David Beckham gifts wife Victoria flowers after comic apologises over slur
Victoria Beckham has been given flowers by her husband David, after comedian Katherine Ryan issued a public apology for making an offensive joke about the former Spice Girl.
On Instagram, Victoria, 52, posted a picture of a bouquet of flowers gifted by husband David Beckham. His sweet gesture comes after BBC upheld complaints over a rude slur Katherine made on Have I Got News For You.
An offensive joke said about Victoria Beckham, saw the episode pulled off streaming services. NBC
On November 2025 episode of the series, Katherine seemingly made reference to a 2013 private email sent by David Beckham where he allegedly used an offensive word over his snub for a knighthood.
“I don’t know that we are allowed to broadcast the c-word, but you did reference Victoria Beckham earlier, and we’ll allow that,” Katherine said on the show.
Almost a year after the incident, the BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit issued a ruling, declaring there was no justification for Victoria being labelled with the offensive term.
The ruling saw the episode pulled from BBC’s online streaming service iPlayer.
Katherine took to social media to apologise for the comment, saying she had just had a baby.
“Hi I’m comedian Katherine Ryan and today the BBC announced their decision to uphold a complaint made by two very influential viewers about a joke that I tried to make on an episode of Have I Got News For You eleven months ago,” she said.
“At that time, though there is no defence, I was suffering from a condition called matrescence.
“I was in that building with a 10-day old baby. Should I have left the house?
“This is gonna be a tough one for the feminists because I was a woman going to work but I did call another woman a c---.”
Comedian Katherine Ryan issued apology to Beckham and even shared a screenshot of the personal apology she sent to her. TikTok/@katherineryan
Katherine said it was a “stupid joke.”
Katherine promoted her new book, adding: “I love Victoria Beckham so much that I actually included her in one of my celebrity firstborn daughter chapters.
“I’d like to read you that now whilst remaining very sorry,” she continued.
Victoria Beckham shared this sweet gesture from husband David to her 33 million followers. Instagram/@victoriabeckham
Katherine read the chapter about Victoria as she praised her for her work over the years.
Katherine shared a screenshot of the apology she sent to Victoria via an Instagram DM.
A statement from BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit read: “There was no such justification for a comment which presented Victoria Beckham as equivalent to a particularly offensive word.
In her apology ideo, Ryan referenced the “two very influential viewers” who complained about her joke, presumably SIr David Beckham and Victoria Beckham. MLS via Getty Images
“The relevant BBC editorial guidelines do not require programmes to avoid giving offence but do require that any offence should be editorially justified.”
They stated that the word was justified in relation to David’s alleged use of it, but not in reference to his wife.
A now edited version of the episode has replaced the original on iPlayer.
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