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David Beckham

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Pumpkinoutfitsgalore · 06/10/2023 09:52

Enjoyed watching the documentary, he was different than I expected him to be, not sure how really, but I have more respect for Victoria now as I think their lives have been about what he wanted/needed mainly
There are rumours of lots of affairs, is this true though as I find that hard to believe, he seemed so obsessed with her

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AngeloMysterioso · 06/10/2023 21:17

Uggtrending · 06/10/2023 20:52

@AngeloMysterioso erm Spice girls were fantastic but wasn't VB the one to decline the reunion? I didn't think she kept in touch with the other spice girls really. VB has the most money though the other spice girls aren't in Victoria's league finically that isn't down to spice girls though. Now you come on!

Yes she declined the reunion, and she had every right to if she feels her life has moved on. What’s your point?

She’s still very much in touch with the others, they all attended her son’s wedding and she designed the outfit Mel B wore when she got her OBE (or whatever it was) a few months back.

Qilin · 06/10/2023 21:17

CakeInAJar · 06/10/2023 21:10

I saw VB in a documentary donkeys years ago and she came across well.
She just has the affliction of having a resting bitch face that’s all

Women are allowed to not smile all the time for the press, if they don't want to.
Probably even more so when they have been subjected to years of grief from the media and its readers for many years,

CakeInAJar · 06/10/2023 21:17

Uggtrending · 06/10/2023 21:15

@CakeInAJar it was tongue in cheek about Emma. VB think she's something. She's the only one to release handbags for similar amounts to YSL bags... my point was she isn't anything special and if she was so much "part of the group" why doesn't she decline reunions and not keep in touch with the other spice girls??

Thinks she's a cut abouve the rest that's why.

I’m sure VB had her reasons for not wanting to go in the reunion. Tours are hard and Harper was still young.

Who cares if the woman tries to make money from her designs. She’s got to do something

CakeInAJar · 06/10/2023 21:18

Qilin · 06/10/2023 21:17

Women are allowed to not smile all the time for the press, if they don't want to.
Probably even more so when they have been subjected to years of grief from the media and its readers for many years,

It wasn’t a dig at her. I agree with you! I’m more having a dig at the people who think she’s miserable because she doesn’t smile and has a RBF

Pumpkinoutfitsgalore · 06/10/2023 21:19

If he was off having all
these affairs, surely she’d divorce him? She has plenty of money in her own right and could be with someone that could keep it in his pants

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CakeInAJar · 06/10/2023 21:21

Pumpkinoutfitsgalore · 06/10/2023 21:19

If he was off having all
these affairs, surely she’d divorce him? She has plenty of money in her own right and could be with someone that could keep it in his pants

Who knows. Lots of people stay with cheaters.
he maybe hasn’t even cheated (though I believe the stories of him being a bit of a slapper).

AngeloMysterioso · 06/10/2023 21:24

Uggtrending · 06/10/2023 21:15

@CakeInAJar it was tongue in cheek about Emma. VB think she's something. She's the only one to release handbags for similar amounts to YSL bags... my point was she isn't anything special and if she was so much "part of the group" why doesn't she decline reunions and not keep in touch with the other spice girls??

Thinks she's a cut abouve the rest that's why.

Or… she’s self aware enough to know that she’s actually not a very talented singer, and she’s been able to pursue a real passion and continue earning money doing something she loves and appears to be very good at… and if there are people willing to pay a king’s ransom for one of her handbags then why wouldn’t she charge that much?

Uggtrending · 06/10/2023 21:32

@AngeloMysterioso she's only in the limelight and still "relevant" due to David... I don't think anybody particularly raves about VB. I think she's snobby im not sure why you're arguing with my opinion that's the vibe I get from her and that's the end of that.

Dogsogdog · 06/10/2023 21:35

Pumpkinoutfitsgalore · 06/10/2023 21:19

If he was off having all
these affairs, surely she’d divorce him? She has plenty of money in her own right and could be with someone that could keep it in his pants

He bails out her clothing line, she needs the Beckham name

luckylavender · 06/10/2023 21:38

Uggtrending · 06/10/2023 11:05

@Pumpkinoutfitsgalore I've just always found Victoria snobby, she gives me pompous vibes. People know her because of her husband, it wasn't for him she wouldn't have handbag lines for thousands of pounds.

She was way way more famous than him when they got together. People forget that.

luckylavender · 06/10/2023 21:39

Uggtrending · 06/10/2023 11:12

@stealthninjamum perhaps your definition of WC differs to mine. Can you image the cost alone to maintain a Rolls Royce? Like I said.... you don't really see those type of cars around often. VB father was an electronics engineer and opened a business from that which did pretty well.

Don't forget it was also a private school

luckylavender · 06/10/2023 21:43

@Whatafustercluck - that's the sort of thing I would expect someone with no understanding of elite sport to say. I found it ridiculous that she couldn't keep the news until after the match or indeed the tournament. Obviously he's going to be distracted. Selfish really.

studentlife1 · 06/10/2023 21:44

LunaNorth · 06/10/2023 17:35

Don’t know about anyone else, but I’m brewing a right crush on Gary Neville watching this…👀

He comes across really well and grounded

AngeloMysterioso · 06/10/2023 21:44

Uggtrending · 06/10/2023 21:32

@AngeloMysterioso she's only in the limelight and still "relevant" due to David... I don't think anybody particularly raves about VB. I think she's snobby im not sure why you're arguing with my opinion that's the vibe I get from her and that's the end of that.

Nobody raves about David either, and the only person coming off snobby here is you, bitching about her because she has ideas above her station, with her refusal to do the reunion and her expensive handbags… and that’s the end of that 😜

Maaate · 06/10/2023 21:46

Don't see why it has to be an either or thing. Separately they would have probably faded out of the public eye quite quickly, as a couple they both had their part to play in making the brand. Victoria was the initial driving force to build a career outside football and now David is the main money spinner.

EconomyClassRockstar · 06/10/2023 21:48

I thought the teacher had publicly come out and denied any wrongdoing on either part? But apparently the whole school knows. Weird.

SíDoMhamóí · 06/10/2023 21:48

British people are obsessed with telling everyone they are working class. Even rolls royce owning people. Within 5 minutes of meeting a British person they proclaim their class, if they're working class though, it takes them 1 minute. Painful.

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 06/10/2023 21:49

studentlife1 · 06/10/2023 21:44

He comes across really well and grounded

Yes. He seems like he's be the kind of guy who'd always do the right thing.

McSteamyorMcdreamy · 06/10/2023 21:50

Wonder whether he's still pissed off about not getting a Knighthood....?

I really can't stand either of them and it's completely irrational as I don't know why I don't like them. I can't explain it. I won't be rude about them, I just don't know!!

Ramalangadingdong · 06/10/2023 21:52

flouro · 06/10/2023 19:00

People knew at the school. It was not speculation. There were certain repercussions - it was dealt with - and people warned not to go to the press.

Shame that wasn’t in the documentary. But then I am just being nosy about things that have absolutely nothing to do with me. I would still watch it though.

Whatafustercluck · 06/10/2023 22:00

luckylavender · 06/10/2023 21:43

@Whatafustercluck - that's the sort of thing I would expect someone with no understanding of elite sport to say. I found it ridiculous that she couldn't keep the news until after the match or indeed the tournament. Obviously he's going to be distracted. Selfish really.

Are you always so condescending?

Yeah, totally selfish to tell the father of the baby they made together that they were going to have a baby together 🙄

Elite sports men and women get to be elite precisely because they're able to focus on the job in hand and cut out 'distractions'.

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derxa · 06/10/2023 22:03

Rip Lady Ferguson

Ramalangadingdong · 06/10/2023 22:07

luckylavender · 06/10/2023 21:43

@Whatafustercluck - that's the sort of thing I would expect someone with no understanding of elite sport to say. I found it ridiculous that she couldn't keep the news until after the match or indeed the tournament. Obviously he's going to be distracted. Selfish really.

That really stayed with me after watching the 1st ep. I couldn’t believe she told him just before a crucial game. Surely most people could wait?

Was VB therefore responsible for us losing the World Cup? Lol.

PositanoBay · 06/10/2023 22:18

Moccasin · 06/10/2023 10:45

It’s definitely more than one affair. There have been multiple, and if rumours are to be believed, at least one child has come from his extra marital activities, who Victoria knows about. He comes across as a nice guy, but i think sadly he’s a lot less perfect than he wants us to think.

I've never heard of any other affair and definitely not a child. Where is the lowdown on this?