Rebecca Loos (born June 20, 1978 in Madrid, Spain) is a former
personal assistant to David Beckham. In April 2004, she claimed to be
having an adulterous relationship with him.
The daughter of a Dutch diplomat and an English mother, Loos claimed
that she became an "alternative wife" to Beckham after his move to
Real Madrid. As Victoria Beckham remained in England to further her
music career, she claims that she stepped in to help run his life and
that this led to the affair. The claim generated a huge amount of
publicity in the tabloid press, launching Loos's career as an
ephemeral celebrity.
In 2004 she presented a programme on Dutch television together with
Gerard Joling, a singer who represented the Netherlands at the
Eurovision Song Contest in 1988. Her appearance was unsuccessful and
short-lived, partly due to the strength of her English accent when
speaking Dutch. She failed to attract the ratings producers had hoped
for and was dropped from the show.
In October 2004, she appeared on The Farm, a Channel 5 version of the
RTE show Celebrity Farm. At one point she was famously given the task
of masturbating a pig and collecting its semen. The broadcast of this
provoked controversy, attracted complaints, and generated extra
publicity for Loos, who made tabloid headlines once again as a result.
The incident was viewed by some commentators as an example of the
depths to which would-be celebrities would go for public exposure, and
the lengths to which the producers of reality television would go to
humiliate them to satisfy the interests of viewers (see also I'm a
Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!). Even the RSPCA weighed in on the
controversy, claiming that the incident, and indeed the whole series,
was evidence of an unnatural interest in the sexual aspects of farm
animals.
She also came out as bisexual, saying "I am indeed bisexual and have
been ever since I was a teenager" (The Observer).
In 2005 Loos appeared on the ITV reality show Celebrity Love Island,
and married famous fashion model Jenny Shimizu, whom she met filming
the Power Lesbian UK hour long program.
In January 2006 she will appear in the Dutch edition of Playboy
magazine.