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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.




























































