Victoria Beckham and Nicole Kidman had a seriously candid conversation about being forced to sacrifice their social lives for motherhood.
The four-part series chronicles British soccer legend David Beckham’s rise to fame from his working-class roots, and, of course, his wife of 25 years, Victoria, features heavily in the show. Fans were delighted to have this rare insight into the Beckhams’ relationship, and one candid scene ended up taking on a life of its own.
You see, despite Victoria’s Spice Girls alter ego literally being called “Posh Spice,” in Beckham, the star is adamant that her upbringing was just as working class as her husband’s. Speaking to the camera, she says of her family: “We’re very working class,” only for David’s head to pop out from behind a door as he sternly interrupts: “Be honest!” “Uh, I am being honest,” Victoria replies, with David repeatedly urging her to tell the truth before asking: “What car did your dad drive you to school in?”
You might remember that David and Victoria Beckham went viral last year for a seriously funny moment from the Beckham docuseries on Netflix. Victoria Beckham Just Attempted To Explain Why Her Dad Having A Rolls-Royce Doesn’t Mean That Her Family Weren’t Working Class After David Beckham Went Viral For Calling Her Out Last Year
Reflecting on her journey as a mother, Victoria said: “[David and I] woke up this morning and said, ‘We’re so proud of the kids, they’re such great, kind, sweet, humble, funny, hardworking young adults.’ Getting that balance is very difficult. I struggled with that a lot when the children were younger.”
“We’ve never had an enormous amount of staff, if you like,” she continued. “We do have nannies and we do have our parents, who have been amazing. But you do feel like you’re juggling. You’re trying to be the best wife, the best mom, the best professional. We didn’t have much of a social life when the children were younger, that is just that one thing too much.”
“Being a wife, mom, and fulfilling your dreams in regards to what your passions are, and what you love to do in regards to work, was enough,” Victoria added. “But then the kids get older and they flee the nest and have their own passions. Now myself and David are in the next chapter.” And Nicole could relate to this feeling, replying: “We’re in the same boat as you — we put so much into the family and a lot of our social life didn’t exist, and now we need to make new friends, get out more, say yes.”
“When you’re raising kids, [you say] ‘I can’t actually go to that’, or you’re sick and canceling, or you’ve got to work, and the one thing that’s going to fall is going out and creating new groups of friends,” Nicole went on. “Now we’re older, so we’re going, OK, we as a couple have to find our next step in the world and not just based on us doing stuff as a family.”
