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David Beckham affair rumours shows the media has no remorse for genuine sport stars

Hours after the news in Norway, Twitter maintained its role as the King (or Queen) of delivering breaking news in as little words as possible. Rumours were spreading from the social media that David Beckham (the man who helped bring 2012 in London and adored by millions) has had an affair with Welsh opera singing sensation Katherine Jenkins leaving David's wife Victoria in tears and demanding sympathy. How did the rumour come about, someone created a realistic fake "Famous" magazine front cover.

It has been a well known fact that the media, particularly magazines adore Victoria, known in the past as 'Posh Spice' from pop group Spice Girl, and if someone messes with her, they would have to deal with the abuse from Vogue or Heat so whoever started the rumour knew exactly what he, or she were doing.

So there was very little surprise that Katherine Jenkins would be upset by the allegations. After having an unexpected break up with fiancee and TV presenter Gethin Jones last year, the last thing she wants to hear is a rumour about her which is deemed untrue. She wrote on her Twitter account, she "absolutely deny" such thought of her being with Mr. Beckham. In fact, they've only met twice but never alone. David Beckham himself has laughed off suggestions of such affair however if I was him, I'd be sick of cases like these. Being one of the most inspirational sports stars today, he must be thinking these supposedly false allegations are ruining his reputation.

Beckham was in a similar situation in 2004 when News of the World rumoured his affair with his former PA and Piers Morgan's second cousin Rebecca Loos - case was closed with the conclusion that actually, they never slept with each other. The media have been trying to find ways to find negatives about Beckham and are failing miserably but he has to make sure rumours like this doesn't escalate in such fashion. We have seen Tiger Woods in a similar situation but his allegations were proved to be true. He's accepted committing adultery but Beckham has to make sure stories like this don't crop up. It is also up to Victoria to do something about the media. I bet she is a little insecure about these allegations so if they really love her, she must repay their faith by reassuring the public that her husband isn't a womaniser. The media can be a sleazy business so with reputations on the line, it's best to keep things quiet.

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