David Beckham on being a stay-at-home dad and protecting his daughter from the naughty jokes of three young sons

The pin-up footballer has revealed that being a stay-at-home dad is his favourite job...

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by Kayleigh Dray |
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David Beckham may have officially retired from the world of professional football, but that doesn't mean he's been taking it easy.

In fact, in order to let wife Victoria commit more fully to her career as a fashion designer, David has been busily looking after their children Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper.

Asked by chat show host Jonathan Ross whether that makes him a house-husband, he said: "I really am.

"But I love it. I’ve been lucky, I’ve always been able to take the boys to school in the mornings and pick them up and make them dinner and things like that. So I do even more of that."

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"I’m able to take all three of the boys to school and then I take Harper to her school for a few hours and then pick her up. I’m kind of like a driver at the moment, I’m always in the car."

It's a case of taking turns, really. Describing Victoria as his "rock", David explained that he was very grateful to his wife for supporting her throughout his career. But, now that he's retired, he's more than happy to do "normal things" like going to the pub while she focuses on her work.

"Victoria’s success has been really incredible and, it’s simple, she works really hard.

"She’s a great mother, of course, and she looks after the boys and Harper and that’s our priority and her priority, but she works really hard. "

David and Victoria Beckham, with sons Brooklyn, Cruz and Romeo

"She’s a hard working mother and the success that she’s had, she deserves."

Isn't he a gem? Victoria's a very lucky woman indeed!

Meanwhile it's lucky that David IS at home with his children on a day-to-day basis, as his naughty boys have been busily trying to teach little Harper a VERY rude joke.

Beckham disapproved after learning his three sons - Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz - had tried to teach their younger sister Harper a rude gag.

He told Ross: "The boys are trying to teach her stuff. Not all good stuff. She went into one of the rooms the other day and they're all giggling and whispering and I was like, 'What are you talking about?' And they said, 'We're teaching Harper a joke.'

"I've heard some of the boys' jokes over the last few months and it's not something I really want them teaching Harper. So I said, 'What joke is it?' And they said, 'It's the elephant joke.'

"And I said, 'You cannot teach your two-and-a-half-year-old little sister a joke like that.' Thankfully she doesn't know the whole joke and she wouldn't understand it."

Anyone know what the elephant joke is? We're intrigued now...

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