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David Beckham explains why he wanted wife Victoria to do a documentary

The retired soccer legend also opened up about the viral dance scene with Victoria from the 2023 documentary about his life and career.

Victoria Beckham is following up her husband’s successful Netflix documentary with one of her own, but David Beckham says it took some persuading for her to agree to it.

The retired soccer legend, who won an Emmy for his 2023 documentary “Beckham,” shared on TODAY on Jan. 14 how Victoria was hesitant to have the cameras focused on her this time. Netflix announced on Aug. 21 that it was set to begin production on a documentary about the former “Posh Spice,” who was a scene-stealing fan favorite in David Beckham’s documentary.

“It wasn’t the easiest thing to get her to agree to, but in my opinion she was the star of mine,” David Beckham told Savannah Guthrie and Craig Melvin. “So I just thought this is the opportunity, because she’s been working on our brand for the last 18 years, and she’s unbelievably hard working, and no one gets to see that.

“So I convinced her to actually let people see what she does every day and what goes into her business,” he continued. “She’s a very clever and hard-working lady, so I want people to see that.”

One scene between the couple that captivated fans in the 2023 documentary involved them dancing together in their kitchen to “Islands in the Stream” by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. It sparked a TikTok dance trend of people putting the song on and dancing to see if their partners would join them.

“This moment just happened,” David Beckham said on TODAY. “We were in the tent all day and then all of a sudden I thought, ‘You know, Mom and Dad dance right at the end of it, the kids get embarrassed.’

“And this just happened last second, and we just jumped up, and you could see all the kids were embarrassed, but at that point, the song meant something to us, and we just danced, and it was just us at the end of the day.”

David Beckham, 49, who is promoting his new health supplement IM8, enjoyed the experience of filming a documentary.

“For me, it was a great moment for me to actually look back because I never really looked back at my career and the things I’d won over that time,” he said. “But also to talk about things that I’d never spoke about ever, and wasn’t planning on speaking about it.”

“I was very proud of my family throughout that time, and obviously for me and Victoria to sit there and look at everything that had gone on,” he continued. “I forgot about things that were said about me or said to me.”

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