what’s going on with Brooklyn Beckham?

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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 initially V had all the power & confidence but sadly that shifted.

I agree with this to an extent. She had higher recognition and global media power in the early days. DB though had the inherent sustainable talent. He got whipped up into her celeb world and then he became the person most wanted to be associated with - but the ‘power couple’ thing was also key to it all.

If I was in N’s position I am not sure I’d want to marry BB. Unless genuinely in love, why ? She surely has the pick of many eligible men (?)

Her mother said good for N’s career & a disaster if marriage not gone through with for this reason. So leaning into that is her ‘plan’ ? So seemingly a few years & then N to move on as accomplished…what (?) actress? Influencer? And then surely if that ambitious & strategic to find another man to settle with have kids, live well? N also seems very family orientated so perhaps it really is unicorns & rainbows. A ‘starter’ marriage like Meghan & Trevor E?

Her siblings seem quite intelligent, dynamic & successful, one half bro with a Yale degree. I can’t see BB’s appeal (nice as he seems) unless she wants long term adoration & all the power? Surely a spoilt princess, if this really is all/what she is will tire of that?

They haven't brought him up well. He has no job, no training, no vocation. They seemed to think they could parachute him into being a photographer with the launch of the worst book of photography known to mankind.

That means he is powerless and financially dependent on anyone around him who has money, as well as making a fool of himself with stupid celeb photoshoots and pap shots.

Now we discover he's emotionally dependent too. So Nicola can play with him like a little toy puppet and all he does is smile and say how "cute" vowel renewal is.

I think the reason Victoria pushed for publicity as a devoted mother and wife was in response to David's philandering ways. She was trying to protect their brand and the children sadly were the best way to try and convince the world they had a happy marriage and it was all vicious lies.

I think you are spot on @lostinchaos . Do you remember immediately after the RL story broke they went on a skiing holiday but spent much of it doing PDAs in front of the press pack who were trailing them. It utterly reeked of desperation? The children were so little then but the atmosphere must have been intolerable. Even in this photo Victoria looks like she's grimacing rather than smiling but still just happens to look right at the camera.

They might have tried very hard to get him to commit or show interest & tenacity & he’s been unwilling or unable to do so. Maybe even there are mitigating issues we don’t know about. That said, pretty much agree.

I think Nicola's attraction to Brooklyn has to be the Beckham brand and name. I'm sure she believed she could use their family status and her Dad's wealth to turn herself into a respected celebrity/actress/model. The fact he is willing to follow her around like a lost puppy is an added bonus and makes him easier to control!

The problem N faces is that the public perceives her as unlikeable, and did so before the family feud became known. His surname is not enough to make her a nice person, and she doesn't appear to be talented enough for the industry to back her in spite of all of this.

I also wonder if Nicola initially only thought of brand beckham as being about David and his sons, and thought she could be the most famous Mrs Beckham... I suspect she underestimated everything Victoria has accomplished and the extent of her star power and influence... Because like her or loathe her, vb has maintained an impressive profile for 30 years, was part of the biggest girl band in the world and has reinvented herself as a fashion designer who has the seal of approval from the likes of Anna Wintour. Unless Nicola wins an Oscar, she is unlikely to ever be able to compete with Victoria's genuine success and work ethic, and will inevitably fall back on her Dad's wealth and husband's surname to carve out any type of career.

Tbh though I’m surprised that Nicola, as a billionaire heir who grew up in a Hollywood kids circle, would care about brand Beckham. They’re not well known in America. Surely you’d be after plenty of families before then. She could even have found a family that helped her career

& the story went she slapped him right around the face in the ski chalet in private - but paps caught it.

This is what makes me wonder if real love for her? Or if she’s mistaking dogged devotion for that. There are other options in USA who have everything he has & much more to offer.

I imagine Nelson had PIs on lot pre marriage so they shouldn’t have underestimated VB.

They’re very young and I suspect they are far more likely to be turned by infatuation than by a strategic career plan at that age. I think it is love for her- in the confines of their young age, seeming lack of street wise and privileged, spoiled upbringing.

As an aside how did BB qualify for Parsons?

house of Beckham alleges that some influence applied. Who or how not sure, but he clearly doesn’t qualify under normal entrance criteria

Actually I think David Beckham is very well known in the US... he had a successful football career at a team in LA for a number of years, and I think it was a seen as a coup to US Soccer as a whole to land him. He also has some sort of ownership with a team in Miami I think. And then there are all the global brand deals and his hugely successful Netflix documentary... I was under the impression that they love him over there!

I think D&V used their children as a human shield to protect their fake brand of a power couple with family values.

She’s 30 & been in LTR witj Anwar Hadid prior but yes, all true. Also it’s a bit true English men have a exoticism for USA women there’s some truth in the Wisconsin Love Actually scene :)

I don’t think that qualifies as well known in a country the size of America, where football isn’t popular.

the LA galaxy team was basically semi pro- he was playing with pool guys 😭 the audience was mainly Hispanic as football is popular in s America.

he pretty much bombed for Real Madrid because he was nothing like the standard of the other players, LA galaxy is where he ended up when real gave up on him. He was really only there to sell merch, which he was hugely successful at.

NB from Hockey family so maybe this all added to gloss.

That sort of thing got some parents into very hot water as I recall.

Mum seemed to be talking heavy strategy behind the scenes or maybe that was his appeal for her. She seems younger than 30.

IIRC weren't the public cavorting staged photos done in return for the press not publishing the pics the paps caught of her slapping him?

I'm sure it was something like that but after 20 years recollections may vary (to quote nobody in particular!).

all those tedious things? That is actually the love.

I have always been told that love is more an action than a feeling.

Something like that, think you’re right.

He was really only there to sell merch, which he was hugely successful at.

He does seem to love a selling pitch. Just Googled all the stuff he's done advert campaigns for and he's certainly been a busy little bee: Adidas, H&M, Haig Club whisky, Tudor watches, Nespresso, SharkNinja (air fryers and other appliances), Stella Artois, AliExpress, Pepsi, Walkers crisps, BOSS, Uber Eats, Sainsbury's and Samsung.

This is a gripe I have with Peter Crouch too, advertising laundry capsules and bathroom suites. It's a blatant cash grab and it's not like they didn't earn enough as players and now need the money.