04 October 2023 , 07:08
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Victoria Beckham said she 'resented' her husband David after their marriage was tested following the rumours of his alleged affair with Rebecca Loos.
In 2003, it was rumoured that the footballer and the personal assistant got close to each other while he was playing in Spain for Real Madrid. Posh Spice, 49, and David's relationship suffered as a result and it became the 'hardest period' in their lives because 'it felt like the world was against' them.
In the new Netflix documentary, Beckham, the former Manchester United star, 48, admitted he doesn't know how the couple got through the rumours but the couple knew they had to 'fight for their family'. David said he 'felt sick every day' as their names hit headlines in the months following the explosive claims – which, at the time, he branded as "ludicrous".
Victoria 'resented' David at the time (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
It was alleged in 2003 that David had an affair with Rebecca Loos (PA)Opening up for the documentary, Victoria revealed the couple were 'against each other'. At the time, she was based in the UK where Brooklyn and Romeo were attending school while David was in Spain working. David said: "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."
They were asked how their marriage survived and David responded: "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, 'How am I going to do this?'"
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The rumours, which were published by News Of The World, resulted in Victoria moving to Madrid to be closer to David. They bought a £3million home there and she even gave birth to Cruz in the Spanish capital. However, she was unhappy about leaving the UK and 'resented' David.
"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," she said. "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."