Is David Beckham angry at his underwear?

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Not for nothing, but what exactly is this ad for Emporio Armani underwear trying to convey? David Beckham--in one of those rare and inexplicable moments of repose in which every abdominal muscle strains to be counted and admired--looks down at his, er, package and pouts like a lost laddie. The ad, for the line that sells at Macy’s for $22 for the cotton boxer brief (pictured), makes the Rage wonder if Beckham was worth the millions he got paid to pose. Did his zipper snag him somewhere? Does he wish he was a woman? Someone, please explain.

photo: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for Armani.