Rebecca Loos at The Blush Ball on April 25, 2006, in London, England.Photo:David Lodge/FilmMagic
David Lodge/FilmMagic
Rebecca Loos worked closely withDavid Beckhamover two decades ago.
The former Dutch model was the soccer star’s personal assistant in 2003 before she moved on to a career as a yoga teacher and a massage therapist. She first gained fame when she alleged the two had an affair while Beckham was married to his wife,Victoria Beckham— which he denied in a statement toThe Guardian, calling her claims “ludicrous."
From her time as a model to her career today, here’s everything to know about Rebecca Loos.
She was a model
Rebecca Loos at the “Miami Vice” London premiere in London in July 2006.David Lodge/FilmMagic
Though Rebecca was born in Madrid, Spain, she spoke English, Norwegian, Spanish, Dutch and French growing up. Her father is both Dutch and Swiss, while her mother is English and Spanish, per herwebsite. She also holds Dutch citizenship.
Before she began working as a personal assistant, Loos had some commercial modeling jobs.
She worked as a personal assistant to David Beckham in 2003
David Beckham at the Euro 2004 qualifying match on Sept. 6, 2003, in Skopje, Macedonia; Rebecca Loos at the 2006 Flora London Marathon in London, England.Jamie McDonald/Getty; David Lodge/FilmMagic
Jamie McDonald/Getty; David Lodge/FilmMagic
Loos began working for Beckham shortly after his move to Madrid, but was terminated after a few months.
She alleged that she and Beckham had an affair
Rebecca Loos hosts 2006 Pre-Marathon Fundraising Party in London.Niki Nikolova/FilmMagic
Niki Nikolova/FilmMagic
“During the past few months I have become accustomed to reading more and more ludicrous stories about my private life,” he said. “What appeared this morning is just one further example.”
“The simple truth is that I am very happily married and have a wonderful wife and two very special kids,” he continued. “There is nothing any third party can do to change this.”
Nearly a decade later, in 2013, Loos said in an interview withDaybreakthat she regretted the way she went about sharing her story — though she did not take back telling it in the first place.
“I think I maybe could have gone about it in a kinder way,” she said. “I don’t regret speaking out but I regret the way I went about it.”
Loos also added that she was “reckless” when she spoke out about the alleged affair.
“Obviously I’m a mother now and I’m married myself and being in the media for six or seven years, so knowing what I know now, I would have definitely gone about things quite differently,” she told the outlet.
She continued, “I think I was quite young and foolish and very reckless, and obviously I didn’t think things through, I just acted on impulse. And I like to think I’m a lot less like that now, hopefully.”
She is Piers Morgan’s second cousin
Rebecca Loos at the “You, Me & Dupree” premiere in London, England.Martin Doyle/FilmMagic
Martin Doyle/FilmMagic
JournalistPiers Morgan, who worked for rival British tabloid newspaperThe Daily Mirrorat the time, said he discovered that Loos was his second cousin after news of her alleged affair with Beckham broke. He joked that he found out only two days after the scandal hit the papers — and that he had even “apparently danced with her at a family wedding in Madrid,” he toldThe Independent.
“Despite this, she refused to switch camps from theNews of the Worldand give theMirrorher story,” he told the outlet in a 2005 interview. “It really does come to something when your own family flog their kiss-and-tells to a rival paper.”
Rebecca Loos at the De Keyser Fashion Christmas Party in July 2004 in London, England.J. Quinton/WireImage
J. Quinton/WireImage
She’s a mother of two
Rebecca Loos with her two sons in 2023.Rebecca Loos/Instagram
Rebecca Loos/Instagram
Loos became pregnant with her first child, Magnus, in 2009 with her then-boyfriend Sven Christjar Skaiaa. She first announced her pregnancy on the Spanish programEsta Pasando.
“I wasn’t planning on having a child,” she said on the show. “It was an accident. But the child will be very welcome and very loved.”
Of her partner, she added that he was “not well-known” but was a Norwegian doctor and they had met after the summer in his home country.
“We’re both delighted with the pregnancy,” she added. “He wasn’t a fling, he’s my boyfriend and I hope to spend the rest of my life with him.”
Five months into her pregnancy, Loos moved to Norway to raise her son with Sven.
“Sven is an outdoor man and mountain lover and was not prepared to move to London - so it was I who moved to Norway so we could bring our son up together,” she toldThe Sunin 2018. “I thought to myself that if it doesn’t work out in Norway I can always move back to London. That was 10 years ago.”
She welcomed another child, Liam, in 2012, and married her husband the same year. Today, Loos often posts photos of her family enjoying quality time together. In July 2023, they traveled to Sicily together where they enjoyed “delicious food” and “stunning scenery,” she wrote on herInstagram.
“Summer vibes in Sicily with my family! Our first time in Sicily, and I am already in love! 😍,” she wrote in the caption of her post. “Exploring this beautiful island with my family, feeling so blessed and grateful!”
She also enjoys nature with her sons, preferring to raise them in the wilderness of Norway rather than the cities she lived in in her 20s.
She now works as a yoga teacher and massage therapist
Rebecca Loos in the Netherlands in September 2023.Rebecca Loos/Instagram
“After her second child in 2012, she delved deeper into yoga developing a regular Ashtanga practice and discovering all the many hidden layers of yoga,” her bio on her website reads. “With each practice, Rebecca felt like she was returning to her roots, her true self.”
She eventually opened a yoga studio, and incorporated the practice into her daily life.
“I’m up at 5am every day to practise yoga for two hours before taking the kids to school and heading to work in my little yoga studio in the village centre where I normally teach two classes,” she toldThe Sun.
Though Loos sold the studio in 2022, she continues to practice yoga and is now an independent teacher, often working at retreats.
Rebecca Loos enjoying nature in Norway in September 2023.Rebecca Loos/Instagram
In October 2023,Beckham’s documentaryfollowing his personal life and career,Beckham, premiered on Netflix. In the series, the soccer star touched upon adifficult time in his and Victoria’s marriage.
Victoria called the time in which Beckham transferred to Real Madrid “the most unhappy I’ve ever been in my entire life,” adding that tabloid media coverage made it the “hardest period for us.”
“It felt like the world was against us,” she said in the documentary. “And here’s the thing — we were against each other if I’m being completely honest.”
“There was some horrible stories that were difficult to deal with,” David added of that time. “It was the first time that me and Victoria had been put under that kind of pressure in our marriage. Every time that we woke up we felt that there was something else. I think we both felt at the time that we were, not losing each other, but drowning.’
source: people.com
