There’s a slightly awkward video from Netflix’s David and Victoria Beckham documentary,
Beckham, that sees David Beckham questioning his wife’s assertion that they both grew up in “very middle-class” families. David did, but Victoria?
In the video, David, out of the room during the interview with Victoria, pokes his head in to say, “Be honest,” after Victoria’s statement.
“I am being honest,” Victoria replies.
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“What car did your dad drive you to school in?” David asks.
Victoria hems and haws, but eventually concedes that her father drove her to school in a Rolls Royce.
“Thank you,” David responds with a smirk.
The two have been together for over 25 years, and I do not have the entire context of this conversation outside of that video, so I am not going to judge David for throwing his wife under the bus about their respective childhood upbringing. I will say this, however: Wealth is relative. I am not a wealthy person by any stretch of the imagination, but a 16-year-old me would call my children “rich kids” because they eat three meals a day, can afford new shoes when needed and don’t have parents who drive a gray car with a bright orange fender.
I’m saying that having a father who drives a Rolls Royce (and founded an electronics wholesale business) may seem rich to you or me. However, to 49-year-old Victoria Beckham, who has three refrigerators in each of their numerous homes, multiple personal assistants, and a chef who makes Victoria the exact same meal every single day, maybe a father who drives a Rolls Royce seems quant and middle-class by comparison.
