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00:00:00OK, first of all, this has got to be the tidiest room I've ever seen in my life.
00:00:11Is this always like this?
00:00:12Yeah, it's always like this.
00:00:13I haven't done it, especially.
00:00:14Honestly?
00:00:15Yeah, honestly, it's always like this.
00:00:16I hate having an untidy room.
00:00:17Right, we're looking round here, this clothes wardrobe.
00:00:18Well, it's in a mess.
00:00:19It's in a mess?
00:00:20How messy?
00:00:21Messy.
00:00:22Not even one sneak look?
00:00:23You can't have a sneak look.
00:00:24It's all quite organised, jackets, jean shirts, shirts, and then it goes from jumpers, cardies
00:00:42to t-shirts, underwear, socks, and then suits.
00:00:55OK, so you do this?
00:00:59I do this, kind of colour-coordinated, and then obviously I put them at an angle just
00:01:05so I can see what's under them.
00:01:08T-shirts, yep, t-shirts.
00:01:14So those are my outfits for the rest of the week.
00:01:16Wait, wait, wait, explain that to me.
00:01:19I prep my week, yeah.
00:01:21It used to be just the night before, but...
00:01:25Is that a new-ish obsession?
00:01:26Yeah, it is actually.
00:01:31Quite organised.
00:01:34These are my jeans, trousers, and someone's been in here.
00:01:40Someone's been in there?
00:01:41Someone's been in there, yeah.
00:01:42Come on.
00:01:43I don't know who.
00:01:44Saludos y buenas tardes, bienvenidos al restreno de la Liga, se abre el campeonato 2003-2004,
00:01:58Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid...
00:02:02It feels good to be back, Beckham Factor adding considerable spice to an already heady cocktail.
00:02:08That first season, I remember it being different because...
00:02:12He's delivering and it's in!
00:02:15When the other team scored a goal, I remember seeing Ronaldo laughing and joking and I was
00:02:22like, you're losing 1-0.
00:02:24Beckham a little frustrated.
00:02:26But he was like, don't worry, we're going to score.
00:02:301-2, Ronaldo involved here, on Beckham...
00:02:33Oh, no!
00:02:34Safe!
00:02:39When you win, you have a drink, a beer, or a Guaraná.
00:02:45The caipirinha, David also liked the caipirinha.
00:02:48We'll pass him, Beckham's in it!
00:02:51It was funny when a foul came out near the area.
00:02:54We didn't know who was going to shoot, Tiel or me.
00:02:57Roberto Carlos, he seems to follow in his shadow.
00:03:00No, I'm taking this.
00:03:01No, you're taking it.
00:03:02No, I'm taking it.
00:03:03Actually, you take it because it's a bit far away for you.
00:03:08Me or you, who's going to take charge?
00:03:12Did you love taking free kicks?
00:03:14I loved it.
00:03:15Did you love taking free kicks?
00:03:17I loved it.
00:03:18When the other ones let me take it, yes.
00:03:23David Beckham!
00:03:31This was a time when anything he touched turned to gold.
00:03:36I remember saying, you would love to get in the bath,
00:03:40but you can't because every time you go to get in the bath,
00:03:43you have your water parts and you just walk on straight through.
00:03:55No, of course, you know, I'm very happily married
00:03:58and I've got a beautiful wife and two gorgeous children,
00:04:01so, you know, I'm very happy.
00:04:03But everything he did, everything he said,
00:04:06was great turned to gold, golden balls.
00:04:09You're married to? Yes.
00:04:11He's the most attractive, handsome, famous man in the world
00:04:14and, you know, it's all there for him.
00:04:16Right now, he's in Spain, they're throwing himself at him.
00:04:19Are you worried? Do you get concerned?
00:04:21Are you jealous of each other occasionally?
00:04:23No, I mean, I think it's always healthy
00:04:25to have a certain amount of jealousy in a relationship.
00:04:31They're one of the world's most recognisable couples over the years.
00:04:35The Beckhams have actively marketed their union
00:04:38as a marriage made in heaven.
00:04:40But today, that relationship is under a totally different spotlight,
00:04:44with allegations David Beckham had an affair
00:04:47after the footballers' transfer to Real Madrid.
00:04:54The News Of The World, which printed the detailed allegations yesterday,
00:04:58said it stood by its story 100%.
00:05:03So, now we have, you know, a matrimonial difficulty,
00:05:09which is the biggest story, kind of, in the world right now.
00:05:13Allegations of extramarital affairs have consumed acres of newsprint.
00:05:18This has been the story of the decade, hasn't it?
00:05:21It's been on the front page for ten days straight. It's extraordinary.
00:05:25Of which the British tabloids seized with enormous glee.
00:05:31Does anyone know if any of this is true?
00:05:34So, multiple tabloid stories broke.
00:05:37And how did you deal with that?
00:05:40Um...
00:05:42There was some...
00:05:47..horrible stories...
00:05:49..that were difficult to, um...
00:05:55..deal with.
00:05:57It was the first time that me and Victoria had been put under
00:06:02that kind of pressure in our marriage.
00:06:08The Sun carries a photograph of what it claims is a tearful Victoria Beckham
00:06:13as she flew out to Switzerland,
00:06:15where she'll be joined by her husband on a skiing holiday.
00:06:19Would you say that was the hardest time in your marriage?
00:06:22100%. It was the hardest period for us.
00:06:26Because it felt like the world was against us.
00:06:29And here's the thing, we were against each other,
00:06:32if I'm being completely honest.
00:06:34You know, up until Madrid,
00:06:37sometimes it felt like us against the world,
00:06:41and sometimes it felt like us against the world.
00:06:45And sometimes it felt like us against everybody else.
00:06:50But we were together, we were connected, we had each other.
00:06:54But when we were in Spain,
00:06:56it didn't really feel like we had each other either.
00:06:59And that's sad.
00:07:05When I...
00:07:07When I first moved to Spain...
00:07:11..um...
00:07:13..it was difficult because I...
00:07:20I'd been part of a club and a family for my whole career,
00:07:25from the age of 15 till I was 27 years old.
00:07:29I'd get sold overnight.
00:07:33The next minute, I am in a city,
00:07:37I don't speak the language.
00:07:39More importantly, I didn't have my family.
00:07:44After the week's revelations,
00:07:46the Beckham family were reunited inside this chalet for the night,
00:07:50somewhat under siege from the media.
00:07:56I can't even begin to tell you how...
00:08:00..hard it was.
00:08:04And how it affected me.
00:08:07You know, every time that we woke up,
00:08:10we felt, you know, there was something else.
00:08:13And, you know, we felt that...
00:08:15I think we both felt at the time that we were...
00:08:19..not losing each other, but drowning.
00:08:29How do you think you guys survived that?
00:08:33Um, I don't know.
00:08:41I don't know.
00:08:47Um...
00:08:49I don't know how we got through it, in all honesty.
00:08:56Victoria's everything to me.
00:09:00To see her hurt was incredibly difficult.
00:09:06But...
00:09:10..we're fighters.
00:09:12And at that time, we needed to fight for each other,
00:09:15we needed to fight for our family.
00:09:21And what we had was worth fighting for.
00:09:26Today, the Beckhams return to Spain,
00:09:28sweeping off to catch their private jet together.
00:09:31But ultimately, it's our private life.
00:09:45None of this is ideal preparation for Beckham's return
00:09:48to the Real Madrid team today.
00:09:50It's thought Posh will be in today's game,
00:09:53with much of the world's media trying to gauge her mood
00:09:56by the look on her face.
00:09:58It's impossible to hide the fact
00:10:00that it has been a difficult week for David Beckham.
00:10:03There were some days that I would wake up and think,
00:10:05how am I going to go to work?
00:10:07How am I going to walk on to that training pitch?
00:10:09How am I going to look as if nothing's wrong?
00:10:12Sometimes, with footballers, when they go out on the pitch,
00:10:15they can forget about everything else and enjoy their football.
00:10:20I felt physically sick every day.
00:10:24I felt physically sick every day when I opened my eyes.
00:10:29How am I going to do this?
00:10:38I said, David, you still think that you'll be able to perform tomorrow?
00:10:44He said, don't worry with me.
00:10:46Beckham.
00:10:49Beckham tries for the goal.
00:10:50It's key.
00:10:52And it's almost the first goal all over again.
00:10:57The family enjoyed it.
00:11:01There's a real chance here, and they're a goal down already.
00:11:04What a start for Osasuna.
00:11:08And then suddenly, we went out of control.
00:11:12Casillas' mistake, it's 2-0.
00:11:14He was mental, totally mental.
00:11:17He's going to make it 3-0 here.
00:11:19What a pass there.
00:11:23And Carlos Quiroz, Real Madrid, surely a down-and-out.
00:11:27And they're shaking their heads everywhere, Gerry.
00:11:30The fans are waving white handkerchiefs.
00:11:32I think they've had enough.
00:11:35The handkerchiefs come out, the whistles come out,
00:11:37and I'm like, I've heard all about this, but I'd never witnessed it.
00:11:40And it's not nice.
00:11:45What a horrible week they're having.
00:11:48It's all over here on a quite unbelievable night at the Bernabeu.
00:11:52They've been knocked off the top of the Spanish league table
00:11:56for the first time in three months.
00:11:59So the plan was after the first season,
00:12:01Victoria and the kids move.
00:12:03Yeah, that's when they came out.
00:12:07Have you not been to this house?
00:12:08No, I've been to this one, but the previous one was...
00:12:11I know, OK, OK.
00:12:14OK, I'm just going to sit back down.
00:12:26Loads of the same nonsense in the papers today.
00:12:30As soon as I could get the kids in school, we then moved full-time.
00:12:36This is the boys' room.
00:12:39Even though they don't ever sleep in their own room,
00:12:41they are always in our room.
00:12:45Who do you reckon he's sponsored by?
00:12:48You've still got loads of stuff left in England.
00:12:50Not much.
00:12:51This is the bathroom.
00:12:54I actually don't want to go back to England now,
00:12:56and I never thought I'd say that, David, did you?
00:12:59We'll see.
00:13:01I think she'll tell you herself that...
00:13:05It was a nightmare from the minute we opened the door in the morning.
00:13:14The press were there, in cars,
00:13:16and everywhere we went, we would get followed.
00:13:22Every time that I went to drop Brooklyn off at his school,
00:13:26he'd say,
00:13:27Every time that I went to drop Brooklyn off at his school,
00:13:3210, 15 paparazzi there every morning.
00:13:39The school run, it was live on Spanish TV.
00:13:44It was an absolute circus.
00:13:47It's really entertaining when the circus comes to town, right?
00:13:50Unless you're in it.
00:13:53It was very difficult for Brooklyn because he was older,
00:13:59and he had photographers screaming the things they used to scream
00:14:03to Brooklyn about his mum and his dad.
00:14:10Brooklyn at the time was so young.
00:14:17You know, he had to go through that,
00:14:20and I don't know whether...
00:14:22I don't know whether it's...
00:14:25..harmed him.
00:14:27I don't know. I don't know.
00:14:39Did I resent David?
00:14:43If I'm being totally honest, yes, I did.
00:14:51It's all right, Buster. They can't get in the car.
00:14:54It's all right. They can't get in the car.
00:14:57It's all right, Buster.
00:15:21It was probably, if I'm being honest,
00:15:24the most unhappy I have ever been in my entire life.
00:15:27It's all right, Buster.
00:15:29It's all right, big boy.
00:15:31I told you it would be OK.
00:15:33It wasn't that I felt unheard,
00:15:35because I chose to internalise a lot of it
00:15:38because I was always mindful of the focus that he needed.
00:15:41I was always mindful of the focus that he needed.
00:15:44I was always mindful of the focus that he needed.
00:15:48He's getting to the top.
00:15:50Oh!
00:15:52Oh!
00:15:54You know the documentaries of the planes when they crash.
00:15:58I start to lose control. Lose control.
00:16:02Oh, great strike! What a goal!
00:16:05I never lived a situation like that in football.
00:16:08Never, ever. I swear to God.
00:16:10I never lived a situation like that in football.
00:16:13I never lived a situation like that in football.
00:16:16I swear to God.
00:16:18Unbelievable!
00:16:20Real Madrid are throwing away the league.
00:16:34They've lost their last three games.
00:16:36Never in their history have they lost four in a row.
00:16:39We don't want to chance history tonight, Rob.
00:16:43There is Casillas. Oh, who drops it?
00:16:46And here's a shock.
00:16:48Already relegated, Berserk are leading.
00:16:51A disastrous end to the season for Real Madrid.
00:16:54Never, ever in their 102 years,
00:16:56lost four games in a row.
00:16:59Real Madrid in crisis.
00:17:01I look and there's this Real Madrid fan.
00:17:04And he said,
00:17:06Muy guapo, pero muy mal.
00:17:10Which is, you're very beautiful, but you're very bad.
00:17:19I was pregnant with Cruz.
00:17:22So David comes home from training one day and I said,
00:17:25you know, they've told me that I can go in, you know,
00:17:28Monday morning and I can have the baby.
00:17:30And he said, yeah, the thing is that I can't do that
00:17:33because I've got to shoot.
00:17:35What do you mean you've got to shoot?
00:17:37Yeah, I've got to do a photo shoot with Jennifer Lopez and Beyoncé.
00:17:45I was like, are you...?
00:17:47Seriously, I'm about to burst. I'm on bed rest.
00:17:54Are you kidding me?
00:17:56You've got a damn photo shoot with Jennifer Lopez,
00:17:59who is gorgeous and not about to have a baby.
00:18:02So I had my C-section and I remember lying there.
00:18:07Don't feel at my most gorgeous, let's just say.
00:18:17And I remember someone showing me the front page of the newspaper,
00:18:21which was a gorgeous picture of David
00:18:23between Jennifer Lopez and Beyoncé.
00:18:26And the headline was, What Would Posh Say?
00:18:29Now I've got another beautiful son and his mummy is very good, so...
00:18:33Let me tell you what Posh would say. Posh was pissed off.
00:18:59He was probably one of the most unsettled I'd felt as a footballer
00:19:03because we'd gone through so many different managers.
00:19:08Oh, what a mistake!
00:19:10He's got it.
00:19:12He's got it.
00:19:14He's got it.
00:19:16He's got it.
00:19:18He's got it.
00:19:20He's got it.
00:19:22He's got it.
00:19:24He's got it.
00:19:26He's got it.
00:19:28What a mistake!
00:19:30What a mistake!
00:19:37I'd never had that in my career.
00:19:39You know, I'd been at Manchester United
00:19:41where we'd had one manager all the way through.
00:19:52So during that time, we didn't win anything.
00:19:59I think this is the right time
00:20:02for me to leave Real Madrid's presidency.
00:20:08The first thing that we need to eliminate
00:20:12the Galacticos atmosphere
00:20:15is hurting us.
00:20:22So we need a coach that's going to be tough on them.
00:20:29And he comes.
00:20:31Who is it?
00:20:33Of course, our Italian favourite.
00:20:45Would you like a coffee?
00:20:47Yes, why not?
00:20:49Yes, great.
00:20:51Italian coffee?
00:20:53It's Nespresso.
00:20:58It's the heart of Madrid.
00:21:02The Galacticos are players from a different hemisphere.
00:21:06They've come here and they're a club.
00:21:09So it's a dream for the opposition to beat them.
00:21:14We need to do something about it.
00:21:20It took Capello five seconds to show his tough side.
00:21:24Fabio Capello was like a tough, strict manager, which I loved.
00:21:32And he made me nervous.
00:21:34And I don't get nervous.
00:21:53Welcome to the Spanish football classic.
00:22:02So he benched both of you?
00:22:05He benched both of us.
00:22:11You must have burned.
00:22:14It killed me.
00:22:16It killed me.
00:22:19David Beckham in the starting eleven for the second successive week.
00:22:24So at that point, I wasn't sure of my future at Real Madrid.
00:22:34I always watched the benches of the great teams.
00:22:37And if they were a really good player, what I'd know is they're pissed off.
00:22:43Those are the guys you've got to go get.
00:22:46I remember looking at that going,
00:22:48you don't put David Beckham on a bench.
00:22:51And they did.
00:22:53We're going to get this guy.
00:22:55That's not ambitious. That's rambunctious.
00:22:58This, you know, American idiot that says,
00:23:01hey, you know, one day I'm going to come get this player.
00:23:04And they're all looking at me like, sure, good luck.
00:23:12If you look at soccer around the world,
00:23:14the one place they've never really been able to break through is the United States.
00:23:18This is the world's greatest game.
00:23:21They stop wars for this game.
00:23:23There are countries that don't talk to each other,
00:23:26that come together every four years and compete in this game.
00:23:29We're going to have to do some things to make this country
00:23:32be as passionate about it as they are everywhere else in the world.
00:23:37Tim Lewicki flew over to Madrid
00:23:40after one of the games that I wasn't playing in.
00:23:43I sat with him in a restaurant and Tim said, OK.
00:23:47We got a real chance here to build something special with this league.
00:23:50We wanted to be one of the great leagues in the world.
00:23:52We're going to entertain the hell out of the people.
00:23:54We were about to spend a gazillion dollars.
00:23:56One of the most important decisions ever made in sports.
00:23:59This is the beginning of something phenomenal.
00:24:01We can do this.
00:24:03This is the beginning of something phenomenal.
00:24:05We can be this if we are just not afraid to make big, bold decisions.
00:24:14But at that point,
00:24:16it didn't really even come into my head about moving to America.
00:24:21As much as I loved America.
00:24:28I was playing for Real Madrid.
00:24:31So I was more focused on getting back into the team.
00:24:44And I wasn't going to walk away.
00:24:47A tattooed man is going to enter the frame.
00:24:51David Beckham is introduced.
00:24:56But the Monday morning, Capello called me into his office.
00:25:00And he says, I heard that you're talking to other clubs.
00:25:05And then at the end of it, he said,
00:25:07you will never play for Real Madrid again.
00:25:11And that's when I was like, sorry?
00:25:15He said, you will not play for my team again.
00:25:19So obviously at that point,
00:25:23I was very upset.
00:25:26What did you do?
00:25:29He's an international superstar.
00:25:31His wife's a former Spice Girl.
00:25:33And he's kind of a hunk.
00:25:34Now he's taking that A game to Hollywood.
00:25:37The coach at Galaxy said, Landon,
00:25:41I think we might have a chance at getting David Beckham.
00:25:44And I said, to do what?
00:25:47Someone said, what team do you play for again?
00:25:49I was like, well, I play for the LA Galaxy.
00:25:51He goes, wow, I can't believe you guys are signing David Beckham.
00:25:54And I was like, what the fuck are you talking about?
00:25:57How much are you going to pay him?
00:25:59A lot.
00:26:01Yeah, it was quite an interesting contract.
00:26:04He agreed today to a $250 million contract.
00:26:08Owen, are you sure?
00:26:13David Beckham won't be formally introduced
00:26:15as a new member of the Los Angeles Galaxy
00:26:17at a news conference.
00:26:19Were you ever tempted to go play in America?
00:26:21No.
00:26:24Thank you, Michael.
00:26:25Hi, everybody.
00:26:26Welcome.
00:26:27I see a lot of familiar faces around here.
00:26:29Is this on?
00:26:30There we go.
00:26:31Hello, David.
00:26:32It's Pat O'Brien in Los Angeles.
00:26:33Welcome.
00:26:34David, can you hear us?
00:26:36Well, these are the things that happen
00:26:38when you do live broadcast.
00:26:39I couldn't get my head around the fact
00:26:41that at the moment in restaurants,
00:26:42someone would expect you to give them 25% of the bill.
00:26:44So I couldn't get my head around Americans,
00:26:46let alone go and play football in America.
00:26:48David, can you hear us now?
00:26:50Yep.
00:26:51They're not...
00:26:55I think we wish him well.
00:26:56It's a big career change
00:26:57from playing for the Amateurs
00:26:59to going and playing in America.
00:27:01I couldn't agree with that.
00:27:03I couldn't agree with it.
00:27:04If he asked my advice, I would have said,
00:27:06not in your life.
00:27:08I was so relieved
00:27:10to be going from such a tricky situation in Spain.
00:27:14Victoria Beckham describes herself
00:27:16as a busy working mum
00:27:18whose priority now is to find a new home for her family
00:27:21and new schools for her kids.
00:27:24It was a place where everything was just so much easier.
00:27:29Easier to find a house, easier to find a school.
00:27:31You don't have the language barrier.
00:27:33And so, for me, it was all my dreams come true.
00:27:37Thanks.
00:27:38Just to finish that off, Nick,
00:27:40he is under contract with Real Madrid until end of June.
00:27:48David Beckham is back in training with Real Madrid
00:27:51while the football world was digesting news
00:27:53of his decision to quit Europe for the States.
00:28:04It happened that David signed Los Angeles.
00:28:09This, for the presidency and Real Madrid's associates,
00:28:14was an offence.
00:28:16It had never happened.
00:28:19The manager came over and said,
00:28:21David, you go over there.
00:28:28And he made me train on my own.
00:28:33To see David not training with the team,
00:28:38it was a tough moment.
00:28:41I remember sitting in the box with the family,
00:28:44watching the games.
00:28:46And I'd never experienced something like that before.
00:28:49Fernandez, it's a brilliant pass.
00:28:51Marcos, goal!
00:28:53And Real Madrid are a goal down.
00:28:56Fabio Capello under pressure.
00:28:59Even though they went through a period of not winning games,
00:29:02I couldn't get into the team.
00:29:04David Beckham must watch on painfully from the stands again.
00:29:08It's still frozen out by Capello.
00:29:11And the goal is slotted in quite comfortably.
00:29:15Something's got to give.
00:29:21But he kept going.
00:29:24Why didn't he just say,
00:29:26it's like this, I don't need this in my life.
00:29:29Sorry, checking out.
00:29:33But he just kept going.
00:29:37Even if I wasn't wanted,
00:29:40I wanted to be there.
00:30:02Let's go to the side, please.
00:30:06I went to the president and said,
00:30:08look,
00:30:10I'll have David play from tomorrow.
00:30:27If I lose, you'll send me away.
00:30:33A month ago, he proclaimed that David Beckham
00:30:36would never again play for Real Madrid.
00:30:39Tonight, Fabio Capello names England captain
00:30:42in his starting 11,
00:30:44as he attempts to save his own neck.
00:30:46Real start the weekend in fourth behind the leaders, Barcelona.
00:30:52It was an impossible challenge.
00:30:54Because it was impossible for Barcelona,
00:30:56with all its advantages, to lose the league.
00:31:00Can Beckham be a catalyst for the title race?
00:31:03I don't give up easy.
00:31:06I don't give up.
00:31:13It's just a little bit too far out
00:31:15for a direct strike, we'll see.
00:31:21It goes for goal and finds it!
00:31:26When David came back into the team,
00:31:28I said, we're going to win this league.
00:31:34People said, you are nuts, you are nuts.
00:31:48Maybe I just felt that I needed to prove a point.
00:31:59The reaction from the Spanish press.
00:32:01That's right, he says that Bernabeu is in love with Beckham.
00:32:04All of a sudden, we look like the smartest guys in the room.
00:32:08In by Beckham, great cross, brilliant goal!
00:32:11And everyone's looking at us going, oh my God, you've got David Beckham.
00:32:14He's like in prime shape, and I'm like,
00:32:16well, that's not what you were saying three months ago.
00:32:24Did he ever come to me and say, sorry David, I was wrong?
00:32:27No, no.
00:32:47A few months ago, David Beckham was heading
00:32:49to one of football's backwaters, the United States,
00:32:52where it had appeared his football career
00:32:54would gradually grind to a halt.
00:32:56Yet here I am, sorry, yet here I am,
00:32:59heading to one of Madrid's most important matches of the season.
00:33:02And the fans around me are pretty much in agreement
00:33:05that Beckham's going to be one of the most important players on the pitch.
00:33:11Live pictures from the Bernabeu on the final night of La Liga.
00:33:15If Real Madrid beat Mallorca, they are champions of Spain.
00:33:21David Beckham would win his first medal in Spain in his last match.
00:33:27He's struggled with an ankle injury this week, but will take set to stage.
00:33:33I tell you, what Hollywood should get out of the story of David Beckham, shouldn't they?
00:33:37We've also heard that Roberto Carlos plays his last game.
00:33:40We want to be champions, go out with our heads held high.
00:34:10Seeking Beckham, great control from Beckham.
00:34:13But also, Bigo left, Ronaldo left, Zizou left,
00:34:20so I was the only Galactico kind of left.
00:34:24It's in the script that David Beckham scores the goal tonight.
00:34:27How many important goals has he scored over the years?
00:34:32It's Beckham!
00:34:34So it should have been the perfect way to finish my Real Madrid career.
00:34:45Mallorca spoil the party!
00:34:51This wasn't in the script.
00:34:53This wasn't in the script.
00:35:06If you go back, you can see David run, not run really well.
00:35:24All of a sudden, my Achilles gave way.
00:35:32And that was the end of the game for me.
00:35:41I replaced him because he had a bad ankle.
00:35:53A rather sad end.
00:36:00It just wasn't meant to be.
00:36:03A fairytale finishes in the season undecided for Real Madrid.
00:36:08But this moment, it's not about me, it's about the team.
00:36:26Our strength was not individual.
00:36:29So I said, guys, together, we are our strength.
00:37:00It was a fun one.
00:37:11A winner, a team of friends.
00:37:29And I look up and I see Victoria, the kids.
00:37:45The celebrations begin. Real Madrid are champions again.
00:37:53And there's going to be a party like even the Beckhams have never thrown.
00:37:59That night, I saw that the proper David, the real David.
00:38:30But maybe after that night, if we go to David, say, look David, stay.
00:38:46There's nothing bigger now than Real Madrid.
00:38:50And maybe stay a little longer to win more trophies.
00:38:54Whatever you have agreed or whatever you talk to your family, stay.
00:39:03Suddenly, David was in favor.
00:39:07So he was going in to have one final meeting with them.
00:39:12So this is the day of reckoning.
00:39:24I was ready to leave.
00:39:39And I, as you know, I went ahead.
00:39:42I put the kids in school.
00:39:44I bought a house.
00:39:46I decorated the house for us as a family.
00:39:54Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe.
00:39:59All of Madridismo is asking themselves, can't you stay two or three more years?
00:40:06Which is what everyone thinks that you have in you.
00:40:10But David's smart and he remembers they benched him.
00:40:18A kiss for his youngest. And it was into Heathrow Terminal One.
00:40:23It didn't matter what anyone said to me, to be honest.
00:40:29It was about what me and Victoria wanted.
00:40:35And we wanted America.
00:40:36Welcome to the KCAL 9 News at 4.
00:40:51Our big story on this Friday.
00:40:53Soccer fans on fire with excitement.
00:40:55David Beckham is finally here.
00:40:59I remember us getting in the car.
00:41:03And there was a helicopter that was filming us going from the airport to our house.
00:41:09I mean, it was bizarre. It was like, really, is it that interesting?
00:41:14Welcome to the Home Depot Center.
00:41:17This would be the biggest news conference for a sports star ever seen in L.A.
00:41:23The newest member of the L.A. Galaxy, Mr. David Beckham.
00:41:32My family have now moved to Los Angeles.
00:41:36The most important thing is my family.
00:41:38The second thing is the football, is the soccer.
00:41:41Did you have friends in L.A. that you would call, like, what do I do?
00:41:45Well, the funny thing was...
00:41:50I was friends with Tom Cruise.
00:41:55I remember Tom turning around and saying, me and Will are going to throw you a party.
00:41:59And I was like, Will? And he said, Will Smith.
00:42:03Do you remember that there was a welcome party?
00:42:08That's not an efficient enough title for what it was.
00:42:14It was like an after Oscars party or something.
00:42:20It was like being in Mad and Two Souls.
00:42:22You know, and everywhere you looked, there was a famous person.
00:42:24And we just obviously stood there like that.
00:42:27We had to make a circle for Tom Cruise so he could redo the choreography for the Risky Business dance scene.
00:42:36And then the next minute, the piano starts going and Stevie Wonder starts singing him Happy Birthday.
00:42:41And I'm just like, fuck this. You know what I mean? He's gone. We've lost him.
00:42:48RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. is sold out tonight.
00:42:5145,000 people hoping to see David Beckham's debut.
00:42:55The latest on David Beckham. He is available for selection.
00:42:59He will not start the match, but he does expect to play.
00:43:03It's a gamble to try to become the messiah of American soccer.
00:43:09He was risking everything by coming here.
00:43:13And we are set for the kickoff.
00:43:15Like if it didn't work out, it would make him the laughingstock of the world.
00:43:27Do you think that David was a bit shocked at how kind of, I don't want to say it, but maybe how shitty the setup was?
00:43:39MLS has this crazy salary cap, which meant that you can really only afford to pay some guys $13,000 a year.
00:43:55So the MLS needed to change the rules, which meant that one player would exist outside the salary cap, which was called the David Beckham rule.
00:44:05And so he was stuck with these crappy ass journeymen.
00:44:13There were some players in the team that were pool cleaners or gardeners, and actually, I didn't believe it.
00:44:23When he was using the bathroom, we timed it and calculated how much money he made while he was in the stall.
00:44:29And it was multiples of what some of the guys in those lockers made in a year.
00:44:36First time you saw the Galaxy play, did you not go, David, this is fucking shit football?
00:44:43From my level, I don't even like to say that. They were better than me.
00:44:47You weren't even that good? The pool cleaner, bro, is playing.
00:44:51I actually went out with him for his first game.
00:44:55I did sit there and think, what have you done?
00:44:58He looks ticked off to me. He looks like he's upset about what he's seeing out there.
00:45:03That was hard for him, because David was just the ultimate perfectionist.
00:45:08And Beckham is coming on.
00:45:09I think everyone thought, oh, they're going to win everything now, because they have this one great player.
00:45:16When I was playing these balls, normally, I knew that there was a player running.
00:45:21I'd play the ball, and there'd be no one there.
00:45:25And I'd be like, oh, I'm going to win.
00:45:28I'd be like, oh, I'm going to win.
00:45:30And I'd be like, oh, I'm going to win.
00:45:32And I'd be like, oh, I'm going to win.
00:45:34And I'd be like, oh, I'm going to win.
00:45:36I'd play the ball, and there'd be no one there.
00:45:45And we played on pitches that still had the American football lines, and it was confusing.
00:45:54He's probably never watched an American football game.
00:45:58He's probably like, what the fuck are these lines doing on the field?
00:46:00on the field and figure out, he didn't even know where the ball was out of bounds.
00:46:03He probably stopped and the out of bounds was really out there.
00:46:06Great little move here from Donovan.
00:46:08Looking for Victor, but it's not there.
00:46:10It was a disaster.
00:46:12Into the near post and into the goal!
00:46:161-0!
00:46:18We sucked. We did.
00:46:20This year!
00:46:24We were not getting any better.
00:46:26It was a bad time for us.
00:46:28A counter!
00:46:29Onside!
00:46:30Outing Dorian!
00:46:33You experienced the longest non-winning streak of your career.
00:46:3612 games. Do you remember that low?
00:46:39Yeah, I remember.
00:46:41I don't remember the number, but I obviously do now.
00:46:43Thanks for that.
00:46:45Chima, sub 3-0.
00:46:48Good lord.
00:46:50It got to the point where it was embarrassing.
00:46:52As embarrassing as you can get,
00:46:54it could not get any worse for the Galaxy right now.
00:46:57It wasn't getting any better,
00:46:59so I wasn't that happy.
00:47:01I was so happy.
00:47:03So happy.
00:47:14LA, it was a great place to live.
00:47:20I've got my family together.
00:47:22Can you do your penguin swim?
00:47:24Now, here's Romeo Beckham
00:47:26at the FA Cup final.
00:47:28Who are you going to kick it like?
00:47:32And I...
00:47:34let go
00:47:36of a lot of pain.
00:47:42I remember someone saying to me once
00:47:44that LA is like rehab for famous people.
00:47:47That's why we always see people walking around Malibu
00:47:49in Ugg boots and tracksuits.
00:47:51Look at me!
00:47:54Look at me. Wave.
00:47:56So it's my first day of school.
00:48:00The schools were great.
00:48:02There was a private driveway,
00:48:04so the paparazzi couldn't get into the school.
00:48:06We still got attention,
00:48:08but, you know,
00:48:10when you've got Tom Cruise
00:48:12rocking up to a restaurant,
00:48:14who cares if the Beckhams go?
00:48:19Everything was a lot easier
00:48:21for us as a family.
00:48:23Yeah!
00:48:27Romeo!
00:48:29Well done!
00:48:31I definitely felt
00:48:33at peace.
00:48:38Finally, we seemed
00:48:40settled.
00:48:44But
00:48:46it's like that saying,
00:48:48you know, when there's an itch
00:48:50that needs scratching.
00:48:52No problem.
00:48:54The BBC has learned
00:48:56that the next England manager
00:48:58is expected to be named later today.
00:49:00Well, he's a world-class manager.
00:49:02We're very confident that he is the right man
00:49:04to lead us forward.
00:49:06So explain how managing England
00:49:08came to him.
00:49:10They'd never had a foreigner.
00:49:17First Italian?
00:49:19Yeah, yeah.
00:49:21When Fabio Capello
00:49:23became England manager,
00:49:25he said, if you want to make
00:49:27the World Cup squad,
00:49:29this is what you have to do.
00:49:39He said, you have to play
00:49:41for a European club
00:49:43at the highest level.
00:49:45How about AC Milan?
00:49:47And I was like, OK.
00:49:49Maria totally understood.
00:49:55What do you mean you want to go to Milan?
00:49:57Like, we've just moved from one side of the world
00:49:59to the other
00:50:01for you.
00:50:05What I signed up for was us being in LA as a family.
00:50:11So I didn't expect to turn up in LA,
00:50:15have everything perfect,
00:50:18and then, well, guess what?
00:50:20Surprise! I'm going away again.
00:50:30It was going to be
00:50:32another time
00:50:34when I was left at home
00:50:36on my own with the kids
00:50:38because kids had to stay in LA.
00:50:40They were in school.
00:50:42It is a wonderful country.
00:50:44We love it. Our kids love it.
00:50:46I respected his career and always have done
00:50:48immensely.
00:50:50But not again.
00:50:52I was really upset.
00:50:54And off he went.
00:51:00Selfishly, that was me saying,
00:51:02it doesn't matter what any of you think.
00:51:04This is what I need to do.
00:51:06I wasn't thinking about my teammates.
00:51:08I wasn't thinking about my family.
00:51:10I was thinking about me.
00:51:14If there's an opportunity
00:51:16to play for my country
00:51:18in a World Cup,
00:51:22I will do whatever I can
00:51:24to make that happen.
00:51:29But
00:51:31I never wanted to leave LA.
00:51:33Well, except when you try to stay in Milan.
00:51:35Your lawyers are talking
00:51:37to Galaxy about the possibility
00:51:39of making a permanent transfer.
00:51:41Can you confirm that's your ambition?
00:51:43You know, I think I've enjoyed my time.
00:51:45I knew I was going to enjoy it,
00:51:47but I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I have.
00:51:49And at the moment,
00:51:51I've expressed my desire to stay
00:51:53at AC Milan now.
00:51:55What do you mean?
00:51:57Well, David Beckham, we hardly knew you.
00:52:01Beckham wants out.
00:52:03Beckham wants out.
00:52:05Galaxy made the mistake of
00:52:07lending him to powerhouse AC Milan.
00:52:09He wants to make a more permanent
00:52:11move across the pond.
00:52:13Let the lawsuits begin.
00:52:15Hey, I thought he was into
00:52:17the whole hanging out with Tom Cruise.
00:52:19Yeah, the Hollywood thing.
00:52:27It's frustrating.
00:52:29Really frustrating because I felt like
00:52:32if we're going to deal with all the other shit,
00:52:34he better show up and play.
00:52:36That's the least
00:52:38that he can do.
00:52:40Landon Donovan
00:52:42was the best homegrown talent
00:52:44we had.
00:52:46He's not like these $13,000
00:52:48a year players.
00:52:50He could make it theoretically anywhere
00:52:52and he chose to play at home.
00:52:54So it's pretty
00:52:56easy to see
00:52:58how that could have rubbed him
00:53:00the wrong way.
00:53:06Even though it's a shitty little MLS team
00:53:08that he doesn't really care about, but it meant a lot
00:53:10to me.
00:53:12Goal!
00:53:16I've enjoyed myself so much here.
00:53:18I'd like to stay for a while.
00:53:20No.
00:53:22Sorry, David.
00:53:24You can't stay in Italy.
00:53:26No.
00:53:28We owned him.
00:53:34So it was like, we're not doing it.
00:53:36Period.
00:53:38David Beckham.
00:53:40Good morning. Welcome back. Good to see you.
00:53:42How have you been? You were gone for six months.
00:53:44You've got three kids and a beautiful
00:53:46wife at home in Los Angeles. How did you manage that?
00:53:48And
00:53:50I was frustrated.
00:53:52I want to get right to a little bit of an uncomfortable
00:53:54subject because there were more reporters than normal
00:53:56at that practice because of something
00:53:58one of your teammates, Landon Donovan
00:54:00said about you in a book that was
00:54:02not flattering. He said he questioned your commitment
00:54:04to US soccer, your professionalism.
00:54:06He even said you were stingy.
00:54:08That could make for some testy
00:54:10times in the locker room.
00:54:12Landon felt that I abandoned
00:54:14the team.
00:54:16I don't think he
00:54:18handled it in the right way.
00:54:20David Beckham
00:54:22has called his LA Galaxy
00:54:24teammate Landon Donovan
00:54:26unprofessional after the American publicly
00:54:28criticized the former England captain.
00:54:30Whatever goes on in the changing room
00:54:32stays in the changing room.
00:54:34I've played for some of the biggest clubs
00:54:36in the world and not once in 17 years
00:54:38have I been criticized for my professionalism.
00:54:42If you've got something to say
00:54:44say it to my face.
00:54:46And
00:54:49it became real ugly
00:54:51real fast.
00:55:03I've never seen
00:55:05American fans boo a home team player
00:55:07as badly as that.
00:55:09Do you remember that? Oh yeah.
00:55:13It was just a vitriol
00:55:15that was getting tossed at him.
00:55:19They
00:55:21obviously were really upset about me.
00:55:29And by the way, I agree with them.
00:55:33I would feel exactly the same.
00:55:35So I get it
00:55:37but
00:55:39I wasn't going to take that from
00:55:41my own fans.
00:55:49That's when I said,
00:55:51fuck this shit.
00:55:53We were not a team.
00:55:55And we said, okay
00:55:57this ain't the circus.
00:55:59Our coach
00:56:01sends me and David a text
00:56:03and says, I want to speak to you guys
00:56:05in the morning before practice.
00:56:07I said, David
00:56:09I want to talk to you guys
00:56:11in the morning before practice.
00:56:13I said, David
00:56:15I want to talk to you guys
00:56:17I said, David
00:56:19what I said I felt
00:56:21and I believe and it's my truth
00:56:23I should never have said
00:56:25that publicly and I should have just said it
00:56:27to you and I'm sorry.
00:56:29And in that
00:56:31moment if it were me on that side of the table
00:56:33I would have said, fuck you.
00:56:35I can't believe you did this to me.
00:56:37And he said, I get it
00:56:39and I respect
00:56:41that you're saying that to me.
00:56:48And then our coach
00:56:50said something I'll never forget. He said, David
00:56:52to Landon
00:56:54this is his Manchester United.
00:56:56So you grew up in Manchester
00:56:58like I get chills talking about because for David
00:57:00that was everything.
00:57:04This is what you care about.
00:57:06I get it.
00:57:10Then I remembered
00:57:12my responsibility to
00:57:14the MLS.
00:57:17He can bend it over the wall easily.
00:57:19And I remembered
00:57:21my responsibility to
00:57:23my family.
00:57:25I had to make it work.
00:57:39I can feel it. He was on a
00:57:41mission and I was on a mission.
00:57:44Donovan keeps it in.
00:57:46Donovan to the top.
00:57:48Back up.
00:57:50All of a sudden we were a team.
00:57:52Landon and David put their
00:57:54shit aside, stopped bitching at
00:57:56each other and started playing.
00:57:58And then everything
00:58:00clicked.
00:58:04We were a friggin football club.
00:58:07It's Beckham.
00:58:11I love that team.
00:58:13They were fucking warriors.
00:58:29Winning the MLS Cup
00:58:31was probably one of the most rewarding
00:58:33moments of my career.
00:58:36The L.A. Galaxy are champions.
00:58:48I think I stood there on the pitch
00:58:50and went...
00:58:52It worked.
00:58:54I didn't obviously say that.
00:58:56Well, welcome to the White House
00:58:58everybody.
00:59:00And congratulations to the L.A.
00:59:02Galaxy on your MLS Cup.
00:59:07We also have a young
00:59:09up-and-comer on the team, a guy
00:59:11named David Beckham.
00:59:14I have to say I gave David
00:59:16a hard time.
00:59:18I said half his teammates could be his
00:59:20kids.
00:59:22We're getting old, David.
00:59:24Although you're holding up better than me.
00:59:26Do you remember when you
00:59:28first started to
00:59:30think about retiring?
00:59:32Because I know you're the kind of guy who doesn't
00:59:34ever want to stop.
00:59:36No, I didn't ever want to stop.
00:59:38After five years, David Beckham
00:59:40is hanging up his American soccer
00:59:42jersey. The British soccer superstar
00:59:44played his final Major League Soccer game
00:59:46last night and even managed to go home
00:59:48on a high note.
00:59:50But the soccer star says he's not ready to leave the sport
00:59:52just yet.
00:59:54I never thought about retirement.
00:59:56I wanted to play until I literally
00:59:58couldn't walk anymore.
01:00:00That was me.
01:00:04And at that point we decided
01:00:06it was time to go home.
01:00:08We hadn't seen our families for a long time.
01:00:10So we moved
01:00:12back to the UK
01:00:16and he pulls
01:00:18a David Beckham special.
01:00:20I'm moving.
01:00:24I get the phone
01:00:26call from Paris.
01:00:28They say
01:00:30do you want to come and
01:00:32help give us a boost?
01:00:34We haven't won the league for 18 years.
01:00:36Even before
01:00:38he'd asked me,
01:00:40my mind was made up.
01:00:46I was like
01:00:48what the fuck?
01:00:50I laugh about it now but I was like
01:00:52no seriously, really?
01:00:54Really?
01:00:56I like the move to Paris.
01:00:58I like the fact that he wasn't retiring.
01:01:02I think I love the game
01:01:04more than anyone
01:01:06has ever loved it.
01:01:08That's what I think.
01:01:10I know it's not true
01:01:12but I think that I love the game
01:01:14more than anyone.
01:01:20But I felt different.
01:01:22My body felt different.
01:01:24I was waking up
01:01:26after games.
01:01:28I felt beaten up.
01:01:30I felt every time
01:01:32I was getting out of bed
01:01:34I was aching,
01:01:36I was hurting.
01:01:38I'd roll out of bed
01:01:40in the mornings
01:01:42because I just was in
01:01:44so much pain.
01:01:54He looked shattered.
01:01:56I remember seeing him walk off
01:01:58and he looked up at me
01:02:00and I remember thinking
01:02:02it's time.
01:02:04You're tired.
01:02:06It's time.
01:02:08So coming to that decision
01:02:10was actually
01:02:12a really tough one.
01:02:14Former England captain
01:02:16David Beckham is retiring
01:02:18from football.
01:02:20The former England captain
01:02:22on 59 occasions
01:02:24he won 115 caps
01:02:26for his country.
01:02:32I've been emotional
01:02:34from the moment I decided.
01:02:42The manager said to me
01:02:44before the game, like 10 minutes before the end
01:02:46of the game, I'm going to bring you off
01:02:48because it's the right thing to do.
01:02:50You deserve it to come off like that.
01:02:52At that point we'd already won the league.
01:02:56Beckham.
01:03:04So when it came to this moment
01:03:06all of a sudden
01:03:08I couldn't breathe and I couldn't control
01:03:10my emotions.
01:03:26When I finally come off
01:03:28I completely lose it.
01:03:52But as much as it hurt
01:03:54knowing I was never going to play football again
01:04:06I knew
01:04:08that I'd made the right decision.
01:04:24On a Saturday morning I just pottered around this place.
01:04:50I love it.
01:04:52escape. I'm in here from like 11 till 9 o'clock at night, 10 o'clock at night,
01:05:03later sometimes, just grilling, that's all I do. I bring my iPad, we watch the
01:05:12football, so it's good. Did you put thyme in there as well? Yes, chef. We've tried
01:05:24to give our children the most normal upbringing as possible, but you've got a dad that was
01:05:31England captain and you've got a mum that was posh spice. Rolling his little trolley
01:05:37He wakes up at 6am every morning just to start the fire. By the way, I actually do. You know
01:05:43I do. That's what I was saying. But you're saying it in a sarcastic way. No, I was saying
01:05:48it in like a... In a what, in a loving way? In a loving way. You can't try and be funny
01:05:53with that little thing you've got going on. A little tuft under his chin. I know, I know.
01:05:59And they could be little shits, and they're not. Is that already cooked? It's all cooked.
01:06:06You want to taste a bit? Sure. And that's why I say that I'm so proud of my children.
01:06:15You always eat nicely. You can eat whatever you want to eat. Yep. And I'm so in awe of
01:06:23my children, the way they've turned out. You're growing the wrong way. Look at him, he's a
01:06:33disaster. Don't film this, it's embarrassing. Sorry. Dude. Mate, where's the other oar?
01:06:49Darling, your muscles are ready. I probably didn't realise half of what I've talked about
01:06:57until I sort of started this... What shall we call it? This... What shall we call it? Therapy.
01:07:15I feel at peace with a lot of what, maybe in our first session, was still a lot of pent-up
01:07:23anger, frustration. I understand it now.
01:07:30It has been some form of therapy, this. When I've looked back and I see footage of her on
01:07:38the phone to me saying, hi babes, and she doesn't talk like she does now, by the way.
01:07:43She was a lot more common than she is now. I just don't know how that happened. I don't know what...
01:07:47She's never had any kind of elocution lessons, that's how you say it, right? Oh, I'm so glad you
01:07:52know what that means. By the way, I sound exactly the same as I did when I was 13.
01:07:59I think your voice got a little deeper. Yeah, it was quite high-pitched.
01:08:05Going through every part of my life, it has given me clarity on many things,
01:08:11and one of the things is which is...
01:08:13...which is the most important thing to me, is what we've got.
01:08:18So, we can ride it and drill the pipe.
01:08:21Make me love each other.
01:08:25I'm into the street.
01:08:27That is what we are.
01:08:30Going in between.
01:08:32How can we be wrong?
01:08:34Settle in with me.
01:08:36Why I feel happy now is I feel really content now, and I think I get that sense that you feel
01:08:42happy now is I feel really content now and I think I get that sense that you feel
01:08:48content now you know when we were younger you're constantly chasing and there's an element of
01:08:53you're passing the baton on a little and you want that for your kids wouldn't you say?
01:08:58Yeah I'm not ready to pass the baton on yet.
01:09:12Football it's a it's like a drug
01:09:20when we retire from football
01:09:23we don't have this adrenaline
01:09:28which is a strong drug I think
01:09:32physiologically we can feel it inside of us you know
01:09:36yeah we all miss the crowd because the crowd gives you the adrenaline
01:09:45that's a difficulty when you retire from football your body has to accept it
01:09:52I genuinely believe all football players are addicts
01:09:57we've got that adrenaline that addictive mindset of something
01:10:02you have to have something
01:10:11you know I thought I'd probably made my last selfish decision going to
01:10:16Paris for me it wasn't. He's captained his country he's become a global brand
01:10:22but now that he's hung up his boots what does David Beckham plan to do next?
01:10:27Well today he's confirmed he's heading back to the United States
01:10:31to start a new major league soccer team based in Miami
01:10:35there's golden balls still got the Midas touch
01:10:41I got on the plane that next day to announce Miami. The next day you go to Miami? Yeah
01:10:48I didn't want to sit still
01:10:50The next day? What was that about? Fisher we just got things to do we've got shit to get done
01:11:04So Pink Nets are the first. Pink Nets was uh proud to say my idea
01:11:10the suits were my idea. My mentality was not to just reflect on you know what I just achieved
01:11:18no matter how they toss the dice you had to be the only one for me. You always knew you had to have a plan afterwards
01:11:26so happy together because otherwise it'll spiral it'll just fucking spiral
01:11:34you had to keep him busy
01:11:42he'll be playing for us one day
01:11:43I want to win. We have the best players and the best team
01:11:52What about Leo?
01:11:53Oh there you go
01:12:08Ladies and gentlemen I cannot wait to see Leo take the field in our colours
01:12:15Your number 10. Inter-Miami number 10. The best number 10 in the world. Lionel Hamlet. Messi
01:12:45Yeah
01:13:04Can you take that off? I can't like it
01:13:10All right well let's see how this free kick goes with wearing that top
01:13:13then you can take it off and take a proper one
01:13:17There you go. Target. Hit the target
01:13:25Not your dad. Now take a breath you don't need to be nervous in front of me
01:13:31I've only got six premier leagues and the European Cup a couple of FA Cups, La Liga, French League
01:13:39You got nervous
01:13:45I know where you're going. You know where I'm going? Yeah
01:13:55Not bad. Not bad. 47 years old. One day mate. One day you'll get like me
01:14:00No. No. Watch the trees
01:14:12Go again
01:14:16There we go. Go again
01:14:21All right going goal
01:14:22Are you stabbed from your flowers?