For a long time, Victoria Beckham was singled out for supposedly hating Spain, which was revived with the premiere of the documentary that portrays the life of her husband on Netflix. In 2004, the Spaniards punished the member of the Spice Girls for having said that this country “smelled of garlic”, which to date has not been confirmed if she said it.
But what happened to Victoria Beckham and Spain?
It turns out that this rumor started when “a friend of a friend of an acquaintance,” according to local media, heard the fashion designer make this statement against Spain because she thought the streets gave off a strong and terrible smell. Although they wanted to verify it, it has not been achieved. That same year, the footballer only talked about food, stating that he liked Iberian cuisine.
“I like sangria, Spanish fish, potato omelet, fruits, grapes, strawberries, plums and salads,” he told Vogue in February 2004.
Four years after the controversy, when the “waters seemed calm,” Victoria Beckham made a new comment about Spain, but now it would be in a positive way.
“The years we spent there were incredible. “I loved living in Spain and I had a great time raising my children there,” she told Vogue.
The above would have been a strategy to clean up her image; However, no matter how hard she tried, she could not make the Spaniards forget that phrase.
Victoria Beckham reveals why she commented on Spain
In the documentary Beckham, which premiered on October 4, the famous woman spoke about the subject and highlighted that when she lived with her husband in that country they saw her as a “villain.”
While I lived in Madrid, I was kind of a villain. “They believed that I hated Spain and that I said it smelled like garlic and that was not the case,” she commented.
“Everything I supposedly said was invented or taken out of context. But the problem was not Spain, it was that we were experiencing the worst moment of our marriage. “I had never been so unhappy in my life,” the singer confessed.
Could it be that this time they believe her and stop hating her in Spain?
This story was written in Spanish by Nayeli Párraga in Cultura Colectiva