Lady Victoria Beckham, 51, reveals the brutal TV moment she was weighed live just six months after giving birth to her son, Brooklyn, in the new Netflix documentary Victoria Beckham.
TV Criticism Cut Deep for Young Victoria
In the candid three-part series, the former Spice Girl recalls how harsh public scrutiny took a toll on her. She said: “People felt that it was okay to criticise a woman for her weight, for what she’s doing, for what she’s wearing. There were a lot of things happening in TV then that won’t happen now, that can’t happen now.”
“‘Get on those scales’ on television. ‘Have you lost the weight?’ You know, we laugh about it and we joke about it when we’re on television. But I was really, really young, and that hurts.
“I really started to doubt myself and not like myself… you lose all sense of reality. I’m just very critical of myself. I didn’t like what I saw.
“I’ve been everything from porky posh to skinny posh. It’s been a lot, and that’s hard.
“I had no control over what was being written about me, pictures that were being taken. And I suppose I wanted to control that.
“I could control it with the clothing. I could control my weight and I was controlling it in an incredibly unhealthy way … it really affects you when you’re being told constantly you’re not good enough.”
David Beckham Backs Wife Amid Brutal Backlash
Sir David Beckham stood by Victoria during those tough times, saying: “My Victoria that I knew sits at home in a tracksuit, smiling, laughing, having a glass of wine that started to go purely because of the criticism that she was getting.”
From Spice Girl to Fashion Powerhouse
The Netflix doc, launching on October 9, tracks Victoria’s rise from pop star to style mogul as she prepares for a make-or-break Paris Fashion Week show, while revealing the woman behind the icon.
