Victoria Beckham opens up about David’s alleged affair with Rebecca Loos
In 2003, Beckham allegedly had a relationship with his then assistant while playing for Real Madrid.
Victoria Beckham opens up about David’s alleged affair with Rebecca Loos
Victoria Beckham has spoken openly for the first time about the pain she suffered after her husband’s alleged affair with his PA.
The ex-Spice Girl was speaking as part of a new four-part documentary on Netflix, called Beckham.
In 2003, Beckham allegedly had a relationship with his then assistant Rebecca Loos, while playing for Real Madrid.
Ms Loos, a former model, would go on to star in a number of reality TV shows - including Celebrity Love Island.
Speaking on the documentary, Victoria (49) fights back tears as she describes the alleged affair as the hardest time in their marriage.
"It was the hardest period for us. Because it felt like the world was against us.
“Here's the thing, we were against each other, if I'm being completely honest.
"Up until Madrid sometimes it felt like us against everybody else but we were together, we were connected, we had each other.
Rebecca Loos (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
“But when we were in Spain, it didn't really feel like we had each other either.
"And that's sad. I can't even begin to tell you how hard it was. And how it affected me.”
David Beckham also describes the fallout from the relationship, saying his time in Real Madrid was affected by the publicity.
He said: "When I first moved to Spain it was difficult because I had been part of a club and a family for my whole career, from the age of 15 to when I was 27.
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"I get sold overnight, the next minute I'm in a city, I don't speak the language. More importantly, I didn't have my family.
“Every time that we woke up we felt there was something else... we both felt at the time that we were not losing each other but drowning.”
He added: “I don't know how we got through it, in all honestly. 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, we needed to fight for our family.
“And what we had was worth fighting for.
"There were some days that I would wake up and think, 'How am I going to go to work? How am I going to walk on to that training pitch? How am I going to look as if nothing's wrong?'
"I felt physically sick every day when I opened my eyes.”
Mia Regan, Romeo Beckham, Cruz Beckham, Harper Beckham, David Beckham, Victoria Beckham, Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz arrive for the premiere of Netflix's documentary series Beckham at the Curzon Mayfair in London
In 2004, Rebecca Loos spoke to a newspaper claiming she had an affair with Beckham while he was playing for Real Madrid.
David Beckham described the claims as "ludicrous" at the time.
Speaking on the Netflix series, Victoria says she was not happy with leaving England.
She said: "As soon as I could get the kids in school, we then move full-time.
"Did I resent David? If I am being totally honest, yes I did. It was probably, if I'm being honest, the most unhappy I have ever been in my life.
"It wasn't that I felt unheard because I chose to internalise a lot of it because I was always mindful of a focus that he needed.”
David and Victoria recently celebrated 25 years of marriage.
