What is going on with Brooklyn/Harper Beckham?

Exactly, and as a pp said the whole thing is like a cult. Don’t cults prevent members from leaving by making them financially dependent?!? Agree with those who say it’s so weird and actually sad to see young men their 20s trailing after mum and dad like this. Will they still be doing it in their 40s?! I think to an extent people sort of accept the possd family photo shoots as it’s what they always did, but when you stop and think for a moment and realise the ‘boys’ are grown men now, it’s creepy.

I don’t think VD know how to stay quiet - unfortunately!!!

It would be great if they all kept quiet now.

Perhaps with the Harper thing he should have said he would have loved to have seen her but he wasn't there instead of the accusations?

I guess he's determined to get his side across though.

I don’t think he should say anything else because they will just go out to destroy him

his best revenge will be living a happy life and giving them no attention whatsoever

Absolutely. He's only done an advert, like David has done tons of adverts.
I feel like they're really burning their bridges with him and there's no way back now.
He's already shown that he can speak out, by releasing that long statement which contained pretty damning details. They ought to be shitting it as I bet he could release more like that!

I imagine the other boys are financially dependent on their parents to the extent they can’t try to forge their own careers and lives tbh

golden handcuffs

I just watched the rest of the advert and honestly if it were just a doordash ad with anyone else in it it would just be exactly that - an add for doordash cashing in on deliveries for the world cup however if you have something to hide you will always think someone is out to get you so the world is going insane thinking BB is being nasty to his parents and well maybe there was something underlying or maybe it was just a bloody ad for doordash and the world cup and he is endorsing it.

Also the word feud drives me insane as it is what my 'family' use about me and my mother but it is not a feud it is and has been always me defending myself against her lies. That is not a feud as I never should have been lied about to begin with but dysfunctional families never see it that way it is always your reaction to their abuse seems to be the problem.

I am still living through it unfortunately myself and while one of my siblings sees it the other doesnt fully and shes still trying to make excuses but won't go against that parent as has seen first hand how vindictive it got for me when I refused to tow the line so it could be they have seen and heard things and will want also to be on side with the parents over the brother so they are not treated worse but then I guess they could also have different 'roles' within the organisation. I almost said family but we know its more like mental mafia than that. Sorry you have gone through it too. It is soul destroying.

It's a pity the honours system isn't transparent. I'd be interested to know who nominated Beckham for his knighthood. Especially after his outburst and Qatar shenanigans (he was old enough to know better by that point).

Excellent post.

Their reaction and media smear campaign they have launched against Brooklyn due to his really innocuous tv advert is absolutely insane.

Yup!

I think if there were doubts before there aren't now!

I see the full ad is out and it’s a bit dull! Just a give away of tickets. Honestly if they’re going to get their knickers in a twist about that they really have lost control

VB is always so desperate to be seen as funny and self deprecating - clearly not

They really are briefing against him, aren’t they? Makes you wonder what they have to hide… Tip of the iceberg, like you say!

Their reaction and media smear campaign they have launched against Brooklyn due to his really innocuous tv advert is absolutely insane. Its hard to imagine the sort of parents that try and pressure you into signing away the rights to your name because you are getting married. I bet what Brooklyn has already revealed is only the tip of the iceberg. Really hope he does an interview or releases a book to shut them up for good. They're like a cult, their sons are adult men still totally reliant on them following them around the world to pose dutifully wherever they go. Its so weird.

They may not see it.

Sometimes in such a dysfunctional dynamic you don’t see it until you are out of it and even then it can take years of therapy to understand.

The behaviour can be so underhand and hidden in a way that only the victim finally understands one day, if ever. It’s so
manipulative that it can only be actioned with flying monkeys and enablers who are (mostly) innocently coerced, and so brainwashed its like a cult.

I got out a decade ago, in my 40s, am NC with all family of origin, still receiving toxic communication despite 7 housemoves and an official namechange. Like previously said, unless experienced, there are no words in the dictionary to describe it.

They have seen whats happened to their brother and do not want to be the next target if they dare stop towing the line.

It is very odd and quite sad that Romeo and Cruz are still following their parents round the world, clapping along to their latest achievements.

They’re in their twenties, shouldn’t it be the other way round now - them making their own way and their parents turning up to congratulate them.

But no, it’s still the David and Victoria show - David opens a new stadium, Victoria has another fashion show and the “good children” turn out to show support.

Will they still be doing this in their forties? What a pointless existence.

It would have done them the world of good to escape to Uni for a few years in the real world.

Didn’t Cruz and Romeo go to Millfield ?
Harper’s school isn’t hard to work out, they’ve always published pics of their kids in uniform

not one of the 3 boys went to uni

Brooklyn got into Parsons, an American uni - he didn’t last long I grant you but he went.

The parents are responsible for all of this, another publicity stunt. Using their new pawn Harper in her signature silk night dress. Poor child.

Cruz and Romeo were at a good school - as is Harper.

Brooklyns education was quite interrupted

they would have been better sending them to the American school tbh

Agree with this.

A lot of IQ and academic ability is genetic. Even with an expensive education you can’t make a silk purse out a sow’s ear. Especially when you spend a considerable amount of time not actually in school but traipsing around the globe. I mean it’s June now, which is generally end of year exams and where is Harper? And let’s face it they may have gone to private expensive schools but it doesn’t mean they went to the best schools. No idea where they did go (not Habs 😆) but would they have passed the Common Entrance exam for somewhere like Eton, Marlborough?

I guess they could have gone to a lower rated uni if they wanted to but yes I think education wasn’t well thought of by any of them.

It’s actually feel sorry for Romeo within that family. He doesn't seem to have a role. He’s classic middle child and talent wise seems washed up by his mid 20s - traipsing across the world following his parents whilst they’re collecting their accolades and him cheering from the side like a performing seal. Is that his life?
Oh well at least he’s rich!

£440 less rich now after being convicted for using a mobile whilst driving. Still gets his name in the papers I guess. And we know that in Beckham land ALL publicity is good publicity.

Funnily enough I was thinking along these lines about the Beckham’s kids’ education.

Yes they sent them to expensive schools but I get the feeling that education wasn’t strongly encouraged as they didn’t want them being more educated than them as that would make them start questioning their role within the brand and having a lightbulb moment.

Again with their expensive schooling - I can’t understand how not one of the 3 boys went to uni. You would have thought D & V would be proud as punch to have university educated children.

It’s actually feel sorry for Romeo within that family. He doesn't seem to have a role. He’s classic middle child and talent wise seems washed up by his mid 20s - traipsing across the world following his parents whilst they’re collecting their accolades and him cheering from the side like a performing seal. Is that his life?

Oh well at least he’s rich!

Clearly unreasonable and he only did it because his wife told him to 🙄