Before we begin we should note that our headline is something of a misnomer; we were captivated by news previews last night along the lines of "Just what did David Beckham do to make this cancer patient cry?" and hoped that he'd totally lost it and stuck a tack in her commemorative soccer ball or something.

Then today dawns and it turns out Becks' "snubbing" of said young soccer fan wasn't a statement at all, and just a simple matter of, er, not seeing her.

Which is good, because we wouldn't have to burn our copy of Posh & Becks: Talking now, would we?

Fourteen-year-old Emma Byers - the first person to survive two consecutive bone marrow transplants at Sydney Children's Hospital - was due to welcome Beckham to Star City yesterday morning but was left in tears when the star's minders insisted he was brought into the hotel via a back entrance and whisked to his room.

But last night at Sydney FC's game with Queensland last night, Beckham took time to meet Emma in private and left the young girl beaming with delight.

After he was told what happened, a contrite Beckham had used a press conference to apologise to the girl and other fans who had been with her, and had promised to make amends.

"I didn't even see any children when I arrived at the hotel this morning - I went in the back way," he said.

"But that (snubbing them) is one thing I would never have done - never have done and never will do. That's not what I do or what I'm about and I apologise to them."

Aw, Becks!

Even with that ridiculously squeaky voice, we'd still tap that ass hardcore he's still a gentleman.

Any other sick/disadvantaged children are, however, now advised to hang around back alleys with the pimps and junkies in the hope that David "Backdoor Man" Beckham will miraculously appear.

 

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