Other points of his public life include the calendar that he has brought out for 2003 which is described as ‘sexy’ by ‘OK!’ Magazine and states that ‘the calendar looks set to be on the wish list of every young fan come the festive season.’
His clothing range in Marks and Spencer’s which appears on many television adverts. Another television and also magazine advert, which Beckham appears in, is the ‘Vodaphone’ advert. Numerous television interviews including the ever-famous ‘Parkinson’ chat show that both David and his wife Victoria took part in. His ‘Japanese theme’ party for charity that generated a television programme, which advertised all the organising that, went into the party. Also David Beckham has tattoos which include both his son’s names Brooklyn and Romeo, which could indicate that he is a family man.
Beckham has now acquired the appropriate nickname of ‘Golden Balls.’ This began in an interview on the chat show ‘Parkinson’ where Victoria Beckham exposed it to the nation as David’s pet name.
David Beckham has now released an autobiography named ‘My World’. I found various book reviews on the website -
These book reviews are very much in favour of the autobiography. The statements include – ‘the best book that I ever read’ and ‘any Beckham fan will enjoy it!’
Another statement says ‘it is obvious he is very uncomfortable with a lot of the publicity he receives’. This could suggest that David Beckham doesn’t court the media.
Last year, David Beckham held hands with Manchester United mascot- six year old Kirsty. She has a rare condition meaning that her heart is back to front and her organs are in the wrong places. Victoria Beckham presented her with a Child of Courage award.
Perhaps it’s his ex-Spice Girl wife formally known as Victoria Adams or Posh Spice, who pressurises him into dressing and acting a certain way. As, I’m sure that a lot of people who don’t follow football will tell you, before Victoria entered his life, a large majority of these non-followers of football would not have been able to tell you much about David Beckham.
However, as ‘Hello’ magazine states ‘David’s ex landlady says he has always been a style star and Victoria has only improved him a bit.’
Perhaps Beckham is ‘toying with the media that he knows he will lap up’ as the website that is devoted to ‘Becks’ suggests.
David Beckham’s family life is put through constant scrutiny from the tabloid newspapers. However, this is one part of his life that he would prefer to keep to himself. He has two sons, Brooklyn who was born on March 4th 1999 and Romeo who was born recently, September 1st 2002. He has got both their names on his football boots, and also tattooed onto his back, this implies that he is a very proud father.
Recently, there were revelations of an alleged plot to kidnap his wife and young son Brooklyn. After this horrific incident, photos were taken of Victoria Beckham looking extremely glum and cheerless. Headlines such as ‘Why has Posh lost her smile?’ and ‘Is she tired of fame?’ Appeared in ‘Night & Day’ magazine. The magazine article questions why could Victoria Beckham be sad with all the money she has and the ‘perfect’ life she leads. Nevertheless, money cannot buy happiness, and I’m sure that if there were alleged plots to kidnap my family, I wouldn’t be smiling either.
The statement from David Beckham ‘The first role of a father and husband is to keep his family safe’ suggests that he has been traumatised by the alarming incident, and would prefer to have family safety than have constant media attention.
David and Victoria Beckham were wed on the 4th July 1999, four months after the birth of their first son. They were married in front of 229 guests in an opulent ceremony at Luttrelstown Castle in Dublin. The wedding photographs, which were bought at an extravagant price of, were published in ‘OK!’ magazine. This may have been to attract media attention, however Victoria Beckham might have always had this in mind as her ‘Dream Wedding’.
At the moment David Beckham is very popular among the vast crowd of Manchester United and England fans and is now referred as ‘England’s favourite footballer’ by ‘OK!’ magazine.
However, it hasn’t always been pleasant on the football front. He received vicious remarks and slanderous comments from the media and England supporters alike, after he got sent off against Argentina in the World Cup in France 1998. Nonetheless, he has worked his way back up and is now a worthy England Captain. He has scored many famous goals for the team, such as when he scored the only goal in the 44th minute in the England v Argentina match in the FIFA World Cup this year. This was a particularly spectacular event, because Argentina has always been a tough adversary for the England team. Another glorious goal which was scored by Beckham was the one that helped Manchester United into the last sixteen of the Worthington Cup, this was also distinctly brilliant, because it was scored during the alleged assaults against his wife and son.
During the Champions League victory over Bayer Leverkusen, Beckham broke a rib, which means that he will be out of the Manchester United side for up to six weeks. This football related article only appears in the ‘Mail on Sunday’ newspaper which is classed by some as an ‘up market tabloid.’ This could indicate that the ‘fashion’ side to Beckham is more important to most tabloid magazines than the ‘football’ aspect of his life.
So, does David Beckham court publicity? In my opinion, there have been several occasions when Beckham may have used the media for his own good. Such as the calendar he has brought out and his ‘Japanese theme’ party for charity.
However, I think that after the alleged plot of kidnapping his wife and child, he would prefer to keep a low profile and keep his family secure than receive the attention of the media. The statement from his autobiography also proves that, although he enjoys his career as a footballer, he is uncomfortable with the media attention he gets.
I think David Beckham will always be surrounded by media attention as this is
what developed his high profile of a world famous footballer, and he will have to accept that this is the negative aspect of being a well-known celebrity.
