David and Victoria’s press statement

Find that hard to believe

I just took myself off to mail online for a nosey at the Fat Tony story a LP mentioned was on there but got distracted by their new top story, Mel Bs ex husband claims that Victoria and David couldn't remember Brooklyn's DOB and had to phone VBs mum to check 😯.

Yes, there was a plot to kidnap Victoria, Brooklyn and Romeo in the early 2000s. Five men ended up in prison for it. And when Brooklyn was a baby, someone sent his parents a doctored photograph of him with a bullet in his head. I think it turned out to have been sent by a woman who was stalking David. There are a lot of things worth criticising the Beckhams for, but giving their kids bodyguards isn't one.

All important points.

You’re right, people do choose to tell their stories in public all the time. But, isn’t it usually to campaign for, or achieve, something: justice, inquiries/investigations, better systems/services, public debate on a subject, to help others in similar situations?

And don’t they usually wait a while to process and get perspective on it, seek expert advice and carefully consider how to go about it (e.g. to avoid harm to themselves or others), unless it’s urgent to save lives etc.?

BB’s motivation appears to be to inform the public of his perspective during a live and emotive family relationship breakdown. It’s not clear what he hopes to achieve. He claims it’s privacy and peace. But why then fuel public/media interest by going public, surely resulting in less privacy and peace? Of course, he should talk to people he knows and trusts, therapist etc.

I guess people have different approaches to how they deal with gossip and rumour, whether in media or community (e.g. workplace). IMHO why need to explain yourself? As long as the people you care about know, who cares what anyone else thinks? As long as you’re not being libelled or slandered in a way that’ll impact your reputation/earnings, in which case you can sue. Otherwise, gossips gonna gossip. Who cares?

100% agree parents (famous or not) should think v carefully about the risks and long-term impacts of sharing photos or details of their children’s lives in public. The child can’t give informed consent. Once online, things are difficult to eradicate. Kids have much more freedom if they’re not recognised, e.g. employment. There are many famous people who share nothing about their children and avoid taking them to places (like red carpet events) where they’ll be photographed.

As for sides, I suspect most people can empathise with everyone embroiled in this salutary tale of living life via social media, including siblings, grandparents and family friends. A healthy and supportive family is one of the most precious things in life. So is privacy and freedom.

because he was closer to VB so her actions hurt more

About thirty six million years ago I did read VBs autobiography. I remember Elton bring referenced a lot in it but not in what contexts. And they were both in Spiceworld the movie an epically underrated film and that's a hill I will die on.

To add extreme privilege & being sheltered keeps you very young for age. NP’s distress at nothing much must be exhausting if wedding text examples accurate. The dress etc, I know someone years ago who had the wrong one sent & ordered by shop & too late to change! We laughed in the end :)

What has Elton John said anyway

Is your friend Lady Becks by any chance?

It’s upside for the recipient :) Unless it’s all usually performative? EJ has a relationship with the Bs.

I am sure the ‘brand’ can be controlling but this trivialises real abuse IMO & IMO you are spot on!

IF DV was ‘inauthentic’ in his relationship as Dad & husband to VB & deeply upset BB with serial infidelities & caused family instability then call it. This is understandably worse. WHY so much heat on VB about comparatively trivial stuff?

Flashing bulbs all his childhood & the ill advised photo book pushed out against his will - again - ok.

I always think celebrity Godparents it’s very much like - how are they going to even say no? 😂 It’s basically just a big PR event for everyone involved and guarantees a huge Hello magazine spread for the christening. So fake.

It's all quite teenage. My teenager is currently embarrassed by me full stop including things like asking for help finding something in a shop. Being embarrassed and not having everything the way you want does not equal abuse.

A PP posted about terrible abuse - being locked in the garden, violent arguments between Mum and Dad. Punching of cabinets. That's abuse. If BB had posted that then I'd have every sympathy for him and - though I'd still consider it ill advised to have shared this on social media - would have perhaps understood why he felt compelled to.

The things he's shared just aren't worth blowing up an important relationship over. And there's a question if all of it is true - the dance clearly wasn't the first dance, for example.

The brand Beckham name thing sounds more controlling but again we only have his side.

VB may not have known about the ‘beautiful’ comment but she’ll have known about the dance. There was previous sensitivity about Mum interfering with running order etc NB: leaked texts. So poss final straw for NP?

VB then on spot & BB picks up on her inappropriate physicality here?

I can understand NP being upset but respectfully it all sounds rather hysterical for a woman in her 30s? There’s a way to style it out & have words later if you must. Maybe FIL & FOB could have taken it outside ? :)

And if you must don’t use such tone deaf, ‘privileged’ examples.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8220err46o

DJ Fat Tony said "the whole situation was really awkward for everyone in the room".
After rampant speculation over Brooklyn's comment about his mother's dancing, the DJ said: "There was no slutdropping, there was no black cat PVC catsuits, there was no Spice Girl action."
Pop star Marc Anthony performed at the wedding reception and called Brooklyn on to the stage, the DJ, whose real name is Tony Marnoch, told ITV's This Morning on Friday.
"The next minute, everyone was expecting it to be Nicola to go up and do the first dance," he said.
The US singer then called for "the most beautiful woman in the room" to join Brooklyn - before saying Victoria's name instead of Nicola's.
This led to the bride running out of the room in tears, Marnoch said.
'Crying her eyes out'
"Victoria is by the stage, she goes onto the stage, and of course at that point Brooklyn is suddenly, literally, devastated because he thought he was going to do his first dance with his wife.
"Then Nicola leaves the room crying her eyes out. Brooklyn is stuck there on stage.
"And then they do this dance and Marc Anthony's going, 'Put your hands on your mother's hips'. It was a Latin thing.
"The whole situation was very awkward for everyone in the room."

Don't know if this the Beckhams PR working behind the scenes but sound like really odd behavior from Marc Anthony the pop start performing according to the the DJ Tony Marnoch.

Perhaps Victoria could have avoided stage and dance and gone after DIL - but sound like she was put on spot and made a poor choice. Though perhaps the Bride and groom could also have handled the situation better.

Yeah - like Preston Bailey, the 'celebrity wedding guru' who's handled multiple events for the Trumps, including Ivanka's wedding, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Douglas and assorted global royals. None of these are renowned for their easy-going natures when it comes to high-profile event planning. And Bailey has never quit on them before his contract was complete.

No some of us have narcissistic siblings so we’re well aware of the other side of the coin.

Narcissists are narcissists no matter their age, today’s narcissistic child / child in law will be tomorrow’s narcissistic parent / parent in law; I mean think about it, people don’t just turn into narcissists upon having children, they were already one long before which means once upon a time they were someone’s narcissistic child and someone’s narcissistic sibling - it’s just basic common sense.

Just because someone looks like butter wouldn’t melt, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true. The Beckham’s are flashy and have made mistakes so it’s very easy to label them as the whole problem but anyone who has actually dealt with a narcissist knows exactly how good they are at manipulation and playing the victim.

Let’s look at things critically shall we, what bad press has there actually been about Nicola and Brooklyn that as come from “sources”? The only things I can think of is that Nicola is controlling and Brooklyn is being controlled, that’s about it which has rumours go is pretty generic. On the other hand, we’ve known about the wedding dress, hijacked first dance and that Romeo is supposedly dating Brooklyn’s ex (which she denies) for years now so where do people think those stories came from? Do people really believe the leaks have been one way?

And before anyone says it, The Beckham’s can hardly be blamed for Nicola’s bad press for being the “meanest person” and isolating Anwar Hadid (came from Gigi or Bella I believe), the wedding planner lawsuit, the nanny assault lawsuit or the doggy groomer lawsuit; I mean that’s a lot of lawsuits for someone so young.

They probably (correctly) assumed that if the statement went something like: “my DM then refused to make the wedding dress that NP intended to wear for the 4th section of the wedding which came after the Valentino, Vera Wang and Gok Wan dresses and then proceeded to interrupt and dance inappropriately on BB for our 3rd first dance of the evening…” it wouldn’t sound quite so good!

Wasn’t it early ish in their/her fame? Akin to MM & PH inviting hitherto unmet (?) Clooneys to wedding? If they didn’t know DF & EJ at all (?) that’s some ambition & aspiration right there. My friends would howl laughing. A smart move perhaps…

One of my take-aways from this is never to believe a word written in Vogue ever again. Well, one of the versions is a lie. I'm going with both, probably.

VB in wings for lovely, unexpected Latin dance…Oh dear.

I suspect you’re right on the disco part BUT BB or NP assume/s we KNOW all that! Doesn’t EVERY wedding have halves & multiple dances &!/ disco section? Doesn’t every bride have multiple dresses - so a cock up & misunderstanding on dress no 4 is HUGE to us plebs too…Massive empathy…Worst thing EVA!

I know a few creatives in industry - fashion/entertainment - & especially if they’re a big name with deserved reputation - they are not going to take very bad behaviour lying down. I’ve known some walk out! On celeb clients!

No, I take the “first dance” comments to mean first dance of the disco part of the evening ie. Marc Anthony’s set - which is what this Fat Tony guy seems to be confirming.

Still should’ve been BB/NP dancing first imo. And BB’s “VB waiting in the wings” comment and the idiotic “most beautiful woman in the room” remark suggest it was a setup to me.

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