A whole load of drama from the 2000s has resurfaced after the brand-new Netflix doc, Beckham, dropped on the streaming platform this week.
In the docu-series, David and Victoria broken their silence on his alleged ‘affair’ with former glamour model Rebecca, saying the media attention at the time was the ‘hardest period’ for both of them.
The world was catapulted into a massive media frenzy when former glamour model, Rebecca Loos, claimed she had an affair with David back in 2003 and it seems it wasn’t just the press that shared their two cents on the matter.
Sharon Osbourne took it upon herself to deliver some pretty savage advice to Rebecca after the alleged ‘affair’ and she did not hold back one bit. Have a look:
Flash-forward some three years after Rebecca’s initial bombshell allegation when she appeared on The X Factor: Battle of the Stars in 2006.
Sharon, who was a judge on the ITV show at the time, watched as Rebecca sang her version of Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted to Love’ smash-hit alongside James Hewitt.
Hewitt himself was in the centre of his own media storm after it came to public attention in the mid-90s that he had an affair with Diana, Princess of Wales, while she was still married to then-Prince Charles.
That era truly was something else.
After the duo finished up their performance, Sharon told them: “Good song choice for you two. Very appropriate song for you both to sing.”
Her comments didn’t stop there – far from it.
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“It’s amazing,” the judge continued, “because you both have so much in common and it shows on stage. You do.”
Then, offering individual comments to Rebecca, Sharon advised some pretty savage advice: “Mrs, you know what, if you get through tonight you should try doing tomorrow’s performance with your knickers on. Because it will help warm up your voice a bit more.”
Rebecca then responded: “Sharon, I didn’t expect to get a very nice comment from you because you’ve completely shunned me throughout this whole show, but that’s OK.”
Sharon then replied, declaring: “You’ve got a very bad vibe that comes from you.”
She also told James, who was once in the army, he ‘should be shot’ for his performance.
Louis Walsh then piped up, telling his fellow judge: “It wasn’t that bad Sharon, she carried the whole performance.”
As if things couldn’t get even more tense, Sharon then wrapped up her feedback praising one of Rebecca’s physical attributes.
“You’ve got very nice boobs though,” she concluded: “You’ve got a very good boob job.”
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During the Netflix doc, Victoria, 49, appears to allude to her husband’s alleged ‘affair’ – saying there was one time that saw her at her ‘most unhappy’.
The couple have previously denied that David, 48, had an affair when he was playing for Real Madrid in 2003 after the rumour mill went haywire after Rebecca, who was 26 at the time, was pictured with then 28-year-old footy star inside a nightclub.
While they didn’t speak about the alleged extra-marital relationship in the new docu-series, they did address the media fallout at the time.
“It was the hardest period because it felt like the world was against us,” she said. “Here’s the thing – we were against each other if I’m being completely honest.”
Posh Spice added: “I can’t even begin to tell you how hard it was and how it affected me.
“It was a nightmare.”
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Now, some two decades after the media frenzy – many of us will be wondering just where on earth 46-year-old Rebecca, who once worked as David’s PA, is and what she’s up to.
Well, for starters, she’s relocated to Norway and has seemingly swapped out a life in the headlines for a more nomadic lifestyle teaching yoga at a retreat with her new husband, Norwegian doctor Sven Christjar Skaiaa.
The pair welcomed their first child just five years on from the ‘affair’ scandal in 2008 and married by 2012.
They then had a second child together and relocated to mountain village, Hemsedal, to start a brand-new life.
It seems miles away from the life of stardom, reality TV shows, Playboy shoots and one particularly controversial appearance in Channel 5’s The Farm back in 2004.
However, Rebecca does still document her life to her 20.8k followers on Instagram where she can be seen enjoying walks out in nature, practicing some yoga poses and walking her dogs.