David Beckham Roasted Victoria Beckham For Being "Working Class"

Summary

• David and Victoria Beckham come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, with David having a working-class upbringing and Victoria growing up in a slightly more privileged environment.
• Victoria's parents had blue-collar jobs, with her mother working as a hairdresser and her father working as an electrical engineer and entrepreneur.
• Despite Victoria's claims of a working-class background, her family's ability to afford a Rolls Royce suggests a level of wealth that is not typically associated with working-class families.

With a combined net worth of $450 million, Victoria Beckham and David Beckham make up the upper echelon of society. This is a far cry from how David grew up in the Leytonstone area of London, a traditional working-class area. David's parents were both considered blue-collar workers, given that his father was an appliance repairman and his mother was a hairstylist. The family lived modestly, had a love of soccer, and supported David with his then-fledgling career.

These days, David, who has been accused of using his riches for a hair transplant, lives a much more lavish life with several houses, fancy cars, and lavish vacations. Things that he never would have dreamed of when he was young. A life that Victoria claims that she lived as well on the Netflix limited series, Beckham.

While Victoria claims that she and David grew up in similar situations, David roasted Victoria for saying that she was "working class" during an interview she had for Beckham and that she came from a blue-collar background. However, Victoria was adamant that her parents had blue-collar jobs, which begs the question of just how similar David and Victoria's childhoods were growing up.

Victoria Beckham's Parents Both Worked

Victoria claimed that she had a working-class background during her interview on Beckham. Growing up in Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire, Victoria was geographically in a more expensive area of England than David was. However, in order for her family to live in her childhood home, both of Victoria's parents had to work, sometimes holding down more than one job at a time.

Jacqueline and Anthony Adams wanted to make sure that their children, who included Victoria and her siblings, Louise and Christian, had the best they could provide them with growing up so that they had access to every opportunity to better themselves.

Jacqueline worked as both a hairdresser and an insurance clerk. Anthony worked as an electrical engineer and entrepreneur.

Despite the fact that Anthony was an engineer and likely completed a lot of school to be properly trained in his job, the job is still a blue-collar job. As was his job as an entrepreneur in an electrical-supply business.

Jacqueline worked one of the same jobs that David's mother did, as a hairdresser, a job that is considered blue-collar. However, because an insurance clerk is a white-collar job, that does add some credence as to why David would state that Victoria did not grow up working class.

But then again, if the job was paying that well, Jacqueline would not have had to work two jobs to help make ends meet so the family could live in a nicer neighborhood—the neighborhood that also helped Victoria earn her nickname, Posh Spice.

Victoria Beckham Was Known As Posh Spice Because Of Where She Grew Up

One of the nicer areas to live outside of London for those who want a more rural feel is in Goffs Oak. The area is largely made up of four or five-bedroom homes with private parking.

David's home, in comparison, had three bedrooms and was not detached from the neighbors, much like the areas that the Spice Girls, save for Victoria, who may still be planning on coming back to the Spice Girls for a reunion, grew up in.

Victoria was given the name Posh because she grew up in slightly more expensive surroundings than her bandmates.

As a result of Anthony's electrical supply business taking off in the 1980s, the Adams were able to upgrade their lifestyle. The interior and exterior house was remodeled and there was enough money to pay tuition to send Victoria to Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom, Surrey.

The tuition to go there today is nearly $25,000. However, it was more affordable in the 1990s when Victoria would have attended at approximately $4,000.

While Victoria may not have grown up in the most expensive neighborhoods outside of London, she certainly did not grow up in areas where people were struggling to make ends meet either. The fact was apparent during an interview on Beckham where she discussed her childhood, only to be corrected by her husband, David.

Growing Up, Victoria Beckham's Lifestyle Was Anything But Blue Collar

It was clear from his interview at the beginning of the series Beckham that David grew up in a household that had less money than a lot of people living on the outskirts of London.

While his parents were still able to put food on the table and make life for David and his two sisters, they were not sent to private schools, go on lavish vacations, or drive fancy cars. The latter of which, Victoria's family did, a fact that Victoria was not too keen to fess up to.

As Victoria explained that both she and David grew up with much less than they have today, David popped his head into the interview and roasted Victoria for saying that she hailed from a "working class" family.

"We're very working class," Victoria explained.

David interrupted, stating, "Be honest."

"I am being honest," Victoria replied.

"What car did your dad drive you to school in?" David asked.

After going back and forth several more times, Victoria finally admitted, "Okay, in the '80s my dad had a Rolls Royce."

The cost of a Rolls Royce in the 1980s varied greatly. The least expensive was approximately $30,000 and went well into the high six figures. Just which one Anthony purchased is unknown.

But, to be driving around in a Rolls Royce was a symbol of success and something that a working-class family likely would not have spent their money on, meaning that Victoria was not as working class as she would like to remember.