Fans want David Beckham to moderate the 2024 presidential debates after he got ‘working class’ Victoria to admit her dad drove a Rolls Royce

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People are so impressed by David Beckham’s ability to get his wife Victoria to admit that her dad drove her to school in a Rolls-Royce in the ’80s that they’re calling on him to be a professional interviewer.  

The exchange between the couple was filmed as part of a Netflix docuseries about the soccer player’s career. It showed Victoria being interviewed and saying she grew up working class, at which point David, who appeared to be in a separate room, poked his head around the door and repeatedly told his wife to “be honest.”

When Victoria insisted that she was being honest, David asked, “What car did your dad drive you to school in?” He refused to let her elaborate on a response until she gave him a straight answer to the question. 

Finally, Victoria acceded and said, “OK. In the ’80s, my dad had a Rolls-Royce.” 

The clip has been circulating on TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) since October 4, when the docuseries was released, going viral and amusing viewers. In particular, many seemed impressed with David’s ability to question Victoria until he got a straight answer from her.

In one hugely viral post an X user who goes by Chris Bakke reuploaded the clip with a caption saying that David is the “last remaining investigative journalist.” 

The post received over 133,000 likes and hundreds of replies, many of which agreed with the sentiment. Writer and podcaster Trung Phang responded by calling David’s “relentless questioning” a “masterclass,” while another user compared David Beckham to “community notes” — an X feature that lets people add context to potentially misleading posts on the platform. 

Some users suggested David’s skills might be put to good use in the political arena, where it’s common for elected officials to dodge questions posed to them in interviews.

David Park, the CEO of Kippo, a dating app startup for gamers, suggested that David should “moderate the 2024 presidential debates” ahead of the 2024 presidential election in the US, receiving over 8,000 likes, and another user added that he should moderate the panel “from behind a mostly closed door, just poking his head round as and when needed,” like he did in the viral clip.

Various other users on X made the same point, with one reasoning that he’d be good for the job because he “doesn’t just accept answer as fact, continues to press on, not afraid to argue with interviewee.”

David Beckham does not appear to have an active account on X, but he has over 83.3 million followers on Instagram, and over 4.9 followers on TikTok, where he’s recently been promoting his Netflix series. On September 25, he shared a clip from the show on TikTok, in which he revealed that he knew he “fancied” Victoria the first time he spoke to her.