{"id":171444,"date":"2025-04-01T14:07:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/david-beckham-jokes-about-his-height-as-tom-brady-and-shaquille-oneal-humiliate-him-im-so-small\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:07:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:07:28","slug":"david-beckham-jokes-about-his-height-as-tom-brady-and-shaquille-oneal-humiliate-him-im-so-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/david-beckham-jokes-about-his-height-as-tom-brady-and-shaquille-oneal-humiliate-him-im-so-small\/","title":{"rendered":"David Beckham jokes about his height as Tom Brady and Shaquille O&apos;Neal &apos;humiliate&apos; him: &#8220;I&apos;m so small&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\"><span class=\"capital-letter\">I<\/span>n an <strong>early celebration of his birthday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/david-beckham.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Beckham<\/a><\/strong> met with other great sports figures such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/nfl\/tom-brady.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Brady<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/basketball\/nba\/shaquille-oneal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shaquille O&#8217;Neal<\/a><\/strong> and did not hesitate to make fun of himself by comparing his height to that of his companions.<\/p>\n<p>Beckham shared a photo alongside them on Instagram. And while the former NFL star is 1.93m tall and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/basketball\/nba.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBA<\/a><\/strong> legend is 2.15m tall, the former footballer was left far behind with his 1.80m<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-dailymotion ue-c-article__media-video-responsive ue-c-article__media-video-responsive--16-9\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">David Beckham pulls off trick in the kitchen much to Victoria Beckham&#8217;s delight<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>But this situation was taken in good humor by Beckham, who wrote in the caption: <strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m so small&#8221;<\/strong>, along with an eye-rolling emoji.<\/p>\n<p>In the image, <strong>he can be seen happy and surprised to see the great height of &#8216;Shaq&#8217;, who <\/strong>at that moment is talking to Brady.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>The Daily Mail<\/em> reports that <strong>David Beckham will turn 50 on May 2 next year<\/strong>, and at his lavish party he was accompanied by his family.<\/p>\n<p>The former footballer wore a stylish velvet tuxedo, while his wife Victoria opted for a white dress with thin straps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What a great way to start <strong>the first of many birthday celebrations for @davidbeckham, surrounded by friends and family<\/strong>! Kisses from Miami!&#8221;, wrote Victoria Beckham on her social networks.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Who else accompanied Beckham on his birthday?<\/h2>\n<p>Inter Miami&#8217;s co-owner was also joined by his old friends <strong>Gabe Turner, David Gardner and Ben Winston<\/strong>, with whom he took a photograph and uploaded it to his social networks with the caption: &#8220;Friends for life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ue-c-article__image\" src=\"https:\/\/e00-marca.uecdn.es\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2025\/04\/01\/17435123659094.jpg\" alt=\"David Beckham jokes about his height as Tom Brady and Shaquille O'Neal 'humiliate' him: &quot;I'm so small&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In another image, he is seen hugging Gardner, with whom he became friends in his youth at Manchester United: <strong>&#8220;Love you mate. 35 years of difference,&#8221;<\/strong> he wrote alongside the photo.<\/p>\n<p>Inter Miami players <strong>Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets<\/strong> were present at the celebration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ue-c-article__image\" src=\"https:\/\/e00-marca.uecdn.es\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2025\/04\/01\/17435122179021.jpg\" alt=\"David Beckham jokes about his height as Tom Brady and Shaquille O'Neal 'humiliate' him: &quot;I'm so small&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As well as singer <strong>Marc Anthony<\/strong> and Hollywood stars <strong>Justin Theroux and Fisher Stevens.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var utag_data = {};<\/p>\n<p>    window.addEventListener('ue-dfp-loaded', (s) => {\n        let urls = [\n            {\n                url: 'https:\/\/tags.tiqcdn.com\/utag\/unidadeditorial\/marca\/prod\/utag.sync.js'\n            },\n            {\n                url: 'https:\/\/tags.tiqcdn.com\/utag\/unidadeditorial\/marca\/prod\/utag.js'\n            },\n            {\n                url: '\/\/e00-elmundo.uecdn.es\/js\/uecomscore_cmp_event.js'\n            },\n            {\n                url: 'https:\/\/cdn.permutive.com\/10453011-272d-49cd-9043-1964fdb36fd8-web.js'\n            },\n            {\n                url: 'https:\/\/e00-marca.uecdn.es\/assets\/v31\/js\/ue-utils.js'\n            }\n        ]<\/p>\n<p>        urls.forEach((item) => {\n            let a, b, c, d, e;\n            a = item.url;\n            b = document;\n            c=\"script\";\n            d = b.createElement(c);\n            d.src = a;\n            d.type=\"text\/java\" + c;\n            d.async = !0;\n            d.onload = item.callback ? 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