David Beckham has posed smiling with a female fan outside of Los Angeles, in the first picture to emerge of him since he denied divorce rumors.
Beckham, 43, was spotted casually shopping solo on Saturday afternoon around Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade area, where he stopped in the Vans Store for the snap with a fan.
The glowing brunette fan was even sporting a Manchester United cap, signalling her true devotion to the team’s former star midfielder.
According to a source, Beckham was in a great mood and gladly posed for the pictures, with no signs of trouble two days after he and wife Victoria shot down rumors of an impending divorce.
David Beckham is seen posing for a photo with a female fan on Saturday afternoon in the Vans Store in Santa Monica, the first time he has been seen since denying divorce rumors
The Beckhams have laughed off claims they are about to split after online rumours prompted a High Street bookmaker to suspend betting on them separating. They are pictured together at last month’s Royal Wedding, their last public appearance together
After rumors of an impending split began racing around social media on Friday, Jo Milloy, a spokesman for Spice Girl-turned-designer Victoria, told the Daily Mail that the gossip was ‘absolute nonsense’.
The former England football captain’s spokesman, Simon Oliveira, likewise dubbed the claims ‘embarrassing and laughable’.
Elsewhere, a spokesman for the couple was quoted as saying: ‘There is no statement due, no divorce, and a lot of Chinese whispers and fake social media news. This is all very bizarre and an embarrassing waste of time.’ The rumours were ‘a crock of s***’, he said.
Beckham married Victoria in 1999, and the couple have four children together: Brooklyn, 19, Romeo, 15, Cruz, 13, and Harper, six.
The retired soccer star was in the US for a quickie business trip earlier in the week to Miami to discuss his impending Major League Soccer team there.
Victoria wrote on Instagram this morning: ‘Morning cuddles x So much love We love and miss u @davidbeckham
David (pictured in Florida in January) is currently setting up a new football team in Miami
His time in Miami wasn’t notable, a source told DailyMail.com. ‘He was in for a meeting with his business partner in the soccer deal,’ the source said. ‘It was a quick in and out trip.’
Beckham’s lawyers were in court in Miami on Tuesday as the county was fighting for the right to sell his ownership group land for his new stadium.
While Beckham didn’t make an appearance in court, he was probably in town for updates or to scout other property for his impending soccer stadium.
Beckham secured the rights to Miami’s MLS expansion team as part of his 2007 contract with the LA Galaxy, and exercised his option to pay $25million for the new franchise in 2014.
Initially scheduled to launch for 2016 or 2017, the yet unnamed team has faced financing and stadium deal delays, and may begin play in 2020.