r/sportsgossips • u/Outside-Weakness9660 • Jun 18 '26
Video David Beckham, captain of England, confirms that this video he made in 2007 is real and has not been altered in any way
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u/Friar_Corncob Jun 18 '26
ESPN actually did a segment on this from back in the day. They interviewed a seagull that was there and they confirmed this really happened.
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u/bluefoxanime Jun 18 '26
Steven Seagull
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u/Hitch08 Jun 18 '26
She’s…ah….currently busy. She’ll return your call when I’m…..I mean, she’s done.
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u/Chico_zw Jun 18 '26
Can someone please link me to a video of a Crow eating a glizzy, can't seem to find anywhere.
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u/Femboy_Harem_Janitor Jun 18 '26
Why do hotdogs come in packs of 12 when I can only fit 10 in my ass
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u/oxxSUPERMANxxo Jun 18 '26
Birds aren’t real…
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u/Historical-Ad3760 Jun 18 '26
Then how, good sir, is bird law so real?
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u/hoyasgirl25 Jun 18 '26
Well did they provide the seagull’s name or did it want to be anonymous? Because if it was off the record, frankly, I don’t trust that seagull.
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u/ranchdressinggospel Jun 18 '26
Legit the exact gif I thought of as soon as I watched it
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u/Spider_Dude Jun 18 '26
I've seen enough Internet videos to know it's fake because the camera angle and framing didn't shake in disbelief.
It was steady and precise. As expected... Fake.
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u/November-Wind Jun 18 '26
There was a special effects YouTube channel that did a review of this viral clip. Pretty convincing evidence (to me, anyway) that not only was it fake, but also how they probably did it, what was real, that he probably kicked several balls and where they likely landed, etc.
Bottom line: Beckham was really good, and really accurate, but the video is fake.
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u/Pormock Jun 18 '26
Beckam was REALLY good at free kick but not THAT good. if he was he would have scored on like 90% of his free kicks which he didnt
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u/hippydippyshit Jun 18 '26
No video with conveniently placed product placement (the Pepsi can) and a celebrity is real.
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u/5thSeasonFront Jun 18 '26
I was at the MLS All-Star Skills Challenge one year, and some of the best chip shot artists in the world played a game like beer pong with chip shots from like 20 yards away and it wasn’t easy. Listen to Ron here.
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u/sweatingbozo Jun 18 '26
I also don't believe it happened, but David Beckham was significantly more talented than pretty much everyone that has ever played in MLS. That's likely why some people would believe it.
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u/Oneabnr Jun 18 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/o7aPmCekv3JP5aOdV2
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u/sweatingbozo Jun 18 '26
Messi probably agrees that Beckham was better than pretty much everyone that ever played in MMLS. He's seen both first-hand.
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u/MagicTheBadgering Jun 18 '26
Now why would this bot post lie to us? He’s the captain of England bro
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u/Nezarah Jun 18 '26
its been proven to be edited by Captain Disillusion.
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u/youngliam Jun 18 '26
Great analysis of the video, but his entertainment act is a tough one to sit through.
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u/ashgs872tbhjs Jun 18 '26
It grows on you.
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u/rm-minus-r Jun 18 '26
No, not really.
He doesn't have the charisma to pull it off, and it feels forced. The guy makes quality content, but the shtick causes me to just close the video after a few minutes.
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u/MrChristmas Jun 18 '26
I have the same problem with coffeezilla every time a robot comes on screen
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u/Venus_One Jun 18 '26
Glad someone else finally said it.
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u/rm-minus-r Jun 18 '26
And here I thought I was alone!
It'd be so much better if he just dropped the getup and the forced speaking style.
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u/TwilightSparkle Jun 18 '26
I had to scroll way too much to finally find someone mentioning Captain D.
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u/slupo Jun 18 '26
The guys talking in the background sound so fucking fake as well
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u/Existing-Stranger632 Jun 18 '26
Didn’t that one YouTube captain disillusion debunk these and literally showed the exact process of how these types of vids were made?
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u/free_is_free76 Jun 18 '26
Right here for those wanting to see the master in action
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u/Existing-Stranger632 Jun 18 '26
Damn, didn’t realize it was a recent CD video (I stg his release schedule is super sporadic, you’ll go 6 months without seeing a new vid from him and then he’ll drop 5 in the span of 3 months).
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u/bs000 Jun 18 '26
does two years count as recent
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u/Existing-Stranger632 Jun 18 '26
Yeah he’s gone that long between videos before. He’s an OG YouTuber. He’s been doing it since basically the site has existed.
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u/TheG0AT0fAllTime Jun 18 '26
Yeah what? I thought this was one of his =<2016 uploads lol. Time flies... or it doesn't
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u/QuantumCatYT Jun 19 '26
You are (like me at first) probably thinking of his 2017 video on trick shots which does briefly mention this video.
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u/TheG0AT0fAllTime Jun 19 '26
Ah I'm glad to know it was at least partially mentioned ages back. Thank you
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u/Killer-Iguana Jun 18 '26
So many responses to this comment showing just how far gone people's attention spans are, and just how they have come to expect low effort brainrot over well thought out, high production content. People these days must hate Bill Nye videos.
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u/Alternative_Deer4699 Jun 18 '26
There's a spate of AI videos depicting courtroom "gotcha" moments making the rounds on YouTube shorts. Titles like "Judge shuts down corrupt cop!" All fake, all very silly.
THOUSANDS of comments and arguments ensue by people who have no idea that they're arguing about fake ones and zeros.
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u/localpauper Jun 18 '26
Not to mention all the "bby u so hot" comments from dudes on obviously fake thirst trap videos
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u/robilar Jun 18 '26
Those "dudes" are also bots. It's all bots all the way down.
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u/shytster Jun 18 '26
The prosecutor smirked in triumph as he told the child that she would go to jail for a billion years, but his face fell in shock when she uttered two small words.
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u/g9icy Jun 18 '26
Yeah... CD is brilliant... not sure I get the hate for his style.
Showing my age perhaps.
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u/ObliviousRounding Jun 18 '26
Make one of the CD comments the top comment people, jeez. It's the definitive answer, why is it lurking all the way down here?
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u/Kobiash1 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
Yes. The first thing I thought of when this popped up. He proved it's fake in the video breakdown.
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u/ks-guy Jun 18 '26
yes, CD proved this is fake
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u/JoelnIliketoshare Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
Like the Ronaldinho video where he kicks the ball about 40 feet against the top of the goal and it perfectly flies back some can juggle a few time not letting it hit the ground to kick it back at the post.
Edit: found it https://youtube.com/shorts/0KapmjBPH7g?is=7iZBLdX4SdWpz5j6
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u/itscottabegood Jun 18 '26
Let me just set down my diet pepsi with a straw in it
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u/CHCl3ed_the_janitor Jun 18 '26
With the logo perfectly facing the camera, mhmm sure
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u/ashgs872tbhjs Jun 18 '26
They didn't say it wasn't an ad. Do you guys seriously not know there's a difference between staging a setup and editing the outcome??
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u/The_bussy Jun 18 '26
Totally normal flight path. Totally not doctored footage bro. Trust me bro.
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u/SAGE5M Jun 18 '26
There’s a reason they say, “Bend it like Beckham”
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u/NickdoesnthaveReddit Jun 18 '26
Did they mean bend the truth?
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u/RiyadhComedyPromoter Jun 18 '26
No they were talking about his weiner
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u/bkristopherb Jun 18 '26
Are you the real David Bekham? Bending grammer like that?
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u/thebochts Jun 18 '26
Are you Tori (miss)spelling?
Misspelling grammar like that?
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u/WessideMD Jun 18 '26
Shoreline wind would be blowing the ball back, forcing him to compensate, but the last shot you can clearly see he kicks it away from shore. That last ball would be in the parking lot.
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u/cryptic4012 Jun 18 '26
Look at the water, there is fuck all wind and if it is windy it's blowing offshore (toward the ocean).
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u/AuthorBrianHunter Jun 18 '26
Yeah the way they disappear right before they go down into the can is how things happen naturally. I know this because of science and because of the pixels.
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u/iblameitonmyshelf Jun 18 '26
I guess the dinosaurs in Jurassic park must have been real too seeing as how AI wasn’t around in 1993…
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u/CheekyMunky Jun 18 '26
Powerade had a whole series of commercials in the early 2000s that were very much like this. It doesn't take Jurassic Park money.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFLvOvgDs659Y7JQdWyQ0Y25AgcX9o3jp&si=MlOgob_HugiO36U3
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u/leighton1033 Jun 18 '26
The Captain of England is really funny.
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u/Percinho Jun 18 '26
So weird as well, because as a Brit it's not a phrase you would ever use. He'd either have been called the England captain, or David Fucking Beckham*, depending on which part you're from or how well the match had gone.
*other variants are available, please contact your therapist if your hate boner lasts more than 4 hours
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u/wwabc Jun 18 '26
Captain D says nah
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u/AusGeno Jun 18 '26
How can we make everyone watch this video before commenting. Imagine the discussion we'd have.
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u/bs000 Jun 18 '26
one time someone linked the captain disillusion video where he 'debunks' the moon landing and the holocaust as proof that they were fake
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u/Skrapidilly Jun 18 '26
David Beckham logging on to reddit 2026 during the world cup and flexing this video for a bit of relevancy
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u/Truescent11 Jun 18 '26
Ehen he played in the US, some teammates had to have second jobs to cover living expenses. He was the highest paid athlete in the world and never once covered a simple team dinner. Teammates wrote a book calling him a cheapskate.
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u/Distinct_Level_3967 Jun 18 '26
Those guys were mad at the wrong person. They should have written a book calling their employers cheapskates.
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u/Dumbfounded32 Jun 18 '26
I used to love these commercials. 8 year old me actually believed it.
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u/DontLoseYourCool1 Jun 18 '26
I legit thought Mike Vick threw the football out of the stadium lol.
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u/bluefoxanime Jun 18 '26
Absolutely no fucking chance whatsoever this is real. Almost no one on earth is doing that once.
Absolutely no one on earth is doing that three times in a row.
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u/FlukeStarbucker Jun 18 '26
I'm not sure people understand how insanely difficult it is to aim a soccer ball in sand
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u/BillysCoinShop Jun 18 '26
Not just that, the wind at a beach means youd have to also take into account the speed and direction. For something like an arrow, or golf ball, wouldnt be impossible (less drag) but a soccer ball has massive drag coefficients
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u/sam_I_wasnt Jun 18 '26
I saw him land a perfect 50 yard cross onto his Galaxy teammates foot who was running full speed in front of the goal box. Dude was so surprised that he flubbed the shot…Beckham didn’t look pleased
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u/Initial-Advice3914 Jun 18 '26
Reminds me of those fake NFL ads where they would have a guy catching the ball through drywall
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u/Never-Dont-Give-Up Jun 18 '26
Yea no shit. The question is whether he said it was legit.
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u/coolidgecollege Jun 18 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/6D2Ja6alNBj3O
And Evan Longoria really made this catch too
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u/LoadCan Jun 18 '26
I saw him intentionally (during the warm up) rip one through a little promotional billboard target hole back when Kansas City played in a minor league baseball stadium. I don't like soccer and I was still very impressed. I don't know if this is real, but I wouldn't be shocked if he did pull this off. That target hole was way the fuck up there, and he was a long ass way from it.
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u/free_is_free76 Jun 18 '26
Have you not ever seen Captain Disiilusion? This is fake as hell.
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u/chazysciota Jun 18 '26
It's well done, as Cpt D says, which makes it all the more asinine that Beckham wants to continue pretending it isn't. Nobody is questioning your soccer skills, homie. All you gotta say is, "pretty cool video innit? We had a lot of fun shooting that, so-and-so set it up, really talented bloke/lass." If you absolutely gotta lie about it, at least humble-lie like Steph Curry did with his fake full court shots... "Ya know, I did actually make one of 'em [wink]".
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u/Historian99 Jun 18 '26
The other thing people aren't mentioning is, if this really happened, a normal human reaction would be to cheer and celebrate and have a "Holy shit, I can't believe it" moment. He just stands there so cool, doesn't react at all. It's staged.
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u/kungtelly Jun 18 '26
He's won the Champions League. I doubt kicking a ball into some bins would rank that highly as an achievement.
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u/Look_its_Rob Jun 18 '26
It is staged but if you ever do something super impressive that was all luck, its much cooler to act like it was no big deal so everyone thinks its just your ordinary skill level.
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u/showusyourfupa Jun 18 '26
It's fake, there were plenty of similar videos with rugby union players around the same time.
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u/slgray16 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
People think it's real because AI wasn't invented yet.
But the real story is that there never was a David Beckham. Its just sporty spice in drag because she always wanted to play for Manchester United but they never took her seriously because she was a girl.
They made two movies about that. "She's the Man" and "bend it like Victoria Beckham"
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u/CatForce Jun 18 '26
Is this from the same series of commercials with Ronaldinho hitting it off the crossbar back to himself like 4 times in a row? Or the football player catching a ball through drywall? I don’t remember this one but those were awesome.
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u/brettfavresRXdealer Jun 18 '26
Wasn’t espn putting out fantasy football commercials that looked like this around that time too? I remember one with Mason Crosby kicking a football from like 300 yards out to ring a giant church bell,he did it like three consecutive times too
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u/Alone-End142 Jun 18 '26
I was in the middle can, and can confirm that it happened as shown. I have the ball if someone wants to buy it.
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u/RED-DOT-MAN Jun 18 '26