The Unintentional Brilliance Of David Beckham’s Instagram

Friend of the site, David Beckham caught up with the modern world 32 weeks ago by joining Instagram. While he didn't quite grasp the essence of the app straight away, David has come on leaps and bounds over the past few months and that deserves some recognition. David initially tricked us into believing that he had a deep understanding of the site with his first post: A sleepy selfie.

Good morning and hello! It’s great to finally be on Instagram, been a long time coming but I can’t wait to start sharing all my special moments with you. Thank you for all your birthday messages so far. Looking forward to a great day with friends and family x

A photo posted by David Beckham (@davidbeckham) on May 1, 2015 at 10:04pm PDT

The post now has over a million well-deserved likes and seemed to promise great things from him. But things took a sharp turn and the cracks started to show. David was out of his depth, but still pushing through like a champ. For me, the beauty lies in his captions. David's written personality is a bit like a loosely translated postcard you had to write to your French pen pal in school. 

"Happy Mother's Day" ❤️ A photo posted by David Beckham (@davidbeckham) on May 10, 2015 at 12:39pm PDT

The above post is hilarious for a number of reasons: 1. Why did he use quotation marks? 2. Why is his Mam holding her fist up like they're preparing for a fight? 3. Did he get some helping figuring out how to use the love heart emoji?

Great to see these shy and retiring ladies. Never a dull moment.

A photo posted by David Beckham (@davidbeckham) on May 3, 2015 at 7:16am PDT

That post is actually magnificent. However, don't be under any illusions. Victoria 100% went through every photo they took (which was likely upwards of twelve), applied multiple filters and probably captioned it as well. You can't pull the wool over our eyes, Posh Spice.

It was an absolute honour to meet Professor Hawking. What he said to me was truly amazing A photo posted by David Beckham (@davidbeckham) on May 12, 2015 at 4:31am PDT

Above is my absolute favourite David Beckham Instagram post of all time and he'll do well to beat it. I remember seeing it mere minutes after it was posted and considered it a gift from the Gods. Naturally, I had my way with it.

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— Ciara Knight (@Ciara_Knight) May 12, 2015

Did I stop there? Did I flip.

On my way to my event and couldn't resist stopping at a place that's very special to me.... ?? @realmadrid A photo posted by David Beckham (@davidbeckham) on Jun 3, 2015 at 9:58am PDT

 

David Beckham's Instagrams are too easy to ruin pic.twitter.com/FaTerpmoI9 — Ciara Knight (@Ciara_Knight) June 3, 2015

" Lead with Love " the perfect Father's Day gift ❤️❤️❤️❤️

A photo posted by David Beckham (@davidbeckham) on Jun 21, 2015 at 4:39am PDT

Not sure there'll ever be a time when I get sick of ruining David Beckham's Instagram pic.twitter.com/LWJOsy69ka

— Ciara Knight (@Ciara_Knight) June 21, 2015

In conclusion, our David is completely clueless at using Instagram and it is adorable.

Thank you, David for showing us that you are only human.