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Victoria Beckham has been opening up like never before this week, and now she's made some very candid confessions.
The former Spice Girl, 51, has led a life of glitz and glamour thanks to her pop success, fashion empire and lucrative marriage to footballer David.
But in a nod to her normality, Victoria has lifted the lid on shopping at Lidl, flying with Ryanair, picking up dog poo - and admitted she hasn't hoovered since 1997 thanks to 'Mr Clean' David.
Speaking to The Sun in her flagship Dover Street store in London, Victoria was asked if she'd ever done her shopping at Lidl, to which she responded: 'No, but my mum shops there.'
And asked about if she picks up her give dogs' poo, she insisted: 'Of course I do! I hate it when people leave it lying around in the park, awful!'
Despite the celebrity love of a private jet, Victoria also admitted she has flown budget airlines including EasyJet and Ryanair.
'I haven't hoovered in many, many years… David, Mr Clean, does all the hoovering,' she added.
It comes after Victoria opened up about the downward spiral for her fashion business that saw her rack up losses of over £66 million.
The designer launched her fashion label in 2008 with a small collection of dresses.
It swiftly grew to an extensive range that now includes handbags, coats, shoes and accessories but after frivolous spending she quickly began to make a loss and was forced to rely on handouts from her husband David Beckham to bail her out.
In 2023 she finally started making a profit for the time in 15 years - with an £890 clutch bag, a £30 eyeliner and a carefully orchestrated social media strategy which saw her post make-up tutorial videos on TikTok credited with the turnaround.
Yet in her new Netflix series, businessman David Belhassen - who invested in her failing brand - explained that he also helped by reining in her excessive spending habits.
In one shock admission he revealed the designer was spending £85,000 just on plants for the office.
'She loved plants,' David mused. 'And it was costing her £70,000 a year. And then there was someone who was coming to water the plants for 15,000 a year - and that's only the beginning!
'So I went her and I decided to just tell the truth, exactly the way it is, and I didn't know how she'd react.
'I said, "Victoria we have to change everything, restructure the business, and that's gonna be painful", and when I finished she just listened and she left a little silence.'
Victoria explained: ' I took it on the chin, it was hard hearing those things. I hadn't been to business school, I'd come from an entertainment background.
'I didn't realise it at the time but the waste was mind-blowing.
'I mean, I had 15 different linings for the insides of her outerwear, bizarre things like flowing chairs from one side of the world to the other.
'I hear it now and I'm horrified but I allowed that to happen. I think part of the problem was people were really afraid to tell me no.
'There's a power to be honest, the power of celebrity. People thought I wasn't used to hearing no.'
Her husband David, who invested millions into his wife's ailing brand, reflected on the fear he felt when he could see the numbers spiralling.
'It made me panic, David confessed. 'I was panicked by it because I never saw anything coming back.
'We always agreed that we would support each other no matter what but it worried me. It wasn't sustainable.'
Victoria added: 'There was a lot of waste, we were millions of pounds in the red.
'I didn't know what to do and I was so desperate to save this business that I cared so much about.
'I felt like I was breaking down myself. I felt embarrassed... I was in a hole, it felt like I was in quicksand.'