David Beckham has rubbished claims that he and wife Victoria stay together because of “brand Beckham”.
The former professional footballer was appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs to celebrate the show’s 75th anniversary.
“People have talked about ‘do we stay together because it’s a brand?’ Of course not,” he said.
“We stay together because we love each other. We stay together because we have four amazing children.”
He told presenter Kirsty Young: “We’re a strong family unit. We’ve got strong parents, we were brought up with the right values.
“Of course you make mistakes over the years. We all know marriage is difficult at times, and it’s about working through it.”
Victoria and Beckham married in 1999 and have four children together.
“Of course you go through tough times, but we’re very respectful of our life, and when we do go through tough times we work through them as a family, as a unit,” he said.
Beckham’s song choices included Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney’s duet The Girl Is Mine – which he dedicated to his daughter, Harper – and Something About The Way You Look Tonight by Sir Elton John.
“We became friends with Elton, and he was coming to the wedding to perform this song,” he explained.
“We had a phone call that morning to say unfortunately Elton was on the plane and had a heart attack.
“Obviously we were more worried about his health and how he was but we christened the kids a couple of years after that, and he came and performed this song in our house, and it’s a very special song for us.”
Beckham’s other song choices included Every Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald – which he also said was the one song of all his choices he would rescue from the waves.
As his luxury item, Beckham chose his England caps from his international football career.
“I knew that my Dad would be proud of my achievements, but the only time my dad turned round to me and said: ‘You know what son you’ve done really well’, was when I got my 100th cap for England,” Beckham said. �BBC
Indian beauty queen Sushmita Sen, who is currently in Manila to judge this year’s Miss Universe pageant, got nostalgic as she walked the ramp which changed her life forever.
In 1994, the actress made India proud as she became the first Indian to be crowned as Miss Universe held in Manila.
Now that life has come full circle for the stunning beauty, she shared a heartfelt post along with a video on her Instagram account where the 41-year-old is enjoying being on the stage again.
She captioned the video as, “For you #India post our #judge briefing today, got all my co judges (very sporting bunch) up on the #missuniverse2016 stage in #Manila to celebrate the #platform that will change someone’s life forever!!! bringing #glory to their #country as they proudly represent it!!!”
“My co judges walked n danced to (videos to follow) And I..walked this stage one last time with YOU in my heart!!!! I celebrate you…I always will!!! THANK YOU INDIA!!! #missuniverse1994,” she added.
Sen will be on the judges panel of the upcoming 65th edition of Miss Universe pageant, which will take place on January 30, reports Times of India.
