Despite an rumor spreading across the Internet like wildfire, David and Victoria Beckham were not involved in a horrifying car crash in France on Friday.

“This is a complete fabrication, absolutely not true,” a spokesperson for the star says.

According to the rumor, the “severely shaken” Beckhams were heaving to an airport in Nice from their home in the French Riviera over the weekend when the black BMW they were traveling in slammed into a brick wall.

David was supposedly forced to leave his wife behind at the accident scene so he could catch his flight to Beijing for the Olympic Closing Ceremonies.