Rebekah Vardy settles into life in Italy as friend says 'things are on the up'

Rebekah Vardy has relocated to Lombardy with her husband Jamie and their five children and is portraying the move as a fresh start after the high-profile dispute with Coleen Rooney, friends and media reports say.

The 43-year-old, who left Leicester after Jamie Vardy completed a transfer to Serie A side US Cremonese earlier this month, has been posting images and updates from Italy as she and the family settle into their new surroundings. A friend told The Mirror, as reported by the Daily Mail, that “things are on the up” for Vardy and that she has “drawn a line under that whole affair.”

Vardy has shared photographs of the couple with their children — Megan, 20; Taylor, 15; Sofia, 14; Finley, 8; and Olivia, 6 — enjoying Italian sights and local culture. In one post she wore a canary yellow maxi dress and later posted a photo of her younger children beside an Italian sports car while Jamie posed in his new club kit. She captioned one update in Italian; the translation provided by her account read, "In Italy we always feel at home." Jamie Vardy also wrote on X that he was "excited for this new journey in Italy" and looking forward to the "new league, new challenge."

Friends told media outlets that the couple are enjoying a more relaxed life in Italy and that the move could provide a social reset after the years of public scrutiny that followed the so-called "Wagatha Christie" dispute. The 2019 episode began when Coleen Rooney publicly accused Vardy of leaking private stories to the press after a prolonged Instagram sting; the allegation later formed the basis of a high-profile court case that, according to reports, left Vardy with around £1.4 million in legal fees.

Also reported this year is a planned fly-on-the-wall documentary for Netflix described by insiders as "life after Leicester," which is said to follow the Vardy family's move and day-to-day life. The Daily Mail, citing its sources, reported that the series is expected to earn Vardy a six-figure sum. Representatives for Vardy were contacted for comment by the Daily Mail.

Vardy has been seen on camera and in public since the move, including footage and a filmed outing at a Nottingham match in May where a Netflix crew reportedly followed her and friends as they watched Jamie's former club draw 2-2 with Nottingham Forest. Observers at the venue told local media that Vardy mingled with rival fans and posed for photographs during the visit.

Coleen Rooney is also reported to be preparing a rival reality project for Disney+. Both former and current projects reflect the ongoing commercial and media interest in the WAGs' post-court careers and how public profiles are being reshaped after the legal dispute.

Jamie Vardy left Leicester at the end of last season after 13 years with the club; in social media posts the family marked their time in the city as a significant chapter. Rebekah Vardy's recent social posts and the reported Netflix project suggest a strategic effort to reposition the family’s public profile around their move to Italy and new domestic routines.