These are comments that would no longer be shown on television today, and which (we hope) would immediately cause a scandal. : in a video extract taken from the TV archives, dating from 1999 and shared by the Arte channel on its Instagram account on April 3, 2024, we can see the young Victoria Adams, at the time only engaged to David Beckham, facing to some rather surprising comments from a presenter. During the filming of the show, she had just given birth to her first child, Brooklyn, born 12 weeks earlier, and is still part of the Spice Girls group. And while the young 25-year-old star could be questioned about her life as a young mother, about her music, or even about her relationship, the presenter decides to focus on… her weight. “You had a great year with your baby and your future husband”begins by declaring the presenter of the show, before questioning him: “Have you regained your previous weight?” “Yes” then responds the one who had to hide her relationship for a while.
“50 kilos is not bad”
Far from being satisfied with this answer, and insistent in the face of the one who has now had her own Netflix series with David Beckham, the presenter asks him again if he can “check”. “Oh no, you already did that with Geri, but Geri is smaller,” the singer begins by saying, uncomfortably, in reference to her co-star Geri Halliwell. “It’s horrible” she adds, before still having to place herself on a scale placed right next to herand next to the presenter, standing. “50 kilos is not bad”, he comments afterwards, as the camera zooms in on the needle. A behavior revealing the way women have long been treated, and which demonstrates the pressure that was imposed on them in terms of physical appearance, even after pregnancy. Also in another extract, this time we can see another TV presenter shamelessly asking Victoria Beckham if she is anorexic. A question that he also insists on, while the young woman tells him no. “How do you know ?” “Because I eat”, she replies, before justifying herself: “I have a very healthy diet.”
Even today, to keep her figure, Victoria Beckham, who had to face rumors of infidelity concerning her relationship, eats the same dish every day for 25 years. A way of doing things that can be seen as a impact of the notoriety and media outburst that the star suffered for several yearsand which is discussed in the Arte documentary entitled Spice Girls, Girl Power: Girls Who Changed the Worldfrom which this extract was taken.