David Beckham’s alleged extramarital affairs reached a tipping point when he stiffed a hard working server who told his then-squeeze about her date being a cheapskate. A waitress handed Beckham’s personal assistant and alleged mistress Rebecca Loos – whom he was romantically tied to while playing soccer for Real Madrid in 2004 – a note for him the day after they had eaten at the Hard Rock Cafe Madrid. The note said she survived on tips and the athlete, who had just made $27m being transferred to Madrid , had stiffed her by leaving no money, Tom Bower reveals in his new scandal packed book, “ House of Beckham: Money, Sex and Power ,” which is available in the US on Tuesday.
“After reading the note, Beckham was alarmed,” Bower writes of the soccer star, who was dining with SFX sports agency employees. “Give her this,’ he said, handing over a thick wodge of euros,” Bower claims in the book. Seeing Beckham act so poorly was an apparent turning point for Loos, Bower writes, and shortly after she was let go by the SFX agency she decided to sell the story of her alleged affair — which the Beckhams have never acknowledged or denied.
The book also reveals other instances of apparent tightness from the Beckhams, who are worth a combined $575m, according to the 2024 UK Sunday Times Rich List . David and Victoria once conveniently ‘forgot’ to tip the crew when they were on board Elton John’s yacht — a frugal act that earned them the nickname the “Takums�.
