David Beckham did not watch his Netflix documentary until it premiered, the streamer’s head of unscripted has revealed.
13.11.2023 - 14:33 / ok.co.uk
Two of the biggest names in English football, Michael Owen and David Beckham are both known for representing their country on the pitch and have even played alongside each other in Spanish team Real Madrid. But when it comes to any sartorial rivalry with his former England teammate David Beckham, Michael has admitted to OK! that they’re in different stratospheres. Chatting exclusively, he shared: "He always enjoyed being a fashion icon and I was always on his coattails.
David was the one getting the multimillion pound deals, and I was getting maybe 10% of the value of those deals. “In my Liverpool days, I didn’t have a fashion sense and just used to wear trackies all the time.” Fashion was clearly the last thing on Michael’s mind during a glittering football career that saw him collect the coveted Ballon d’Or trophy in 2001. But he reveals his triumphs were met with apathy in the Owen household.
“I do sometimes think, ‘It would be nice to come home to hear your wife and kids say, ‘You were brilliant today.
That was amazing,’” he said. “I do yearn for their glowing references, but there’s none of that. It’s a brutal house where I live,” he says, only half-jokingly.
Michael and David played for Liverpool and Manchester United at the start of their careers, both living in nearby Cheshire, but there was then a widely reported grudge between the pair once they played together in the 1998 World Cup in France. David infamously was given a red card during the game for kicking Argentina's Diego Simeone, with teammate Michael later dubbing him "immature and petulant" in his 2019 autobiography Reboot. He wrote: "Sitting here now, with the benefit of hindsight and perspective, I feel that what David did probably wasn’t a red card
.David Beckham did not watch his Netflix documentary until it premiered, the streamer’s head of unscripted has revealed.
pushed David Beckham to cease working with Qatar amidst its homophobic policies, threatening to shred £10k if the footballer didn’t end his sponsorship before the World Cup began. It was revealed Lycett donated the money to charity and faked the shredding upon the news Beckham did not stop working with Qatar.In his latest prank, Lycett travelled to the Liverpool Docks to promote the first episode of his podcast, ‘Turdcast’. It was set to feature Gary Lineker and his infamous World Cup fecal failure, along with a giant inflatable toilet Lycett branded ‘The Turdis’.
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Footballer Michael Owen has had a glittering football career, including collecting the coveted Ballon D'or trophy in 2001, but has revealed his wife Louise has 'never put him on a pedestal'. In an interview with OK, the 43-year-old, who shares children Gemma, 20, Jessica, 13, Emily, 16, and 17-year-old James with Louise, hilariously admits why his triumphs were met with apathy in the Owen household. “I do sometimes think, ‘It would be nice to come home to hear your wife and kids say, ‘You were brilliant today.That was amazing,’” he says.
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Rebecca Loos, who claimed she had a four-month affair with David Beckham in the early 00s, is now said to be considering spilling the beans on her side of the story in a new tell all documentary.The former glamour model, 46, who now lives in Norway, is reportedly mulling over several TV offers to share her version of events.The mum-of-two was quickly thrust back into the spotlight earlier this year when David's Netflix docu-series, Beckham aired. Rebecca first hit the headlines in 2003 after claiming she had an affair with David after working as his personal assistant.
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