Beckham puts picky Posh on the David diet

David Beckham today broke his silence on his wife Victoria's controversial size 0 figure, revealing that he makes her eat.

The former England captain stuck up for the ex-Spice Girl's stick-thin look, insisting that she does consume food regularly - because of him.

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"I see Victoria every day of course and I make sure she eats well and she eats healthy," he told GMTV. "She looks after the way she is, you know, it is down to that person. You are beautiful whatever you are, it is about that person, about how you feel."

Victoria, 32, is regularly criticised for being a bad role model to young girls because her weight has dropped to below seven stone.

Beckham also told how he influenced his wife to have her trademark extensions chopped off into a bob - because that is the style she sported when they first met eight years ago.

That, however, wasn't the only reason. Becks, 31, also revealed how nice it is for him to run his fingers through her hair without finding knotty extensions.

"I said to her, 'I'd love you to change your hair, and do something like a bob,' so when I saw the pictures I was like, 'Oh My God, it looks incredible'.

"It was my idea, she knew how strongly I felt about her going back to a bob because when I first met her she had a bob so I said it's the best haircut for me. It's actually nice to put my hands through her hair and not feel the extensions.

"I love her whatever she looks like, whatever weight she is. She is great at the moment."

Speaking frankly about his wife and their sons Brooklyn, seven, Romeo, four, and 19-month-old Cruz, Beckham, who is promoting his latest book Make It Real, also revealed how he told his children that he no longer plays for England because he wants to spend more time with them.

"The boys have asked why I'm not playing and I've said, 'Well, I want to spend more time with you', and they are so happy," he said.