Victoria Beckham has finally lifted the lid on why she’s so often caught looking ‘miserable’ and ‘moody’ in public.
From the outside looking in, you'd imagine that the reason why the 51-year-old is always caught donning a stern look would be because she is sick of being 'papped' - which is UK lingo for being snapped by the paparazzi.
However, the fashion designer and former pop icon revealed in her new Netflix documentary, Victoria Beckham, that the reason she rarely smiles on the red carpet has less to do with being frosty and more to do with her husband.
Yes, apparently soccer player-turned-fashion icon David Beckham is to blame!
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The couple, who tied the knot back in 1999, have become one of the most photographed pairs on the planet - and while David was all smiles, Victoria’s signature pout became a defining part of her image.
Explaining why she believes her 50-year-old partner is to blame, she told a documentary crew that it's because he had been stealing her 'good side' for years.
"Here’s a fact, I’ve looked miserable for all these years because when we stand on the red carpet, this guy had always [stood] on the left," she said.
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“Now I didn’t realise that when I smile - which I do! - I smile from the left, because if I smile from the right, I look unwell. So I'm smiling on the inside but no one ever sees it. So, that's why I look so moody.”
It turns out, though, there’s more to it than just camera angles, as Victoria opened up about how her confidence took a knock after her Spice Girls era ended and she tried to forge a solo career in the early 2000s.
“When people are mean and you’re hearing things and you’re seeing things and you’re constantly made to feel you’re not good enough, that really hurts.
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"I became so self conscious,” the mom-of-four explained.
"People thought I was a miserable cow that never smiled and they’re not wrong,” Victoria joked.
She continued: "The minute I see a camera, I change. The barrier goes up, my armor goes on and that’s when the miserable cow who doesn’t smile comes out.
"I'm so conscious of that and I don't like that, I'd rather not be that person. I'd love to have the confidence to walk out of a restaurant and smile but I just can't do it."
Joe Yates