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David Beckham has revealed that he was so terrified of his first-born child being kidnapped that he was too scared to sleep next to baby Brooklyn and his wife Victoria.<\/p>\n
In a new Netflix documentary, released today, the legendary footballer and Posh Spice give an insight into their lives, featuring archive footage from their early days together to interviews with the likes of Garry Neville and Mel C.<\/p>\n
The four-part series explores Posh Spice and David\u2019s fairy-tale romance as their careers plummeted into fame, but it wasn\u2019t all glitz and glamour.<\/p>\n
At one point, the four-part series takes a look back at how Becks was \u00a0left \u2018clinically depressed\u2019 after the backlash that ensued when he was\u00a0given the red card\u00a0for kicking Diego Simeone before England lost to Argentina.<\/p>\n
The incident just so happened to be moments after Posh told him that she was pregnant with their first child.<\/p>\n
He says: \u2018What I went through was so extreme. The whole country hated me. Hated me. It changed my life. I felt very vulnerable and alone. Wherever I went I got abuse every single day.<\/p>\n
\u2018People look at you in a certain way, spit at you, abuse you, come up to your face and say some of the things that they said. That was difficult.\u2019<\/p>\n
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He was so terrified in fact, that he couldn\u2019t even sleep the night after Brooklyn was born, and would stay awake to protect his family from any threats.<\/p>\n
He explains: \u2018That night, Brooklyn slept next to Victoria, Victoria was like, come and squeeze on the bed with me, and I said, absolutely not.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m sleeping with my head against the door because I was paranoid someone was going to steal him.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s meant to be a happy moment, and it was of course, but I was worried.<\/p>\n
\u2018I didn\u2019t want him to come into this life at a time where I was going through what I was going through.\u2019<\/p>\n
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That\u2019s not the only memory they have from the night Brooklyn was born.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the docuseries, David recalls how Victoria wasn\u2019t too impressed when she, \u2018numb from the waist down\u2019 after giving birth, was asked to fix his hair so he could go announce their newborn to the paps.<\/p>\n
\u2018Someone came up to us and said David you should go out and announce the baby has been born,\u2019 he recalls.<\/p>\n
She adds: \u2018I\u2019d had an epidural, and I remember him leaning over as I was lying there in hospital, numb from the waist down.\u2019<\/p>\n
He continues: \u2018And I was like, can you do my hair? Which I\u2019m not sure she was over the moon about.\u2019<\/p>\n
We don\u2019t blame her!<\/p>\n
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Within the first few minutes of the docuseries, it\u2019s clear that David had his sights on Victoria from the first time he met her, before they\u2019d even met.<\/p>\n
Recalling when he first laid eyes on her, Gary begins by recalling how he and David had been watching TV when the Spice Girls came on.<\/p>\n
\u2018I turned around to Gary and went, see that one, I\u2019m going to marry that one, and we\u2019re laughing and joking, and I\u2019m like no, I\u2019m going to marry that one. The posh one in the black dress.\u2019<\/p>\n
Gary adds: \u2018I suppose most blokes have done that in their lives, looked at the television and gone, I like her, but you don\u2019t f**king end up with them.\u2019<\/p>\n
Remembering when he first saw her in real life, before a match which saw Liverpool fan Mel C in the stands supporting the opposing team with Posh, David said: \u2018In the changing room before the game, one of the players came in and said there\u2019s two Spice Girls there, and I said, what ones, and he said, the sporty one and the posh one, and i was like, great\u2026. so I then played the game.\u2019<\/p>\n
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In one of the most candid moments in the series, Becks is on hand to call Victoria out after she brands herself \u2018working class\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018I just fancied him, it was as simple as that. I think because we both come from families that work really hard \u2013 our parents worked really hard and we\u2019re very working class,\u2019 she tells the camera.<\/p>\n
\u2018Be honest,\u2019 he interrupts. \u2018Be honest, what car did your dad drive you to school in?\u2019<\/p>\n
Not wanting to directly answer, she tries: \u2018It\u2019s not a simple answer\u2019, before admitting: \u2018In the eighties my dad had a Rolls Royce.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Thank you,\u2019 David grins.<\/p>\n
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Keeping their relationship under wraps and away from the paps meant they had to share some \u2018seedy\u2019 intimate moments at first.<\/p>\n
After Victoria gave her phone number to David on the back of an aeroplane ticket, thinking she then must have flown in to watch his match, the pair remember how fast their relationship moved.<\/p>\n
\u2018There was something there that was straight away, this is it, and it\u2019s going to move fast,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n
She then adds: \u2018We would meet in car parks and that\u2019s not as seedy as it sounds.\u2019<\/p>\n
In a separate confessional, David confirms: \u2018The first kiss that I ever had with Victoria was in the BMW, in a car park. Classy!\u2019<\/p>\n
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While David questions what the pair were thinking wearing their iconic wedding suits, it\u2019s clear Posh has no regrets.<\/p>\n
\u2018I think I just took Victoria\u2019s lead on it,\u2019 he excuses, adding: \u2018What were we thinking?\u2019<\/p>\n
Meanwhile she explains: \u2018It was fun\u2026 we weren\u2019t worried about what people were going to say.\u2019<\/p>\n
As for the thrones though, she admitted having no idea where they came from.<\/p>\n
According to the synopsis of the documentary: \u2018David\u00a0Beckham\u00a0is one of the most known names on the planet, yet few people know who he really is.<\/p>\n
\u2018From his humble working-class beginnings in east London, his drive and determination to win, and the battle to find balance between ambition, love and family, David\u2019s story is one of immense ups and downs.<\/p>\n
\u2018The series takes you on that rollercoaster and builds a surprising, personal and definitive story of one of the most recognisable and scrutinised athletes of all time.\u2019<\/p>\n