David Beckham pictured in hospital by Victoria Beckham: 'Get well soon daddy'
David Beckham is recovering after a surprising health scare.
The former professional soccer player was photographed by wife Victoria Beckham with his right arm in a blue sling while lying in a hospital bed on the Spice Girls alum's Instagram story on Friday, June 27.
The "Beckham" star was seemingly recovering from an injury in the snap. The British fashion designer captioned the photos, "Get well soon daddy" with a heart emoji. A fashion icon in his own right, the UNICEF global ambassador was pictured in a hospital gown as he sported a soft smile in his wife's picture.
Beckham also shared another photo of her husband wearing a beaded friendship bracelet that spelled out "Get well soon."
USA TODAY has reached out to the Beckhams' reps for comment.
David Beckham to receive knighthood from King Charles III
Earlier this month, the official British public record The Gazette announced the Inter Miami CF coowner would be knighted by King Charles III. Beckham, arguably the most famous athlete in England's history, finally earned his country's highest honor after years of near misses despite his legendary soccer career and extensive charity work with UNICEF.
"I've heard people in the media talk about it's something that I really, really want, and of course, it would be an unbelievable honor," Beckham said in a recent interview with Time magazine. "If it happens at some point, amazing. If it doesn't, there's nothing I can do about it."
In a heartfelt Instagram post June 14, Posh Spice praised her husband for his knighthood, one of the highest British honors to notable citizens.
"You've always been my knight in shining armour, but now it's official. Sir @davidbeckham!!! What an honour, I couldn't be prouder of you," she wrote. "Your dedication to the things that matter most — your country, your work, your passion, and most of all, your family — has never wavered."
She concluded the caption, "The way you've touched so many lives over the years with kindness and humility speaks volumes about the man you are and continues to inspire us everyday. But above all else, I'm so, so proud to call you mine. I love you so much xxxx."
Contributing: Safid Deen
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Elle
25 minutes ago
- Elle
Justin Bieber Reveals Baby Jack's Latest Milestone in Adorable New Photos
THE RUNDOWN Justin Bieber has been very active on social media this week, changing his Instagram handle to 'lilbieber' and sharing a couple new photos of his real little Bieber: baby Jack, who is now 10 months old. In one shot, Justin posted a playful take on a 'jack in the box,' posing with his son who sat in an open cardboard box. His baby boy's blond hair was on display. In another photo, Justin showed Jack dressed in a blue outfit. He also revealed his son's milestone: Jack is now crawling comfortably after starting to learn in April. The post was captionless: Justin's Instagram activity comes amid reports that he and wife Hailey Bieber are working through a difficult period in their marriage of six years. Yesterday, a source told Entertainment Tonight that Hailey is 'pretty drained right now.' While Justin has shared sweet photos of Jack, other Instagram activity has concerned fans, as the singer has discussed his anger, emotional struggles, and shared videos from content creators about jealousy. 'Hailey has been frustrated by Justin's antics on Instagram and feels unsupported by him,' the source said. 'He has been super moody, and they've had a lot of unpleasant conversations and arguments.' On Tuesday, a source told Us Weekly that Justin's erratic behavior was causing 'a lot of stress' for Hailey. 'Justin's been a hard person to deal with recently because of what he's going through,' the source said. 'Hailey is the stable parent and the one keeping their family together. It's been really hard on her.' The insider added that she remains committed to Justin: 'They don't talk about divorce.' A second source said, 'He's a loose cannon, and Hailey's making room for that. They are going to get through it.'
San Francisco Chronicle
33 minutes ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka dance at Centre Court and post about it on TikTok and Instagram
LONDON (AP) — Just in case anyone might have wondered whether there was any lingering animosity between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka after their French Open final, the two tennis stars offered proof that all is well by dancing together at Wimbledon on Friday and posting videos on social media. 'TikTok dances always had a way of bringing people together,' Sabalenka wrote on her Instagram feed below a clip of the duo showing off their moves on the Centre Court grass to the strains of the 1990 hit 'Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)' by C+C Music Factory. Gauff, a frequent TikTok user, put up a video of the pair standing outside the main stadium at the All England Club and mouthing along to a track with the words: 'OK, guys, we're back. Did you miss us? 'Cause we missed you.' Gauff wrote: 'the olive branch was extended and accepted! we're good so you guys should be too.' The No. 1-ranked Sabalenka and the No. 2-ranked Gauff held a practice session together at Centre Court ahead of the year's third Grand Slam tournament, which begins on Monday. Three weeks ago, Gauff beat Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in the championship match at the last major, the French Open. Afterward, Sabalenka drew criticism from some for saying Gauff 'won the match not because she played incredible; just because I made all of those mistakes from ... easy balls.' Sabalenka, a 27-year-old from Belarus, is a three-time Grand Slam champion and was the runner-up both times Gauff, a 21-year-old American, won a major trophy, including at the 2023 U.S. Open. At Wimbledon this year, they only could face each other in the July 12 final. ___
USA Today
39 minutes ago
- USA Today
Colleen Hoover, Emily Henry among 70 authors urging publishers against AI use
In the fight of authors vs. artificial intelligence, the book industry's biggest names are calling on publishers to pledge they'll never use AI in literary operations. Seventy authors – including Emily Henry, Colleen Hoover, Ali Hazelwood, R.F. Kuang, E. Lockhart, Kennedy Ryan, Abby Jimenez and Gregory Maguire – urged publishers to promise they would not replace human staff with AI tools or publish books or content written by AI, in an open letter published in LitHub Friday, June 27. The letter called out the big five publishers – Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Hachette and HarperCollins – directly, as well as "all other publishers of America." "AI may give the appearance of understanding our humanity, but the truth is, only a human being can speak to and understand another human being," the letter reads. "Every time a prompt is entered into AI, the language that bot uses to respond was created in part through the synthesis of art that we, the undersigned, have spent our careers crafting. Taken without our consent, without payment, without even the courtesy of acknowledgment." Could Trump change the way we read? Policies impact book bans to author talks AI backlash in the book community reaches boiling point Samira Ahmed, one of the signing authors and a founder ofAuthors Against Book Bans, told USA TODAY in a statement Friday that AI is a "direct attack on the very purpose of reading and writing stories." "No AI, developed by cynical capitalists, built on stolen words, can ever replace the power of human stories," Ahmed says. Titled "Against AI: An Open Letter from Writers to Publishers," the call-out comes amid an increasingly AI-ridden media landscape. On Sunday, June 22, a federal judge sided with AI company Anthropic when it ruled that developers can train AI models using published books without authors' consent. In 2023, The Atlantic published a series of articles on the "Books3" database, a set of almost 200,000 books used without author permission to train generative-AI systems for Meta, Bloomberg and others. This March, the news outlet posted a similar database of pirated books used in Library Genesis. AI is encroaching on audiobooks as well – in May, first lady Melania Trump announced her memoir would be narrated entirely by an AI voice. The open letter's thesis is twofold: stand against AI use in publishing and protect authors whose work is used to train AI outside of the industry. The authors outline seven points they hope publishers will pledge to: "The writing that AI produces feels cheap because it is cheap. It feels simple because it is simple to produce. That is the whole point. AI is an enormously powerful tool, here to stay, with the capacity for real societal benefits – but the replacement of art and artists isn't one of them," the letter reads. Clare Mulroy is USA TODAY's Books Reporter, where she covers buzzy releases, chats with authors and dives into the culture of reading. Find her on Instagram, subscribe to our weekly Books newsletter or tell her what you're reading at cmulroy@
