NEW YORK: Victoria and David Beckham, aka Posh and Becks, strip down in steamy photos for the August issue of W magazine.
They strike a sultry pose for the cover of the issue, on newsstands July 20, but things get more seductive in a photo spread inside. Steven Klein's photos show the pair in various states of undress - kissing passionately, sunning themselves atop a car and having an intimate moment in the bedroom.
"I think people are really going to see me for the first time," Victoria tells the magazine. "I think they have this impression that I'm this miserable cow who doesn't smile. But I'm actually quite the opposite." "I didn't really know who he was," she says. "He was always with his mom, dad and sister while a lot of the footballers were at the bar getting drunk. I could sense right from the start that David was a gentleman, and very family oriented, which is important because I'm the same."
"I've always had a liking toward clothes, but when I met Victoria, she directed me in the right way," David says.
Beckhams left England yesterday for the US. The England star, who helped Real Madrid win the Spanish title last month, flew to Los Angeles to join up with the Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
Beckham was due to appear at an introductory news conference with the Galaxy today, and make his playing debut in an exhibition against Chelsea on July 21 in Carson. Beckham is scheduled to make around $32.5 million over five years with the Galaxy and millions more in endorsement deals. Despite playing thousands of kilometres away, Beckham hopes to stay in the England lineup and help the team qualify for next year's European Championship co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland.
The Beckhams are set to become the newest additions to Los Angeles' firmament of A-list stars and have done a series of media interviews and photo-shoots to publicise their arrival.
Victoria said yesterday she thought the US media would soon realise she's actually rather dull.
"Not as many people know who we are here, you know?" Victoria told NBC television. "It might be a bit crazy when we first get here because we're new, but then I think people will probably realise that, you know what? I'm actually quite boring.
Photographs have been released of Beckham in his new all-white Los Angeles Galaxy kit.
