David and Victoria Beckham are the topic of conversation after the Netflix documentary earlier this week Beckham popped up. The couple gives an insight into their private lives and looks back on the footballer’s life. And that produces striking moments.
In the documentary, Victoria talks about her childhood. She claims her family is working class. At that moment, David interrupts her from another room. “Be honest,” he says to his wife. “What kind of car did your dad take you to school in?” he asks her.
Victoria skirts around the answer for a moment, but David doesn’t let go. “In the 1980s my father had a Rolls-Royce,” Victoria admits. “Thank you,” Beckham says triumphantly before closing the door behind him.
‘Posh was pissed’
There were times when David’s career came before his family. Like his photo shoot with Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez, which took place while Victoria was about to give birth to their third son Cruz. “I thought: are you kidding me? I’m about to burst,” says Victoria.
She remembers the front pages of newspapers carrying a photo of Beckham with Beyoncé and Lopez, with the headline: ‘What would Posh say?’. “Well I’ll tell you what Posh would say, Posh was pissed,” said Victoria, who has been nicknamed Posh (chic) since her time in the girl group Spice Girls.
David in Victoria in 1999.Photo: Getty Images
‘David was bullied’
In the documentary, David also talks about the incident that threatened to overshadow his career: when he was shown a red card for tripping Diego Simeone during England’s round of 16 against Argentina at the 1998 World Cup. England subsequently lost that match on penalties and was able to go home, causing a groundswell of hate towards Beckham.
“The whole country hated me,” David said. “It changed my life. I felt very vulnerable and alone. Wherever I went, I was treated terribly every day. People spat at me in the street.” It was “public bullying on a different level”, according to Victoria. She says it left her husband “clinically depressed” and “devastated”.
Both Victoria and David’s mother Sandra suggest in the documentary that former football manager Glenn Hoddle had stoked national anger against David. Hoddle publicly blamed Beckham for the defeat. “Glenn Hoddle did not protect David even though he was only 23,” Victoria said. “You’re still a kid at 23. And Glenn Hoddle was a man. Well, I wouldn’t even call him a man… he was an older person.”
‘Toughest period of our marriage’
Another low point in the Beckhams’ lives: David’s alleged affair in 2003. That time, when it was rumored that David was cheating with the Dutch Rebecca Loos, Victoria calls in the documentary the “toughest period” of their marriage.
They have always denied the affair, while Loos, the athlete’s personal assistant at the time, confirmed the gossip. The relationship is not literally mentioned in the documentary, but it does talk about that time. For example, Victoria says that the two lost each other when they moved to Spain because her husband went to play for Real Madrid.
She describes the extensive media attention as a nightmare. “It really was a circus. It’s very entertaining when the circus comes to your town, right? Until you’re part of it.” At that time, Victoria also hated her husband, she confessed. “I’ve probably, if I’m completely honest, never been as unhappy in my entire life as I was then.”
The former footballer also speaks of “terrible stories” that were difficult. “It was the first time Victoria and I’s marriage had come under such pressure,” he says. “I don’t think we felt like we were losing each other at the time, we felt like we were drowning. I honestly have no idea how we got out.”
David and Victoria together with their four children and daughter-in-law in Paris in 2023. Photo: Getty Images
2023-10-07 09:00:46
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