Celebrity SAS star Rebecca Loos breaks down as she reveals damage from Beckham affair
Rebecca Loos candidly wiped away tears as she discussed her alleged affair with David Beckham on the first episode of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. The model, 48, infamously claimed that she and football legend David, 50, had an affair in the early 2000s.
It was one of the biggest showbiz scandals of the time, and came about just a few years after he tied the knot with Victoria Beckham. And on Sunday night, viewers watched as the then-PA of the former Manchester United star broke down in tears as she addressed the whole thing during a tense interrogation scene.
Asked if she would do things differently, she said: "If I went back in time, yes, of course." She added: "I was unhappy with the way I had been treated so I didn't want to go around anymore carrying this secret, rumours started spreading." It comes after Cruz Beckham 'steals' his dad's tiny white trunks and family have epic response.
She added: "I decided it would be better if it came from me, so I gave an interview thinking it would be something and it ended up being something else and I spent a few years seeing if I could get it back. I really put it really far behind me."
Asked what she hoped to get out of the programme, Rebecca added: "I want to grow from this course as a person, I want to see how far I can push myself." And then Rebecca seemed to have adopted a confident front, as she declared in a confessional: "I think I've definitely taken most of the blame for what happened, and rightly so. It was part of my life but we were two and he was all over me and he was my boss."
But when mingling with her fellow recruits, she was seen breaking down in tears. It was then that former footballer Adebayo "The Beast" Akinfenwa rushed to put her arms around her as he spotted her wiping away tears. "You good?" he asked her and the two shared a hug.
Back in her confessional, she added: "You can't change the things that have happened is my attitude. I just roll my sleeves up and get on with it because everything that I have experienced has brought me to where I am today and it has made me a little bit stronger."
Rebecca, who has sons Magnus and Liam with her husband Sven Christjar Skaiaa, decided to sign up for the programme following a long break from the spotlight, as she explained: "I said yes to this because I felt that it was a really good time in my life to do this.
"I'd had a break from reality TV for a few years, become a mother, moved to Norway, changed quite a bit, and when I was younger I loved doing extreme things. I was finalist in Spanish Survivor where I was surviving on an island for three months in Honduras, and I've done quite a few extreme things, and adventurous shows. So I just felt like it would be really interesting to do."
The drama began in 2003 after Beckham had just completed a high-profile move from Manchester United to Real Madrid, a career-defining transfer that promised fresh footballing glory in Spain. With the move came a new entourage, including 26-year-old Rebecca Loos, who was hired as a personal assistant to help the Beckhams settle into Spanish life.
In September that year, Beckham and Loos were photographed leaving a Madrid nightclub together. Whispers of an affair quickly began circulating, although both parties remained silent.
But everything changed in April 2004 when Loos sold her story in an exclusive interview with News of the World. She claimed that the pair had been romantically involved for four months.
Explaining why she chose to embark on the alleged fling, she said: "We just connected. People noticed it." Explaining that the idea of group drinks back at the hotel were floated after a night out, she claimed David told her: "Why don't we just lose the rest and why don't we just go back together?"
"I gave him a look I was very surprised, very taken aback. I said, '**** off' in a joking manner. But there was a look and he was still looking at me and I was looking at him. I think one of the girls we were with came up and sat between us. I think the chemistry between David and I was so strong.
Admitting she knew he was a married man and that she was worried about jeopardising her job, she shared her reason for agreeing. "I think the chemistry between David and I was so strong and people were not happy because I was being very unprofessional and he's a married man.
"Then it dawned on me what he had asked me and I decided I did want to go back with him so we gave each other a look and paid the bill and left.
"I couldn't wait to be alone with him and I knew he felt the same. We dropped off the other two people in the car and starting kissing quite passionately all the way back to the hotel... It was like magnets, pretty amazing."
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