DAVID Beckham has revealed the terrifying moment wife Victoria was subject to threats to kidnap their eldest son.
The couple are proud parents of five but after they welcomed their firstborn Brooklyn, David‘s prestigious career as an England footballer was hanging in the balance.
Netflix/BECKHAMAn emotional David Beckham has told how he was subject to terrifying kidnap threats targeting his eldest son[/caption]
NetflixDavid told how he was ‘paranoid’ over the safety of his son, born in 1999[/caption]
NETFLIXVictoria said the pair ‘couldn’t hide’ from the kidnap threats[/caption]
The former Manchester United ace told how he was “spat on” and the “most hated man in the country” after he was sent off in England’s 1998 World Cup clash against Argentina.
Brooklyn, now 24, was born just a year later when negativity towards Becks – who was sent to the stands after a ill-timed tackle on Argentina’s Diego Simeone – was at al all-time low.
In his new Netflix documentary, Becks told how his mindset shifted – to one of being “paranoid” over his son.
He said: “I all of a sudden thought, ‘how am I going to protect him?’
“That night Brooklyn slept next to Victoria, she said ‘come sleep on the bed with me’ and I said ‘absolutely not’, I slept with my head facing the door, because I was paranoid someone was going to steal him.
“It’s meant to be a happy moment, and it was a happy moment of course, but I was worried. I didn’t want him to come into this life at a time when I was going through what I was going through.”
Victoria – who was subject to a series of crude chants from footie fans following David’s red card – added: “We were getting kidnapping threats right from when we had Brooklyn and you can’t even explain how that feels because we couldn’t hide.
‘”These are all things that are now coming back to me and I find it quite stressful now because I’ve blocked so much of it out and I think David has as well.
“Imagine having a baby and having death threats. David had to play knowing this was all going on and I was on my own in an apartment with a baby.
“I’d go to the games with Brooklyn and the abuse was – it’s hard to explain.”
Posh Spice previously told how she wanted to “kill” the sick sports fans who bullied David over the red card.
GettyBrooklyn, seen with wife Nicola Peltz, is now 24[/caption]
NetflixDavid went to sleep facing the door in an attempt to protect his young family from harm[/caption]
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