"I keep fit by running after my three boys all day"
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There’s a sly little bait-and-switch in Victoria Beckham’s line: it pretends to be about fitness, but it’s really about legitimacy. “I keep fit” nods to the celebrity expectation that women, especially former pop stars turned fashion moguls, must account for their bodies like balance sheets. Then she dodges the entire diet-industrial complex with a punchline that doubles as a shield: no regimen, no obsessive vanity, just motherhood as cardio.
The intent is practical PR with a wink. Beckham offers an answer that’s disarmingly relatable while quietly refusing the confessional tone tabloids and glossy magazines love to demand. “Running after my three boys all day” turns the invasive question of how she stays thin into something socially acceptable to brag about: parental labor. It’s humblebrag, but calibrated. She’s not saying she’s disciplined; she’s saying she’s needed.
The subtext is also classed. Not every parent “runs after” kids all day; most are juggling work, commuting, and childcare logistics. But Beckham’s version lands because it performs a modern ideal: the high-achieving woman who remains hands-on, harried in an attractive way, busy for the right reasons. In the 2000s-into-2010s celebrity ecosystem that built her public image, motherhood became a brand extension: proof she’s evolved past Spice Girls gloss into something sturdier. The joke keeps her human, the framing keeps her untouchable.
The intent is practical PR with a wink. Beckham offers an answer that’s disarmingly relatable while quietly refusing the confessional tone tabloids and glossy magazines love to demand. “Running after my three boys all day” turns the invasive question of how she stays thin into something socially acceptable to brag about: parental labor. It’s humblebrag, but calibrated. She’s not saying she’s disciplined; she’s saying she’s needed.
The subtext is also classed. Not every parent “runs after” kids all day; most are juggling work, commuting, and childcare logistics. But Beckham’s version lands because it performs a modern ideal: the high-achieving woman who remains hands-on, harried in an attractive way, busy for the right reasons. In the 2000s-into-2010s celebrity ecosystem that built her public image, motherhood became a brand extension: proof she’s evolved past Spice Girls gloss into something sturdier. The joke keeps her human, the framing keeps her untouchable.
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