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David and Victoria’s press statement

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Williteverstopraininghey · 22/01/2026 22:27

Where is it?

Will they even do one?

Has anyone changed their initial viewpoint on the whole thing?

And lastly….Team Brooklyn or Team Beckham?

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PinkPanther57 · 24/01/2026 10:50

VanessaSanessa · 24/01/2026 09:41

I think BB took an awful lot of flak from the Peltz's for their daughter getting so upset at the wedding. To be fair he was caught between a rock and a hard place with that dance. MA made a mess of it but VB could have rectified things too.

I would say a clash of cultures has a lot to do with it too. The reserved, snobby Peltz's and the Beckham's, nouveau rich etc.

I would say there was pressure from them to distance himself from his family. You're either in or you're out BB!

I think you’re right the vow renewal an attempt to put things right. I wonder if the Peltz family don’t feel totally accepted themselves by a tiny conservative elite in Palm Beach?

The dance issue may have been a final straw for BB & caused him to reflect on his life to date. It sounds like his career can finally really gain traction with Pelz help & he can gain the respect that’s been missing more easily in the USA?

VB perhaps tried to insert herself into the wedding & inappropriately control things if wedding texts are anything to go by. A letter to Nicola to apologise for misunderstanding a start maybe (?) & perhaps she tried.

Williteverstopraininghey · 24/01/2026 10:43

PinkPanther57 · 24/01/2026 10:38

Interesting. Where do the Peltz family fit on this spectrum in your opinion?

This is really interesting, so are famous people/celebrities generally not part of this circuit, do they look down on the Beckhams?

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Williteverstopraininghey · 24/01/2026 10:42

Happysummerrain · 24/01/2026 10:19

Ironic since you felt compelled to write an amusingly serious post about it and you decided to answer my joke so seriously. To clarify the conspiracy comment: you said NP wrote it.

Plus, I didn’t answer your joke so seriously, I truly did not realise it was a joke 😬

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Williteverstopraininghey · 24/01/2026 10:41

Happysummerrain · 24/01/2026 10:19

Ironic since you felt compelled to write an amusingly serious post about it and you decided to answer my joke so seriously. To clarify the conspiracy comment: you said NP wrote it.

Ok 😂 you’re still going with this and clearly very invested

I don’t know if she helped to write it, but a wife can clearly have a lot on influence-not saying they should or shouldn’t…calling it a conspiracy theory is a bit far fetched

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PinkPanther57 · 24/01/2026 10:38

andIsaid · 24/01/2026 01:27

@EdithBond

Mar a Lago is the dodgy side of Palm Beech.

Nobody from actual Palm Beech would be caught dead there.

"the highest echelons of the Palm Beach season, like parties Mar a Lago
This is so wrong I don't even know where to start.

Parties in Mar a Lago are more like The Only Way is Essex than an upper class thing.

Palm Beech itself is, and always was, a very rich Protestant enclave (WASP). The people who have houses there, and who go for the "season" are so rich we don't know their names. They are those gazillionaire, generational wealth, American families who spend a lot of money to make sure they are never heard of. They socialize among themselves and have a closed shop, much like aristocracy here.

No Jews, Catholics, Blacks, Latinos, nouveau riche, working classes, middle class etc. were allowed join their country clubs in the past, and I suspect that it is still quite exclusionary. They probably set an entrance palaver that would be hard to accomplish, like a variety of nominations and a terrifying fee structure, or some such.

Over the years, other groups created their own enclaves in Palm Beech - the Jewish community opened their own country clubs, and now have a strong, and extremely wealthy community there (like the Peltz family). Ditto other groups.

Mar a Lago is not only not any of the above, but it is quite a drive away. About 45 minutes.

As with everything Trump - it is almost but not quite.

And the devil is very much in the details...

Interesting. Where do the Peltz family fit on this spectrum in your opinion?

Happysummerrain · 24/01/2026 10:19

Williteverstopraininghey · 24/01/2026 09:36

Who is saying it’s a conspiracy theory? You seem to be taking this very seriously….

Ironic since you felt compelled to write an amusingly serious post about it and you decided to answer my joke so seriously. To clarify the conspiracy comment: you said NP wrote it.

deeahgwitch · 24/01/2026 10:01

zanahoria · 22/01/2026 23:21

I just hope that other celebrities will think again when using their kids as part of a brand.

Parliament is debating a social media ban for kids under sixteen, parents should definitely be banned from using them as PR.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

VanessaSanessa · 24/01/2026 09:57

user1471497170 · 24/01/2026 09:54

I personally couldn't care less if my mother in law wanted the first dance with my husband. Would probably laugh. These people are very precious and princess like. It sounds like a blunder from MA. VB was put on the spot and NP overreacted.

I'd be the same, I wouldn't give a toss but not everyone is like that.

I'd say there are a lot of self absorbed people involved here.

user1471497170 · 24/01/2026 09:54

I personally couldn't care less if my mother in law wanted the first dance with my husband. Would probably laugh. These people are very precious and princess like. It sounds like a blunder from MA. VB was put on the spot and NP overreacted.

VanessaSanessa · 24/01/2026 09:41

I think BB took an awful lot of flak from the Peltz's for their daughter getting so upset at the wedding. To be fair he was caught between a rock and a hard place with that dance. MA made a mess of it but VB could have rectified things too.

I would say a clash of cultures has a lot to do with it too. The reserved, snobby Peltz's and the Beckham's, nouveau rich etc.

I would say there was pressure from them to distance himself from his family. You're either in or you're out BB!

Williteverstopraininghey · 24/01/2026 09:36

Happysummerrain · 24/01/2026 08:25

It was a joke because of how ridiculous the original post was. Well done if you read it and didn’t feel amused by the urgency of it.

I find it interesting that people think it’s a conspiracy theory. I don’t care if NP is manipulative or if VB is planning a response. What kind of person truly cares what strangers do? I find responses to this kind of thing interesting and I think it’s hideous the attacks people like BB and NP receive because nosy trolls know best. It’s been compared to the Harry and Meghan situation and I agree, but not because I claim to know more than we actually know but because people are vile about it all.

Who is saying it’s a conspiracy theory? You seem to be taking this very seriously….

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Happysummerrain · 24/01/2026 08:25

Kingscallops · 24/01/2026 00:09

Well said. She could have just ignored your thread, providing she has a life of own 😉

It was a joke because of how ridiculous the original post was. Well done if you read it and didn’t feel amused by the urgency of it.

I find it interesting that people think it’s a conspiracy theory. I don’t care if NP is manipulative or if VB is planning a response. What kind of person truly cares what strangers do? I find responses to this kind of thing interesting and I think it’s hideous the attacks people like BB and NP receive because nosy trolls know best. It’s been compared to the Harry and Meghan situation and I agree, but not because I claim to know more than we actually know but because people are vile about it all.

andIsaid · 24/01/2026 01:27

@EdithBond

Mar a Lago is the dodgy side of Palm Beech.

Nobody from actual Palm Beech would be caught dead there.

"the highest echelons of the Palm Beach season, like parties Mar a Lago
This is so wrong I don't even know where to start.

Parties in Mar a Lago are more like The Only Way is Essex than an upper class thing.

Palm Beech itself is, and always was, a very rich Protestant enclave (WASP). The people who have houses there, and who go for the "season" are so rich we don't know their names. They are those gazillionaire, generational wealth, American families who spend a lot of money to make sure they are never heard of. They socialize among themselves and have a closed shop, much like aristocracy here.

No Jews, Catholics, Blacks, Latinos, nouveau riche, working classes, middle class etc. were allowed join their country clubs in the past, and I suspect that it is still quite exclusionary. They probably set an entrance palaver that would be hard to accomplish, like a variety of nominations and a terrifying fee structure, or some such.

Over the years, other groups created their own enclaves in Palm Beech - the Jewish community opened their own country clubs, and now have a strong, and extremely wealthy community there (like the Peltz family). Ditto other groups.

Mar a Lago is not only not any of the above, but it is quite a drive away. About 45 minutes.

As with everything Trump - it is almost but not quite.

And the devil is very much in the details...

Kingscallops · 24/01/2026 00:09

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 19:07

How rude…asking if ive got a life of my own and then going into loads of detail about the whole situation 😂

Yes, I do have a life of my own, I have a Dh, dc, dog, parents, friends, job, mortgage etc etc, but I can still be interested? I don’t think those two things are mutually exclusive..and neither do you, judging by how much you seem to know about the situation

Well said. She could have just ignored your thread, providing she has a life of own 😉

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/01/2026 22:42

soupyspoon · 23/01/2026 22:19

And someone ran off with nans mobility scooter.

And a massive row on the dance floor because someone looked at/flirted with/was caught shagging someone else's OH.

soupyspoon · 23/01/2026 22:19

PinkPanther57 · 23/01/2026 22:18

If someone had brought in a couple of crates of Stella - fisticuffs outside with Mr Adams &
Nelson Peltz.

And someone ran off with nans mobility scooter.

PinkPanther57 · 23/01/2026 22:18

user665178392470 · 23/01/2026 22:14

Is anyone else incredulous that a bride with billionaire parents and a groom from a multi millions family, and the DJ they hired is called “Fat Tony” like it’s an evening do at the local social club! No wonder it ended in a scrap…😂

If someone had brought in a couple of crates of Stella - fisticuffs outside with Mr Adams &
Nelson Peltz.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/01/2026 22:17

EmeraldShamrock000 · 23/01/2026 21:47

So why post anything here, watch Netflix.

Because how else would us philistines know that the PP is a superior being to the rest of us without them bringing it up. Repeatedly!

user665178392470 · 23/01/2026 22:14

Is anyone else incredulous that a bride with billionaire parents and a groom from a multi millions family, and the DJ they hired is called “Fat Tony” like it’s an evening do at the local social club! No wonder it ended in a scrap…😂

EmeraldShamrock000 · 23/01/2026 22:03

soupyspoon · 23/01/2026 21:51

Yeah theres a couple of documentaries on Netflix about a couple called the Beckhams. Quite interesting

I haven’t watch the Beckham documentaries. I’d be afraid that my viewing would earn them more money. Same with the Kardashian’s and Sussex crowd. 😆
I wouldn’t google Victoria’s song yesterday incase it boosted the value. I know petty.

soupyspoon · 23/01/2026 21:51

EmeraldShamrock000 · 23/01/2026 21:47

So why post anything here, watch Netflix.

Yeah theres a couple of documentaries on Netflix about a couple called the Beckhams. Quite interesting

EmeraldShamrock000 · 23/01/2026 21:47

mummybear35 · 23/01/2026 19:11

Still would rather watch Netflix or even read fiction than waste time on this…don’t know any of them, don’t care about any of them and at gunpoint, I don’t want to know about the situation let alone speculate the who, the why and what for 😆 same goes for any ‘celebrity’…

So why post anything here, watch Netflix.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/01/2026 21:18

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 21:00

No, but I find it really difficult to imagine someone actually planning to do something as awful as that

Someone I know is lovely but incredibly self obsessed (and not adverse to being centre of attention). Reading Fat Tony's account, which sounds pretty balanced it actually strikes me as something my friend would do.

In their case it wouldn't be deliberate to cause upset but they'd be thinking how much they'd enjoy the dance, the attention they would get and how much they want to dance with their son. And that'd be it. Nobody else's feelings would probably even occur to them.

Posh doesn't strike me as someone lacking in the self obsession stakes so it might be a similar story.

soupyspoon · 23/01/2026 21:17

EdithBond · 23/01/2026 19:51

For sure.

I watched the trashy ‘Members Only: Palm Beach’ while crashed out at NY.

Obvs shows the extreme and produced for entertainment, like all the ‘Housewives of…’ franchises, Made in Chelsea etc.

But, what surprised me was how obsessed they were with etiquette. You don’t apparently get invited to the highest echelons of the Palm Beach season, like parties Mar a Lago etc (no idea why anyone would want to be) unless the Queen Bees approve of your etiquette. They were bitching and falling out over the most ridiculous perceived faux pas and ‘slights’, apparently because they’re bored out of their minds and have to make up drama to give their lives meaning.

Given the Peltz family live in Palm Beach, this is quite possibly the culture NP’s grown up in: storms in teacups and hissy fits over etiquette, running orders, perceived slights etc.

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Thats very interesting, its also, sorry to say, quite a young thing I think, arbritary rules about who speaks to who, who invites who, match or not similar outfits for things, who gives something to who, who names what child what. You see it on threads here all the time, Im not necessarily talking about yoru example as thats a world I dont know but in general, I think that generation are quite immature about stuff like that, combined with what you're saying I think thats very likely

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 21:00

Oopsylazy · 23/01/2026 19:33

Why don’t people believe the most beautiful comment/dance thing was a set up? I genuinely don’t understand- it seems pretty obvious to me.

That guy is VB/DB’s best mate and at this point relations had soured so much that VB put a stop to making the dress that was intended for NP. They, according to BB had been absolute arses in the run up to the wedding and tried to stop him marrying her. They were trying to get him to sign away the rights to his name and he refused, which seems to be his reason for the cause of a lot of this (maybe they have other reasons not to like the girl - who knows?)

But I really don’t understand the comments about how it can’t possibly have been a set up that VB/DB were in on or had a part in.

Do we think VB is a saint or something?

No, but I find it really difficult to imagine someone actually planning to do something as awful as that

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