Victoria and David Beckham are NOT getting divorced, despite a new tabloid cover story wrongly claiming they secretly split two months ago. Gossip Cop can exclusively debunk the report. A rep tells us, “David and Victoria remain very much together.”
The new issue of OK!, however, hit newsstands on Wednesday announcing a “$1 billion divorce shocker.” Inside, the accompanying story declares the Beckhams’ 16-year marriage “over.” A so-called “friend” is quoted as saying, “After years of trying to make their relationship work, it looks as though they’re figuring out their exit strategies.”
But the magazine doesn’t stick to its initial declarations. After claiming the stars have “been huddling up with advisers to discuss a potential divorce,” the story adds, “That’s not to say they’ll be filing for divorce anytime soon.” And the rest of the piece is filled out with nothing but speculation about why David and Victoria’s romance is supposedly past “the crisis point.”
Gossip Cop previously corrected OK! back in September when the magazine claimed the marriage was “just for show,” and in 2014 when it was ridiculously alleged the couple was ditching their A-list friends to “save” their union. And before that, the outlet said the Beckhams were working to fix” their “business”-like relationship.
Clearly, the gossip rag has invested a lot into this saga over the years, but that doesn’t make it a true one. A rep for Victoria exclusively confirms to Gossip Cop that they “remain very much together.” The spokesperson further dismisses the new OK! cover story as “tabloid nonsense” that is “baseless without any merit whatsoever.”
And if that’s not enough, David’s own rep exclusively tells Gossip Cop, “This is 100 percent.” fiction and whoever thought of the story deserves to write children’s fantasy stories.” Got that, OK!?