‘ Argue with Coleen? That would be as pointless as arguing with a pigeon ’

That’s the WAG-tastic response of Rebekah Vardy in this blistering exclusive interview, as she gets her claws into her rival and insists: I’M the one who’s been wronged and betrayed

‘I don’t understand why she couldn’t have phoned me and said that she had some suspicions and I would have looked into it immediately.’

She adds: ‘We have always got on and that is what makes it all the more difficult. For instance, I messaged her when Wayne was in trouble over the drink-driving. I have been a supportive friend. She sent me a gift when my youngest Finlay was born [in January 2017] and I sent her a present when her baby Cass arrived [in February 2018].

‘There was never any hint of any bad blood between us or any hint that she had a suspicion about me.’

The first clue that Coleen was harbouring doubts, however, came in March this year when Becky noticed that Coleen had blocked her on her private Instagram. ‘I sent her a message and asked her: “Have I done something, is there a problem here? I seem to be blocked on Instagram.”

‘And she said no, it was probably one of the kids messing about with her phone that had done it. She was completely convincing.’

Although Becky was then duly reinstated, unbeknown to her, it seems that Coleen then blocked everyone else. Becky said: ‘I do feel sorry for her in some ways, we have both been the subject of stories that are not nice and you don’t know where they have come from, but that doesn’t make it OK to just dump this on me and my family.’

Becky is keen to point out that she has always been loyal to the Rooneys.

‘I have turned down so many interviews and requests to talk about them,’ she says. ‘I have never felt that it was my place to talk about someone else or their relationships. I have not done anything like this and I would not do anything like this. I don’t understand what I would gain. The stories were just nonsense, they weren’t even damaging. The one about their house flooding was actually published while I was on a plane to Dubai.

‘I don’t understand what anyone would gain from the stories, and why anyone would think that I would need to sell them. It’s really sad because this is not something that I would wish upon anyone.

‘We are having a forensic cybersecurity expert look at it now, first to see if it really did come from my account.

‘I’m not an expert in social media — far from it. I only just learned how to do a re-post and had to have a lesson in how to change my format on Instagram.

‘I have no idea who it could be. I hope that we can find out what has actually gone on, that’s my aim here. When I do, I will deal with it the right way.

‘I can tell you that I would never, ever have dealt with the situation in the way that Coleen has done, that’s for sure.’

She says that since the moment the story broke on Wednesday morning, she has also had a short, sharp lesson in just who her friends really are.

Danielle Lloyd, a former WAG, went on TV yesterday to claim that she had also had issues with Becky. Although Becky says she has nothing to say on the subject, she does mutter: ‘Hypocrite.’

Another WAG, Nicola McClean, has been vocal in Becky’s defence. Becky’s husband Jamie, the Leicester City player, has been a tower of strength. ‘He’s been very distressed to see me so upset,’ she says.

The couple have two children, Finlay and Sofia, and she has two more children from previous relationships. They met in 2014 and were married in 2016.

For now, she says she has more questions than answers about what has gone on.

She is particularly mystified by Coleen’s motivation, saying: ‘It makes me wonder if there is more to this than meets the eye. For someone to go public with something like this, there has to be something bigger behind it.

‘I keep on thinking about it and trying to figure it out. It’s like trying to work out how someone does a magic trick. I don’t know what the reason is — if I had the answer I would be over the moon.

‘I don’t have any hatred or bitterness. She did what she thought was necessary. That was her decision and she will have to live with it.’

Quite where this ‘Roodunnit?’ will end remains to be seen.

Does she want an apology? ‘I think it’s gone beyond an apology, hasn’t it?’ she says.

REBEKAH VARDY has not received any payment for this interview, but at her request a donation has been made to UK mental health charity MIND.

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