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What is going on with Brooklyn/Harper Beckham?

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IberianLynx · 14/06/2026 13:20

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/harper-beckhams-devastating-gesture-after-37292907.amp

AIBU to feel sorry for Harper? If BB has an issue with his parents it shouldn’t mean that he also stops talking to his siblings. It’s equally as sad if the parents did choreographed the letter/visit.

Brooklyn Beckham accuses parents of using Harper for 'choreographed' house visit

Harper Beckham was spotted making a failed attempt to reunite with her brother Brooklyn, with a spokesperson dismissing the visit as another stunt from 'brand Beckham'

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/harper-beckhams-devastating-gesture-after-37292907.amp

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Letsgetreadytorhumble · 16/06/2026 19:18

Kbcdtyijgd · 16/06/2026 18:03

Watching videos of Romeo and he seems to suffer from tics, anxiety related ?

Living with this type of dysfunction totally messes with your nervous system.

Letsgetreadytorhumble · 16/06/2026 19:17

mumuseli · 16/06/2026 15:40

Yes, so true that Cruz and Romeo's girlfriends look uncannily like Victoria - it's so weird!

Oedipus complex.

GingerBeverage · 16/06/2026 19:15

I do think he will need his own money. It’s not unlikely he’ll find himself outside of the Peltz protection at some stage.

Letsgetreadytorhumble · 16/06/2026 19:12

BeardySchnauzer · 16/06/2026 15:20

They’ve already made veiled threats about releasing the skeletons from his closet - I think they would rather destroy him than set him free tbh

Imagine being that evil to actually do that to the child you brought into this world and were meant to protect. Sick bastards.

JulietteHasAGun · 16/06/2026 18:20

Oh and the stuff in the daily mail today about “family friends of d&v” say xyz. That is so obviously d&v, either directly or a minion employee telling the press with their blessing. Obviously they can’t allow it to be thought that they have contacted the press to say xyz but they still want to control the narrative without everyone realised that they themselves are slagging their own son off.

victoria does have a habit of reading Mumsnet. As i remember well from a thread I started about them many, many years ago which she then discussed in an interview saying what a disgrace the thread and topic was 🙈😆. Wonder if she is reading this one.

JulietteHasAGun · 16/06/2026 18:15

Tableforjoan · 16/06/2026 14:50

It will blow over for Brooklyn when people actually use brains and realise a World Cup advert wasn’t suddenly made and released all because of harper posting a letter the day prior which was a set up in the first place.

Just got to wait for the brains to engage.

Oh that’s probably very true. But the family feud has been going on for longer. So the whole “why aren’t I at the World Cup, it’s a long story” angle I think refers to the family feud regardless of the most recent shitshow.

i think it said to be continued so no doubt the next instalment will come up with a “reason” why he wasn’t there which has nothing to do with his parents.

Kbcdtyijgd · 16/06/2026 18:03

Watching videos of Romeo and he seems to suffer from tics, anxiety related ?

PrimaniTu · 16/06/2026 17:46

Tableforjoan · 16/06/2026 15:52

She isn’t as clingy to the other boys as she was Brooklyn.

Harper is definitely David’s favourite I’d say. I’d even say that will add fuel to Vs jealousy as he is much more hands on with Harper than he even appears to want to touch his wife. That will sting for her.

Romeo the forgotten child.

Cruz V’s latest project since Brooklyn ran away.

and you can bet harpers product line will be well and truly tied up as a Beckham project she won’t individually be able to control or own the company even as an adult it will be brand Beckhams enterprise.

This is droves, especially the last paragraph.

Harper probably won’t be allowed to own her own name otherwise she’ll get ideas above her station, just like Brooklyn. Confused

Twatalert · 16/06/2026 16:03

Pay close attention to what VD accuse BB of because this is exactly what THEY do and project onto him.

Twatalert · 16/06/2026 16:01

VictimNoMore · 16/06/2026 15:38

As a scapegoat myself, I believe VB will be incredibly triggered to see him living life independently from her. She is not needed to validate him any more - this is her absolute worst nightmare.

A mix of envy and loss of control for a narc. Envy because narcs are jealous of other peoples' authenticity, something they will never live because they can't drop the mask and access anything that might be underneath. It is her worst nightmare that her son seems happy without her. How dare he.

Tableforjoan · 16/06/2026 15:52

She isn’t as clingy to the other boys as she was Brooklyn.

Harper is definitely David’s favourite I’d say. I’d even say that will add fuel to Vs jealousy as he is much more hands on with Harper than he even appears to want to touch his wife. That will sting for her.

Romeo the forgotten child.

Cruz V’s latest project since Brooklyn ran away.

and you can bet harpers product line will be well and truly tied up as a Beckham project she won’t individually be able to control or own the company even as an adult it will be brand Beckhams enterprise.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/06/2026 15:46

VictimNoMore · 16/06/2026 15:38

As a scapegoat myself, I believe VB will be incredibly triggered to see him living life independently from her. She is not needed to validate him any more - this is her absolute worst nightmare.

I think you have it absolutely spot on.
Also scapegoat is a terrible place to be in a family. I hope that as your name suggests, you are no longer being made one 💐.

mumuseli · 16/06/2026 15:40

TheAutumnCrow · 16/06/2026 14:55

Yes, D&B have lost all sense of perspective now, having surrounded themselves with family acolytes (including those two nightie-clad lookalike girlfriends, who seem to look like each other as well as Victoria), their paid PR, various other dependent employees, and in-their-pockets ‘celeb’ journalists.

No-one is getting through to them. I doubt anyone can, at this stage.

Yes, so true that Cruz and Romeo's girlfriends look uncannily like Victoria - it's so weird!

VictimNoMore · 16/06/2026 15:38

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/06/2026 15:29

And is now inconsolable at seeing one of her children smiling and happy. #PrayersforPosh

As a scapegoat myself, I believe VB will be incredibly triggered to see him living life independently from her. She is not needed to validate him any more - this is her absolute worst nightmare.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/06/2026 15:29

BeardySchnauzer · 16/06/2026 15:24

He was clearly mocking his mother who famously doesn’t smile

And is now inconsolable at seeing one of her children smiling and happy. #PrayersforPosh

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/06/2026 15:26

Twatalert · 16/06/2026 14:51

I mean it is hilarious that they think BB is mocking them in their advert. How narcissistic can you be to think this is all about you. Awww they are so hurt he got a deal and is earning money and is smiling whilst he does it.

David's probably livid as this gig of Brooklyn's is one of the last few remaining things he hasn't sold his soul to advertise, yet.

BeardySchnauzer · 16/06/2026 15:24

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/06/2026 15:22

Indeed. How DARE he contract his own facial muscles upwards.

He was clearly mocking his mother who famously doesn’t smile

BeardySchnauzer · 16/06/2026 15:24

Did no one sit them down and say ‘look, he’s married and he doesn’t need your money anymore. The best tactic is to reduce contact and just make a big deal of the few occasions he does attend’

i know people mocked them for bringing up VB not donating to the dog charity but I imagine it was the last straw - realised it was always take and never give

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/06/2026 15:22

BeardySchnauzer · 16/06/2026 15:19

Oh no - he’s smirking 🙄

Indeed. How DARE he contract his own facial muscles upwards.

Twatalert · 16/06/2026 15:22

BeardySchnauzer · 16/06/2026 15:20

They’ve already made veiled threats about releasing the skeletons from his closet - I think they would rather destroy him than set him free tbh

He has so set himself free.

They are absolutely out to destroy him.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/06/2026 15:20

diddl · 16/06/2026 15:03

Indeed.

He's getting an absolute kicking in the mail online comments.

Is that really what D&V want ?

It honestly wouldn't surprise me if some of those comments are coming from the Beckham's payroll, so mum and dad can say "look how nasty people are out there, Brooklyn. Come back to us and our money that you've helped us make will protect you".

Also with all the talk of photo ops, I'm sure I remember Brooklyn saying how they tried to get him to turn up at David's birthday just to have his photo taken with them. Then he could leave if he wished. I was somewhat unsurprised by that revelation.

BeardySchnauzer · 16/06/2026 15:20

Twatalert · 16/06/2026 14:54

I would absolutely love it if BB stopped caring and will one day tell his experience of growing up in a narcissistic household and help other survivors. There is a kind of inhibition you have when you grow up like this. It takes a ton of work to undo, but there comes a point you feel to secure in yourself you stop caring what anyone thinks and just want to be your true authentic self.

They’ve already made veiled threats about releasing the skeletons from his closet - I think they would rather destroy him than set him free tbh

VictimNoMore · 16/06/2026 15:19

TheAutumnCrow · 16/06/2026 15:12

Another dynamic that I expect to start playing out more and more is narcissistic jealousy that is already visible. At some level, the narcissistic mother wants to annihilate the daughter, especially a teenage one.

So much of what V is doing and saying is going to embarrass H and make her feel uncomfortable, and V knows it. All the skincare stuff, for starters, and why it’s needed. The revealing clothes. The papped errand wearing her nightie-frock with the low cut frontage. Making her a spectacle. Encouraging strangers to have opinions on her ‘look’, her body. And she will absolutely blame H if and when there is negativity from H or any outside commentators about it.

It’s denigration dressed up as empowerment, vicious intrusion dressed up as ‘brand’. That child has no voice, and will not know who she is at 18 at this rate.

And creepy D just lets it happen because his priorities are the pursuit of venality and his cock.

You’re not wrong…then the gaslighting after realisation from Harper (possibly after decades) kicks in…..to which V will say “I never said that”, “you remember it wrongly” blah blah blah…

🙄

BeardySchnauzer · 16/06/2026 15:19

Twatalert · 16/06/2026 14:51

I mean it is hilarious that they think BB is mocking them in their advert. How narcissistic can you be to think this is all about you. Awww they are so hurt he got a deal and is earning money and is smiling whilst he does it.

Oh no - he’s smirking 🙄

Twatalert · 16/06/2026 15:19

TheAutumnCrow · 16/06/2026 15:12

Another dynamic that I expect to start playing out more and more is narcissistic jealousy that is already visible. At some level, the narcissistic mother wants to annihilate the daughter, especially a teenage one.

So much of what V is doing and saying is going to embarrass H and make her feel uncomfortable, and V knows it. All the skincare stuff, for starters, and why it’s needed. The revealing clothes. The papped errand wearing her nightie-frock with the low cut frontage. Making her a spectacle. Encouraging strangers to have opinions on her ‘look’, her body. And she will absolutely blame H if and when there is negativity from H or any outside commentators about it.

It’s denigration dressed up as empowerment, vicious intrusion dressed up as ‘brand’. That child has no voice, and will not know who she is at 18 at this rate.

And creepy D just lets it happen because his priorities are the pursuit of venality and his cock.

Sad and true. She is definitely not a Golden Child. Also, I find harper quite naturally pretty and kind of...cute...VB hates it. She has already started to fuck H over and the poor girl has no idea. I mean she will sense something is off, but there is no way she can make sense of it at 14.