what’s going on with Brooklyn Beckham?

[jallyj]

so he’s done a vow renewal after only getting wed in 2022 and none of his siblings or parents were there, just seems to have been organised by his billionaire wife’s parents. It looks like a very deliberate fuck you to his family. What can they have done to deserve such shocking treatment? It’s bizarre. And let’s hope the marriage to the (reportedly prickly, hard work) billionaire works, so he doesn’t have to come crawling back to Mum and Dad………

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14992137/Nicola-Peltz-Brooklyn-Beckham-share-pictures-butterfly-themed-vow-renewal-afterparty-parents-took-centre-stage-guestlist-included-Harvey-Weinsteins-ex-amid-family-feud.html

I think this too. Dave & Vicky have good family values (in spite of everything) & are positively cuddly compared to these people.

Yes, there’s a chilling ruthlessness to Billionaire dynasties.

Have they? That’s what they present - but they have pimped all of their DCs out since birth - not given them any privacy - just so DB can do more brand collabs as the wholesome family man when he shags about relentlessly.

There’s truth in that but I feel there is also genuine love there too. Not cold, calculated ruthless scheming when it comes to the children’s marriages to push a career.

I think D&V are both calculated, ruthless and scheming to push their own careers using their DCs - it’s just all wrapped up in fake family values. I don’t doubt they don’t live their DCs - I don’t think they would push a marriage for their DCs career advancement because I don’t think they even give them enough direction to be independent - it’s all about earning the cash for D&V. I have no idea about the Peltz except that vile comment from the mother - but she wasn’t using her DC for her benefit - she is using someone else’s DC for the benefit of her DC.

I don’t doubt they love their children immensely. But so do lots of parents who treat their children badly. The Beckhams have not treated their children with respect- they’ve thrust them into the public eye without them being able to consent or understand the huge negative consequences of not having privacy.

I imagine NP’s parents love their children too. They just dont see that manipulating relationships to further a career is bad parenting. Just like the Beckams don’t see that manipulating their children by further the brand is bad parenting.

theres a lot of parallels there, although both sets of parents would probably hate to admit it.

I think Brooklyn has tried to emulate his dad over the years with the many tattoos and poses, it's clear he has held his dad in high esteem. But maybe now he's a grown man he is sickened by his dad's alleged infidelity. And he's fed up playing happy families to keep his dads image clean. Maybe he feels Victoria has tolerated too much for Brand Beckham?

That came across in the Bower book I think but why would BB effectively punish VB too by cutting her off? If this is what’s happened.

It’s interesting, especially with all of the discussion here about the press, scandals & celebrity reporting, and legal challenges.

Apart from Leveson, and Social Media, I think that Victoria Beckham single-handedly changed the game after R Loos.

When the story broke, she was expecting to hide away, crying. Instead, she zipped on her ski suit & faced-off the press.

It was a defining moment, IMO, when she herself took control of the narrative. She turned the tables & re-defined fame as it was.

I also think that’s when she knew focusing on her own career would be crucial, but Brand Beckham also took off hugely.

Harper is definitely the Next Big Thing that VB is going to do. The boys have nothing to offer. BB is a stepping stone for Nicola.

He may have lost respect for her because she puts up with it and has leant on him emotionally but won’t do anything about it.

I think it’s a complex family

agree that harper is going to be pushed forward. My dd is a similar age and I think it’s an awful age to be put under public scrutiny tbh

Yes, Posh said she was quite awkward herself at that age.

Harper seems well adjusted & happy, as far as anyone could tell, doing the odd make-up demo for Mum ok perhaps (?) What happens next the key.

The Glendower Prep choice perhap suggests at some stage at least academic ambition was high for her (?) Going to Uni might be a positive thing next.

B will always be loved unconditionally by V&D. For all their faults as parents, while they are around, they will always be there for him.
His association with NP’s family is purely conditional, the stakes are high and he has invested himself exclusively into her world.

Because he sees her as complicit in the whole charade?

ultimately, if VB wants to forgive infidelity that’s her decision, but she’s involved all the children in the fake ‘perfect family’ brand.

I remember in the Netflix documentary, when the issue of Rebecca Loos came up, DB prevaricated, talked around it a bit and then said ‘at the end of the day it’s your private life.’ Not an exact quote but he definitely mentioned ‘private life’ - and I just thought how bloody dense is he not to see the irony? The couple with arguably the least private life entirely by their own choice!

Harper will have a make up range

I don’t agree with this. I think this is going back to 2000s tabloid culture, a culture that led to open taping and hideous traumatising Pap scenes with no limits on what it took to get a photo (many of which were shown in the Beckham doc)

I think if people want to sell a vision of their family life they can, you can accept it or ignore it. But there is no justification for thinking this entitled you to know everything about things they want to keep private- ie children’s day to day lives, medical information, romantic information, sexual preferences etc….

you don’t have a right to know everything because some people want to show you bits. That was the reasoning used to hound young women like Britney to the edge.

That’s right, gossip mags were published weekly, they needed fresh material all the time. It was before reality TV, too.

I don’t agree with a culture which hounds people.

But the Beckhams welcome publicity. Their children’s lives should be their own. We as the public don’t even need to know what their children look like. Never mind details of their school (identifiable by uniforms in photos plastered over their own SM) or where they go on holiday or what they’ve been up to/ had for dinner etc etc.

The irony of DB talking about a private life is insane.

Yes they welcome publicity on their terms. Which is reasonable

I wholeheartedly agree with you. We're not entitled to every aspect of someone's life because they share some of it.

Many (vast majority) of celebs protect their children’s privacy. The beckhams have monetised their kids and with that comes a greater interest from the public. Once the genie is out of the bottle it’s very hard to get it back in - no matter how much you think a person should be able to control what a person sees.

and controlling the narrative is exactly how celebs get away with things ‘oh but he’s such a nice guy, he wouldn’t do what they say he’s done’. Kids should always be off limits but the celeb themselves can’t expect to have their cake etc etc

I know a couple of celebs whose kids have gone on to become models/influences etc - usual nepo jobs - but they were completely private before the age of 16 and for some of the kids they have never stepped into the spotlight

On of the Ramsay kids has gone down the influencer route but only one I think, presumably all came from them.

…. And they are now seeing the natural consequences of making money through presenting themselves as a close knit ‘perfect’ family, while trying to hide the reality of major conflict. It’s deeply hypocritical. If you want to keep certain aspects of your life private then fine. Just don’t expect to make millions out of selling your family life

We don’t know of any major conflict (?) He loves her & she looks the other way (?) Although re: Loos journos apparently saw her slap him hard across face.