Wayne and Coleen Rooney launch 'The Real Rooneys' with Auschwitz visit among the most powerful moments in new Disney+ documentary

From the Newshound archive · first published 23 September 2026.

Wayne and Coleen Rooney, both 40, premiered their new Disney+ reality series 'The Real Rooneys' at Picturehouse Central in Piccadilly Circus on Tuesday night. The show features an unscripted family visit to the Auschwitz Nazi death camp with two of their children, prompted by son Kit's school studies on the Second World War. Wayne, now a BBC Match of the Day pundit, had previously visited Auschwitz in 2012 with England squad members after hearing testimony from the late Holocaust survivor Zigi Shipper. Friends including Phil Bardsley and Sian Welby joined the couple on the red carpet.

Ten-year-old Kit drove the Auschwitz visit; Coleen confirmed: 'No, that was us — Kit really wanted to go.'