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Or should tv stop giving Rebecca Loos airtime?

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SwiftieGrainger · 30/10/2023 18:36

Disgusted that Rebecca Loos has been invited on Good Morning Britain to comment ( not the first time ) on the Beckham documentary. The Beckham documentary is 1% about the time she popped up in his narrative and its not authentic to make a show like that without including details of something like the affair with Rebecca that made so many headlines at the time. That said both Victoria and David addressed it respectfully, never named her and didn't really say anything remarkable or ground breaking at the time. For her to now be given TV time about how much it annoys her that it was spoken about is despicable. I'd imagine it's worse for his wife to revisit than her, she just seems so very nasty and bitter. Aibu or should this sort of weird media circus not be on television?

Yabu - I really respect how much she's banging on about it instead of reflecting on the hurt she played a part in and staying quiet.
Yanbu - why is this on our television and why are we paying someone with their morals in the gutter to say their bit?

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TheSpikySpinosaurus · 31/10/2023 02:51

I'm saying that multiple TV appearances are distasteful. She could've stopped at one response? What purpose could there be to do more than one after addressing it other than trying to get back in the public eye?

Are you kidding? The Beckhams' life is built on publicity but you're criticising RL for having a couple of TV interviews?

Check your misogyny. Your attitude is sickening.

Imagine how you'd feel. You did something 20 years ago. Now it's raked back up again without your consent. Can't you imagine how she feels, or are you saving all your empathy for DB? 🙄 RL can deal with the fallout any way she chooses.

Ohdearanotheryear · 31/10/2023 06:22

SwiftieGrainger · 31/10/2023 00:24

Not being argumentative, sorry to quote your post but just FYI she wasn't living a private life for 20 years. The affair lasted a mere 4 months in 2004 and she was sacked as his pa, days after she was paid 500k by the media to sell her story whilst she shamelessly spoke about their sex life, how she knew Victoria and adored David still following their affair. I really think she thought he would leave his wife and small child for her. She then went through multiple reality tv shows until 2008, did loads of tell alls and sell alls, took the piss out of the affair on TV 'I'm the PA who gives extras' etc etc. I'm not surprised she's resurfaced now.

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@SwiftieGrainger
You seem particularly obsessed with RL. Overly so.

ElevenSeven · 31/10/2023 06:30

no remorse whatsoever for Victoria for her part in it all.

All these years later and she’s still got lots in common with David then.

ThePoshUns · 31/10/2023 06:47

It was the Beckham's that raked all this up and 'glossed over' the affair in their recent documentary ( advert) about themselves.
David was the married man who had the affair. I didn't see him showing much remorse then or now.
They put Rebecca back in the spotlight- she's been living a quiet life in another country, why shouldn't she have her say now?
None of them come out of this very well but it was the Beckhams who brought this upon themselves.

Burpsandrustles · 31/10/2023 06:49

She has the right to defend herself and talk about it, he obviously has an eye for the ladies.
If it hadn't been mentioned she wouldn't be talking about it. They opened that door, not her.

Gummybear23 · 31/10/2023 06:52

DB should have admitted it.
Apologise to VB.

but he chose not to so Rebecca Loos will respond and defend herself.

Gummybear23 · 31/10/2023 06:55

Once a cheat always a cheat.
Why stay in this relationship?

NearlyMonday · 31/10/2023 07:02

A few years ago, John Terry allegedly had an affair with Wayne Bridge’s girlfriend and allegedly she got pregnant and allegedly she has a termination. But did it really happen or not? We will never know. Rather like the Beckham/Loos story

LlynTegid · 31/10/2023 07:03

It was 20 years ago, agree with the OP. Would you have invited the violinist whose name I don't know who has a child fathered by Boris Johnson to discuss the Covid inquiry comments about the former Prime Minister?

bellac11 · 31/10/2023 07:06

You are being unreasonable to watch bilge like Good Morning Britain.

Gummybear23 · 31/10/2023 07:06

They love the limelight.
so public are interested/ obsessed.

They put their lives out there, so u get some who are interested in all the detail.

Brings in the audience.

Brings in the MONEY.

END OF.

RedToothBrush · 31/10/2023 07:10

SwiftieGrainger · 30/10/2023 20:55

Nobody made her shag a man she knew was married, both to blame.

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Yes. So blame both. Don't complain about one going public when the other does.

You are sexist and seem to thing the famous man should be protected.

Anyflippingname · 31/10/2023 07:18

Lampzade · 30/10/2023 18:46

To be fair to Rebecca Loos, it was the Beckam’s who reignited interest in the whole tawdry affair. As a result Rebecca Loos received a great deal of hate on social media.
She is well within her rights to defend herself whatever your views on her ‘affair with DB.

That's how I see it.

Bagwyllydiart · 31/10/2023 07:20

Who? I had to Google the name and still don’t understand.

C8H10N4O2 · 31/10/2023 07:47

Wealthy and influential married man shags an unmarried member of his staff. I seem to recall a number of soft focus interviews/stories sold at the time about "standing by your man" etc in the normal way married celebs make money from such stories.

Years later said man takes more money from a media corporation to do a soft focus biography piece knowing the subject will be raised. The ex employee is fully entitled to respond to accusations and comment in the press - the PR at the time was keen to present her as a harpy and Beckham as some sort of misguided saint.

How does this become "ex employee should shut up and know her place"? Other than in a society which centres the wants of men on each occasion.

Uniquuue · 31/10/2023 08:05

You are way too over invested.

Victoria was/is upset because her husband fucked someone else and she found out.

That's on him. O

sunglassesonthetable · 31/10/2023 08:13

Look the publicity hungry footballer barely mentioned her in his 3 hrs of glossy gorgeous documentary and Vics was so hurt by it. After all that's all they really mentioned. And they were so dignified and gorgeous. And it was so hard for Vics.

Go back to your quiet life of 20 years insignificant, tawdry other women. You've had your quota to reply. How dare you?

Dear god OP. You're a number.

sunglassesonthetable · 31/10/2023 08:31

You're sounding like you don't realise that this time round the Beckhams
control the narrative.

Whereas RL can only respond.

Twonewcats · 31/10/2023 08:33

SwiftieGrainger · 31/10/2023 00:57

Yes of course however on the documentary he isn't horrible about RL at all, he doesn't even name her. He expresses remorse about hurting his wife and since then RL has done these interviews that are just absurd, saying its bothered her that he mentions how Victoria suffered etc. Of course she did!

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She's probably being bombarded with media requests right now, and they'll doubtless be relentless.
The beckhams reignited this shit.

OrigamiOwl · 31/10/2023 08:42

Lampzade · 30/10/2023 18:46

To be fair to Rebecca Loos, it was the Beckam’s who reignited interest in the whole tawdry affair. As a result Rebecca Loos received a great deal of hate on social media.
She is well within her rights to defend herself whatever your views on her ‘affair with DB.

Absolutely this. The Beckham's dragged this back into the limelight. Is Rebecca Loos supposed to sit quietly, have abuse heaped on her on social media, and not be allowed any form of reaction? He was the one that was married, has shown no remorse about what happened, but because he's good at kicking a ball comes out it unblemished.

Also OP YABU about you loaded YABU/YANBU statements. No one is saying the affair was acceptable. But he was the one who had taken the vows. Why are the Beckham's allowed to say what they want but you think the other party should be gagged? Why are they the only ones with the right to speak?

Tatslookawful · 31/10/2023 08:55

Is it true the Doc altered the headline in paper shown re: affair as RL has apparently claimed?

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 31/10/2023 09:13

She might have hated David but his wife didn't deserve that no she doesn't deserve a husband who cheated on her, he was the married one.

sunglassesonthetable · 31/10/2023 09:16

Well on the strength of this thread just watched the RL interview on TM. ( Are their others? )

I really enjoyed the Becks documentary I have to say.

After seeing both, you know what you are totally BVU OP.
He references the affair in his golden documentary. RL answers and not unfairly.
C'st la vie.

VB is hurt. Of course she bloody is !
Her OH possibly had an affair.

THAT IS ON DAVID BECKHAM.

You can deflect onto RL all you
like. That is a symptom. The actual problem is the affair/non affair.

HikingforScenery · 31/10/2023 09:33

SwiftieGrainger · 30/10/2023 19:34

Tbh Victoria was going through life getting on with things when she engaged in sex with her husband. Before the other women lovers come at me nooo I'm not saying David isn't isn't blame they both are but I'm talking about Rebecca here. She shouldn't have done it in the first place with on of the most famous men in the world if she didn't want potential backlash later on. And she gave people a LOT to be disgusted by at the time with what she said I'm interviews. She has to expect it may come up again and can't control the narrative, there would be nothing to come up involving her if she hadn't indulged in it. I have zero sympathy. As for her right to respond yeah go on Rebecca do it but it's very insincere and repeatedly isn't very nice at all.

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I heard about the affair at the time but was not interested in the slightest.

Ive seen a short clip on one of her interviews and she comes cross very well imo. She seems intelligent and is well spoken.

Of course she was absolutely wrong, and DB is even more so for breaking the vows he made to his wife. She felt the need to respond because of her family. i don’t blame her.

ArcaneWireless · 31/10/2023 10:11

“Isn’t very nice”?
”Distasteful”?

I agree OP.

It wasn’t very nice of DB to fuck around and it was quite distasteful of him to go breaking his marriage vows.

They may not have mentioned RL by name but they may as well have done given that was what caused the media flare.

RL has every right to tell her side of it, however distasteful or not nice. They brought it up again. RL did not.

The only person who hurt VB was DB. He is the one who made promises he didn’t keep.

No fuckee fuckee -no story- no hurt - no one under media scrutiny.

If he hadn’t been chasing the dollar, this wouldn’t have happened.