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Did I mention that I met David Beckham?

Jun 30th, 2008 by dino-ray

So a couple of weeks ago, I met the soft-spoken soccer (also known in the international world as “football”) Brit at the unveiling of his new Emporio Armani underwear ad in Union Square in San Francisco.

He didn’t say much when he was on stage. Honestly, I think he didn’t need to because swarms of hot and bothered women and men were drooling over him. He was kind of late to the event and I got there really early because they told me to. It was hot. Okay - it was SF’s definition of hot.

After he signed a bunch of autographs for the select group of people who bought $200 worth of EA underwear, I waited backstage with another reporter from People magazine. We were the “chosen two” who had the opportunity to speak with the coveted David Beckham. I felt special.

I wanted to get a picture with him to add to my arsenal of “Celeb & Me” photos and it didn’t seem like his “handlers” were allowing it - so I devised a sneaky plan. I asked our photographer to take a picture of me while I had my recorder stuck in his face. It wouldn’t be a “formal” pic, but it would be one of me and him in the same frame and that was good enough for me.

We were waiting outside this ghetto tent in Union Square for him to finish an interview with this gal from Extra and as soon as he came out, photographers, including ours, started snapping pics and some uptight dude was all “NO PICTURES!”

BUSTED! My plan failed before it even took off.

Anyways, I did get to chat briefly with the soccer bloke after the lady from People magazine got reprimanded for asking an inappropriate question by said uptight guy.

My interview was pretty cut and dry - you can read the WHOPPING two questions I got to ask him here.

He seemed like a really nice guy. At one point in my 1.5 minute interview I took off my sunglasses so I can look him in the eye. I felt it was rude to talk to him while my eyes were covered. I wondered if he thought I was hitting on him.

Here’s some pics from the event…