The Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas accused David Beckham of "virtue signalling" during a special guest appearance on the Where There's a Will There's a Wake podcast this week.While speaking to Mel Giedroyc, Thomas recalled Queen Elizabeth II's mourning event in September 2022. The late queen lay in state at Westminster Hall for a week, allowing mourners to pay their last respects. David Beckham at the time received praise for queueing alongside others instead of receiving preferential treatment due to his celebrity status.Thomas claimed that Beckham lined up in the queue to show his good character and gain social approval, rather than out of genuine conviction."I liked the Queen, but that queue was f***ing unbearable."Mel asked Thomas if he queued himself, and Thomas declined, saying,"(N0), and then Beckham queued like everyone else, and you're like, 'Yes, because he knows that it looks good! You idiots! He knows he's gonna get recognised. And then people will be like, 'Oh, look at him queuing."Mel came to Beckham's defense, noting that Beckham looked "cute" as he stood in line, to which Joe Thomas responded:"It was virtue signalling. The whole thing was virtue signalling."When Mel asked if Joe would have preferred Beckham to have special access to the viewing area like Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield, he said:"No - but in a way, yeah. At least (Holly and Phil) were honest. It was just one big f***ing j**k off, that thing. That's all it was. It was!"More about Joe ThomasJoe Thomas, or Joseph Owen Thomas, is an English actor and comedian who played the role of Simon Cooper in the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners from 2008–2010 and its two film adaptations, The Inbetweeners Movie and The Inbetweeners 2.Thomas started his career in the performing arts via the Footlights and performed with fellow University of Cambridge students at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Following his stint as Simon Cooper, Thomas starred in the student sitcom Fresh Meat as Kingsley Owen and also played a maths teacher in Threesome.He has also starred in the sitcom White Gold. In 2018, he began working on Proposal, a comedy radio series by BBC Radio 2. He also wrote Chickens, a satirical sketch about three conscientious objectors during World War I, which was broadcast as part of Channel 4's Comedy Showcase in 2011.