If you wish to spend an eighth of your day watching Victoria Beckham convince you that Victoria Beckham, contrary to popular belief, does not think the world revolves around Victoria Beckham — then you’d quite fancy her new three-part docu-series, conspicuously titled ‘Victoria Beckham’.
It introduces itself like many celebrity vanity projects: a montage of the press dissecting the Posh Spice-turned-footballer’s wife-turned-fashion mogul.
As Beckham joins the ranks of Jennifer Lopez (‘The Greatest Love Story Never Told’), Lady Gaga (‘Five Foot Two’), and her husband, David Beckham (‘Beckham’), it makes you wonder if childhood sob stories filmed in poorly-lit mansions are the latest celebrity fad, right up there with Ozempic and “wellness” brands.
The story (barely) traces her life, told