David Beckham

And then I had to spend the next three or four years trying to get through these games and the seasons and the abuse that I was getting. But I think, you know, to your point, Sean, that... I think one of the things that came out of the documentary is the fact that, you know, everyone in America remembers me playing for the Galaxy.

They remember me playing for my country and also other teams that I played for, but they didn't know the story of what I'd gone through. So every time that I'm in Miami or LA or New York or somewhere in the US, people come up to me and were like, we didn't know that story. Like, just like you've said. And I suppose for a lot of people, the documentary was a reminder of,

They remember me playing for my country and also other teams that I played for, but they didn't know the story of what I'd gone through. So every time that I'm in Miami or LA or New York or somewhere in the US, people come up to me and were like, we didn't know that story. Like, just like you've said. And I suppose for a lot of people, the documentary was a reminder of,

They remember me playing for my country and also other teams that I played for, but they didn't know the story of what I'd gone through. So every time that I'm in Miami or LA or New York or somewhere in the US, people come up to me and were like, we didn't know that story. Like, just like you've said. And I suppose for a lot of people, the documentary was a reminder of,

firstly, how bad it was, and also for people to actually know the story. So it was quite hard talking for it, actually.

firstly, how bad it was, and also for people to actually know the story. So it was quite hard talking for it, actually.

firstly, how bad it was, and also for people to actually know the story. So it was quite hard talking for it, actually.

Well, one of my, you know, and I talk about it in a documentary, after the World Cup, the place where I went was New York because Victoria was there with the Spice Girls and she was on tour and my escape was New York. So I thought, you know, no one really kind of knew me in the US at that point. They kind of knew who I was. Some soccer fans knew who I was, but actually me... Because of MLS, right?

Well, one of my, you know, and I talk about it in a documentary, after the World Cup, the place where I went was New York because Victoria was there with the Spice Girls and she was on tour and my escape was New York. So I thought, you know, no one really kind of knew me in the US at that point. They kind of knew who I was. Some soccer fans knew who I was, but actually me... Because of MLS, right?

Well, one of my, you know, and I talk about it in a documentary, after the World Cup, the place where I went was New York because Victoria was there with the Spice Girls and she was on tour and my escape was New York. So I thought, you know, no one really kind of knew me in the US at that point. They kind of knew who I was. Some soccer fans knew who I was, but actually me... Because of MLS, right?

Yeah, but me actually going there was... was an escape for me. But then the media was so intense at that point, you know, I kind of disappeared for a few weeks and then by the time I came back, I thought, and I talk about it in the documentary, I thought, oh, they'd have forgot everything and they didn't. So it was kind of difficult at the time. But obviously being...

Yeah, but me actually going there was... was an escape for me. But then the media was so intense at that point, you know, I kind of disappeared for a few weeks and then by the time I came back, I thought, and I talk about it in the documentary, I thought, oh, they'd have forgot everything and they didn't. So it was kind of difficult at the time. But obviously being...

Yeah, but me actually going there was... was an escape for me. But then the media was so intense at that point, you know, I kind of disappeared for a few weeks and then by the time I came back, I thought, and I talk about it in the documentary, I thought, oh, they'd have forgot everything and they didn't. So it was kind of difficult at the time. But obviously being...

being with a spy skill at that time they were at the height of their fame so you know it was kind of both worlds colliding and then you know and i think that's why probably i got you know some of the abuse that i got and in all honesty i accepted it i got on with it and i knew sure the only way of me getting over it was working harder and being protected by sir alex ferguson

being with a spy skill at that time they were at the height of their fame so you know it was kind of both worlds colliding and then you know and i think that's why probably i got you know some of the abuse that i got and in all honesty i accepted it i got on with it and i knew sure the only way of me getting over it was working harder and being protected by sir alex ferguson

being with a spy skill at that time they were at the height of their fame so you know it was kind of both worlds colliding and then you know and i think that's why probably i got you know some of the abuse that i got and in all honesty i accepted it i got on with it and i knew sure the only way of me getting over it was working harder and being protected by sir alex ferguson

white hot fame looks like that's the kind of treatment that you get so therefore need not take it too personally it's just that's the way they kind of do media there well i suppose you do think like that to a certain point but you do take a lot of the stuff that is going on personally you know some of the lot of the things that are being said but i i kind of knew deep down even though i'd not been through anything like that throughout my career up until that point

white hot fame looks like that's the kind of treatment that you get so therefore need not take it too personally it's just that's the way they kind of do media there well i suppose you do think like that to a certain point but you do take a lot of the stuff that is going on personally you know some of the lot of the things that are being said but i i kind of knew deep down even though i'd not been through anything like that throughout my career up until that point

white hot fame looks like that's the kind of treatment that you get so therefore need not take it too personally it's just that's the way they kind of do media there well i suppose you do think like that to a certain point but you do take a lot of the stuff that is going on personally you know some of the lot of the things that are being said but i i kind of knew deep down even though i'd not been through anything like that throughout my career up until that point

I knew deep down that I would be OK. I don't know how. I just knew that I was protected at Manchester United. I was protected by Sir Alex Ferguson. But the thing that I got upset mostly about was, you know, my grandparents got affected by it, my sisters, my parents. And that was what upset me more than anything. Yeah, yeah.