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Wayne Rooney Shares Beckhams Dinner Tale, Coleen Prank on New BBC Podcast

The former England captain uses a BBC series to share playful snapshots of friendships plus family routines.

Overview

  • Rooney said he and Coleen visited David and Victoria Beckham as teenagers, recalling a down-to-earth dinner of kebabs.
  • He recounted accidentally bumping Brooklyn Beckham’s head during the visit, which left the child in tears.
  • Rooney praised the couple, calling David "a great lad" and Victoria "such a lovely woman," and said both are funnier than many assume.
  • He described waking to find his toenails painted by Coleen the night before his first England squad meet-up, saying he was "raging" when staff noticed.
  • Rooney joked that Coleen once laid out and ironed his clothes nightly but no longer does so since they had four children; The Wayne Rooney Show streams on BBC Sport YouTube, BBC Sounds and iPlayer twice weekly.