Victoria Beckham has explained why she spent years looking unimpressed in paparazzi pictures at the height of her fame in the 2000s.
The businesswoman gained global recognition for her music career as the aloof “Posh” member of the Spice Girls, and for her demure and high maintenance persona at the height of media obsession with her relationship with footballer David Beckham.
Victoria, now 50, was often pictured with sunglasses and a poker face, rarely smiling in pictures.
In a new interview with The Times, she explained why that wasn’t a true representation of her whole personality.
“I think that for so many years people had an impression of me because of what they were seeing in paparazzi pictures,” she said. “Quite often I didn’t look most impressed.”
She thanked social media for allowing others to see her lighter side. Last year, she went viral for saying her dad had a Rolls-Royce while reflecting on her working-class background, during an episode of Beckham on Netflix. She also appeared free-spirited as she recently led a rendition of her band’s hit classic “Stop” at her 50th birthday party.
“Now with social media people get to see the real person,” she continued. “It’s never that I went out to prove that I was any different. It’s just this is who I am.”
Earlier this year, the fashion designer explained why she refrained from smiling on the red carpet, saying that her expressions were often misconstrued.
