--- title: Victoria Beckham: 'I Was Never the Best Singer or Dancer' description: Victoria Beckham, aka Posh Spice, has spoken out about how she felt insecure during her time as a Spice Girl. canonical: https://time.com/4730871/victoria-beckham-never-best-singer-dancer/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-07T15:19:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:23.772Z og:title: Victoria Beckham on Her Insecurities as a Spice Girl og:description: 'I was never the best singer or dancer’ og:url: https://time.com/4730871/victoria-beckham-never-best-singer-dancer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc1d5ac1f07a59c1/6988c1df7cdbac42f8d57c81/gettyimages-634104436.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings In New York City - February 06, 2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Victoria Beckham on Her Insecurities as a Spice Girl twitter:description: 'I was never the best singer or dancer’ twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc1d5ac1f07a59c1/6988c1df7cdbac42f8d57c81/gettyimages-634104436.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Victoria Beckham on Her Insecurities as a Spice Girl by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Apr 7, 2017 3:19 PM UTC  Victoria Beckham in a red ribbed knit dress, on top of a blue button-up shirt with ankle boots is seen out in Manhattan on February 06, 2017 in New York, New York. Victoria Beckham in a red ribbed knit dress, on top of a blue button-up shirt with ankle boots is seen out in Manhattan on February 06, 2017 in New York, New York.Josiah Kamau—BuzzFoto via Getty Images by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Apr 7, 2017 3:19 PM UTC [Victoria Beckham](http://time.com/4718347/victoria-beckham-james-corden-carpool-karaoke/), aka [Posh Spice](http://time.com/4711370/victoria-beckham-posh-spice-starbucks/), has spoken out about how she felt insecure during her time as a Spice Girl in a candid interview for [_Elle_ U.K.](http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/culture/longform/a35067/victoria-beckham-is-elle-uk-may-cover-star-2017/)‘s May issue. “Being in the Spice Girls was so much fun, but I was never the best singer or dancer,” she told the magazine. “I learned an enormous amount during that time, though: the staging, the lighting, the costumes – the package excited me. But I love fashion – this is what I’m genuinely interested in… When I look back at my past self, \[the way I dressed and behaved\] was probably a sign of my insecurities.” However, the singer-turned-fashion-designer revealed that she no longer feels that way. “I feel quite confident in myself now – getting older doesn’t bother me,” she said. Beckham, who recently [starred in a _Late Late Show_](http://time.com/4720357/victoria-beckham-james-corden-mannequin/) skit with James Corden, also told _Elle_ that one of her favorite social activities is a dinner party. “If I do go out for dinner, I like to have a drink and really have fun,” she said. “I’m really good value at a dinner party – I want to relax and have a laugh. I like to have fun, and I think that often surprises people.” \[H/T [_Elle_ U.K.](http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/culture/longform/a35067/victoria-beckham-is-elle-uk-may-cover-star-2017/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4730871/victoria-beckham-never-best-singer-dancer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4730871/victoria-beckham-never-best-singer-dancer/"},"headline":"Victoria Beckham on Her Insecurities as a Spice Girl","datePublished":"2017-04-07T15:19:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:23.772Z","description":"'I was never the best singer or dancer’","url":"https://time.com/4730871/victoria-beckham-never-best-singer-dancer/","keywords":["motto","celebrities","Spice Girls","victoria beckham"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc1d5ac1f07a59c1/6988c1df7cdbac42f8d57c81/gettyimages-634104436.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc1d5ac1f07a59c1/6988c1df7cdbac42f8d57c81/gettyimages-634104436.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrity Sightings In New York City - February 06, 2017","caption":"Celebrity Sightings In New York City - February 06, 2017","creditText":"Josiah Kamau—BuzzFoto via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4730871/victoria-beckham-never-best-singer-dancer/","name":"Victoria Beckham on Her Insecurities as a Spice Girl"}}]}] ```