DAN WOOTTON: If Coleen Rooney wants to forgive Wayne for humiliating her yet again, that's her right. But please don't insult our intelligence by pretending he's a totally innocent victim

Wayne Rooney could be caught cavorting around a stripper’s pole with a scantily clad Rebekah Vardy and his wife Coleen would still turn a blind eye. 

Nobody involved in this sordid mess – including the young ladies who filmed Wayne asleep in the early hours of the morning – comes out looking anything other than awful.

But whatever happened in that hotel room, he is a married 35-year-old dad of four impressionable young lads, not to mention the manager of Derby County.

Why the hell did he allow 21-year-old model Tayler Ryan and her friends Elise Melvin and Brooke Morgan into his VIP booth at the Chinawhite nightclub on Saturday night in the first place?

And why the hell did he then go back with them to a £60 budget hotel room at 5.15am, where they later embarrassed him by posting various pictures on social media that have now gone viral with captions including Mooney Rooney and Sleepy Wayne?

Whatever happened in that hotel room, Wayne Rooney (pictured with his wife Coleen in 2018) is a married 35-year-old dad of four impressionable young lads, not to mention the manager of Derby County

More to the point, when the hell does he grow up and stop humiliating his unwaveringly loyal wife, who is now on holiday in Abersoch, North Wales with their four sons?

We all know the answer by now: Never.

And, as a result, I no longer feel a scintilla of sympathy for Coleen.

The nation collectively took Coleen – Wayne’s schoolgirl sweetheart turned famous WAG – to our hearts when she stood by her man despite him sleeping with prostitutes, including a granny, 17 years ago as a wayward teenage lad with the world at his feet.

The situation was mortifying all round, but it was a youthful indiscretion that could be forgiven.

The nation collectively took Coleen – Wayne’s schoolgirl sweetheart turned famous WAG – to our hearts when she stood by her man despite him sleeping with prostitutes, including a granny, 17 years ago. Pictured, the Rooney family 

Sadly, Wayne didn’t grow up and the behaviour never stopped, with the cycle of ritual humiliation for Coleen being repeated once every couple of years.

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Now I believe Coleen has been complicit in allowing her husband to continue to live in this way.

While Cheryl Tweedy gave her love-rat husband Ashley Cole a couple of chances before eventually throwing in the towel, Coleen has given in to this toxic pattern of behaviour that will dominate her life.

She might remove her wedding ring for a few days to send a message via the paparazzi.

Or allow friends to brief the papers that she’s finally considering filing for divorce, then failing to go through with it.

Or chuck another expensive holiday on Wayne’s credit card.

But he KNOWS he’s going to get away with whatever he does.

Maybe one day there'll be a moment when Col finally tells her husband: The humiliation is too much.

But being caught surrounded by tarty young ladies breaking wind over him on TikTok apparently isn’t it.

A source told The Sun newspaper today: 'Coleen is fully behind . She feels he’s been the victim of a stitch-up. She has spoken to him and is entirely backing his version of events. They are rock-solid.'

If you believe that, you'll also believe that Wayne goes to bed at night reading The Complete Works of Shakespeare.

It is reported the multi-millionaire may have been sent the pictures the next morning by an unidentified party with a message reading: ‘Morning Wayne 10 grand please mate or Coleen sees this.’

Cheshire Police investigated whether any blackmail had taken place and said the matter was closed.

Model Tayler Ryan pictured with ex-England football ace Rooney while they were partying in Manchester on Saturday night 

And the blackmail claim doesn’t provide Wayne a get-out-of-jail-free card with Coleen.

He allowed himself to be put in such a compromising position to begin with.

Perhaps, like so many couples, Coleen has decided to turn a blind eye.

She loves her husband and understands this particular leopard will never change his spots, but doesn’t want to tear her family unit apart, with all the inevitable trauma that would cause their boys.

I wouldn’t judge that decision, but it would be better for her friends to be honest about that, rather than asking the public to somehow believe Wayne is a victim being taken advantage of by young women.

If it were the first time, then maybe we’d suspend our disbelief.

Snapchat model Ms Ryan and her friends Elise Melvin and Brooke Morgan reportedly partied with Wayne Rooney at the exclusive Chinawhite club in Manchester on Saturday night

But it’s not. Far from it. In fact, there are far too many grubby moments, which I’m not going to rehash.

That’s why it’s time Coleen starts acknowledging, honestly and openly, what’s really going on in their marriage.

Which I’m pretty sure goes something like this…

Wayne is a total tool. He’s cheated on me time and again, including with prostitutes, and I’ve learned how to forgive him.

He can’t handle his booze. But I want him to get help.

He puts himself into terrible positions with other women, which devastates me but isn’t enough for me to walk away from my marriage.

I’d have more respect for that position than Coleen blindly standing by her man, no matter how improper his behaviour, and expecting the public to believe everything remains OK in their football fairytale.