To think people are missing the main point that Brooklyn Beckham is trying to reveal ?

Not many famous people have kept their children in the limelight as much as the Beckhams. Being instantly recognisable makes a lot of 'ordinary' options difficult at best and unsafe at worst.

I think that this isn't The Great Gatsby and we're not 14-year-olds in English class trying to dissect it.
Who knows what's really going on.
By the time we're old enough to be parents, and therefore old enough to be on Mumsnet, we should have realised that there are way more than two sides to every story.

Yes. I hope that is the case. I wish them every happiness.

@Veganornotvegan ,there's no need for that.

Oh sorry, didn’t realise you knew Brooklyn Beckham personally and know what he talks like. My mistake.

to be fair, I suspect it was loyalty, secrecy, lack of social media & a stable family that worked for Kate

‘Eleventh hour’ isn’t BB speak.

Just thinking that the Beckhams are small scale UK celebs . Many people say in the States wouldn't know David as football a peripheral sport.

They absolutely could have kept their kids out of the media . Many more famous people have done so and their kids have chosen their own path . For instance Bruce Springsteen son is a firefighter, daughter and equestrian.

What's scary is that they have more kids coming along . How do they think it's OK to parade Romeo or Cruz age gap girlfriends? Still in teens with 29 year olds . Do they approve or are they afraid they will push them away like Brooklyn. Once wives come along, Victoria will be just another MIL . And wonder how she will like being a granny?

Thanks to the Beckhams for the Comic Relief

I genuinely don't think that a lot of people think that, but maybe it's just that I don't know anyone that does.
To me, that's obvious without his statement, the interesting parts are the wedding dance and the dress.

Same! Are people actually naive enough to think that a celebrity’s public persona isn’t carefully curated, especially when that persona is their brand and their income?!

You never know - a see-through dress worked for Kate.

Are you a mindreader? I was thinking 'Jon Lord, Jon Lord' when I posted. He was classically trained though.

Favourite track?

😂

They would have stayed up all night on their wedding day, sorting the photos for OK! This was before everything was digital. No doubt they were in love at the start but their wedding was a business transaction. As is everything since then.

The thing I’ve read today that rings most true is that the issue was the potential association between the Beckham name and Peltz, and this being because of the Peltz association with Epstein. So not actually MIL from hell, but yes protecting their brand. It seems highly believable that this is what caused it all to kick off.

Fair enough, if you want top drawer musicianship though look at Deep Purple 😎

@KeepPumping, Maybe but this thread isn't about The Beatles and their musical merits.

She used to be in the Spice Girls so ridiculous dancing is fine, just please don"t sing, anything but that.

Yes, but most rock/pop musicians of that era had no formal training, they listened to albums and learned by ear and got shown chords by their mates. I agree the compositional abilities of the Beatles soared to great heights later on but in that era there were great musicians everywhere, the Beatles were definitely promoted (especially by the BBC) over other bands.

Yes I know what you mean. I would sssume they’ve had a sexual relationship throughout though hence the children. I think it’s just a very dysfunctional relationship. I think the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. He probably has been treated like a commodity but he has also benefited from them in ways most of us could never imagine. I think the comment about her inappropriate dancing was really low though, he knew that would be humiliating for her and she is his Mum. I don’t think he needed to include that, it smacks of his wife not liking it and asking him to include it. Even IF everything he said it’s true he hasn’t had it as hard as kids in the care system has he? He still has a millionaire in law family to fall back on. I don’t disagree with the statement as such, especially if they have been selling stories but I think a couple of things were far too personal. I think none of them have got any class. As the old adage says ‘Money can’t buy class.’

Marketing companies use this tactic (spelling and grammar mistakes) intentionally to make statements such as this one from the Beckham kid seem more genuine.

It’s the same as when celebrities (particularly the likes of the Kardashian’s) release photos with photoshop ‘errors’. It’s intentional because a perfect new photo will get a certain number of comments and interactions, but a ‘photoshop fail’ will get exponentially more.

Nothing in the world of celeb, PR, and marketing is accidental.

@KeepPumping , I know a few people (most are musicians) who don"t like or rate The Beatles ...
They were brilliant especially considering they were just ordinary lads with no formal training.

To me it sounded as though his wife may be pregnant, or that they are trying for a baby. He sounds very protective and comes across as wanting to have a very different family situation now.
Looking at photos of him last night, he does often look very stressed. I don’t think he was exaggerating that at all.

Oh yeah, I am very on the fence with that part. I don't remember how old the kids were for starters. But I do think he has likely raised more driven kids because of the general attitude of money is earned not handed on a platter.
I remember someone showing me the "Rich kids on insta" page and it was disgusting 🤢

Did you watch the Harry Enfield "Windsors" spoof with the whole "Beckham tries to get knighted by getting in with Princess Anne" episode?

LOL. Was spot on.

Yes, the whole incident was embarrassing and very revealing. I wish they hadn't given him the knighthood, I can't see he deserves it.