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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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Passingthrough123 · 19/01/2026 21:44

bakebeans · 19/01/2026 21:35

He seems to have slagged off his mum more than his dad though

Because she's behaved more badly? Pulling out of making Nicola's dress at the eleventh hour. Calling him evil for sitting his nana at the top table. Dancing ON him when he should've been doing the first dance with his wife. Arranging for ex-girlfriends to be present so things were awkward for him and Nicola.

TakeTen · 19/01/2026 21:45

TiggerAndHobbes · 19/01/2026 21:36

Yeah, I think actually, this was a step too far in the statement. He’s accusing her of basically sexual inappropriateness? I mean…

Why should he have to keep quiet about it? And maybe if they wouldn’t have kept pushing him and left him alone, he wouldn’t have said anything. They’ve brought this on themselves.

ChapmanFarm · 19/01/2026 21:45

If they genuinely want a quiet life then just go and have it. They don't need the money publicity brings.

I feel much like I did for the initial Harry statement. Bit petulant in parts but I can see why you'd want out of the circus.

But don't claim to want it then trade off the thing you claim to despise with endless posts, TV series, books etc.

Just follow through with enjoying the life you build away from the media glare.

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piscofrisco · 19/01/2026 21:45

Espressosummer · 19/01/2026 19:38

A bit odd to claim you and your wife want privacy when you both constantly post online about every aspect of your life.

I wonder if he would be so quick to distance himself from his family if his wife wasn't an heiress to a billionaire's fortune?

This. And let’s not forget that he wouldn’t have met his wife in the first place if he wasn’t a Beckham. Vanessa daughter of billionaire wasn’t going to fall for plain old Brooklyn if he was just a Labourer from Leytonstone. There is an element of having it both ways here that I don’t like. Plus if it was that bad why have not he of the other children sided with him?

outerspacepotato · 19/01/2026 21:46

Marc Anthony is one of the most popular salsa singers ever and one of J Lo's ex husbands.

FishersGate · 19/01/2026 21:46

TakeTen · 19/01/2026 21:42

Someone who has a mother who is a controlling cunt perhaps?

Or a controlling jealous wife?

TiggerAndHobbes · 19/01/2026 21:46

TakeTen · 19/01/2026 21:45

Why should he have to keep quiet about it? And maybe if they wouldn’t have kept pushing him and left him alone, he wouldn’t have said anything. They’ve brought this on themselves.

Well, he doesn’t have to keep quiet. And he hasn’t.

Bruisername · 19/01/2026 21:46

I didn’t read it that she was being sexually inappropriate with the dance but that she was being over the top and embarrassed him

the whole wedding sounded like a shitshow all round so I’m not surprised they had a redo

Jbum · 19/01/2026 21:46

ChapmanFarm · 19/01/2026 21:45

If they genuinely want a quiet life then just go and have it. They don't need the money publicity brings.

I feel much like I did for the initial Harry statement. Bit petulant in parts but I can see why you'd want out of the circus.

But don't claim to want it then trade off the thing you claim to despise with endless posts, TV series, books etc.

Just follow through with enjoying the life you build away from the media glare.

They can't have a quiet life when his parents are feeding nasty stories about his wife to the press. Even ive been surprised about the number of articles there have been about her.

BooksandCats123 · 19/01/2026 21:46

IAmKerplunk · 19/01/2026 19:35

Ashamed to say - me too 🙈

Me three, I’ve tried engaging my husband into this gossip but he said he doesn’t give a fuck.

Ebok1990 · 19/01/2026 21:46

berlinbaby2025 · 19/01/2026 21:34

Are you implying he lied about it? Because I don't think he would have been advised to post it if his lawyers didn't have witnesses lined up who could corroborate VB doing that.

No I don't think he's lying but I think it's truly awful what he's implying. VB is, imo , really screwed up by her marriage. DBs affairs and very public contempt of her has made so performative. She seems constantly tightly wound, constantly trying to look perfect, constantly trying to look young and desirable. I don't think she can switch it off. I'm not defending her, despite sounding like I am. She shouldnt have behaved like that of course. I just think she's 90% a product of a terrible marriage.

MovedlikeHarlowinMonteCarlo · 19/01/2026 21:47

Negroany · 19/01/2026 21:43

The "power" they have is that they attract headlines, they are photogenic and will pose for photographers, and they sell stuff. Mostly by being headline worthy etc.

So, they have a strong relationship with the press. It'll be "we'll allow you photos from the birthday bash, but don't print anything from X date", or their PR let's the press know where they're going to be for those "candid" shots - these photos are valuable, so the press want to keep them onside. The press then print good stories about them. They brief the press that their daughter in law is a nightmare and the reputation sticks and gains traction.

I'd never heard of her til he married her but all I have seen is how awful she is. Why?

To be fair there's been gossip about her being awful before she was with Brooklyn. Mainly reported in the US as she wasn't known here.

explanationplease · 19/01/2026 21:48

You see it on here a lot. Grandparents refusing to let the children control their own lives, or making their displeasure or faux upset clear if they don’t get what they want, or if the younger adults want different things. I have adult children myself, and I don’t respect this behaviour from my own age group.

Gowlett · 19/01/2026 21:48

Negroany · 19/01/2026 21:43

The "power" they have is that they attract headlines, they are photogenic and will pose for photographers, and they sell stuff. Mostly by being headline worthy etc.

So, they have a strong relationship with the press. It'll be "we'll allow you photos from the birthday bash, but don't print anything from X date", or their PR let's the press know where they're going to be for those "candid" shots - these photos are valuable, so the press want to keep them onside. The press then print good stories about them. They brief the press that their daughter in law is a nightmare and the reputation sticks and gains traction.

I'd never heard of her til he married her but all I have seen is how awful she is. Why?

This is how the media game is played. By the Beckhams.
Brooklyn has torpedoed this by going straight to Instagram.
We’re in a new era, for the press / media / broadcasting.
Someone mentioned earlier a “Me Too” with Nepo Babies.
These kids will be the next celebs, post-Reality TV Slebs.

EsmaCannonball · 19/01/2026 21:48

HHHMMM · 19/01/2026 21:36

As for his wife being much richer - not actually true if one divides the wealth of parents by the number of children. 1.7billiion of Peltz parents divided between ten kids vs 500milliin of Beckams divided between four kids is pretty similar numbers.

Now I feel bad. I might start his GoFundMe.

Passingthrough123 · 19/01/2026 21:48

TakeTen · 19/01/2026 21:45

Why should he have to keep quiet about it? And maybe if they wouldn’t have kept pushing him and left him alone, he wouldn’t have said anything. They’ve brought this on themselves.

Plus they've been criticised so much for renewing their wedding vows without VB and DB there – this explains why they wanted to!

TiggerAndHobbes · 19/01/2026 21:49

Bruisername · 19/01/2026 21:46

I didn’t read it that she was being sexually inappropriate with the dance but that she was being over the top and embarrassed him

the whole wedding sounded like a shitshow all round so I’m not surprised they had a redo

Oh maybe. It’s just the phrasing of it:

She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone.

I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire

The dancing ‘on’ him and the word ‘inappropriately.’

I mean, if it is really the case, then that is pretty upsetting.

bananafake · 19/01/2026 21:51

35965a · 19/01/2026 19:27

They plant stories. All celebs do it, when it says ‘sources say x, y, z’ usually their PR has planted the story as a rumour.

Exactly. They’ve planted stories about the DIL refusing to wear VB’s design whereas this seems to suggest the opposite happened. Also that BB and his wife refused to go to family events whereas they seem to have been shut out. I can understand why BB doesn’t want to be exploited any more. Obviously he’s going to have some SM profile as his wife comes from a prominent family but I’m guessing he doesn’t want to be used by his parents any longer.

Wintersgirl · 19/01/2026 21:51

TiggerAndHobbes · 19/01/2026 21:44

Yes, exactly. I mean, that part of the statement itself is slightly petty in the scheme of things. But adding in that extra detail, it’s just… I don’t know. It’s bad.

It would be interesting if some guests could verify if VB was dancing like a lapdancer with her son, or deny it happened? Who knows but either way there's no coming back from this I don't think..

Okayfenokay · 19/01/2026 21:51

This is so tacky and cheap. Whatever the issues he should not have made them public.

Motnight · 19/01/2026 21:51

TiggerAndHobbes · 19/01/2026 21:49

Oh maybe. It’s just the phrasing of it:

She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone.

I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire

The dancing ‘on’ him and the word ‘inappropriately.’

I mean, if it is really the case, then that is pretty upsetting.

Agree. This is what it's going to be impossible to come back from IMO.

ChapmanFarm · 19/01/2026 21:52

Jbum · 19/01/2026 21:46

They can't have a quiet life when his parents are feeding nasty stories about his wife to the press. Even ive been surprised about the number of articles there have been about her.

I do struggle to believe the leaks have only been one way.

Much of it has not painted the Beckham's in a good light. There's no way the Peltz's don't have a team of media advisers as well.

Most of what's in here has been said already.

I don't dispute his right to have his say, just that having done so he should now stick to what he says about a private life.

Negroany · 19/01/2026 21:53

HHHMMM · 19/01/2026 21:32

Yes, inappropriate. But isn’t it Marc Anthony fault not VB? Or is the fault here that she has terrible inappropriate friends?

and it was one comment three years ago, time to move on. I can vaguely remember what was a year ago, as I am sure lots of people with lives being actually busy.

He seems to be implying VB somehow arranged it and overruled the schedule they had set out.

What sort of shit DJ refers to anyone other than the bride at a wedding as "the most beautiful woman", and what woman (especially mother!), if that does happen, doesn't immediately do something to put it right?!

You'd be mortified, surely? You'd say "ah, that's sweet, but I have to give way to my amazing daughter in law on that, Nicola, why don't you come up and join us, Marc is about to play your first dance", then fucking leave!

Even if MA prompted it, it was on VB to give way.

flapjackfairy · 19/01/2026 21:53

I dont know what happened at the wedding as far as the dance went but I have always been a bit creeped out by Victoria hanging all over the males in the family and doing her best sultry pout

Jbum · 19/01/2026 21:54

You cn easily imagine an aibu thread...

Aibu I want to renew my vows and wedding cos my actual wedding was about my mil...

My mil was designing my dress but then suddenly stopped so last minute I had to get a new one.

She has been upsetting my partner complaining why her own mum (nana) is sitting on the top table even though both sets of parents are at the first table and we wanted our nans to are on top table cos they are alone.

On the day itself I had to listen to her friend say she was the most beautiful woman in the room, then dance with my partner and it made him uncomfortable so didnt enjoy his wedding as much as he should of.

So aibu to want to redo my wedding by renewing my vows to create better memories?

You know what majority would vote you are not being unreasonable.

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