1. Rebecca Loos was David’s personal assistant who claimed they had an affair
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Five years into David and Victoria’s marriage, David’s personal assistant, Rebecca Loos, changed the course of celeb history by claiming she’d had an affair with the footballer. According to her, it was a four month affair that happened while they were both away in Madrid.
2. She bagged a lot of money and magazine covers for her story
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It’s no surprise that Rebecca made a lot of money from the story of the affair when she went public, including a reported pay out of £350,000 from News of the World, and £150,000 by Sky – not to mention all the magazine covers, including Playboy. Altogether, it’s believed she made around a million.
3. She met her husband on reality show 71 Degrees North
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Four years after the allegations that she’d slept with David Beckham, Rebecca appeared on the Dutch reality TV show 71 Degrees North, where she met the show’s medical consultant, Sven Christjar Skaiaa. The pair ended up falling in love, getting married and are still together.
4. She moved to an isolated ski resort to raise her family
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After meeting her husband, Rebecca wanted to stick around, and ended up moving to Norway to an isolated ski resort after they got married and she fell pregnant with their first child. The pair now have two sons, who were raised in Hemsedal, the secluded resort.
5. She now works as a yoga instructor
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It seems that Rebecca has moved far away from the fast-paced media and paparazzi, as she’s now embraced a more zen lifestyle working as a yoga instructor. Before she became qualified, she worked at her husband’s medical practice part time before moving into fitness.
6. Victoria Beckham has said Rebecca’s allegations caused the hardest period of her life
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The latest Beckham documentary revealed how Rebecca Loos impacted the lives of the Beckhams. Victoria has said that it was the hardest period for her and David, because it felt like the world was against them – and that particularly, when they were in Spain, it felt like they were distant.
7. She bagged spots in a ton of reality shows
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The world wanted to know the story of Rebecca Loos’ affair and insider information about the Beckhams, which is why the only natural course of action was to invite Loos onto every reality show in existence! She made appearances on Celebrity Love Island, The X Factor and Extreme Celebrity Detox, to name a few.
8. What’s the story with Rebecca and the infamous pig?
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One of the most memorable reality show appearances for Rebecca was The Farm, and a particular story about a pig is just as well know as the cheating allegations. Whilst working on the farm, she had to collect s*men from an adult male pig to impregnate the females, and there was only one way of doing that – which racked up a ton of complaints!
9. She used to work as a model
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Before she became a personal assistant to a footballer, and a long while before she would settle down in Norway as a yoga instructor, Rebecca Loos was actually a model and had a few commercial jobs before she switched careers. She’s always had a love for her body, so it’s no surprise she enjoyed modelling as well as the benefits of yoga.
10. Rebecca has reacted negatively to David’s comments in the Netflix doc
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If there’s one person who definitely tuned in to the documentary, it’s Rebecca Loos – and she wasn’t happy. Her main criticism was that David should “take responsibility” for what he did, and the doc only showed him skirting around his answers. She’s adamant that he’s the one who caused Victoria’s suffering but Loos has been made to look like the bad guy. Who’s side are you on?
