Last night was the big premiere event for Netflix’s Beckham, a docuseries about David Beckham’s life, career and family. The whole Beckham family came out, all four kids and some spouses. Brooklyn’s wife Nicola did not look happy. Little Harper is growing up to be such a lovely, fresh-faced young lady though, and it’s so clear that she’s the most adored person in the family. Meanwhile, Victoria must have gotten some “work” done for the big premiere and it doesn’t look like it settled in time, holy sh-t. Speaking of, this docuseries isn’t some hagiography, apparently. They get into some nitty-gritty stuff, like David’s “alleged” affair with Rebecca Loos and Victoria’s absolute misery when they lived in Spain (all of which happened in the same time period).
Referring to the period in their relationship when David was playing for Real Madrid in Spain in 2003, Victoria spoke candidly during the episode, saying it was “the most unhappy I’ve ever been in my entire life,” and adding that the tabloid media involvement in their marriage during their time in the European country was the “hardest period for us.”
“It felt like the world was against us,” she said in an emotional part of the documentary. “And here’s the thing — we were against each other if I’m being completely honest. You know, up until Madrid sometimes it felt like us against everybody else but we were together, we were connected, we had each other. When we were in Spain, it didn’t really feel like we had each other either. And that’s sad,” she added. “I can’t even begin to tell you how hard it was and how it affected me. It was a nightmare. From the minute we opened the door in the morning, the press were there in cars and everywhere we went, we would get followed. It was an absolute circus — it’s really entertaining when the circus comes to town, right? Unless you’re in it.”
Asked if she resented her husband during that difficult period, Victoria said: “Did I resent David? If I’m being totally honest, yes I did.”
“There was some horrible stories that were difficult to deal with,” David added of that time. “It was the first time that me and Victoria had been put under that kind of pressure in our marriage. Every time that we woke up we felt that there was something else. I think we both felt at the time that we were, not losing each other, but drowning. I don’t know how we got through it in all honesty,” an emotional David said of the tough time in their marriage.
“Victoria is everything to me, to see her hurt was incredibly difficult, but we’re fighters and at that time we needed to fight for each other and we needed to fight for our family and what we had was worth fighting for,” he continued. “There were some days that I would wake up and think, ‘How am I going to go to work? How am I going to work on to that training pitch? How am I going to look like nothing’s wrong?’ I felt physically sick every day when I opened my eyes. ‘How am I going to do this?’”
This actually makes me want to watch the series. I’ve never cared that much about football, but I do care about gossip and it’s always been fascinating to watch Victoria and David navigate this stuff in real time and still find a way to stick it out.
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The filler good god. Looks like an eclair.
I don’t know what she was thinking. She looks awful.
I’m usually pretty oblivious to minor tweaks, but even I can see a from a mile the significant fuller lips and the change of nose.
Yeah – she’s def had some sort of lip filler which is a shame as she is an attractive woman.
I’ve always had a soft spot for her – she’s my fave Spice Girl. Her makeup brand is fab – have one of her eye bricks and its lovely, goes on well.
She’s too good for him and def the brains behind the Beckham brand – he’s always been just another dumb footballer who can’t keep it in his pants.
Of course Nicola looked unhappy she was only wearing a short coat with too long sleeves.
I would be miserable in that outfit too.
So have they rewritten history completely? Cos the whole ‘us against the world’ kinda collapsed when he had an affair with his Madrid PA.
He’s playing the victim now?
It’s not just Victoria, I think David’s face & hairline look like they’ve been recently touched up too.
They are both “so shiny” looking and not in a good way, IMHO. There is such a thing as growing older gracefully– we can’t be 23 forever, thank goodness! Katharine Hepburn did it beautifully, but all of us can’t be born with Kate’s excellent genes and quick wit! Whoever did that to Victoria’s face should be ashamed of themselves–or maybe that’s what she wanted. Good Lord!
My word! Next she will be saying, she never used Botox or fillers.
Who do they think they’re fooling, skinny as a rake but with an inflated face.
It’s sad hearing how miseriable Victoria was and really how her husband caused some of it. Living with men with egos like David, or a Tom Brady, Peyton Manning etc. must be so difficult no matter how successful you are in your own right.
And her fellow country person, Katie should take notes on how to WEAR a suit. She looks hot as hell. 🔥 🔥
For me, say what will about them, but the fact that they’re married for this long and still very much tied to each other….they seem to have figured it out together.
His use of passive phrasing and absolute deflection of his responsibility for WHY the press was hounding them at that time is disappointing. Not surprising, but disappointing.
I wonder if the same hacks who dragged another famous couple featured in a Netflix profile will have the same mud buckets and knives out for the Beckhams.
I remember when this happened. And the tabloid press are lambs now compared to then. Read some old People pieces from early 2000s – even they were full of snark. and if you go on YouTube on some pap sites and they pan out you’ll see maybe one or two other photographers and back then it was more like twenty + paps all chasing the same pictures. its amazing Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears weren’t killed during car chases. I was amazed the tabloids had this woman come out and do interviews with the tabloid press but they stayed together. And even had.more kids. I don’t remember either them ever even addressing the cheating charge at all. Maybe that shows how to do it (if you want to keep the marriage together). Just ignore the bad press and carry on. So good for them. They got through it and are better now. Marriage has peaks and valleys but not many see it in that long term way.
I remember what a HUGEE scandal this was, as they were the UKs golden couple. Rebecca did an interview which seems to have been SCRUBBED(do you hire a company for that !?) off the internet,they were also some very cozy pictures of them at a night club. I believe she was probably his first affair.
You can hire a de-indexing company.
I guess they have come to an understanding that, regardless of what her husband did, it’s not he that was the problem, it’s the press that was the problem for reporting on it… I think she has had that sour look on her face ever since then, and I doubt she’s gotten much less unhappy. Whomever talked her into getting that her lower face and lips inflated should be pilloried; it’s aged her twenty years.
Vicky’s filler is obvious and insane but David has also clearly been touched by an angel. His right eye is wonky AF — probably from Botox!
I remember the affair. It was with the nanny, right? How cliche. I get the stayed together but I question whether it was because they really loved each other or they loved being a brand. Sorry to be so cynical this morning. I just remember years ago the Beckhams tried to launch a reality TV show here in the US and….crickets…it went nowhere. They were so banking on becoming big in America. Lastly, OMG Harper is such a cutie!!!!! She’s so grown now.
She wasn’t the nanny, she was working as his PA at the time. She was utterly blatant about the affair and what a great lover David was. So his soft-pedaling of it is a pretty despicable thing to do — just admit it and apologize. There are pictures of her WITH Victoria and her then toddler Romeo watching David play. I was actually living in England at the time this all came out and you’d think WWIII had started there was so much coverage. I have to give Victoria kudos for hanging in, the press intrusion must have been unbearable, no wonder she was so depressed.
@Jaded please tell me i am not misremembering,didnt Rebecca do an interview (Sky?) and i recall some night clubs pics of her and Becks in News pf the World looking very familliar with each other. I dont think you can find them anymore,always wanted to revisit that interview.
@Nubia — yes she did do an interview (good memory!) talking about what great *chemistry* they had, and there were nightclub pics of them together that have been scrubbed from the internet along with the Sky interview.
Yet another example of marriage being a sheisty institution for women.
Yet another example of marriage being a sheisty institution for women. Why should she have “hung in there”?