{"id":19692,"date":"2022-08-03T15:17:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1690116"},"modified":"2022-08-03T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:50:09","slug":"rebekah-vardy-opens-up-on-former-agent-in-talktv-interview-preview","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/rebekah-vardy-opens-up-on-former-agent-in-talktv-interview-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebekah Vardy opens up on former agent in TalkTV interview preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 03 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Rebekah Vardy\u2019s libel case against Coleen Rooney came to a close last month, with the court ruling in favour of Rooney. Now, five days after the verdict was revealed, Vardy is set to discuss the aftermath in a TalkTV interview \u2013\u00a0her first since losing the case.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing Wagatha Christie saga, which is set to be turned into a <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/coleen-rooney-rebekah-vardy-channel-4-drama-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Channel 4 drama<\/a>, began when Rooney alleged in an Instagram post back in 2019 that Vardy\u2019s account had been leaking stories about her to the press. Rooney\u2019s impressive detective skills, and her \u201cIt\u2019s\u2026 Rebekah Vardy\u2019s account\u201d delivery soon went viral, with Vardy suing for defamation shortly after.<\/p> <p>Vardy\u2019s agent and close friend Caroline Watt was also implicated in the case, after Vardy suggested she was the one selling the stories to the press. Watt did not give evidence during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Vardy, who continues to maintain her innocence, confirmed she has been in touch with Watt during her TalkTV interview, telling Kate McCann that she had \u201cspoken to her a couple of times\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether Watt feels bad about her involvement, Vardy said: \u201cIt is not a conversation that we\u2019ve had. It\u2019s not a conversation that I\u2019d want to talk about with her just purely because of I\u2019m so conscious of her mental wellbeing and you know, how, how it\u2019s affected her as well.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6310369715112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p>Prior to the hearing, the court had ordered Watt\u2019s phone be searched for evidence, but Rooney\u2019s barrister revealed it had \u201cfallen into the sea\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0judge Mrs Justice Steyn\u2019s conclusion, she said: \u201cI have found that Ms Vardy was party to the disclosure to The Sun. Ms Vardy knew of and condoned this behaviour, actively engaging in it by directing Ms Watt to the private Instagram account, sending her screenshots of Ms Rooney\u2019s posts, drawing attention to items of potential interest to the press, and answering additional queries raised by the press via Ms Watt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cIn my judgment, it is likely that Ms Vardy deliberately deleted her WhatsApp chat with Ms Watt, and that Ms Watt deliberately dropped her phone in the sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rebekah Vardy: Coleen and Me airs tonight at 7pm on TalkTV<\/strong>. <strong>Check out more of our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lidia Molina-Whyte Published: Wednesday, 03 August 2022 at 12:00 am Rebekah Vardy\u2019s libel case against Coleen Rooney came to a close last month, with the court ruling in favour of Rooney. 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