Here are some photos of Victoria Beckham out and about in London last night. She went out to dinner (or a party?) at Scott’s, a restaurant in London. David Beckham was nowhere around, even though he had just flown in the day before just so he could attend a London Fashion Week event with her. There are still so many rumors and whispers about them and the state of their marriage, but from what I’m seeing from their efforts and their denials is that… they are not breaking up. Not right now. Maybe later this year, I don’t know. But they’re absolutely going through a rough patch, and they’re living separate lives. The Sun published a lengthy piece about their marriage problems yesterday – you can read the full piece here. Some highlights:
Victoria’s big issue is how much time David spends in Miami: Victoria’s difficulty in accepting David’s new life in Miami, where he has launched a new Major League Soccer team, [is a big problem]. She has visited the Florida city just once since the news was announced in January, sparking new tensions for the couple. Noting how awkward her absence could look, Victoria has conceded she needs to spend more time with David in Miami, according to pals. But she will do so through gritted teeth. Especially given her well-known spat with David’s best friend Dave Gardner — the fiance of Hollywood actress Liv Tyler — who helped him launch the project.
David’s big issue is how much Victoria puts their kids on social media: David is tiring of Victoria’s constant social media and publicity use of their children Brooklyn, 19, Romeo, 15, Cruz, 13, and six-year-old Harper. While David loves sharing natural moments with his children, sources close to the couple have told me he is increasingly clashing with Victoria over her desire to post a constant stream of family moments to her 20.8million Instagram followers.
The Vogue spread: It comes as Victoria is preparing to parade the family in Vogue Magazine to mark the tenth anniversary of her clothing label. The clan’s cover shoot and interview is expected to be one of the fashion bible’s best-selling issues. Posh is hugely excited by the prospect. David not so much.
A source says David is over Posh’s oversharing on social media: “David does get really p***ed off with how much she is putting the kids out there. It’s becoming a real problem between them.” Deep down, David still has a desire for his family to live a “normal life”. He finds the constant social media “shoots” tiresome, especially as image-conscious Victoria insists on full make-up and designer clothes before featuring in any herself.
Money issues: In 2016 he bailed out her business with more than £5million, but losses doubled to £8.5million last year, causing her to slash prices.Meanwhile, David’s company, DB Ventures, banked £18.75million. He also remains supportive of his wife’s business ambitions for his own, ever so slightly selfish reasons. As one of my well-connected Beckham insiders puts it: “David loves Victoria having her own fashion business. He knows if Victoria is busy with her own work then she is out of his hair, which gives him more time to relax or focus on the football team in Miami or his own projects.”
Posh doesn’t like all of David’s female friends: Victoria did not like her husband partying with glamorous pals such as Alexa Chung and Poppy Delevingne. She also did not approve of his friendship with wild socialite Lady Mary Charteris, who the couple were introduced to during David’s wild weekend at the Glastonbury Music Festival. Victoria had words with David during his “lost weekend” at Worthy Farm after she arrived by helicopter to find him in a “complete state” after two days of boozing.
There’s a lot more, about how Victoria is having her tattoos removed and she hates that her sons are now getting tattoos too, which I doubt is really that big of an issue, especially compared to the other stuff. The money stuff is very interesting – David has a Midas touch when it comes to investing in lucrative projects, and Victoria’s line is struggling financially. Then the stuff about featuring the kids on social media. And the stuff about David partying with ladies. And spending all that time in Miami. Yeah… maybe there isn’t a split announcement happening this month, but it’s coming at some point.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
The thing is, if they weren’t getting tabloid attention for this, they wouldn’t be at all, and they need it.
If she had a problem with his cheating, she’d have been outta there years ago.
If he had a problem having to dump what is (for him) a bit of cash into her line to keep her busy, he wouldn’t.
They appear together when they want to and don’t when they don’t. The brand of Beckham is more valuable to them when they’re together – ESPECIALLY to her.
They’re feeding this tabloid speculation and then feeding off it.
I don’t know. I REALLY think Vicky wants the world to believe she has a perfect life: the career, the handsome husband, the money, the kids, everything. I don’t see this as some genius ploy to get more attention. She has been increasingly desperate towards David on social media for a few years now. She has 20m Instagram followers, it’s not like she is an unknown. They have always sold themselves happy, clappy family. We just aren’t buying it anymore.
PS David puts his kids on Instagram all the time, so I don’t get what his beef would be with Posh doing it.
That social media stuff is bs, especially the part where David wants the kids to lead a “normal” life. Normal kids don’t travel in private jets and live in huge mansions all over the world.
I don’t know what is the agenda here but all this information is really pathetic. Some people just don’t respect themselves and that’s sad. Just divorce already. No one cares about the Beckham’s brand. Those couples brands are so hypocrit and lame.
Just divorce FFS.
David Beckham is not exactly private with his children. It all sounds like a mess. The writing is on the wall. I betcha Posh is a real high maintenance person and it is probably tiring.
Jeebus, he’s a notorious cheater, but sure, blame the wife.
Oh whatever – if any of these alleged grievances from David are true then he is a huge hypocrite. As you say, he has been an equal participant in brand Beckham, which includes happy families and photos of their kids.
Also, she played a huge part in making him a household/international name. There have been plenty of famous football players who have been ‘big’ in the U.K. or Europe even, but not a part of popular culture like the Beckhams – a lot of his fame is underpinned by hers. He may be more famous and making more money than her now, but if he begrudges her that, after 20+ years of building a brand together (all the while cheating?), then he is not only a hypocrite but petty AF
Agree Clara. He’s as much a participated in the whole brand Beckham. And from what I understand she was the bigger star when they got together. If he had just married some random wag he wouldn’t have had this big brand. He was never Ronaldo or messi level good at football, he was a good looking guy with a pop star wife and that allowed him to be elevated to a level of far greater talents in terms of pop culture. Also yes let’s not blame the woman when the man is known to cheat.
Yeah, I wish people would stop acting like these dudes would be just as famous without the woman who helped make them international superstars. Just like we blame the women when their husband’s cheat on them or treat them badly. Like they somehow deserved it.
We still have a really long way to go with #metoo/Time’s Up. Sexism is so deeply ingrained in society in so many different ways.
I’d forgotten this.
He doesn’t sound like a prize really.
But they face these rumours every couple of years. I can’t picture Victoria seeing another man I think she is another stage 5 clinger.
I can’t see them separating. I’m old enough to remember the huge Rebecca Loos scandal years ago. If Victoria didn’t leave then she is never going to. Brand Beckham is her main focus, not if her husband is faithful. But I am getting a strange vibe off him, I can see him being the one to leave. It seems like he’s being sloppy on purpose. And if he does stick around it’s probably just for the kids.
I think he 100% wants to leave.
Has done for a while now.
Just hoping she pulls the trigger, which of course she never will.
VB has more to lose than DB. Whether or not she stands by him when he cheats, he’s still a good business man at the end of the day.
Business is not ruled by public perception because he would be broke if it did. British public don’t love these 2 and see them as fake and tacky and no image overhaul since VB’s fashion brand changed that. But he’s making bank and she’s losing money so she needs him more. Also DB would be free to hook up without speculation which is what he clearly wants since he’s so blatant with it. He’s over it.
A nanny once spilled the dirt about their fights and VB is basically a ride or die clingy wife while DB is a cheating douche who don’t curr. There will be no ‘Lemonade’ for their marriage. So many couples with this dynamic eventually split and the Beckhams will not be any different. The only worry for their brand or business is for VB’s label. DB will be fine living the life being successful. And moving on real quick.
Yeah I think he is being deliberately messy and trying to force her hand so he is not the one to “break up” the family, she should shock the fu*k out of him and file for divorce citing his infidelity as the cause. I have a soft spot for her, she seems to have a dry sense of humour and knows she is not a great talent but is a grafter. She deserves someone who adores her, like everyone does, not a game player.
You know I’m always a little surprised by how many women are so quick to want to blame the woman – and also how many people seem to dislike VB. To me she seems mostly harmless – like you say, lacking talent but a grafter. I really can’t think of where this much dislike towards her comes from, other than the fact that she ‘doesn’t smile’.
And yes, he has been messy a f for years. And I’ll just add that she was a key player in building brand Beckham – she was, once, the bigger star who catapulted him out of the ‘football player’ league of fame and into pop cultures
@Zapp Brannigan
Amen. Agree with your every word.
I too have always liked her, when you watch interviews she comes across well and funny, she seems to have a sharp, dry wit. She’s my fave spice girl, don’t have a lot of time for the other 3.
And yes to those who say that she made him the pop culture icon he is – she took from being a typical English footballer into the mega brand he is. But the fame went to his empty little head. Even before he got with her he was well known as a ho, shagging anything that took his fancy.
What’s to “adore?” Her friendliness? Maybe it’s because she refuses to ever smile, but she seems like such a snobby b***ch. He is at least affable. Cheating is nasty imo but he has always done that. What did she think would change?
Marrying a man in order to change him never works out well.
If he is indeed a cheater, as a few on here have said, then she definitely needs to leave him. That to me is reprehensible. Divide up the assets and get on with your lives, separately. She will still have money, and child support for the children. He can cheat on his next girlfriend, and VB can have the chance to one day find a mate who won’t cheat. I don’t blame her a bit for not wanting her husband to hang out in Miami or anywhere with other women, nope, she’s not clingy, she’s normal.
agree with both of you.
he’s acting like one of THOSE GUYS who act the fool so that the woman pulls the plug so they don’t have to.
I don’t think he’s acting the fool, he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed. Also many of these women withstand cheating if it’s somewhat discreet the moment it becomes publically confirmed especially if the story about the pregnancy is true, is when they pull the plug. See Jerry hall and mick Jagger and several others.
Is the Vogue they are talking about American Vogue? If it is, then it’s a dream come true for Posh. It’s been known she has been campaigning for it for years.
If it’s American Vogue, it won’t be the first time for her. She was on the cover as part of the Spice Girls. She’s been after a solo cover which eludes her. Plus Edna Mode said she regretted the Spice Girls cover. It’s the only cover she’s regretted publicly.
“Edna Mode”
*DEAD*
this isn’t a cover either – just a feature of the family talking about VB’s fashion design.
I could write a whole essay on the Posh/David marriage from the very beginning of the Spiceage.
It’s not all on David. The writing has been on the wall for a long time.
The chickens have come home to roost. Ted Beckham must be thrilled.
Oooooh do tell Jegede!
:))
I can’t write what us in Blighty have known/heard for close to 20 years!!
I’ll only give brief examples.
David had actually got cold feet after their engagement and long before Brooklyn was born. His Man U friends, Gary and Ryan set him up with a beautiful brunette/bronde who he fell hard for, but that was subsequently overshadowed by a stripper who sold a very false story of a one night stand with Beckham to NOTW (they successfully sued).
Posh Spice wouldn’t let go.
Add on his subsequent estrangement from his family, Posh putting her family on his payroll, his taking a backseat form Man U practice to run her errands incurring the wrath of Alex F e.t.c
There is a lot more that goes far beyond marital affairs in this situation. Resentment has been building for a long time. It wasn’t equal footing of give and take in a marriage. It was one side doing all the giving
The failure of her singing career and her struggling fashion line has humbled her in the past 10 years. But early Posh Spice was VILE. To David and to their various staff members who happily leaked enough about what was going down without violating an NDA.
Ironically it was only after the Loos affair, when Loos pretty much admitted how Beckham hated that his family were cut out of his life ( he couldn’t even tell his own wife this cause he was scared to ); that we started seeing Sandra Beckham involved more in the family dynamics.
@Jegede. That was a very long winded way of it’s all the woman’s fault.
Poor, poor David. He never wanted to get married, but was somehow magically forced to marry this VILE woman.
This is one of the oldest, most sexist storylines there is and it’s been used to great effect for centuries.
@NoShame.
No it’s not and this is this reason I kept the tea brief.
Old storyline or not, nothing I wrote is opinion, it all went down.
Posh Spice has her own agency here. It’s not all Victoria the Saint and David the Villain. As you were.
The reason posh never moved to spain initially was becuase she was punishing DB. He had been cheating and she was letting him know exactly what life would look like with her and his 2 babies in the U.K whilst he was in another country. She should have gotten out then. DB is a sex addict.
Staying together for “the brand” or a Vogue feature? How pathetic can you be? In the long run, none of that BS matters. Wow celebrities have their priorities so out of whack. They need to be focusing on their kids, not a freaking fashion line or sports team. Dumb dumb dumb.
I am completely shocked that these two are still married. I’ve always wondered if they still love each other or if this has just been one giant money-making brand for the past two decades.
Wooo, posh has already done her lemonade. Cast your mind back to the song on her solo album called Regret I thik it was titled. It was about a cheating husband and a scorned woman. Its very powerful. Her best work. It was so cutting that Beyonce bought the rights to it and recorded it herself.
Posh’s fashion line is in its death throws. She’s heading for a 10 mill loss this year. Hubbo can’t keep bailing her out. Obviously can’t get new investers when the losses are so high. Lets just call her James Middleton. I think the vouge spread will be her swan song.
Marital issues are painful, can’t imagine having them
displayed publicly.
Yeah that’s what I was thinking. This is very sad.
AGREED, so painful. Adding publicity to that makes it even worse, but it’s impossible to be public figures or celebrities without also having the world know when you fall.
People said Brangelina would not divorce either because of the BRAND. Anything is possible.
If David ever raises a hand to their children, I totally believe Victoria will take the kids and walk away.
I’m calling BS on the “social media oversharing” grievance from David. He posts just as many photos of his kids online as she does. And honestly, if my husband decided to move my family to Miami when when business was in New York, I’d be beyond pissed as well.
She’s also nowhere near as bad as some celebrities I’ve seen. Now, having to leave home for months at a time to visit your startup in Florida? That I could see putting a serious strain on a marriage. Distance always does. It’s entirely possible that nobody is really at “fault” for the decision, either. They may have agreed to do it as a financial endeavor and didn’t realize it would segregate their lives so much.
I don’t really follow Dave and Posh.
They are certainly world famous enough that even I know who they are, with all their money and advantages would a divorce really be so unusual?
All the “brand” stuff is just sad, and yes many people share too much on the Internet.
Lots of celebs are brands now. More than they are happy couples. Jay Z and Bey are another set.
In general, it sounds as if his moving to Miami is his way of moving forward without actually divorcing.
Didn’t she also refuse to move to Spain years ago? And it back on her with all the cheating allegations. But she also followed him around many years to his posts…he should be a little patient and stay put for a while.
She did live in Madrid. She just didn’t move straight away I guess because you can’t always up and go immediately if you have kids and a business in a different city. I think people forget how the whole life of an athlete revolves around them. It’s not surprising that someone who has an actual career wouldn’t necessarily be able to follow him at his beck and call immediately. Tbh I think she followed him so much that it’s his time to prioritise her careeer now. I know some athletes have this agreement with their spouse. Because an athletes career is so short it’s understandable they would want to focus 100% in the younger years but if you’re a generous partner you should be able to do the same for your partner later as far as I am concerned.
I’m amazed they are still together as they have 2 massive egos. I think they stuck it out for the children and also, because Brand Beckham sells. Her scowls at the royal wedding were embarrassing and rude.
I too think they are having problems and I think the main one is more children. David never made it a secret that he was up for more, even after the arrival of Harper as he really wanted a little girl.
When you don’t see eye to eye on something that big, all other issues become big as well.
LOL, well sure, it’s easy to want lots of kids when you’re not the one who has to physically carry and birth them.
Absolutely. And that is the problem. It sucks to think this, but I really think David did not expect Victoria to fully commit to the fashion line. It will just be another hobby that will go bust and she would lose interest.
This commitment in Miami is gonna be the real test for them. Victoria normally talks up David’s charity and enterprises on her own social media pages. This is has been surprisingly quiet on.
I could kind of see this point if she was “one and done” and he wanted a bigger family (not that I think anyone should have more kids than they want and can care for, whether that be none, one, or more) but she’s given birth to FOUR of their kids. If she’s done, good for her. Four kids is plenty unless both partners really want more.
Their biggest issue is David will never ever stop cheating on her. He’s done it for years & victoria has stood by him. Think she has more to lose if she walks away. Brangelina all over again. He will get the support & women fawning over him & she will get all the media hate.
The cheating thing is too much….I never realized he was this bad, or bad at all. Oh, gosh, she needs to respect herself and not put up with that and leave him immediately.
Can I ask what this well-known spat is between Victoria and Dave Gardner? I’ve never heard of this, and when I googled it I didn’t find anything.
Dave Gardiner has always been regarded as a bad influence on david booze and chick wise.
Ah, I see. I can see why V would be uneasy, David certainly doesn’t need any encouragement in making bad decisions in that area! Thanks for replying 😀
Can she smile?
David is pretty gross. He sounds like Mickey Mouse and he looks like a fairground pikey. So what if Victoria Beckham doesn’t smile a lot and stuck with him while he cheated earlier. She’s not the douchebag. Apart from some unsubstantiated stories of her being difficult to David thereby forcing him to cheat (poor bubba!) there’s not much in the arsenal against her. The dude has officially been caught cheating multiple times. Females who back Beckham have some kind of weird Stockholm syndrome type of sympathy for men who are obnoxious and manipulative. What the truck ladies….
This!! bravo!
LoL, fairground Pikey. Totally. Take off the expensive clothes and $600 metrosexual haircuts and you have a fairground pikey for sure.
I don’t think they are sticking together for the brand Beckham ™, but I do think they genuinely love their kids. They will stay married so they don’t mess up their kids.
They may be informally separated, but this situation suits DB. He can whore around, without the expectations of other women desperately hoping to become Mrs Beckham #2.
If they split, the media will never. leave. him. alone. Every pic with a female nearby will be a headline “Is She The One?!?!” See Jennifer Anniston as an example.
Posh may have a pool boy to meet her needs whilst the kids are at school. I wouldn’t blame her, and I would worry about DB’s STIs. She’s really funny, and unfortunately her resting face looks frowny, rather than serene. QEII has the same type of expression, when I think they are both just concentrating hard.
I have a good friend just like her. Boyfriend does a lot of coke and she hates it, complains about it, but she stays because they own a house together. She has body image issues/anorexia. This plays into why she stays. Victoria doesn’t love herself enough to leave the cheater. He will leave I believe. He is dONE.