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Wow Brooklyn Beckham's statement doesn't hold back!

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Totallybannanas · 19/01/2026 19:07

Has anyone seen his recent statement on Instagram? I actually feel very sorry for him.

Wow Brooklyn Beckham's statement doesn't hold back!
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SweetcornFritter · 19/01/2026 21:02

Well his statement has very successfully unleashed a torrent of online hatred towards his mother, I hope he’s proud of himself.

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 19/01/2026 21:03

SleeplessInWherever · 19/01/2026 20:57

I’ve disowned my father, I didn’t take out the front page of the local paper. It is possible to do it quietly.

Ok you need to explain this, are you famous and your parents leaking and attacking you and your partner in the media? I’m assuming you read his statement where he tried to keep it private and his parents were going to the media.

fhe question would be why would he lie. There is clearly something significant behind the fall out.

I believe him, I don’t beleive there wasn’t faults on both sides, but this smacks of the truth. But again I’m not sure the point you’re making. I’m no contact with my dad, but I’m not famous and my father isn’t attacking me in the press. But had he done it to friends and family I’d have put them right.

Passingthrough123 · 19/01/2026 21:03

SleeplessInWherever · 19/01/2026 21:01

He doesn’t want to be, allegedly.

“My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press or manipulation. We want peace, privacy and happiness.”

Nothing more private than a public instagram story. So like I said, he could have done so with privately and peacefully… or he did want the attention.

Presumably he did it publicly because he was sick of seeing his wife being trashed in the papers because of the stories his parents were planting. Plus it sounds like he'd already told them he was done but they wouldn't respect his boundaries.

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renthead · 19/01/2026 21:03

I feel sorry for Brooklyn but even a cursory look online tells that his wife is a nightmare by most accounts. There are two sides to every story and I suspect there is a lot more to this.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 19/01/2026 21:03

IAmKerplunk · 19/01/2026 20:59

Does anyone have any idea what happened to kick all this off with statement?

I think it’s due to him recently blocking them all on socials. Cruz had something to say. Apparently the straw that broke the camels back was Victoria liking a post about a Roast Chicken

LowdermilkPark · 19/01/2026 21:03

SweetcornFritter · 19/01/2026 21:02

Well his statement has very successfully unleashed a torrent of online hatred towards his mother, I hope he’s proud of himself.

I can’t help but think she deserves it.

MorrisZapp · 19/01/2026 21:03

VB's Asterix name is Inauthentix. God if I have to hear one more makeup luvvie wang on about her forty five quid eyeliner that 'isn't for beginners'. Get to fuck dear, it's an overpriced crayon not a cranial scalpel.

Poor old Brooklyn, his life began with public jokes about his name and in adulthood he's having to learn about authenticity from billionaires.

Gowlett · 19/01/2026 21:03

beadystar · 19/01/2026 20:57

I agree with this. I could barely tell you who Gordon Ramsay’s children are except Tillie who does cookery stuff. I wouldn’t recognise the older girls. I wonder what a life in the spotlight from babyhood does to a person.

I dunno. The Ramsay wedding was a bit of a holy show.
The bride is firmly on the fame-train. She’s a big Influencer.
I felt sorry for the Peaty family, they’re not media savvy.
Shades of Thomas Markle, I thought. I felt sorry for him.
Imagine your daughter marrying the Queen’s grandson?
No pressure! Beckhams have met their match with Peltz.

FishersGate · 19/01/2026 21:04

Tableforjoan · 19/01/2026 21:00

vb was always dropped over bb. Creepy.

Much like db. Behaviour with Harper frankly.

Remember the stories when he was photoed kissing her on the lips as a teen. Lots of comments about how his more tactile with her than his wife 😬

I don’t get how Vb gets so many “celebs” to wear those nighties. What dirt does she have on the ramseys to get to do the bridesmaid dressed 🫣

Grow up no incest between him and his daughter. My husband is tactile with my teen daughter. Its just a loving normal relationship

Summatoruvva · 19/01/2026 21:04

I find it believable. He could have done a Harry and monetised it with interviews and books but he has thrown this information out in a genuine way (bad English and all).
The Beckhams hand wringing and plaintive whimpering/barbed comments at his wife always felt odd.
I quite liked Victoria after the polished Netflix documentary treatment but after reading this statement it all kind of fits. The whole lot appear joyless and puppet like. I’m not sure Nic is the saviour he needs but good on him.

crumpet · 19/01/2026 21:04

TheSpottedZebra · 19/01/2026 19:34

May e it was signing away right to use Beckham in certain situations/industries, eg fashion or watches.
Or that he could only be Beckham and not combine it with Peltz ?

That’s what I think. Not that he would no longer have the name Beckham, but that he couldn’t use it as part of any business, so as not to distract from the main brand Beckham. Harpers name has been registered in multiple forms, but I bet she doesn’t own those registrations - they’ll be owned by the firm.

FishersGate · 19/01/2026 21:05

renthead · 19/01/2026 21:03

I feel sorry for Brooklyn but even a cursory look online tells that his wife is a nightmare by most accounts. There are two sides to every story and I suspect there is a lot more to this.

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Namechangingagain999 · 19/01/2026 21:05

peacefulpeach · 19/01/2026 20:42

I get the feeling that brooklyns version of the truth is similar in factual representations of real life, to meghans..

‘Multiple reports from May 2025 claim that during the reception, Marc Anthony invited Victoria Beckham on stage, calling her “the most beautiful woman in the room,” which allegedly left Nicola Peltz in tears. The gesture was reportedly intended as a friendly tribute to a longtime family friend, but it sparked speculation about family tensions and perceived favoritism.’

It is kind of disgusting in the context of a wedding.

Gahr · 19/01/2026 21:05

LowdermilkPark · 19/01/2026 21:03

I can’t help but think she deserves it.

She does, and so does 'Sir' David.

CAMHShelp · 19/01/2026 21:05

Edenmum2 · 19/01/2026 20:56

Did you read the bit about the first dance at his wedding??!

No actually only the first page but even so I
read it as the dj put on the song he was expecting as the first dance so he went up expecting his wife to be there and instead it was his mum because she didn’t know the song and just wanted to muck about but several drinks in just embarrassed herself instead.
Two sides I reckon but given the additional info it is pretty damning.

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 19/01/2026 21:06

crumpet · 19/01/2026 21:04

That’s what I think. Not that he would no longer have the name Beckham, but that he couldn’t use it as part of any business, so as not to distract from the main brand Beckham. Harpers name has been registered in multiple forms, but I bet she doesn’t own those registrations - they’ll be owned by the firm.

Clearly a reason they wanted him to sign awat rights, I’d assume it was to control brand beckham, so he could only do what they authorised.

Bruisername · 19/01/2026 21:06

i am assuming he won’t comment on his family after this statement and will just focus on whatever he normally posts on Instagram

and as for VB suffering a torrent of online abuse - have you seen the comments about him and his wife after all the stories dripped to the press by his parents? Even this thread has some real nastiness towards him

hopefully the beckhams will put out a ‘sorry you feel that way, doors always open’ and let things go quiet.

Justdancevance · 19/01/2026 21:06

He was often wheeled out as a shield, Victoria draped over him (probably drunk)

Beckham PR saying that he was desperate to come back was obviously the final straw to go public

I’m sure he has plenty more ammunition if they don’t leave him alone

sprigatito · 19/01/2026 21:06

Boudy · 19/01/2026 19:49

Not wanting a life 'shaped by image,press or manipulation'? Hmmmm,I think their lives already are( just the 2 of them)....hope if they have children they don't stick them in their social media etc. Lessons learned hopefully.But I doubt it.

Maybe they’ll keep their kids’ faces out of the press as H & M have done, and maybe weird parasocial wingnuts on the internet will devote themselves to proving that the kids don’t exist/are rented

people are very strange

Diegolikestheclassics · 19/01/2026 21:06

I'm flabbergasted the Beckham team didn't see this coming.

If they have been peddling stories about their son and his wife, who is from an insanely rich and powerful family, how did no one in their team predict this?

It's not as if this is Harper, which would be a bolt from the blue.
This is a son who is estranged from them, with access to more money and power than they have. Who also knows where all the skeletons are buried.

Maybe continuously prodding him isn't the smartest move? And even if the Beckhams are too arrogant to realise that, someone around them should have seen this coming.

ChimpOnMyShoulder · 19/01/2026 21:06

wowzers! That is a pretty brutal action but I feel sorry for him. Good for him. Recollections do vary in families but this will be very damaging for the beckhams. I believe him.

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 19/01/2026 21:06

CAMHShelp · 19/01/2026 21:05

No actually only the first page but even so I
read it as the dj put on the song he was expecting as the first dance so he went up expecting his wife to be there and instead it was his mum because she didn’t know the song and just wanted to muck about but several drinks in just embarrassed herself instead.
Two sides I reckon but given the additional info it is pretty damning.

Blimey all over the thread and canr even be arsed reading rhe statement.

LadyBlakeneysHanky · 19/01/2026 21:07

WittyTaupeFox · 19/01/2026 20:52

My take on the name issue was they wanted “rights” to the name being used for example if the wife changed to Beckham and then had an endorsement deal they would take a percentage of the profit from the contract as it was using the beckham name. I could be wrong.

the Beckhams have been very savvy with their business empires.

How much money can two people need? What for? Does greed ever stop?

Is this a psychiatric illness?

How could anyone seek to profit from their children?

Of course, I see now that the ridiculous photo book was all set up by them. BB would not have had the contacts. They exposed him to ridicule for money!

Decent parents would never, never have encouraged him to make such a public exhibition of himself, let alone set it up. They would have encouraged him to train & to learn skills privately, not paraded him like a (badly) dancing bear.

I feel sorry for this young man. Life can be shit when you’re poor. But it can also be pretty shit when you’re rich, too.

SleeplessInWherever · 19/01/2026 21:07

Passingthrough123 · 19/01/2026 21:03

Presumably he did it publicly because he was sick of seeing his wife being trashed in the papers because of the stories his parents were planting. Plus it sounds like he'd already told them he was done but they wouldn't respect his boundaries.

If he wants a private and peaceful life, this isn’t the way to get one.

The reference to my own situation was that if he wants to be a nobody and step out of the public eye, the way to do that was not by drawing all this attention to himself, and that actual nobodies just privately tell their parents to get fucked.

That isn’t what he wants. He wants to remain a somebody, but doesn’t want the people who made him one.

Vaxtable · 19/01/2026 21:07

Let’s be honest shall we, there are two sides to every story and the truth is somewhere in the middle

its like Harry and Megs, they told no end of lies but it was ‘their truth

who actually knows what the truth is here, noone
Funny how he was keen to cash in on his name and his parents money. I assume he will be changing the name now? No didn’t think so

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