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Beckham shared how starring in two documentaries about her life changed her outlook on fame at the 2026 TIME100 Summit_ by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/) ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer After spending 30 years in the public eye as a pop star turned fashion designer, [Victoria Beckham](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/victoria-beckham/)’s outlook on navigating fame has shifted over time. At the [TIME100 Summit](https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-gala/2026/hilary-duff-on-her-own-terms/) on Wednesday, Beckham revealed that her perspective especially evolved after she starred in [two recent docuseries](https://time.com/7324827/victoria-beckham-netflix-documentary/) focused on her life, career, and decades-long relationship with [David Beckham](https://time.com/collections/time100-philanthropy-2025/7286069/david-beckham/). “I always say that I went into the process a control freak and came out a reformed control freak, because I didn't have that much control,” she told TIME editorial director Lucy Feldman while onstage at the event in New York City. “I learned so much from the process of the documentary. It was like a year's intense therapy.” _Join us on_ [_TIME's YouTube_](https://www.youtube.com/time) _for the 2026 TIME100 Gala Red Carpet Livestream, starting at 6:00 p.m. EST on April 23, 2026—and available after on demand_ Beckham, who successfully rebranded from beloved Spice Girls member “Posh Spice” to respected luxury fashion designer by launching her eponymous label in 2008, added that she has learned to ignore the scrutiny that comes with being half of one of the world's most enduring celebrity power couples. “This has been happening since I was 20, so it's been going on a long time,” she said. “I have an incredible husband who supports me enormously. We're always there for each other. And I learned a long time ago to really not listen to the noise. Someone's always going to have something to say. I focus and I just don't pay attention to it.” During the discussion, Beckham also spoke about how the North Star of her career, which expanded into a new realm in 2019 with the launch of Victoria Beckham Beauty, has always been female empowerment. “The Spice Girls were about girl power. So it started with empowering women through music,” she said. “Now I want to make women feel strong and powerful and like the most beautiful versions of themselves. I feel like I'm being really, really honest in both fashion and beauty…I don't put anything out until I believe it's best in class, because that's what I desire and I know that's what my customer desires. That's what she comes to me for. I believe that she trusts me, and that is really, really important.” ——— The TIME100 Summit convenes leaders from the global TIME100 community to spotlight solutions and encourage action toward a better world. This year’s Summit features a variety of conversations across business, culture, AI, and more. Speakers for the 2026 TIME100 Summit include António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations; former Ford Foundation president Darren Walker; actor Kate Hudson; entrepreneur Lady Victoria Beckham; creator Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast; and many more, plus a performance by Jonathan Groff. _The 2026 TIME100 Summit was presented by Booking.com, JPMorganChase, PepsiCo, Reliance, and Toyota._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-gala/2026/victoria-beckham-branding-personal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-gala/2026/victoria-beckham-branding-personal/"},"headline":"Victoria Beckham on Evolving Into a ‘Reformed Control Freak’","datePublished":"2026-04-22T19:13:14.027Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:21:47.236Z","description":"Beckham shared how starring in two documentaries about her life changed her outlook on fame at the 2026 TIME100 Summit","url":"https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-gala/2026/victoria-beckham-branding-personal/","keywords":["TIME 100","list","franchise","Accolades","Events"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc75c8a0352375ac0/69e9131747324f4c9eda5427/2272579809.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"creator":"Megan McCluskey","articleSection":"TIME100","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc75c8a0352375ac0/69e9131747324f4c9eda5427/2272579809.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"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":"/section/time100/","name":"TIME100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-gala/2026/victoria-beckham-branding-personal/","name":"Victoria Beckham on Evolving Into a ‘Reformed Control Freak’"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Victoria Beckham on Branding the Personal at 2026 TIME100 Summit","description":"Beckham shared how starring in two documentaries about her life changed her outlook on fame at the 2026 TIME100 Summit","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/BlXnnRpH/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-04-22T16:57:37.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/BlXnnRpH.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-gala/2026/victoria-beckham-branding-personal/","duration":"PT14M37S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collection/time100-summit-gala/2026/victoria-beckham-branding-personal/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```