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While many celebrity relationships come and go, David And Victoria Beckham have been married for 24 years and are famous for their lasting connection. Now the start of their relationship is explored as part of the new Netflix documentary Beckham (Released on October 4) on the life and career of the football player. As indicated by the Mirror , The Docuseries includes David comments about her debut with Victoria, as well as comments from her former teammates, one of whom says that David was "like a drug addict" with regard to the singer of Spice Girls.

Read the rest to see what David and his friends had to say about his love story with the fashion designer and to find out more about their marriage.

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Victoria and David met for the first time in 1997 when she attended a Manchester United match while David was part of the team and ended up giving her her phone number. But, even before that, the footballer had expressed his interest in Victoria after having seen her with the Spice Girls on television. During an appearance on The Ellen Degeneres show In 2008, he recalled: "I was in a hotel room with my best friend, who was my best man at my wedding. And I remember doing myself - even before I met Victoria - and said: "I want to marry this one ... that of the black dress, the one with the bob. »»

The two were married two years later, in 1999, four months after welcoming their first child, Brooklyn Beckham . Since then, they have welcomed three other children: Romeo ,, Rump , And Harper Beckham .

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In the new documentation, David's former teammate in Manchester United Gary Neville talked about what it was to watch David fall for Victoria. Neville was the friend that David was going to marry the Spice Girl - the best man in their marriage.

"He was on the phone for Victoria every second," said Neville in the series ( via the Mirror ). "He would stay on the phone until a morning. It was like a drug addict. He would take four hours to spend 20 minutes with her."

Another teammate, Paul Scholes said: "We knew that David was getting the manager [ Alex Ferguson ] disabled. I think he was probably going down to London at times when he might not have been. And the manager wouldn't have that. ""

Ferguson is also interviewed in the documentary. "He has changed, there is no doubt about it," he said about David. "The attention of the media and becoming a celebrity were different from what I wanted. Bringing David to keep his feet on the ground has become more difficult."

David's mother, Sandra West West , said in the documentary that she and David's father, Ted Beckham , fearing that her son's new relationship with Victoria could affect her football career. At the time, Victoria and David were at the beginning of the twenty.

"We will stay at home and three in the morning, the phone would sound," recalls Sandra in the Netflix show. "I replied and would say that he is in sleeping bed and they would like to speak. Me, the protective mother thought:" You shouldn't really ring this time in the morning. "But how can you tell them, they are adults." She adds: "We fear losing everything for what he worked. Because football came first and suddenly, it was not the case . " AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

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During his marriage, David was Accused of having cheated Victoria , including with his assistant Rebecca Loos In 2003, what he denied. Netflix docuseries will cover these claims.

Director Fisher Stevens said The Sunday Times ( via THE Independent ), "It was not pleasant, but we entered. For me, I approached it as" how did your marriage stay together? "And you will see how he reacts. I spoke with both of the difficulties they have crossed."

Since they have been married for almost 25 years, David and Victoria have often been asked if there was a "secret" at their marriage.

During a 2017 episode of the BBC Radio 4 Disks of the desert island ( via mashable ), David explained why their relationship works: "I think we are a strong family unit. We have strong parents; we were raised with the right values." He added: "Of course, you make mistakes over the years, and we all know that marriage is sometimes difficult and it is a question of working through, and each time we have faced ourselves, you know, we We know better than anyone knows us. "

As for Victoria, in 2022, she said Grazie "And they said it wouldn't last! Since the minute we have married - and here we are going to celebrate 23 years." She said that the secret is "that they [have] so much respect for each other". She added: "David is an incredible father and a husband, and he supports my job very. We are really good partners."

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