Coleen Rooney’s fury over Wayne’s ‘racist’ brother

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by Daisy McLure |
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It's not been an easy year for Coleen Rooney, who moved her family out to the USA last year when husband Wayne signed to Washington DC united

And the Rooney's faced fresh embarrassment last week when a video emerged of Wayne’s younger brother Graham with his arm around English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson.

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The clip sees Graham, with a dazed grin on his face, looking very pally with the far-right activist in a pub bathroom. A third man can be heard shouting, “F**king sniff,” in the background before saying to Tommy, “Tell ’em what you’re having now.”

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Even though they first met at school when they were 12, Wayne and Coleen first started dating after they finished school at the age of 16.

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2002

At just 17 Wayne joined Everton football club and even though they'd only been dating a year Coleen admitted that they had already discussed getting married.At the time she admitted: "We want to spend the rest of our lives together and there's no stronger commitment than getting married."

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2003

The happy couple got engaged in 2003 at a petrol station after Wayne got down on one knee. He asked his childhood sweetheart to spend the rest of their lives together with a £46,500 engagement ring.

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2004

Coleen discovered that Wayne slept with a 48-year-old nan in a brothel back in 2002

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2005

The WAG then defended her fiancé and admitted when he cheated they hadn't slept together yet. She added, "we weren't having that kind of relationship at that stage."

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2007

Wayne and Coleen looked totally loved up at a public event a year before they got married

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2008

At the age of 22, Wayne and Coleen tied the knot in a church in Italy!

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2008

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2009

2009 – A year after their wedding, the happy couple welcomed their first child Kai into the world

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2010

Just a year after they had their first child it was alleged that while Coleen was pregnant, Wayne cheated with prostitutes Jennifer Thompson and Helen Wood.

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2010

Even though Coleen and Kai moved out of their family home following the allegations, the married couple put their troubles aside and reunited.

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2013

The happy couple look so adorable with their son Kai while they await the arrival of their second child

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2013

The Rooney's welcomed their second baby into the world – Klay

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2016

In 2016, the Rooney family welcome baby Kit into the world

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2017

During the summer holidays Coleen denied being pregnant after this photo emerged (even though she was)

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2017

After denying her pregnancy for weeks the happy couple soon confirmed the exciting news - that they're having their fourth child!

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2017

It was shortly after the Rooney's announced they're having their fourth child that Wayne was pictured and arrested for drunk driving.

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2017

Things went from bad to worst after it came to light that Wayne was driving Laura Simpson's car. She then spoke out and claimed that they "had a kiss, a hug, some banter, harmless fun".

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2017

It was then reported that Coleen along with her sons had fled from the family home after revealing her marriage was over.

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2017

Following the scandal, Wayne received a driving ban for two years following his arrest and Laura appeared on This Morning to deny ever cheating with the footballer.

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2017

After weeks of speculation around the couples marriage, it appeared that all was forgiven and forgotten as it was reported that the pair were planning on renewing their wedding vows.

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2017

Coleen then surprised everyone by being totally honest in a Facebook post and admitted that although she's been through a "shit time" she decided to forgive her husband because she wants to "try and continue our marriage and live as a family".

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2018

In February 2018 the Rooney family got even bigger as the happy couple welcomed their fourth child into the world - baby Cass!Yup. They broke their tradition with names beginning with 'K' but the little is adorable so who cares, ey?

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Tommy – whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – replies, “No, I can’t!”

A source close to Wayne and Coleen told heat magazine, “They are both mortified, especially Coleen as she always feels as if it’s Wayne and his family that cause them problems.

"She can’t believe Graham would be so stupid to pose with someone like Tommy, even though he claims he didn’t know who he was. It just brings more shame on them, and Coleen is sick of it. He’s been in trouble for stuff like this before and thought he had learnt his lesson.”

Back in 2011, Graham was criticised for a series of racist and homophobic tweets directed at other Twitter users, including TOWIE star Joey Essex.

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At the time, a spokesman for the Liverpool County Premier League – where Graham played football – said, “I’m just very saddened and totally condemn what he’s said. We’re a very inclusive league.”

The tweets were particularly shocking as Wayne had become an honorary patron of Show Racism The Red Card – an anti-racism charity founded by retired footballer Shaka Hislop – just a year earlier.

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