Rebekah Vardy’s new reality show is savaged by critics as ‘very bad’

Rebekah Vardy’s new ITV reality show is savaged by critics as ‘very bad, very boring and deeply dull’ in a series of lacklustre reviews on Wednesday. 

During the three-part series, Rebekah insisted ‘hell will freeze over’ before she apologises to Coleen Rooney following their bitter feud.

And if you are expecting any more details about the famous ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case then fans will be very disappointed as it is barely mentioned.   

As viewers claim the series is ‘uninteresting and boring’ it seems critics have agreed as the most the ITV show has been awarded is a disappointing two stars out of five. 

The Guardian’s Lucy Mangan insisted: ‘You will be disappointed’, as she gave the series one star. 

She continued: ‘This is because it is very bad and very boring. That will make every viewer down in the mouth. 

‘Those who tune in for more specific reasons – being a fan of Leicester City’s beloved former striker-god Jamie V or wanting to hear Rebekah V’s take on the ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case she brought against and lost to Coleen Rooney – will be even more let down.’

Meanwhile The Independent’s Katie Rosseinsky gave the show just two stars as she described the series as ‘deeply dull’. 

Rebekah Vardy’s new reality show is savaged by critics as ‘very bad, very boring and deeply dull’ in a series of lacklustre reviews

If you are expecting any more details about the famous ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case then fans will be very disappointed as critics have claimed the series is ‘uninteresting and boring’

She wrote: ‘A show about Jamie and Rebekah Vardy’s move to northern Italy as the dust settles on the “Wagatha Christie” scandal should, in theory, be television gold. And yet in practice, it’s………. actually deeply dull. 

‘The end result here is a strange mixed bag that doesn’t quite work either as silly, frothy entertainment or as a means of burnishing the Vardys’ reputation. Frankly, you wouldn’t really miss much if all the footage had happened to fall into the North Sea.’

The Telegraph’s Michael Hogan awarded the ITV series two stars as he described the series as ‘uneventful’. 

He wrote: ‘Vardy became a cult hero thanks to his underdog story, rising from non-league obscurity to Premier League winner. This makes it disappointing that the couple are so tin-eared when it comes to their privileged lifestyle.

‘Their Leicester mansion boasts a gym, a bar, stables, its own football pitch, golf simulator and a personalised snooker table, which never gets used. The children get driven around in SUVs and Rebekah scoffs at the idea of her teenage son taking public transport. 

‘Once her husband becomes Cremonese’s highest-paid player of all time, she turns up her nose at a £13,000-per-month Milan rental property and scurries back to her five-star hotel.

‘Odd flashes of insight aside, the couple might be warm and likeable but their uneventful series lacks sufficient soapy intrigue.’

Meanwhile watchers at home shared their frustration on X and claimed that people are now ‘uninterested’ with the Wagatha Christie scandal that dominated headlines back in 2022 as they begged her to stop talking about it.

‘I mean, Coleen Rooney wiped the floor with her in court, so why is ITV even giving Rebekah Vardy air time? #TheVardys’, a user wrote on X.

‘BORING!!!’, ‘All the people interested in watching the Vardy documentary’.

It began when Coleen, 40, put a widely shared post on Instagram which accused Rebekah’s Instagram account, 44, of leaking ‘false stories’ about her private life to the press.

Rebekah denied the allegations and sued for libel, but the case fell in her rivals favour, leaving her liable to pay £1.5 million towards Coleen’s legal fees.

Continuing to profess her innocence, Rebekah said she has nothing to apologise for and insisted that it is Coleen who is in the wrong.

She said: ‘I’m never going to apologise for something I didn’t do. Hell will freeze over before I do that. I’m living with the judgment the judge made but, still to this day, I believe she was wrong’.

During the three-part series, Rebekah insisted ‘hell will freeze over’ before she apologises to Coleen Rooney (pictured) following their bitter feud

CCTV footage shows Jamie and Rebekah’s £2million Italian home being raided by a gang of ‘five’ armed robbers in the third episode of their ITV reality show

Husband Jamie, 39, also rushed to her defence, saying: ‘People thinking that Bex was a villain, it’s just a load of s*** but everyone close to her knows, that’s all she needs. It was really tough seeing Bex in pain’.

Rebekah explained she was ‘f***ing bored’ of the long-running feud and while she may never apologise to Coleen, insisted she was not interested in living in the past or continuing to fight with her former pal.

She said she ‘did not have any negative feelings’ towards Coleen, despite admitting many people would find that hard to believe.

Before adding: ‘I’ve got no idea what [Coleen] thinks of me, but I’m not bothered.’

The show has been acerbically described by TV insiders as a ‘Poundland version’ of Coleen’s forthcoming Disney+ series, The Rooneys, which is currently in production.

Indeed, friends of Rebekah’s say she is still struggling with the humiliation of losing to Coleen when their epic legal battle ended in 2022.

Coleen said in a statement after the ruling she was ‘pleased’ the decision went in her favour but she ‘never believed’ the case should have gone to court ‘at such expense in times of hardship for so many people when the money could have been far better spent helping others’.

Rebekah was also ordered to pay a significant portion of Coleen’s legal costs – a staggering £1.6million fine.

In April this year, the Daily Mail reported that a source said Rebekah needed husband Jamie to secure one final lucrative contract in football so she could continue her ‘ultimate WAG life’ and pay the legal bill owed to Coleen Rooney that is hanging over her.

The source added: ‘She will also want to hope he will go to Saudi or the US where she won’t have the cloud that hangs over her in the UK and can start to rebuild her life as a public figure and hopefully start to earn again.

‘Rebekah will be wanting to make sure his next move will be lucrative to allow her to live the life she’s accustomed to but also to help pay off her legal fees.

‘Now that she has limited earning potential apart from her property portfolio she will need to make sure he is earning enough to keep her and their five children living the ultimate WAG life.’

CCTV footage shows Jamie and Rebekah’s £2million Italian home being raided by a gang of ‘five’ armed robbers in the third episode of their ITV reality show.

Rebekah relived the terrifying moment she discovered her family’s luxury Italian villa had been ransacked – with £80,000 worth of jewellery taken, admitting the ordeal left her feeling ‘totally violated’ and desperate to leave the home.

As the CCTV plays in the programme, Rebekah is heard shouting to Jamie: ‘No. No it’s not f***** OK! Babe I’m going f***** home. This is not OK.’

She recalled returning to the property on Lake Garda to find wardrobe doors flung open and valuables missing before CCTV footage revealed masked intruders inside the house.

She said: ‘Right now, I feel totally violated, the thought of someone being in your house and going through your stuff, but I’m on edge 24/7.

‘Right now I feel like I just don’t know what to do for the best, but the thing is I don’t quit, I’m not a quitter, but I think when something like this happens it makes you question everything.’

Rebekah said: ‘It was just weird. When I came back into the house, I could sense that something wasn’t right. Like all my wardrobe doors were open. I knew someone had been in and taken my stuff.’

Cameras inside the property captured the aftermath as Rebekah questioned if her children had moved her jewellery, while her son, Taylor, remarked there were ‘poo footprints’ upstairs.

Rebekah and Jamie share three children – Sofia, 12, Finlay, nine, and Olivia Grace, six – while Rebekah is also the mother of Megan, 23, and Taylor, 15, from previous relationships, and the stepmother to Jamie’s daughter, Ella, 11.

Viewers at home agreed with critics as they shared their frustration on X and claimed that people are now ‘uninterested’ with the scandal that dominated headlines in 2022 

In April this year, the Daily Mail reported that a source said Rebekah needed husband Jamie to secure one final lucrative contract in football so she could continue her ‘ultimate WAG life’ and pay the legal bill owed to Coleen Rooney that is hanging over her

Thieves broke into the family’s luxury villa on Lake Garda in 2025 and escaped with around £80,000 worth of valuables, including jewellery, cash and a Patek Philippe watch.

At the time, a police source told the Daily Mail that investigators believed the gang had been watching the family and timed the break-in to coincide with Jamie’s absence.

Reflecting on the footage in her three-part series, Rebekah said: ‘You can clearly see five armed guys with crowbars, balaclavas.

‘What happened over this weekend has just been a nightmare and has always been one of my biggest biggest fears.’

Rebekah admitted the burglary had also taken its toll on footballer husband Jamie.

‘Jamie’s furious. Naturally this has a knock-on effect with Jamie and football,’ she said. ‘He always gives 100 per cent but Jamie’s best performances are when he knows his family is safe and happy, and at the minute I don’t feel either of those.’

Viewers then saw how Jamie’s football performance was impacted in the aftermath, as he struggled to score and his team Cremonese slid towards the bottom of the Serie A table.