His halo has finally slipped.
David Beckham reveals regrets over four-letter rant: 'Yes I sent emails but in the heat of the moment'-------- On the net this morning..
Cheers...................K
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Four-letter words? Such as
Work
Life
Love
Dead
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He has done a lot of charity work as well, his last 5 month contract in France with PSG he donated all his salary to local charities. he is also a founder od charity Malaria no more and has also supported Unicef since his Manchester United days so possibly thinks he should be Knighted as much for his charitable work as his football career.
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Well, if just some of the newspaper stories are true, he isn't quite the angel that he makes himself out to be.......question marks about his tax arrangements, using his charity to pay his expenses, unreasonable demands when agreeing to public appearances.
Yes, he does appear to do a certain amount of charity work.......if making an appearance somewhere is considered to be work. But it would seem that much of this has been in order to try to get himself a knighthood.
The sooner such meaningless gongs are done away with, the better.
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I've no idea where these stories come from. I'm just surprised that folk get so exercised over this sort of celebrity tittle-tattle which I should imagine is more suited to the pages of Hello magazine or Loose Women on TV ( not that I have any experience of either of those!) Smiley smiley.
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I think it's a particularly British thing M
not to focus on the positive just the negative. It may make folk think less of their own shortcomings perhaps. I wonder what is is about the multi millionaire successful ex footballer & businessman David Beckham that upsets some folk so much
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It's always been the same in u k praise and put them up there , then have great fun knocking them down again,
read so many different reports / stories by press about these tampered with emails difficult to know what to believe , celebrity's like the Beckhams are always targeted by someone and so many untruths told , some reporter seems to always know more than another and they always have some inside infirmation ,
The Beckhams are keeping a dignified silence ,
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Yes it has always been the same......make yourself a mint from an insubstantial activity (footballing, being considered fashionable, being a 'celebrity'.......whatever) but then try to attach yourself to a charitable cause in order to get yourself a gong.
Added bonus......it helps the tax situation and is a good means of covering a lot of your daily living expenses - just put it all down to "charitable work".
But such people will always have their slavish supporters......so that's fine.
Incidentally, if the Beckhams are keeping a 'dignified silence' it must either be because they are out of the country for the required number of days to avoid paying UK tax.......or perhaps because neither of them has ever said anything of interest in their lives.
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Nothing has been proven yet, as to the contents of the emails being true or false , so why is it nessasery for him/ them to speak out and admit or deny unproven accusations , as for not having anything interesting to say , well maybe so, but if you have no interests in someone else's life or pastime ( charity work ) that's your choice.
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As previously explained......his life and pastime are not 'about charity work'......the charity work is just a tax saving measure, a means of off-setting life's expenses and an attempt at being given a gong.
No different to many other 'celebraties'.
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Just to add a more positive comment about David Beckham, some years ago when the Beckhams used to live in the Altringham area, a friend of mine ran a playgroup locally. On Trick or Treat day mums and children from the playgroup went on a Trick or Treat tour to raise funds for the playgroup. One of the houses they called at was the Beckhams. At the gate they were surprised when their ring on the bell was answered by David, on videophone, and he asked if he and his children (not sure which ones) could dress up and join them. They were thrilled, and down he came dressed as a ghost, and the children were also dressed up and joined in. The playgroup, along with David and his children continued around Altringham, and at the end were given a substantial donation to playgroup funds - and invited in to join the Beckhams for a Trick or Treat supper!
Doesn't everyone lose their temper or pay only the taxes 'they should do'? Celebrities are no different from the rest of us, it's just that they have a spotlight on them twenty-four hours a day and can't hide their mistakes from anyone.
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At least David Beckham is famous for something. -- Taking an important penalty kick for England in Euro 2004 which missed the goal completely by yards.
. Oh yes, there was the deliberate foul on Diago Simone, an Argentine player for which Beckham was sent off in disgrace . As a Footballist he was worse than useless. Don't know or care about his finances or private life. I leave that to the Celebrity fanatics.
Behaving like a spoiled kid does nothing for his image.
Cheers.........................K
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I think he has been a pretty good Ambassador for the UK, especially in the work he did to help the team secure the 2012 Olympics for London. Whilst everyone may well have an opinion on his worth one should not underestimate the value of having him on your side in such an undertaking because he is so well known worldwide and that clearly has some influence. His football career seems pretty outstanding to me although I am no expert but a bit of research shows that he played 534 top-flight league games played across five countries and 19 seasons and was the only English footballer to score goals in three different World Cups. So seemingly an outstanding career and I doubt that he would have survived long under Alex Ferguson had he not been a half decent player. As to whether he should have a Knighthood that is for others to decide. Something I have noticed is that footballers seem to get such honours much later in life compared to other athletes. Bobby Moore who was perhaps one of our greatest and best known international players didn't get a Knighthood, perhaps because he sadly died too young, but others played with him did but later in life. How you compare whether someone who plays football to say an Olympic medal winner I don't know but I could perhaps have some sympathy for someone who feels he has worked his socks off for his country but has yet to see that rewarded whereas others seem to be rewarded for a lesser contribution.
David
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I think it's about time someone had a stern word with these celebrities who give up hours of their time and raise many thousands of pounds for charities and other good causes. It's just appalling.
Hang on, I think I know just the chap to do it!! (Laughing smiley!)
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yes me too, put me down as +1 there. happy smiley
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me too! Smiley
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That's extremely good advice from Rochelle and it works. Has she been in touch with you personally, Ian?
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