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Danielle Lloyd calls Rebekah Vardy a ‘rat’ – but Nicola McLean defends her in Coleen Rooney row

DANIELLE Lloyd has called Rebekah Vardy a 'rat' amid her row with Coleen Rooney, while Nicola McLean defended her.

Earlier today, Coleen, 33, accused her fellow WAG of leaking stories about her, sparking an extraordinary Twitter spat.

 Danielle Lloyd has called Rebekah Vardy a 'rat' amid her row with Coleen Rooney, while Nicola McLean defended her
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Danielle Lloyd has called Rebekah Vardy a 'rat' amid her row with Coleen Rooney, while Nicola McLean defended herCredit: Getty Images - Getty

Former WAG Danielle, 35, who was previously married to footballer Jamie O'Hara, left a series of rat emojis under Coleen's original post about Becky.

She added: "On a serious note though who does that it's terrible."

However Nicola, 38, who is married to former QPR player Tom Williams, appeared to be on Team Vardy, as she liked Becky's denial message in response to Coleen's accusations.

Coleen told her 1.2 million followers that Rebekah, wife of Leicester City star Jamie Vardy, had been telling The Sun about her “private posts and stories”.

 Coleen Rooney, right, has accused Rebekah Vardy, left, of leaking stories about her
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Coleen Rooney, right, has accused Rebekah Vardy, left, of leaking stories about herCredit: Splash News
 Coleen Rooney accused her friend of viewing her Instagram stories and selling stories to the media
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Coleen Rooney accused her friend of viewing her Instagram stories and selling stories to the mediaCredit: Instagram

She said she suspected Rebekah and turned detective to try and find out who was leaking stories “without her permission or knowledge”.

Coleen, married to former England star Wayne, changed her Instagram settings so only a limited number of people could see her posts and then fabricated false tales to see if they were picked up by the Press.

When they were, she decided Rebekah must be the culprit, something the pregnant WAG has strongly denied.

Each of the stories provided to The Sun was put to Coleen’s representatives before publication, and on each occasion they declined to comment.

 Danielle posted a series of rat emojis under Coleen's post
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Danielle posted a series of rat emojis under Coleen's postCredit: Instagram
 Meanwhile Nicola McLean seemed to be on Rebekah's side as she liked her response to Coleen's accusations
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Meanwhile Nicola McLean seemed to be on Rebekah's side as she liked her response to Coleen's accusationsCredit: Rex Features

A Sun Spokesperson said: "Like all reputable media organisations, we don't comment on sources."

The mum-of-four's original post, which has been "liked" more than 75,000 times, read: “This has been a burden in my life for a few years now and finally I have got to the bottom of it.

“For a few years now someone who I trusted to follow me on my personal Instagram account has been consistently informing The Sun newspaper of my private posts and stories.

 Coleen, pictured with husband Wayne, turned detective to try and find out who had been leaking stories to the Press
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Coleen, pictured with husband Wayne, turned detective to try and find out who had been leaking stories to the Press
 Jamie and Rebekah Vardy are expecting their third child
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Jamie and Rebekah Vardy are expecting their third childCredit: Getty Images - Getty

“There has been so much information given to them about me, my friends and my family – all without my permission or knowledge.

“After a long time of trying to figure out who it could be, for various reasons, I had a suspicion.

“To try and prove this, I came up with an idea, I blocked everyone from viewing Instagram except ONE account.

“(Those on my private account must have been wondering why I haven't had stories on there for a while).

 Rebekah has denied Coleen's accusations and said she should have called her first before posting anything
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Rebekah has denied Coleen's accusations and said she should have called her first before posting anythingCredit: PA:Press Association/PA Images

“Over the past five months I have posted a series of false stories to see if they made their way into the Sun newspaper.

“And you know what, they did! The story about gender selection in Mexico, the story about returning to TV and then the latest story about the basement flood in my new house.

“It's been tough keeping it to myself and not making any comment at all, especially when the stories have been leaked, however I had to. Now I know for certain which account/individual it's come from.

“I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them.

“It's......... Rebekah Vardy's account.”

Vardy, who is heavily pregnant, immediately wrote her own statement to ask why Coleen didn’t call her before the post, insisting: “What would I gain from selling stories on you?”

She said: "As I have just said to you on the phone, I wish you had called me if you thought this.

"I never speak to anyone about you as various journalists who have asked me to over the years can vouch for.

 The women's war of words has sent Twitter into overdrive
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The women's war of words has sent Twitter into overdriveCredit: Paul Edwards - The Sun

"If you thought this was happening you could have told me & I could have changed my passwords to see if it stopped.

"Over the years various people have had access to my insta & just this week I found I was following people I didn't know and have never followed myself.

"I'm not being funny but I don't need the money, what would I gain from selling stories on you?

"I liked you a lot Coleen & I'm so upset that you have chosen to do this, especially when I'm heavily pregnant.

"I'm disgusted that I'm even having to deny this. You should have called me the first time this happened."


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