Writing candidly in her autobiography, My Account, Mrs Rooney, 37, recalled the moment he confessed to her. She said: 'The full story was that when he was sixteen, Wayne had visited [adult workers] in a Liverpool massage parlour. When Wayne sat me down and told me it was true and that the story was about to break in the national press I was confused and hurt. I couldn't even speak to him. More than that, I felt ashamed.'
Ms Rooney, 37, still a teenager then, told how she agonised over what others would think of Wayne's demeanour.