David Beckham has got Harper's teacher pregnant

[Sir C]

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone and all that, but I'm never really sure how Beckham's image has been so untarnished for so long, tbh. I mean he seems a nice enough chap and all, but he's got demonstrable form when it comes to playing away, so I'm a little mystified as to how he is constantly fawned over as some icon of marital and paternal perfection.

He only had the one indiscretion, didn't he? A dalliance with the piglady? I'd say that's a pretty decent record over, what is it, getting on for 20 years?

[Burney]

He only had the one indiscretion, didn't he? A dalliance with the piglady? I'd say that's a pretty decent record over, what is it, getting on for 20 years?

Well that's the only one we've heard about, but even if that is his only indiscretion, it's still at odds with the tone of much of the coverage of him, which borders on the hagiographic.

[WES]

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone and all that, but I'm never really sure how Beckham's image has been so untarnished for so long, tbh. I mean he seems a nice enough chap and all, but he's got demonstrable form when it comes to playing away, so I'm a little mystified as to how he is constantly fawned over as some icon of marital and paternal perfection.

The fact that he's put up with that self-absorbed, permanently pouting, stick insect of a wife for all these years and four children later
might have something to do with it.

My hatred for her is of Ramseyesque proportions, Burney.

[Burney]

The fact that he's put up with that self-absorbed, permanently pouting, stick insect of a wife for all these years and four children later
might have something to do with it.

My hatred for her is of Ramseyesque proportions, Burney.

Oh, I agree. She's a ghastly waste of skin. However, nobody made him marry her, did they?

[Sir C]

Well that's the only one we've heard about, but even if that is his only indiscretion, it's still at odds with the tone of much of the coverage of him, which borders on the hagiographic.

Bear in mind, of course, that my ex who met him regularly was absolutely charmed by him, and the things she hated most in he world wre the stupid, the common, and footballers. Perhaps he has a similar effect on journalists.

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

The fact that he's put up with that self-absorbed, permanently pouting, stick insect of a wife for all these years and four children later
might have something to do with it.

My hatred for her is of Ramseyesque proportions, Burney.

Give her, her dues, WES. She is hideous and talentless but did everything that she could to get as far as she could.

[Burney]

Bear in mind, of course, that my ex who met him regularly was absolutely charmed by him, and the things she hated most in he world wre the stupid, the common, and footballers. Perhaps he has a similar effect on journalists.

Possibly so. He seems well-mannered, unassuming, kind and polite. And the fact that he's very good-looking probably doesn't hurt.

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

Bear in mind, of course, that my ex who met him regularly was absolutely charmed by him, and the things she hated most in he world wre the stupid, the common, and footballers. Perhaps he has a similar effect on journalists.

I'm assuming that he doesn't have to say much or doesn't have much to say.... you know, if he keeps his mouth shut, he is more likely to get laid.

[Sir C]

I'm assuming that he doesn't have to say much or doesn't have much to say.... you know, if he keeps his mouth shut, he is more likely to get laid.

Yes, there was never the suggestion that he was a great raconteur or anything.