David Beckham isn’t a man you’d think would ever get ridiculed, well not to his face…
But he was laughed at by TV bosses when he suggested making a documentary.
The retired soccer star will be on telly over Christmas with a BBC programme For The Love Of the Game, which sees him playing seven games on seven continents on behalf of the children’s charity Unicef.
But he revealed how hard it was to get the concept off the ground: “People sat down with us and actually laughed at the things we wanted to achieve. And to be honest, rightly so!”
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David – whose journey saw him travel to places such as Nepal and Buenos Aires, Argentina – said the TV show allowed him to combine his passions of travel and soccer.
He shared: “I love to dive in to different cultures and see different things and see places I’ve never been to before.
“The first three places [we visited] are Unicef centres that we help support and fund. That was personally important to me. The other places, it was about showcasing how the power of the game affects families in life.”
