Rebecca Loos wants David Beckham to “publicly apologize for hurting his wife,” a source claimed.
The yoga teacher and former glamor model has told friends she was upset that the former England captain never apologized in his new self-produced Netflix documentary.
And she further accused him of “playing the victim,” they say.
Beckham, 48, and his wife Victoria, 49, both spoke for the first time in their self-titled Beckham series about the fallout from his alleged affair with mother-of-two Ms Loos.
The father-of-four once appeared close to tears as he described how the 2004 scandal almost destroyed their marriage.
Rebecca Loos holds her car keys and a handbag as she leaves her home in the village and ski resort of Hemsedal in Norway
Victoria Beckham speaks about the consequences of the Rebecca Loos allegations
The father-of-four appeared close to tears as he described how the 2004 scandal almost destroyed their marriage
In 2004, it was reported that Rebecca was having an affair with David (pictured together in Spain at the time).
But Ms Loos, 46, was frustrated by his failure to directly address the allegations as she watched from her home in rural Norway, according to a close friend.
The alleged affair, which he has always denied, is said to have taken place while he was playing for Real Madrid in the Spanish capital.
The friend said: “Rebecca thinks David should behave and publicly apologize for the pain he caused his wife instead of playing the victim.”
“He has always described allegations of the affair as “ridiculous”, but he has never confirmed or denied that one took place.
Fans were stunned when the Beckhams finally spoke out about the scandal in the four-part Netflix series, which also documents their glamorous 1999 wedding in Ireland and his football career with Manchester United and England.
The documentary, produced by the couple’s own production company, features old television footage and newspaper clippings about the alleged affair.
And while Becks didn’t go into detail about the allegations, he did speak candidly about the impact it had on their marriage.
He explained that he “felt physically sick every day” and revealed: “Every time we woke up we felt like there was something else… we both felt at the time that we weren’t losing each other, but drown.”
Victoria also fought back tears when asked if it was the hardest time in her marriage. “100 percent,” she said. “It was the most difficult time for us. Because it felt like the world was against us.’
Beckham also admitted he still doesn’t know how they got through the crisis, but said he and his former Spice Girl wife knew they had to “fight for their family.”
He added that they felt like they were “drowning” as their high-profile marriage was in the headlines for months.
Although 46-year-old Rebecca has often publicly claimed that she has “no regrets” about telling her story, another source close to her says she accepted the six-figure deal that the News of the World paid her in 2004. I consider it a “huge mistake”. .
Rebecca Loos takes a walk in her home in Hemsedal, Norway
Rebecca wears an elegant coat and matching handbag outside her home in Norway
Rebecca clutches her car keys as she leaves her property in the postcard-perfect village of Hemsedal
Rebecca was a Madrid-based PR manager when she was appointed Beckham’s assistant after he was signed by Real Madrid.
When the alleged four-month affair came to light, she was reassigned to menial duties by the management company she worked for. Beckham denied the relationship and said he was happily married at the time but never took legal action against her.
While the Netflix docuseries has brought Ms. Loos back into the spotlight after nearly 20 years, friends say she is frustrated that the scandal has threatened to intrude into her anonymous rural life.
There is no doubt that the mother of two is now very happy with her idyllic life as a yoga teacher, happily married to a Norwegian doctor and living against the backdrop of stunning mountain scenery.
But since her Nordic neighbors show little interest in her scandalous past, she prefers to look forward rather than back.
A friend who has known her for years told Web: ‘Looking back now, she feels telling her story in the News of the World was a mistake, but she forgives her younger self for the mistakes. “
“She also made some questionable decisions in her career after that, participating in reality TV shows, like the one where she was filmed in that scene with a pig, and she probably didn’t get the best advice from the people around her around, such as the late Max Clifford.’
She certainly paid a heavy price for these misjudgments.
In 2006, X-Factor: Battle of the Stars judge Sharon Osbourne viciously urged Rebecca to “try doing tomorrow’s performance in your underwear” to “warm up” her voice.
She then took part in Channel Five’s 2008 series The Farm, in which Rebecca was filmed masturbating a pig to collect sperm to inseminate a sow. Of course it made headlines.
“Because I was, of course,” Rebecca said. “I will always carry this sex-obsessed label because I am bisexual and had an affair with a married man.”
But Rebecca’s friend pointed out to Web that at least something good had come from her otherwise “questionable” reality TV career.
“She met her husband Sven – the love of her life – through another reality TV show, so it’s not all bad,” the friend added, “and Rebecca is much more about counting her blessings than to talk about their regrets.”
In October 2008, Rebecca took part in the Dutch version of 71 Degrees Nord, where the handsome Norwegian doctor Sven Christjar Skaiaa was the series’ paramedic and the couple fell in love.
They married shortly after Rebecca became pregnant, although she kept her own surname, and settled in the mountainous south of Norway, where she gave birth to their child in July 2009.
The couple now have two sons, Magnus, 14, and Liam, 11, who Rebecca calls “my little Vikings” – and the family live with their English setter Mila in the ski resort of Hemsedal, known as the center of the “Scandinavian Alps”, a three-hour drive from Oslo.
Madrid-born diplomat’s daughter Rebecca, who is part Dutch, has embraced life in the mountains in style and regularly posts beautiful views from her dog walks.
Rebecca’s home in the picturesque village of Hemsedal
According to a close friend, Ms. Loos, 46, watching from her home in rural Norway, was frustrated that he had failed to directly address the allegations.
The Hemsedal ski resort, known as the center of the “Scandinavian Alps,” is a three-hour drive from Oslo. Rebecca lives there with her husband and their two sons Magnus, 14, and Liam, 11
To the delight of some of her 24,000 Instagram followers, she also climbed the 20 highest peaks overlooking the valley – exposing her breasts to the Alpine trolls at each peak – although each of the topless shots on the mountain top were tastefully shot from behind.
That certainly wasn’t the case during her acclaimed stint as a Playboy cover girl in 2006, but in her own look back at the episode when empire founder Hugh Hefner died in 2017, she was unapologetic, posting: “RIP @hughhefner // An honor to have been your cover girl, to have met you and celebrated in your villa ❤️#hughhefner #legend #playboy #playboycover #11yearsago #thegoodoldtimes #rebeccaloos’
Similar glamor shots also appeared in men’s magazines such as Nuts, FHM and Zoo Weekly.
Rebecca’s past, scandalous or not, is obviously of little interest to those living on the sleepy country road overlooking the center of Hemsedal, where she and her family live in a large, detached house.
“It’s difficult to shock Norwegians, especially when it comes to sexuality,” a neighbor chuckled.
“I think people here have a vague idea that something happened with David Beckham, but that was a long time ago and Rebecca is now part of the community here, like Sven, and that’s what matters.”
While she still flaunts her enviable physique and flexibility, Rebecca’s enthusiastic Instagram posts these days are a healthy mix of Ashtanga yoga and vegan food, coupled with gorgeous mountain hikes for wild mushroom picking and mindfulness.
She often imparts a down-to-earth approach to life to her followers, encouraging them with quotes like: “Your journey to wellness begins with YOU” or “Enjoy the beauty of fall with a full-body workout on our mountain cabin deck.”
After learning Ashtanga, a dynamic form of yoga that involves synchronizing breathing and movements, Rebecca opened her own studio in Hemsedal called Lynx Well in 2017.
She wrote in her online blog, Mountain Life, “Waking up, dropping off the kids, heading to my own little studio and spreading the joy of yoga is an absolute luxury.”
However, she also acknowledged that sleepy Hemsedal might not be quite ready for yoga: “The launch of Lynx Well has been a success and we are slowly gaining new members.” “Offering free classes has really helped, Hemsedal is a small one The city and many residents don’t know what yoga is.”
Unfortunately the studio is now closed.
Undaunted, she teamed up with fellow teachers Tina Østby and Lindsay Treider in 2021 and founded Yoga Hemsedal, but last August the group’s Facebook page announced: “Our founder and managing director @rebecca.loos is retiring from the day-to-day management of the studio.” and will only teach on weekends and holidays. Lindsay & Tine take over the daily management of the studio and the weekly courses.’
A few months later, Rebecca mysteriously disappeared from Facebook posts and the weekly schedule altogether, until June of this year when Tine and Lindsay rather indirectly announced, “We’ve had some trials and challenges over the last year that have taught us a lot of things.” , both about business, relationships and ourselves. It was difficult, frustrating and confusing at times.
“But with trust in the process and in each other, it worked.”
“We want Yoga Hemsedal to be a place where you can feel confident to be yourself, to be who you are, wherever you are in life.” You can be stiff as a stick, flexible be like a snake or something in between.”
Like many other businesses, the pandemic has hit yoga teachers hard, at least those who offer in-person classes.
Rebecca now lives in Norway and spends her time practicing yoga, running, cycling, hiking and foraging with her sons
Since leaving the UK and swapping the parties for a quieter lifestyle, Rebecca has given birth to two sons, Magnus, 13, and Liam, ten (pictured with her husband Sven).
In January 2021, Rebecca was photographed in full PPE carrying out Covid tests near Oslo and was praised by her followers. She still works part-time at her husband Sven’s family doctor’s practice in the city.
Apparently she now teaches yoga alone in Hemsedal and runs online classes from home as well as in-person yoga sessions for £19 per person at a local hotel with panoramic views high over Hemsedal.
Private yoga classes and massages are also available for £90 and £75 per hour respectively.
She declined to speak to Web about the Beckham documentary, but she has certainly made her feelings on the matter clear in the past.
She said most clearly: “He was the one who was married.” He was the one who seduced me. “He was the one who broke his promises and behaved badly – and yet I was the one who was vilified.”
She claimed she suffered from depression and was “changed” by the ordeal and “used for ratings and fame”. She complained that she would “always carry the label of being the girl who claimed the affair with Beckham.”
She admitted feeling “powerless” and said in hindsight: “I wasn’t always given the best advice and I didn’t always make the best decisions.”
“I know some people will always think I’m a terrible person,” she said. “Sometimes you make decisions that, looking back, you would change. But I can’t change things, so I deal with it the best I can.”
In her recent public statement on her blog, Rebecca made it clear that her future would lie in her “beloved mountains” with her family.
She said, “There is no other place we would rather be.” Our children are happiest in this environment and we have made friendships that have lasted through thick and thin.
“The recent challenges we have overcome over the past few years have only made our bond stronger and our decision clearer.”
“Aside from parenting and some remote work, I plan on teaching yoga (both online and in person), doing massage, and working part-time at the doctor’s office. I spend as much free time as possible on my yoga mat and exploring the mountains.
“I am determined to make life work here. “By focusing on the positive and practicing gratitude, we have learned to appreciate everything that mountain life has to offer.”