David Beckham opens up about his OCD battle in a Netflix series and exposes his ‘strange and tiresome’ regimen

David Beckham says he is living with an obsessive-compulsive disorder which leaves him spending hours and hours cleaning his home every night.

It gets so much that he stay up and polishes the family’s candles long after everyone has gone to bed.

The superstar has given more details about his mental health condition after previously opening up about his battles.

David, 47, previously told fans he needs to keep everything in straight lines or pairs – but his issues actually run much deeper.

In a new Netflix series, the ex England captain spoke of his determination to make things perfect at the family’s plush £25million mansion in Holland Park, and says he knows it is ‘weird’.

The Netflix show is released later this year ( Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)

OCD – a mental health condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours – impacts millions of people around the world.

Around 750,000 are thought to be living with severe, life-impacting and debilitating condition in the UK and the football icon is one of them.

“I clean it so well, I’m not sure it’s actually appreciated so much by my wife, in all honesty,” he said in a preview for the series.

“The fact that when everyone’s in bed I then go around, clean the candles, turn the lights on to the right setting, make sure everywhere is tidy.

“I hate coming down in the morning and there’s cups and plates and, you know, bowls. It’s tiring going around every single candle cleaning it.

We will see the superstar discussing his cleaning routine ( Image: WireImage)

“I clip the candle wax, I clean the glass, that’s my pet hate, the smoke around the inside of a candle.

He confessed: “I know, it’s weird.”

Wife Victoria tells the Netflix crew: “He’s just so perfect” before telling David he is “appreciated” by the clan.

But he then bit back: “Don’t believe that for a second. She sounds so sarcastic when she says it.”

In an interview with ITV in 2006, the footballer explained some of his mental battles.

“I have got this disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line or everything has to be in pairs,” he said.

The former England captain lays bare his struggles in the programme ( Image: PA)

He says he also turn the lights on to the right setting ( Image: Getty Images for YouTube)

“I’ll put my Pepsi cans in the fridge and if there’s one too many then I’ll put it in another cupboard somewhere. I’ll go into a hotel room and before I can relax, I have to move all the leaflets and all the books and put them in a drawer.”

Posh added: “He’s got that obsessive-compulsive thing where everything has to match. If you open our fridge, it’s all coordinated down either side.

“We’ve got three fridges, food in one, salad in another and drinks in the third. In the drinks one, everything is symmetrical. If there’s three cans, he’ll throw one away because it has to be an even number.”

Netflix say the new programme will look at his life from his working-class roots in east London to taking the world by storm.

It is being made by his own production company, Studio 99.

He said on Instagram : “I’m excited to confirm that I am partnering with @Netflix on a documentary series about my life and career.

“The series will feature unseen archive, untold stories as well as interviews with the people who have been a part of my journey.

“The series is directed and produced by Academy Award winners @fisherstevens and John Battsek. Watch this space… @studio99.”