peter are joined by the iconic Coleen and Wayne Rooney! From growing up together in Liverpool and navigating massive media storms as teenagers, to raising four football-mad boys and filming their brand-new Disney+ series The Real Rooneys, Wayne and Coleen hold nothing back.

Wayne opens up about the emotional wobble of stepping away from management, why he snubbed Washington DC (and stole Pete’s transfer!), and getting lost in disguise at Glastonbury. Plus, childhood secrets are revealed, including the time Wayne threw a McDonald's milkshake at Abbey and the gang help a listener facing a safeguarding crisis over a rogue nursery game of "The Shabba"!

00:32 Intro & Filming the Family Show: Adjusting to cameras in the house 03:52 Growing Up in the Spotlight: Dealing with early fame at 16 05:08 Kai's GCSE Results & Testing His Spanish on Taxi Drivers 07:30 Diabolical Noughties Press & Framed Tabloid Headlines 09:03 Wayne's Career Wobble: Finding a new routine after management 11:30 Academy Football Reality: Dealing with getting released from Everton 13:42 Match of the Day Pressures & Reviewing the World Cup Halftime Show 17:51 Fashion Crimes: Gianni Infantino's trainers & the socks-down trend 19:19 Coleen's Primark Collaboration & Balancing Work with Motherhood 21:13 The Silent Treatment & Wayne's Infamous Scottish Golf Trip 23:39 Returning to Management & School Bag Chaos in the Boot 27:21 No More Babies: Wayne Gets the Snip 29:15 Keeping it Grounded: Two Kids from Croxteth 32:03 Listener Q: How to Spend a Day Not Being Famous 34:45 Matching Christmas Pyjamas & Ruining Karaoke in Washington DC 37:44 Agony Aunt: A Nursery "Shabble" Safeguarding Crisis 41:02 Listener Q: Ibiza Mini-Moons & Sleeping for 24 Hours in Vegas

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