Wayne Rooney has recalled how he swapped his football boots for a pair of stilettos to dress up as Freddie Mercury at his early 40th birthday bash.
The footballer, who celebrates the milestone next week, was surprised by wife Coleen with a lavish weekend away with pals to the Cotswolds.
One evening featured a fancy dress party, which saw Wayne don the Queen frontman’s iconic outfit including heels and a leather skirt from the band’s 1984 video for I Want to Break Free.
However while he mastered the towering footwear and mimicked Freddie as he danced around with a vacuum before taking to the karaoke, in an ironic twist of fate fashionista Coleen tripped from her own heels and broke her foot.
Speaking on the latest episode of his podcast The Wayne Rooney Show he said: ”It was great, one night was fancy dress. I was Freddie Mercury. I wore high heels, a black leather skirt, skintight t-shirt tucked in, and a hoover’.
‘So I was walking round with a hoover but my feet were intact. Colleen actually slipped in her heels and broke her foot’.
Wayne Rooney has revealed how he swapped his football boots for a pair of stilettos to dress up as Freddie Mercury at his early 40th birthday bash
One evening featured a fancy dress party, which saw Wayne don the Queen star’s iconic outfit including heels and a leather skirt from the 1984 video for I Want to Break Free (pictured)
Wayne continued: ‘It was great [weekend]. And we had different bands coming out, singing and performing and stuff. And I got up obviously, it was good fun’.
‘I obviously done Bohemian Rhapsody. Me And My Monkey by Robbie Williams – that’s my go-to song’.
It comes after Wayne and Coleen looked happier than ever as they got their glad rags on for a date night after the footballer revealed his long-suffering wife had saved him from alcoholism.
Coleen shared a sweet picture posing alongside her retired football manager husband, 39, to Instagram on Thursday.
The WAG showcased her midriff in a maroon, figure-hugging lace co-ord, which featured a long-sleeved crop top and an ankle-length skirt.
Adding inches to her frame, she slipped into a pair of black heels and accessorised with chunky gold earrings.
Wayne, who turns 40 next week, stood proudly alongside his wife of 17 years, wearing a crisp white shirt layered under a grey blazer.
Alongside her post, Coleen wrote: ‘My skin in glowing this weekend after my monthly treatment at @careoftheskin… Consistency is key’.
However while he mastered the towering footwear, in an ironic twist of fate fashionista Coleen tripped from her own heels and broke her foot
He laughed: ‘It was great, one night was fancy dress. I was Freddie Mercury . I wore high heels, a black leather skirt, skintight t-shirt tucked in, and a hoover’
Coleen previously broke her foot in 2022 and sported a cast on her leg during the Wagatha Christie trial
Coleen’s post comes after Wayne insisted he would be dead if it wasn’t for his wife, who he says ‘saved’ him from alcoholism.
The former footballer opened up on just how bad his struggles became in a interview on former Manchester United teammate Rio Ferdinand‘s podcast.
In his early years, Wayne said all he wanted to do was go out and ‘enjoy my time with friends’, however, he said it got to a point ‘where I went too far’, which left him ‘struggling massively’.
He admitted: ‘I didn’t think I could turn to anyone. I didn’t really want to because I didn’t want to put that burden on anyone.’
Wayne recalled one incident where he ‘drank for two days straight’ before turning up for football training.
In a bid to conceal his problem from the rest of his team and manager, Wayne would use eye drops, chewing gum and aftershave to mask his two-day binge.
However, he explained: ‘Come training and at the weekend I’d scored two goals and then I’d go back and go and drink for two days straight again.’
In an emotional admission, Wayne praised his wife and mother of his four children Coleen, revealing: ‘I honestly believe if she weren’t there I’d be dead.’
He gushed: ‘Coleen is massive. It’s bad because we’re two kids from Croxteth and then we grew up together and obviously we started dating and we got married and have kids.
‘But when I was 17 she could see, she knew my mind and she knew I was a bit out there. You know, I loved my football, obsessed with football but also I loved a night out or whatever going out.
‘She’s seen it very early on and she’s controlled that. Well, not controlled but helped me control that massively.
‘And at times you’re like, ‘What are you doing? Why do you keep saying don’t do this or don’t do that?’
‘How she’s managed me because I needed managing.’