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Victoria Beckham has revealed the question she found ‘triggering’ when it came to opening up in a new Netflix documentary.
Victoria, 51, is set to take part in a new self-titled documentary with Netflix, just a couple of years after the platform debuted the documentary about her husband titled Beckham.
In advance of the doc, the star has opened up about why now is the time to unpack her long and varied career in the limelight.
She candidly revealed that she finds it ‘triggering’ to speak about the Spice Girls, decades on from the band breaking up.
Posh told the Sunday Times Style magazine: ‘I’ve been defined by a four-year period in my life. That was the Spice Girls.
‘It’s taken me almost two decades to fight that and I feel that only now can I look back and talk about it.
‘I’m not going to lie, being asked questions about when I was in the Spice Girls was quite triggering. And I’d say those were the most difficult moments. It was almost like therapy for me.’
She further explained in the interview that it was great to reflect on that time in her life, and emphasised that she is still proud of the band and has close relationships with her bandmates.
‘I love the Spice Girls. I really do. And it’s been great reflecting on that time. The other night I had dinner with Emma and Geri, and Mel B messaged me at the weekend.
‘I still speak to all of the girls. I’m so proud of everything we did. I wouldn’t have been who I am now if it wasn’t for the Spice Girls, 100%.’
The Spice Girls were the biggest band of the 90s, forming in 1994 and separating in 2000 after Geri Halliwell left the band. The group has reformed over the years, most recently for a tour in 2018 and 2019, which Victoria chose not to take part in.
Explaining that she didn’t hold back in the documentary, explaining that there wasn’t a topic she didn’t want to talk about.
‘I touch on my family, I touch on the Spice Girls, the problems we’ve had with the business, you know, the money we’ve lost — there have been lots of triggers. I cried. Like I said, I haven’t seen the final edit, but yes, I did cry. It takes quite a lot to make me cry, but I did cry. You know, I’ve earned my place to show in Paris, I’ve earned the respect.’
The star went viral in 2023 in one of the TV moments of the year which was eve nominated for a Bafta.
In the footballer’s Netflix docuseries, Beckham, David interrupted Victoria talking about her childhood and instructed her to ‘be honest’ and admit that her father drove a Rolls-Royce – after she said they were ‘very working class.’
In her latest interview, the star revealed that it was her participation in her husband’s documentary which inspired her to create her own, even though she went viral for not being honest about her wealthy upbringing.
‘I was surprised by how positive the feedback was with what I brought to it. David’s documentary made me realise how good it feels to be wrong. I like being wrong. I was wrong, and bring it on. I love that,’ she said.