It’s the moment from the Beckham documentary that everyone is talking about. For the first time, David and Victoria speak openly about the effect on their marriage of his alleged affair with Rebecca Loos in 2004. A tearful Victoria describes it as “the worst time in my life” and David says he “felt physically sick every day”.
Loos is never mentioned by name, but this revisiting of the scandal has shone a light on how the then 26-year-old Dutch PA was treated by both the press and the court of public opinion. She was a young woman who allegedly had an affair with her married boss. He bounced back unscathed while she was slut-shamed. Just like Monica Lewinsky and Pamela Anderson before her, Loos was a casualty of a more misogynistic time.
