Victoria Beckham has reportedly reached out to support former bandmate Geri Horner, as well as making a public peace offering to daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz Beckham
Mitya Underwood
As Geri Horner’s Formula 1 boss husband is investigated over allegations about “inappropriate behaviour” at work, she is relying on some of her oldest friends to help her through.
A source has told new that the 51-year-old is leaning heavily on her old pal Victoria Beckham as she tries to weather the storm surrounding her hubby, Christian Horner, 50.
The millionaire boss of the Red Bull racing team is currently being investigated after execs were made aware of “certain recent allegations”, which Christian said he “completely denies”.
Following the news of the probe into his alleged conduct, our source claimed that Victoria, 49, was quick to reach out to her former Spice Girl bandmate.
“They always got on well and have been there for each other through the difficult times,” they said.
“When Geri was having a bit of a stormy relationship with some of the other Spice Girls, Victoria supported her and helped her through. It’s the same now – Victoria wants to support Geri any way she can.”
Victoria and her husband David, 48, have had their own fair share of difficulties over the years, including the fallout from his alleged affair with Rebecca Loos, which they addressed in their Netflix docuseries last year, and the public backlash from his sending off during the infamous England v Argentina game in the 1998 World Cup.
According to our source, Geri, who married Christian in 2015 and welcomed their son Monty in January 2017, was one of Victoria’s biggest supporters through the troubled times.
“Victoria and David have had some really low points together as a couple and Geri was there for her,” they told us. “She’s never forgotten how good Geri was with all the Rebecca Loos stuff, and the horrible treatment of David after the World Cup.
“Now she knows it’s her time to be there for Geri, and she wants to look after her and help her.”
They may lean on each other now, but Geri and Victoria haven’t always seen eye to eye. They were once involved in a spat, after Geri walked out on the group halfway through the Spice Girls’ world tour in 1998.
Recalling how furious she was about it at the time, in her 2001 memoir Learning To Fly, Victoria said, “She was one of my best friends and now s
