In fairness, it was never going to be easy for David Beckham to repair his shredded public image.
But in giving it his best shot yesterday, he offered an extraordinary excuse, insisting through friends that he was a ‘normal person’ who was just ‘extremely disappointed’ at being passed over for a knighthood.
The former England captain, 41, was referring to the release of damning emails which allegedly showed how desperate he was to ensure he was made ‘Sir David’ – and the lengths to which he would go to achieve his goal, even using his charity work.
When his campaign failed, he allegedly lashed out with an expletive-littered outburst worthy of the most petulant of divas.
Ironically, one target of his wrath was a real diva – Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, who was awarded an OBE in the same year that the footballer’s much-anticipated gong was unforthcoming.
In an email to his friend and PR adviser Simon Oliveira, Beckham allegedly wrote: ‘Katherine Jenkins OBE for what? Singing at the rugby and going to see the troops plus admitting to taking coke? F****** joke.’
Jenkins, 36, had previously admitted in an interview with The Mail on Sunday that her life was almost ruined by cocaine and ecstasy.
Beckham’s outburst would no doubt have come as an unpleasant surprise to the classical star, who only a year earlier had been forced to deny unfounded internet rumours of an affair with him. Yesterday she declined to comment.
Meanwhile, a source close to the former Manchester United star told The Mail on Sunday that his foul-mouthed rant was written ‘in the heat of the moment’.
The source said: ‘David is just like any normal person and he was extremely disappointed that he wasn’t deemed worthy of becoming a Sir.
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