Victoria Beckham just wanted to fit in growing up.
During the former Spice Girls’ interview with Nicole Kidman for Vogue Australiathe Oscar winner asked Beckham (50) if she really drove to school in a Rolls-Royce.
“You know, my dad had a Rolls-Royce and he also had a white van,” she began. “I came from a working-class background, so my dad in the 80s, he was an entrepreneur, started his business with my mom at the kitchen table and it was doing well, so he bought himself a Rolls-Royce.”
Beckham added that she went to regular school and did not live in a big house, but as soon as her father Anthony Adams started earning, he treated himself to a luxury car.
“One day we would go to school in a Rolls-Royce and one day in a van because he would still be working, he was an electrical wholesaler and he was a big worker.”
“Me and my siblings begged him, can we please go to school in the white van?” Beckham continued. “Like, we were humbled by the idea of getting into a Rolls-Royce. How things have changed!”
Beckham is the eldest of three, which includes her sister Louise and brother Christian.
Victoria Beckham in a frame from the documentary ‘Beckham’.
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The model added that nowadays she wouldn’t mind driving in a luxury car, but as she grew up it was more about fitting in. “Today I would say, don’t worry about the van, let’s go inside the Roller! But at the time we just wanted to fit in.”
Beckham’s upbringing came into the spotlight in October 2023 after the Netflix documentary premiered Beckham. In a now-viral moment from the documentary, the model said she grew up “very working class.”
Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Her husband, David Beckham, however, shook his head in , telling her to “be honest” about the car he drove her to school in. “OK, in the 80s my dad had a Rolls-Royce,” she eventually relented.
The moment immediately went viral. Beckham even debuted a t-shirt mocking the viral moment.
Beckham’s parents, Jackie and Anthony Adams, lived modestly. However, her father found success when he started his own electronics supply company. Jackie, who was an insurance clerk, and Anthony, who was an electrical engineer, have been married for 54 years.
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Victoria Beckham with her parents Jackie and Anthony Adams.
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Beckham said Vogue in 2017 that her parents had a great influence on her life and that they empowered her. “My family raised me telling me that I could achieve absolutely anything,” she said at the time.
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“Whenever I said I couldn’t, my dad, he just wouldn’t listen. He would say, what do you mean you can’t? Why? Why? And I do that to my own children as well.”
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