DRUNK ROONEY DWARF LIVES IN BOTTLE BANK

SHOCK WORLD EXCLUSIVE

IF you worry that Wayne Rooney’s life sometimes looks in danger of spiralling out of control, spare a thought for his tiny lookalike Tom Harper.

For the three- foot- six- inch dwarf’s life already HAS gone down the toilet and he lives in a Tesco bottle bank – tackling his thirst for hard liquor by sucking dregs from discarded bottles.

A reader tipped us off about Tom’s plight and we caught up with him at his “home” in the car park of a Midlands Tesco we are unable to name for legal reasons.

Feisty Tom, who admitted to having had “a few” that day, went immediately on the defensive but a bottle of sherry got him onside.

He explained: “I had it all, I was riding high. I had my own welding business and made a pretty penny on the side at panto season.

“Then someone said I looked like Wayne Rooney and that I should be a dwarf Rooney lookalike.

“I threw everything I had into that business but unfortunately the drink was snapping at my heels by then.

Begging

“I started missing bookings and got a bit of a reputation as being unreliable. In two years I’d lost everything. I began begging and, I’m ashamed to admit, sucked off the odd Rooney fan in exchange for booze, fans and sometimes just crisps.

“After my home was repossessed I was on the streets. The bottle bank is now my home and my bar. You’d be amazed how much booze people leave in the bottom of bottles they chuck out.”

Furious

While the real Wayne Rooney’s life has not collapsed, he’s getting plenty of earache from lively wife Coleen for his own lifestyle choices.

DC United footballer Wayne was spotted on a boozy bar crawl in Florida on Super Bowl weekend, where he met up with pretty barmaid Vicki Rosiek in Florida’s Clearwater Beach.

Coleen’s friends are furious with him for once again dragging their marriage into the spotlight.

One pal said: “Wayne is selfish and has no consideration for her feelings. Everyone feels so sorry for poor Coleen.”