Wayne Rooney feels he would be dead if it was not for his wife Coleen.
The former Manchester United and England football star said that it was his wife who saved him, helping him with his issues with alcohol, having revealed that he would "drink for two days straight" during the peak of his playing career.
Speaking to his friend and former team mate Rio Ferdinand on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, Rooney said that he would "come to training and at the weekend I'd score two goals and then I'd go back and go and drink for two days straight again".
He also added that Coleen "helped me control that massively" and "managed me because I needed managing".
Rooney also went on to speak about meeting Coleen when they were in secondary school, before going on to marry after six years of dating.
"When I was 17, she could see, she knew my mind and she knew I was a bit out there," he said.
"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".
During his playing days, Rooney would often try to hide his drinking from then Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson by chewing gum and using eye drops.
Rooney's marriage to Coleen has also come under scrutiny following several allegations of cheating against Wayne, for which he has publicly apologised for. He was also arrested for drink driving in 2017, where he pleaded guilty and banned for two years. He was sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid work, and fined two weeks wages by his then club, Everton.
A year later, he was arrested for "public intoxication" in the US, and fined $116 without appearing in court.
The former footballer, who has also managed Derby County, DC United and Plymouth Argyle, has his own BBC podcast and works as a pundit for Match of the Day.
Last year, while appearing on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Outta Here!, Coleen opened up about opened up about her husband Wayne's previous "mistakes". More on this here.
