Rebekah Vardy opened up about the emotional reality of her family's move to Italy ahead of their new ITV documentary The Vardys20:05, 29 May 2026An ITV documentary offering an intimate glimpse into the Vardy household is set to air in days.‌The Vardys launches on Tuesday next week (June 2), tracking Rebekah, Jamie and their four youngsters as they embark on a fresh adventure in Italy. The relocation followed Jamie's exit from Leicester City after an impressive 13-year spell at the club.‌While it's now been confirmed the family are heading back to Britain, the forthcoming three-part series will document the enormous challenge of transplanting their lives abroad and their subsequent adjustment.‌The synopsis promises "frantic house-hunts, tearful school searches, unexpected disasters and dramatic setbacks, all while Jamie battles to prove his doubters wrong on the pitch." The show won't sidestep the notorious Wagatha Christie trial either, which saw Rebekah caught up in a legal battle with fellow footballer's wife, Coleen Rooney.Prior to the show's debut, mum-of-four Rebekah opened up about the strain their Italian relocation placed upon her, confessing "nobody had prepared me" for the sheer scale of the undertaking, reports OK!‌"The biggest challenge was trying to balance the excitement of a completely new adventure with the emotional reality of leaving behind a life we'd built over more than a decade. Leicester was home for us in every sense - our friends, routines, schools, memories, so uprooting wasn't just about packing boxes and moving country, it was about starting again emotionally," she told ITV."Moving is one of those major changes in life, but moving abroad? Honestly, nobody had prepared me for that. I do think that home is where you make it though. For me it's not bricks and mortar, it's simply where my favourite people are."‌Among the hurdles they encountered was relocating a grand piano all the way from Leicester to their new residence by Lake Garda, hoping it would help their 12-year-old daughter Sofia settle into her new surroundings more comfortably.Jamie, meanwhile, showered his wife with admiration, saying: "She really worked hard to move our family over, I am so proud of her. That whole move was very intense, but she still did it like she always does."Putting our family first no matter how tough it gets. The best of all my wife Rebekah and I, we did it as a team as always (well, with me just playing football) and that's how we coped with it all."Article continues belowThe Vardys begins airing at 9pm on June 2 on ITV1 and ITVX.