Posh takes on takeaway after pizza advert calls her an ‘anorexic icon’
VICTORIA Beckham has called lawyers in over a takeaway’s pizza advert depicting her as an ‘anorexic fashion icon’.
It shows a skeletal caricature of the designer and says: ‘Our new Victoria Beckham thin crust, only 2mm thin.’
The 43-year-old former Spice Girl revealed she had suffered from eating disorders in her autobiography Learning To Fly published in 2001.
A spokesman for Mrs Beckham said: ‘It is highly inappropriate to trivialise such a disorder, and defamatory to be so thoughtless with a person’s reputation … we are seeking legal advice.’
The advert was emblazoned on a pizza van owned by Sidhu Golden Fish and Chips,came underin North fire Tyneside.earlier this The week campaign from anorexia charity Seed. Co-founder Marg Oaten said it was ‘appalling’ and ‘puts people at genuine risk’.
But the takeaway’s manager Soni Sidhu said the advert had been taken out of context, adding: ‘If we are asked to take down this advert it will be a sad day for freedom of expression.’ Last night a Sidhu employee said: ‘The advert has been taken down, not because any complaint’s been made, just because we don’t want to upset anybody.’