As I approached Rebekah Vardy’s front door, her agent warned me she might not be the friendliest of interviewees.
I can’t say it came as a surprise.
After all, footballers’ wives hadn’t won a reputation for arrogance by accident. And, by all accounts, Rebekah was enjoying the trappings of her husband Jamie’s fame.
It was April 2017 and she was at the pinnacle of a rags-to-riches fairy tale. Jamie Vardy’s team, Leicester City, had just won the Premier League.
The prolific England striker was reportedly on £100,000 a week, and the couple had bought a sprawling new home in Grantham, Lincolnshire, with a glistening array of Range Rovers parked on the drive.