Alasdair McLellan
Long before David Beckham became an international sex symbol he had to perform a sex act on himself while looking at a photo of another soccer player as his teammates jeered him on.
They made him bend it like Beckham.
David Beckham had to perform a humiliating sex act in front his teammates upon joining Manchester United’s youth team as a teenager, the soccer superstar confessed in a new documentary.
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As a young soccer player David Beckham, pictured above in 1990, had to perform an embarrassing sex act on himself in front of teammates.
The midfielder had to stare at a photo of Welsh soccer player Clayton Blackmore while performing the embarrassing deed on himself as his teammates jeered him on.
“Everyone had an initiation that you had to go through on the youth team, that was one of the most uncomfortable ones,” Beckham said according to Metro, which first reported the news.
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David Beckham had to look at a photo of former Manchester United player Clayton Blackmore during the vile hazing ritual.
“The fact that I had to look at Clayton Blackmore’s calendar and do certain things, while looking at Clayton Blackmore. I mean it was embarrassing to talk about!”
Beckham came clean about the seedy ceremony in the upcoming “The Class of ’92″ documentary.
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The Manchester United Youth Team on May 15, 1992. Back row, left to right: Ben Thornley, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville, Simon Davies, Chris Casper, Kevin Pilkington and Keith Gillespie. Front row, left to right: John O’Kane, Robbie Savage, George Switzer, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham and Colin McKee.
The movie details how Beckham and five others on Manchester United represented a new generation of soccer superstars who reflected the rapidly changing culture in England.
The hazing revelation didn’t seem to trouble the 38-year-old star who now spends more time on the red carpet with his wife Victoria than on the pitch.
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David Beckham with former England international Bobby Charlton in the early 1990s.
“I was embarrassed when I was saying it on camera let alone talking about it more. But it’s something we all had to go through,” said Beckham. “It was definitely something I wouldn’t like to go through again!”
Following the stunning admissions another Manchester United player, Robbie Savage, tweeted Beckham “wasn’t (the) only one” who had to perform the bizarre ritual.
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David Beckham is the latest professional athlete to reveal he endured a hazing ritual.
In the U.S., hazing has become a hotly debated subject after Jonathan Martin alleged that his fellow offensive lineman on the Miami Dolphins, Richie Incognito, bullied him to the point of a mental breakdown.
Hazing expert Dr. Susan Lipkins told the Daily News that while the lewd ritual might not have troubled Beckham, it’s entirely possible that the practice has evolved into something potentially more traumatic.
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“The nature of hazing is such that you pass on tradition and you want to add your own mark, so it becomes more sexual, more violent, or more alcohol is added,” said Lipkins, who wrote “Preventing Hazing.” “So after 10, 20 years it becomes much worse.”
“The Class of ’92” premieres in London on Sunday.
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