Posh Spice lashed out at the rapper Snoop Dogg when he invited her husband, footballer David Beckham, to go out partying when they had met for the first time backstage at the Live 8 concert.

"Look Mr. Snoopy," Spice told The Sun that she told the rapper. "You're not taking my husband out. I know all about your reputation." She went on to add: "As if I'd let David go out with him! I don't think he liked me calling him Mr. Snoopy, he didn't find it very funny."

But Beckham was clearly overjoyed in meeting the rapper. He said, "I've wanted to meet him for ages. We got on well. I was impressed with his knowledge of football."