Posh is staying in L.A. and letting David go to Milan all by himself

The Daily Mail has penned what absolutely has to be the longest, panicky, overly-generalized write-up of David and Victoria Beckham’s marriage ever. In fact I would guess that it’s the longest article the tabloid has written, period. They’re not exactly known for their thorough research. But apparently when it comes to all things Beckham, the Mail is really, really freaking out. They seem downright panicky that their marriage is headed down the toilet as David is scheduled to spend 2 months next year playing for Italian football team AC Milan. Victoria is going to stay in L.A. with their sons so as not to interrupt their schooling. However the mail is scared to death that’s just a cover for their faltering marriage.

Beckham is moving to Milan on loan from his club, LA Galaxy, after England coach Fabio Capello said he could not be considered for the World Cup qualifiers unless he was playing club football in Europe at the time. He will spend between two and four months there, starting in January. Victoria apparently won’t entertain the thought of a second stint as a footballer’s wife in Europe following Beckham’s spell at Real Madrid, during which he had his alleged affair with Rebecca Loos. She will, then, make him do some travelling to match her own if he wants to see her.

One source close to the family told me that they plan to see each other weekly if possible, but probably fortnightly. Victoria doesn’t want to be in Milan, has no affection for the city and is distinctly underwhelmed by the prospect of setting up home in the enormous apartment which AC Milan are offering to their new signing.

The official line is that neither she nor David wants to disrupt the children’s schooling – Brooklyn is nine and Romeo is six, and both are well settled at a fairly pushy school which frowns on giving children time off in term time. Cruz is three.

Apparently they did consider moving over to the UK, and hiring a tutor to home school Brooklyn and Romeo for a term, but have in the end decided that the children will stay in their £11million Italianate LA mansion with its enormous but well-oiled security machine.

It’s a bad time of year for David to be away, as both Brooklyn and Cruz have birthdays during that period, and of course Valentine’s Day also falls over this time, which is apparently a ‘very big deal’ for Victoria.

[From the Daily Mail]

The article waffles back and forth between a “Posh is selfish and doesn’t want to give up her celebrity L.A. lifestyle,” and “Posh and David are really breaking up!” Or some version thereof. They give all these random, unrelated, seemingly contradictory and pointless anecdotes about how they’re having trouble. Like how David hangs out with his L.A. man buddies too much, like Kanye West. They go out drinking and ladies hang off them. Posh went with them once and was horrified by the aggressive, bawdy atmosphere.

Then they talk about how David is vain and worried about his failing looks and makes Posh rub her expensive anti-aging creams into his crow’s feet while he takes a bath. Oh and there’s the part about how they don’t spend much time together. But apparently this bath thing is their “special time.”

Though there have obviously been rumors of infidelity in the past, I think if Posh doesn’t have a problem being separated from David for 2-3 months their relationship is probably fine and she’s secure in it. We can gossip all we want, but only the two people in a relationship know what’s really going on. They’re the best judges of what they should do. Though the Daily Mail makes a great relationship over analyzer, this time I think they’re really off the ball and everything will be fine.

Here’s Victoria and David filming for Posh’s dVb clothing line dVb at Wrotham Park in Hertfordshire on October 18. Images thanks to Bauer-Griffin.

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  1. Ter says:

    I’m going to weigh in with the thought that they don’t want to interrupt their children’s schooling. I won’t believe the tabloid stuff about their marriage until it comes directly from Victoria or David.

  2. xiaoecho says:

    Uh oh! his peen isn’t petrified like some others

  3. RAN says:

    😆 Xia – I’m still laughing with you over that!

    Posh is hanging onto her LA celebrity? Isn’t she MORE popular in Britain?

  4. fabulous says:

    Mmmmm – Becks in Milan all by his lonesome…

  5. Danielle says:

    It’s not that hard. My husband and I did the long distance thing for two years. He’s my best friend and I’d never do anything to hurt him and I know he’d never hurt me. I think that she’s keeping their sons’ stability in mind is a major decision that they both made together. It might be hard for her to be away from David but it’s selfless in a way because they know that it’s not just the two of them in the picture anymore.

  6. Kaiser says:

    Wow, that dress in the header pic is amazing!

    Otherwise, meh. I doubt they’re breaking up, and I doubt David will be faithful.

    Sidenote: Can you imagine being so blase as to not want to go to Milan with David Beckham? 🙄

  7. misshu says:

    The kids stability and schooling is more important than globetrotting!!!!! take note AJ and pittstain!

  8. xiaoecho says:

    Kaiser…..Amazing alright – I bet she can hardly breath let alone move —how did they get her into it?

    Talk about a hobble skirt

  9. Carrie says:

    I’m not a fan of her style – think she looks too contrived, put together and “fashion” – but I LOVE that dress.

    A couple of months away isn’t such a big deal, and I’m sure she’ll fly out and visit. So only a few weeks really. It’s no biggie, surely?

  10. hello says:

    Isn’t Milan a very industrial not so pretty city?

  11. smit33 says:

    They are not attached at the hips. If their marriage survived Loots, then it probably will survive a 2 month seperation. But then again; if my husband looked like this I wouldn’t trust him with my own mother.

  12. czarina says:

    My husband is in the military, and we’ve spend months apart during our marraige. In fact, once he was posted in the Siani for an entire YEAR.
    Two months?? Bah. That’s nothing.
    What good parents would yank their kids out of school and cart them off to Italy for two months?
    They’ve been married for ten years, why should an eight week separation destroy them?
    Maybe…because the panicky speculation sells lousy tabloids!!

  13. ff says:

    Maybe she’s happier and settled where she is and doesn’t want to uproot herself and the children when they’re probably going to have to come back to the UK at some point anyway.

    She can’t babysit her hubby 24/7, let’s be honest. And if she’s letting him go maybe it means she trusts him – or the circumstances.

    The Daily Mail seems on a permanent headless chicken crusade in the past few months given the global financial situation but generally it always panics about anything that could possibly upset the ‘fragile’ middle classes.

    They’re probably more desperate than usual to keep circulation up, so I expect everyone’s marriage will be in crisis. Next up: Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. 🙄

  14. vdantev says:

    *Starts setting up the imminent divorce announcement safety cones*

  15. Maritza says:

    Just watch…soon we’ll hear all that went down in Milan. Probably some bimbo tattle tailing that she had something going on with David. And Posh will again forgive and forget…

  16. snappyfish says:

    Milan is one of the fashion capitals of europe and is a very lovely city.

    I am guessing there will be a lot of frequent flyer miles going on here.

    I guess with the demise of the sticky/sweet one’s marriage the mail is thinking the worst.

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