One of my favorite annual traditions is writing about how Victoria Beckham celebrated her birthday. Posh’s birthdays always seem pretty grim to me, food-wise. If there was ever a day to actually break your restrictive diet and eat a small slice of cake, it’s your birthday. But not Victoria. Every year, she posts photos from her birthday celebrations, and the celebrations tend to involve fruit plates, looking at a cake (one must never EAT the cake) or thinking about brownies. So how did Posh celebrate her 44th birthday? With a cake-shaped piece of watermelon. I sh-t you not:
I’m actually crying laughing. It’s so sad, it’s actually sort of funny? First of all, Posh no longer puts up the pretense of having an actual cake to merely LOOK at (one must never eat the cake). So she got a TINY piece of watermelon in the shape of a cake and she cut an absolutely tiny slice of the watermelon “cake.” And she probably didn’t even eat that.
As you can see, she also posted some lovely photos of her family on her Instagram. Which reminds me… has anything else come out about Victoria and David? Us Weekly ran that super-shady story about their marriage last week, and it felt like something big was about to come out about them.
Photos courtesy of Instagram & WENN.
I saw that watermelon cake! First, their chef is a gd genius. Second, I guess I never deserve to be thin because I do not have discipline such that I could forego actual cake – which I love – on my gol dang birthday.
My son saw it and thought it was hilarious.
The thing is…she is tiny. She clearly REGULARLY eats in such a way that keeps her tiny.
There is no reason why she couldn’t eat a piece of real cake on her birthday. Eat the cake, and then go back to whatever her normal diet it. Nothing would happen.
Now, I am currently dieting. I am not thin. I am trying to get thinner. So sure, it is a bigger deal if *I* eat one piece of cake, because I am actively trying to lose. And still, if it was my birthday, you better believe I would still eat some damn cake!
I would not be tempted at all by cake. It just doesn’t float my boat. But give me a birthday pizza, please! Despite the fact that I need to limit wheat, cheese, and tomato to avoid unpleasant aftereffects… I just make sure it’s really good pizza so a slice will be enough. Although I would exchange even that in a heartbeat for really good birthday watermelon. Lots of really good watermelon. Worth all the extra trips to the bathroom.
Be aware that if you’ve been eating a lot less sugar lately, your beloved cake may not taste as good to you now. We lose our taste for excessive sugar and salt very quickly when we avoid it for a while. You may be happier with cake made with reduced taste for sugar in mind.
I remember reading years ago that she has PCOS which means her body has trouble processing sugar. I know we all rag on her diet but I think she has legit health concerns precluding her from eating processed sugar.
Just as it’s your choice to eat the cake, it’s her choice not to.
I don’t want to live in a world with no cake.
me neither. Or cheese.
I could live without cake but don’t take away my cheese please.
You can keep ALL the sweets, but if you touch my warm, crusty bread I will shiv you! 😄
IKR? My mother was telling me about how horrible sugar is for your body and how it makes you die years younger. And I was honestly like, I’d rather die early than live such a miserable existence.
I have been on a diet that severely restricts carbs, so there is no sugar allowed because you get to the allotted carbs from the day just from vegetables.
This is a short term diet, meant to lose weight, and then go into maintainence mode where occasionally dessert would be ok.
It is a miserable existence. lol.
The diet does work. And it is not permanent. But I feel like it takes all the joy out of life. That said, it did open my eyes to HOW MUCH sugar I was getting. I thought I ate pretty healthy, but there was a ton of sugar in my diet.
Umm, sugar is not life’s only joy. And it turns out that when you stop eating a whole bunch of overprocessed, sugar laden items, your body re-learns what real food is supposed to taste like. Way more joyful.
I seriously bought a piece of cake after my workout and ate it for breakfast yesterday. I guess I would be happy if I was as thin as her, but I love cake too much to never eat it again
This is something I would do. When I take my daughter to birthday parties I always wonder if I am going to be offered cake. I side eye the parties that don’t have enough cake for the parents.
Me either. I do hope Posh indulges once and a while though.
I read somewhere (hangs head in shame) that she indulges with a glass or two of wine each night. Guess that’s her “cheat”.
I heard Brooke Shields on a talk show saying how she told her trainer she had a glass of wine, and he scolded her saying she just “drank a piece of bread”.
I will NEVER have their bodies, because I will never give up my glass of delicious, red wine each evening! lol
I’m sure she indulges luxuriously in lots of things on a regular basis. Just not processed sugar and flour.
Same.
I’m trying to be better and not eat so MUCH cake, but such a hard line, voluntary restriction does not sound like a fun life to me.
There was an interview several years ago with Gordon Ramsay who stated that as nice as the Beckhams are, he would hate to cook for them, go out to dinner with them, etc. because Victoria only eats overly steamed vegetables. If that is what it takes to be that thin then no thank you.
Well Ramsay is the asshole who deliberately taints vegetarian meals with meat, so I’m sure he’d find a way to fu*k with Victoria’s meal.
Does he really taint the meals?? That is a horrible thing to do..
She’s a vegan. She accompanies her husband when he wants a good steak, and just asks for steamed vegetables. She’s a good sport to go to a steak restaurant with her husband when he wants steak, and she just has her vegetables. I’m not sure why people get so bent out of shape about this story.
Fruit is actually a naughty indulgence for Victoria though; I remember watching something about 20 years ago where she said she’s allergic to fruit and isn’t supposed to eat it, but does anyway because she loves it so much. It’s bad for her skin.
I always wonder when I hear rich people talk about allergies. Like actual allergies or like Gwyneth allergies. I’m still not gonna sneak it into your food or anything, but I tend not to believe people about that stuff anymore.
*snort* Gwyneth allergies. Too real.
So being rich protects against allergies. I should have chosen rich parents then.
Why not take people at face value when they say they have allergies? Do you assume people are lying about other health issues? What kind of liars do you hang around with that you’ve become so untrusting? People may be misdiagnosed and have other underlying problems instead, but they do know their own bodies and know when they are uncomfortable or in pain and if not eating a particular food avoids that problem.
An allergy usually isn’t the dramatic life-threatening kind and often the reactions are more or less delayed so you won’t see the effects. All sorts of reactions are possible: skin problems, headaches, dizziness, digestive yuck feelings and other GI tract lovelies, fatigue, persistent nausea, etc. I could have been arrested for driving under the influence of an egg salad sandwich, but the extreme fatigue kicks only after about an hour and I don’t keel over at the table.
And yes, some people do get their kicks sneaking the allergenic or other objectional food into a dish to “prove” you don’t really have a problem. I am very wary of eating food prepared by others as a result. They also often have no idea how to recognize things like all the different forms of dairy. They never think about the ingredients themselves and also feel that “just a little” won’t hurt. That’s up to the eater to decide, please. My aunt was a lovely woman but could not understand that I couldn’t eat the tomato sauce after she put hamburger in it (vegetarian here). “But it’s not much meat!”
There is a wide range of sensitivities to food. Often allergy is used to describe any adverse reaction even if people nowadays prefer to talk about varying degrees of intolerance as well as allergies. I’ll tell people I’m allergic to perfume because if I just say I have an intolerance, they will think I don’t like the way they smell. They smell fine, it’s the respiratory symptoms (coughing, congestion, lungs on fire), the difficulties thinking and focusing my eyes, and the day or two of severe headache after exposure that I’m not keen on.
So when somebody tells you they are allergic to a food, just believe them. Just because you can’t see an immediate reaction doesn’t mean they are lying. Something about that food affects them badly and they don’t owe you an explanation for their desire to avoid pain and discomfort.
Jwoolman, yes, thank you.
I’m allergic to certain foods. It’s not life threatening and the symptoms range from an immediate itchy mouth reaction that will become a swollen throat if I persist in eating the food to, um, intestinal distress later on. I’m not going to die, but if I can avoid the unpleasantness, I will. It’s also not something I want to go into detail about with others. I suspect many people suffer from such allergies without being aware of it.
Yeah I think this is a “Gwenyth allergy” situation.
There’s a pretty wide range of fruits, to me that’s just an excuse.
My older nephew has a life threatening allergy to peanuts and shellfish, to the point where he *always* has to have a Epi Pen with him. This is serious business; NO ONE has the right to “test” you to see if you’re “really” allergic!
Jwoolmen PREACH IT! I am allergic to wheat and dairy. Wheat causes painful flare ups of inflammation in my joints and rashes (I have an autoimmune disease) and dairy causes buckets of mucus in throat and lungs. I can’t tell you how f-ing sick I am of people rolling their eyes at me when I try to avoid the things that make me sick and in pain. I’m also allergic to pinapple. Not “Gwyneth allergic”, real, actual allergic. So if someone says they are allergic or sensitive to something, just let them be and don’t ridicule them for not eating something that will make them f-ing sick!
Well, at least she doesn’t pretend that she eats anything and everything and stays that thin?
Right? Can’t win.
Also, is she sad or is it just her eyebrow angle? I like her a lot (residual spice love and why not) and wish Becks was a better husband, and always feel on edge about their marriage. I mean as edgy as thinking about them every once in awhile when an article comes up.
He’s been playing away for years.
I actually love that watermelon cake idea for a baby shower, cookout or something along those lines. For my birthday, however, I would need something involving batter and buttercream frosting.
That looks a hell of a lot tastier than cake.
Maybe she prefers it.
Yeah, I was just thinking how my husband hates cake and would prob like this.
I would MUCH prefer watermelon and berries to cake almost any day of the week. I understand that she likely has issues with food but this looks delicious to me.
YES! Watermelon tastes much better than cake. That watermelon makes me hungry. Watermelon is food of the gods. It’s hard to get a good one at the moment (or even in summer, it’s always a gamble), so I have to get my watermelon fix with Outshine watermelon frozen fruit bars (which really taste like watermelon, no artificial aftertaste).
I was never much for cake myself and tried to convince my mother to let me have a birthday pie instead. Cherry or blueberry in particular. I was well into my teens before she finally did, reluctantly. She couldn’t imagine anybody who wouldn’t want a cake.
I also was baffling because I had limited interest in chocolate. I get tired of it easily. Well, my brother always gobbled up all the chocolate candy, ice cream, and cake anyway so that particular taste didn’t get much chance to develop.
I am in love with watermelon, and it’s really good for you – full of vitamins A, B6 and C, lots of lycopene, antioxidants and amino acids. I too am not a fan of cake because I get a funny reaction to sugar (nausea, racing heart). I can use honey or maple syrup as a sweetener, that’s about it.
I would LOVE this “cake” for my birthday! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE watermelon and berries! Hmmm… maybe I should save the pic and surreptitiously slip it to the family! 👍🏻
My people! I love watermelon and berries too. Moroccan watermelon is better than any cake.
My 16 year old son doesn’t like sweets. He never wants a cake on his birthday (he asked for pizza with candles on it instead of a cake this year). He does tell me to go ahead and buy a cake for everyone else to eat, but he just doesn’t care for it or really any sweets.
Same. I, too, have pizza instead of cake for my birthdays. Because I’m an adult and I can.
I agree. I love the sweetness of fruit, but most cakes are tooooo sweet. I can’t describe it. One bite and it’s enough.
I eat watermelon and berries multiple times a week, I would be annoyed if this was presented as a birthday cake, haha. I like baking healthy cakes with no sugar and no flour. Almond and coconut are my faves.
No that’s impossible clearly she’s still restricting and miserable (heavy on the sarcasm)
I’ll take watermelon over cake any day. Imagine being ridiculed for it!
It is kind of sad to me that this is her birthday “cake”, but being honest think of the kind of world she inhabits, she is always criticized, judged and a husband that is not 100% faithful and a world that tells her she is not entitled to his fidelity because of how she presents herself. She is described as miserable or sour because she doesn’t smile on command for pap photos.
if Posh Spice showed up in the world tomorrow as a size 14 what would the reaction to her be? It would be brutal and unrelenting. I am not going to judge her if she feels like she cannot relax for even one day.
….and not everyone likes cake. Believe it.
What? Beckham has cheated on her?!!??? I had no idea
I had the pleasure of meeting her last year and she is far from miserable. She’s one of the funniest and nicest people and absolutely adores being a mom.
She barely has any talent, but she managed to be more than Mrs Beckham. I’ll give her that.
I know she’s funny and that she’s not miserable, but why is she pushing that image? Anna Wintour influence?
As to the unfaithful husband—she can divorce him. She’s wealthy and has a lovely family but, business empire or not, she deserves happiness. Do it VB!
David’s body language in that photo is not great.
Agreed. Normally they are all over each other in instagram photos – here it’s very stilted. She is posting all over IG about how much she loves David. And he’s like, “here’s the mother of my children”. I think he has checked out.
Yep.
Yeah, it’s…not good at all. At least show her something more.
I was wondering what a “body language expert” would make of it. Probably the same as us – he’s leaning slightly away from her, but the left arm and leg are creating a huge barrier between them. However, she is leaning right into him, as if to say, “I still adore you”. I’m just having a laugh. I quite like her, and having seen many of her interviews, in real life, she seems self-deprecating, relaxed, funny and smiles and laughs a lot.
Ah yes, armchair expert here! I am neither accredited, nor do I have a proven track record. Let me begin.
Look at the feet, as well. It’s said your feet point towards your desire, or less flowery, you direct them towards what you instinctively need. An escape (David), or a lover (Victoria).
His shoulder closest to her is turned forward, and he’s not leaning against her which would soften that. He’s subtly turning his back on her.
Almost wondering if he is feeling resentful of her using a lot of their money for her brand and not making enough, hence needing a round/injection of funding.
Yep totally checked out. He’s cheated and she’s taken him back so much he just doesn’t even pretend anymore. He’s leaving her, just a matter of when. Sad!
Body language says get off of me, I am not attracted to you at all. And his birthday message didn’t say love, just young lady (??) and mummy (?!). Her’s was super gushy. Obviously a lot of assumptions but combined w rumors all add up to no bueno.
Yes, I can’t remember the last time I saw a photo of the 2 of them genuinely hugging each other or kissing. She’s always draped over him and he looks as cold as ice. I’d like some watermelon cake and some cake cake.
Noticed that too! Who knows what goes on behind closed doors, but he doesn’t seem into her at all. In his bday message to her, he doesn’t sound like a loving husband. Maybe we’re so wrong… maybe they are sooooo good, they don’t need to prove it to the rest of us?
I actually feel bad for Posh. (Which seems ridiculous!)
Fruit is delicious. I’m not going to shade someone because they aren’t eating cake. It’s like shaming Obama because he asked about arugula.
What about the Dijon mustard though?
We should have impeached him while we had the chance!!
in hindsight, we really should’ve impeached him. now everything’s gone pear-shaped and we’ve got an orange in the offal office.
The “offal office,” omg, deb, I don’t know if you did that on purpose. lol! Perfect description of the office while the orange menace is occupying it!
I forgot about the devious Dijon! Of course he’d chose a mustard that’s French! 😉
Thank you for that! I’m trying to lose weight so for my birthday I asked for a fruit bouquet instead of cake. Even though my family teased the heck out of me for it, they all devoured it. It was delicious.
Yes, fruit is simply fantastic. When I was growing up, we rarely had cake, ice cream, biscuits etc., unless it was a feast day. But we always had a big fruit box in the same spot. Even now, when other people are planning, preparing and making Christmas food (cake, plum puddings etc.), my family is like, “Yep, ok, I’ll bring a big watermelon. Anna is bringing a box of cherries and Marco will bring a bucket of mangoes from his tree.” Don’t get me wrong, I love cake, but if I could have one and not the other, I’d choose fruit every time. Alas, I have seen the very last of the summer fruits in the markets. All those delicious, nectarines, apricots, peaches, plums…gone. We are so lucky down here, living in a veritable huge food/fruit bowl.
I’m drooling over your description! Sounds soooooooo good!
exactly, i admire people with the discipline to refuse cake in pursuit of a slim figure. good for them! I wish I could!
My Bday is tomorrow and I’m continuing to not eat cake. Not because I’m avoiding the calories or ingredients. I’ve been eating clean so long the taste of the sugars is overwhelming. Fruit tastes sweet enough like rich candy. Same reaction to when you reduce salt to your diet. You need less to taste more.
Victoria is so thin, though… it was covered her diet might only be 1000 calories a day and her morning to later afternoon intake consists of so much black coffee with some fruit. When the start of your day should be for carb loading.
I know what you mean about sweets being too sweet when you’re not used to them, but I never thought about salt that way. I need to cut way down on salt because I end up adding it to most things. I’d love to find things too salty. I eat pickles almost every day though, so that’s probably where I’d have to start.
You’d have to drink a lot of coffee to live on such a restricted calorie diet every day, I’d think.
I guess I’ll sit in the corner with Posh because I also prefer watermelon over cake. I’ve just never really been down with cake. It might be the frosting factor or the fact that it’s often chocolate (which I hate). Cookies on the other hand, are what cake wishes it was. Cake is messy and cloying and cookies are portable and perfectly sweet. Cake is like a clunky old caravan and cookies are like a nice sports car and other analogies that show how superior cookies are to cake..
Yeah. Cake can f*ck right the hell off.
I feel the same way but could never have stated it so hilariously eloquently
You know, I used to love cake but now I don’t so much. It’s so often dry and bland and especially with “special” cakes, the frosting is granache which I find gross. It makes a pretty effect but tastes like garbage. And if it’s buttercream it’s usually waaaaaaay too sweet and my throat burns. I’ll totally go for a delicious cake with rich, not too sweet buttercream or cream cheese frosting, but I so very rarely encounter those that I’ve kind of given up. I haven’t had cake in ages and the last few times I had it was underwhelming and disappointing so now I pass. It’s unhealthy anyway and if I’m going to eat unhealthy food, it better be fucking delicious.
Do you bake? There are lots of good recipes now that specifically don’t feature a lot of sugar.
Yes, I so agree, Wren. There is a lot of crappy cake out there that looks pretty but tastes like garbage. I’ve pretty much given up on it, too.
“if I’m going to eat unhealthy food, it better be fucking delicious.”
^^^This!
I love fruit! I never would live in world with no fruit. Cake I can live without, no need for it here but fruit?! I’d rather shrivel up and die.
As a child cake was THE thing, but when I worked at a grocery store when I was 14 and saw that the white frosting was Crisco mixed with powdered sugar, I never looked at it the same way again. I realized I wanted it to taste delicious because it looked delicious…but my tongue did not agree.
I am getting giddy from this post and thinking of all of the summer fruit waiting for me! I used to get a box of organic co-op fruits and veg, but they went out of business. I’ll need to find a new dealer to get my fix. Cherries, grapes, strawberries, pluots, apricots, mangoes, watermelon…I can’t wait.
Kitten
We’ve discussed diets, exercise before so I think theres taste similarities here. Not everyone feels the same about pounding 1 liters of Polar seltzer
Honestly as someone who struggles with weight I say good for her. She’s taking control of her health and looks amazing.
I think she looks like a cadaver, but that’s just me. Her choice.
@Pamsicle I agree with you. She looks great and has glowing skin.
I love this cake idea. I may copy it!
Yea, if you play photo assumption with that pic of the two of them, it looks bad. Reminds me of one of my last pics with my ex husband before I divorced him.
That watermelon cake actually looks refreshing and delicious and would be lovely with a glass of prosecco. And for my second birthday cake, dark chocolate with raspberry filling and lots of chocolate buttercream please.
Lately, in photos, she always looks as if she’s about to nod off. I could literally eat that entire plate of watermelon and strawberries in two minutes flat. No matter how young and beautiful you are trying to keep, what is a birthday without your own birthday cake? I can well do without gifts or even food, but I. Must. Have. Cake. Just a simple butter cake, even one with no decoration, or, even better, Madeira cake…. Come on, not even one little cupcake on one day per year? She’s demented. And what is this telling her daughter?
She’s telling her daughter that it’s ok to eat what you really like rather than what other people expect.
My nephew does not like cupcakes nor cakes or pies and doesn’t want them for his birthday. What is this mob mentality of you must like a birthday cake or sweets for your birthday, at least a cupcake? Says who?
I don’t get this at all. She doesn’t want a piece of cake. Do you need to justify your own cake consumption by quantifying it this way? Some people don’t like it, some don’t want it. Sugar isn’t necessary for celebration. What kind of a message is that sending your daughter? See? That’s a crappy thing to say.
@Bridget, my thoughts exactly.
I like cake as an idea and if I was dieting, I’d still have it to celebrate my bday. Personally, Ive found that having a few bites of something is better than eliminate the whole food group.
I really think these photos are tongue in cheeks moments. Posh has some self awareness about what people think of her and has shown to have a sense of humor.
We only see what they want us to see.
Harper is a beauty. Hope they do more for her then let her turn into a model.
Sadder than the “cake” picture, to me, is the picture of her and David where she is gushing love and leaning into him, and he’s just casually laying back tilting away from her. Speaks volumes.
Wasn’t there an article about a chef that hated her because David would come in and order a juicy steak and the only thing she would eat was bland steamed veggies.
I def think she has food issues (don’t we all tbqh) but she needs to attempt a normal relationship with food for her daughter’s sake.
That being said, I could live on strawberries so the faux cake looks delicious to me.
She’s a vegan. I think it’s great that she goes with her husband when he wants a steak. And vegetables are the only thing a vegan can eat at a steak restaurant. I don’t think that’s an issue.
That watermelon and strawberry “cake” looks delicious, tbh. If that’s what she wants to eat, I don’t see the point of shaming her about it. That doesn’t help anyone; in fact, it’s more likely to hurt.
On a lighter note, those handmade cards are seriously adorable. So sweet.
I remember the gossip columnist Perez Hiilton saying he asked Victoria to eat one bite of a cookie during an interview and she refused. Damn.
Perform like a trick monkey for that piece of crap? Can’t say I blame her here.
Agreed, I can’t stand Perez Hilton! What a rude thing to do, why should she eat on command? He just did that so he could write about how she wouldn’t do it even though that was totally manipulative of him.
LOL Lady D! Really! Why should she??
I don’t know which is Romeo and which is Cruz, but the one in the red jacket is suddenly a giant! Wow!
I think that looks yummy!
The body language in that photo of her and David tho…..
Calories are calories. Eat a slice of cake and skip dinner or eating the following days. This is ridiculous. Yes, you can eat cake and pizza and burgers and be STICK thin at the same time.
Not everybody likes cake. I’d go for the watermelon myself… it’s not about the calories, I will happily pig out on an equivalent number of watermelon calories!
I love how she styles herself. Those lavender shoes!
she couldn’t find a SEEDLESS watermelon for her “cake”? sad.
Can seedless watermelons be considered organic? They are genetically modified to be seedless, right?
I know you were kidding, but it did make me wonder if people who avoid GMOs eat seedless watermelon lol
Organic is shorthand for crops grown without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Has nothing to do with genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Humans have doing genetic manipulation outside the laboratory for ages, just by selectively planting seeds from plants with natural mutations that they like (same with animals) and cultivating hybrids that require human intervention to reproduce. The lab approach to creating GMOs, which typically involves inserting new genes using a convenient microorganism as a little intermediate factory, is relatively new and caution is warranted (but every case is different).
But seedless watermelons are considered hybrids and were developed the old fashioned way, not in a lab. They’ve been sold commercially since at least the 1950s. They originally required planting seed-containing watermelons nearby for the pollination process, but apparently newer hybrids can use non-fruit-bearing plants for the bees to work their pollination magic on the seedless watermelons. If you prefer the seeded varieties, check out the local farmer’s market. Small growers are less likely to take the extra effort required for the hybrids.
Oh okay, I read they use a chemical called colchicine to make them.
https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/newsletters/hortupdate/hortupdate_archives/2000/may00/h5may00.html
Colchicine? That’s what my dad takes for his gout. 🤔 Interesting.
Yep, its use to treat and prevent gout goes back to ancient Egypt according to NPR.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/07/26/157427994/where-did-all-the-watermelon-seeds-go
I personally would rather have that amazing berry fruit cake than regular cake any day! I do like cake, it can often makes or breaks a wedding for me(LOL)! I don’t really watch what I eat. Never counted a calorie in my life. I just make a point to have small portions and make a point to workout. Someday it might take more than that but for now it’s working. I have way to many friends that have unhealthy relationships with food, as far as dieting and counting calories goes. I can’t imagine having to freak out over every bit I put in my mouth. Could I be healthier, sure, but they are all miserable and I don’t want that bad relationship with food. To each their own.
Watermelon is delicious, but I would be so pissed if I got this instead of cake on my birthday.
By the way, she cut a “tiny” piece of the watermelon cake because it was a small cake and there were a bunch of other people there who wanted a slice. Wasn’t really a tiny slice anyway. And if she gets skin reactions from fruit, not surprising if she only eats a small amount at most.
Why do you want her to experience discomfort so badly? She’s not taking your traditional cake away at gunpoint and proposing a ban on frosting.
And who the heck would lie about a fruit allergy/intolerance anyway? She is indeed thin, but watermelon and most other fruits wouldn’t be a big calorie contributor and so it’s very unlikely that she is worried about that. The only reasons to not gobble down the whole watermelon cake would have been if you didn’t like the taste of watermelon (I am told that such people exist) or didn’t feel good after eating it. Oh, and if you were into sharing, I suppose.
It depends on where you get your watermelons! I didn’t like watermelon until I went down south to TN….because before that, all of the watermelon I’d had where I live (Michigan) have tasted like water with a slight aftertaste if I ate close to the rind. I didn’t realize they had any flavor until I actually ate a good watermelon.
You’re my favorite, Jwoolman.
When I first read the headline mentioning Victoria Beckham and watermelon shaped cake I immediately thought the cake was shaped like her huge, round and hard boobs circa 2000’s Lol
Wish they showed more PDA! 😰 It’s been a while since we’ve seen them looking like he loves her. Not even on their pap walks are they holding hands or showing PDA. What gives?
Ill tell you this much our daughter’s 10th birthday is Friday and I can’t wait for the cake.
I live in the south, with humid, hot weather in the summer. We have a watermelon in our refrigerater more often than not when in season, as was the case when I was a child. I crave it during the hot months. My favorite dessert is ambrosia my mom’s way, cut-up apples, oranges, bananas, , grapes, cherries, with chopped pecans and shredded coconut in it and few big spoonfuls of Cool Whip on top. Yum. I’d take that over cake any day.
I love cakes, but I don’t feel great after them. It feels like the older I get the more I don’t enjoy how I feel afterwards, even with a small slice. I still have one here or there, especially if it’s white cake with white icing and shredded coconut or yellow or white cake with chocolate frosting with chopped pecans or walnuts on it.
This whole article is so petty.
+1
Is it almost (celeb)bitchy?
Damn Posh knows how to party.
“Fruit has a lot of carbs!” — Charlotte York
I was meh on cake my whole life and then I got pregnant and since then I have been BIG on cake. 18 months of breastfeeding my son and I’m basically a cake disposal unit at this point.
If Posh is happy with her choice then that’s all that matters. The nutritional content of what other people choose to eat and not eat is really no concern of mine.
I’m on a diet, trying to lose ten more pounds and recently had a birthday myself. I budgeted for the calories and ate a lava cake. It was so good. I still lost weight. It isn’t necessary to avoid it altogether unless you have allergy issues. But I think she is allergic to food in general.
Everything in moderation!
David is literally blocking Victoria with his crossed legs as she leans into him. How long till the separation announcement?
True story: a while back ago, a friend’s relative was a chef at a fancy hotel in Madrid where the Beckham’s were staying. They ordered room service. David ordered normal meals, while Victoria demanded crushed ice and frozen peas.
I am sad. I knew they had issues earlier in their marriage, but comments about David on their last stories made him sound like a POS. She looks like she adores him. He was a very good footballer, but Victoria took him to the next level fame wise. He’d be hosting (if lucky) Premier League Highlights show if it wasn’t for marrying her. Love the cake, couldn’t do it myself but maybe for breakfast cake.
I have non-diabetic hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) so I’ve had to limit sugar my entire life. I do still eat it but I have to be careful about when and how much. I do, however, LOVE fruit. Something about natural sugar is fine with my body. This ‘cake’ looks amazing to me and I would be very happy with it on my birthday. I don’t see why she gets so much crap for not wanting to eat cake or brownies. Some people, like myself, have legitimate medical conditions where cake makes us sick. I think I’ve heard that she has a medical condition too. If we want to eat fruit instead really who cares?
I’m not a huge birthday cake person (specialty cakes, on the other hand, send my way!), but I do like watermelon and wouldn’t mind seeing that on my plate. Wouldn’t want the eating disorder she has going with it, though.
That family shot looks like they all bought their clothes at the local thrift shop.
Maybe she’s saving her cake day for when they get a divorce? I love cake, cookies and basically sweets. I wish I had a sweet treat right now
I’m dating myself but does anyone remember a special years and years ago on her? It was a reality special, maybe a few episodes. I watched it and it was hilarious. She talked about all the weird stuff she did and how she acts and how it’s for the cameras and all that. It was about her finding a house in LA for the family. She had some neighbors over and they got her drunk on champagne and made dolphin noises. Why I remember this when I can’t recall why I walked into a room is beyond. But I know it was scripted and they had a plan for the show (they had a mock earthquake so they could practice 🙄) but it was truly funny. I give her a tiny break with everything she says after that. I actually also read a blind this week that she’s very protective of her image and never wants to be photographed eating. Ever. The blind also said she doesn’t like her kids to be seen eating so to counteract that David takes the kids out regularly for treats and gets papped. Who knows. I do think if that’s true it could create issues for her daughter later. My sweet girl at seven just asked me what a calorie was. Awwww! To be that innocent. I said “energy” and we moved on. I wish that innocence about food would last forever. I hate labeling food as good and bad. But I digress, I agree like without bday cake is no life at all. Words gotten out about how much I love bday cake so friends always send some home with my daughter for her mom. ❤️ That’s true love right there!
There is a ton of evidence out there that wheat and processed carbs, breads, cakes, starches etc are terrible for you in the highest degree. Avoiding that is not being snobby or punishing yourself, its truly doing the best thing and eating a more natural diet with more nurtition. I know a few people who do the no carbs / no starches diet and it really is the only thing that works for them, but it has to be a lifestyle.