OH MY GOD

Another caller, who didn’t want to be named, said: “Beckham
defined my sexuality. Now he’s gone I don’t feel I’ll be
able to perform in bed.”

Colin Stuart, 25, from Mill Hill, North London, said: “Becks
has helped me realise I am gay. I think I will have problems
with my partner now as we both liked him.”

Dan, 35, from London, said: “I’m terribly upset. He was a
gay icon and I loved him. I can’t concentrate on my work.”

Student Rob, 21, also from London, said: “He was a gay icon.
I feel abandoned now he has gone. I feel empty - I thought
he would always be there.”

Chef Lee Brown, 23, of Preston, said: “My wife is Beckham
nuts and is moving to Spain to be near him. If I don’t go
our relationship’s over.”

Another caller who didn’t want to be named said: “My friend
has Beckham tattoos on his arm and has threatened to cut it
off.”

Dad Frank Wilson, 33, from London, said: “I’ve never been so
upset. My whole family are crying.

“I’m going to burn my Manchester United kit and give up my
season ticket.”

Telesales worker David Phillips, 27, had similar problems.

He said: “My whole family are in tears. What am I supposed
to tell the kids?”

Daniel Payne, 21, from Bromley, Kent, said: “I’m so upset. I
can’t believe he’s gone.”

And 24-year-old salesman Akhmed, of Oxford, said: “He was
like a god to me. I have a tattoo of him on my chest. I feel
powerless that he’s gone.”

Hannah, 17, said: “I’ve followed Becks all my life. I don’t
know how I’ll get through my A-levels now.”