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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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ReturnOfTheToad · 19/01/2026 19:32

He wasn't anti brand Beckham when he was cashing in on it prior to marrying the daughter of a billionaire. There are two sides to every story and tbh I'm taking this with a pinch of salt. We just want a private life whilst airing his dirty laundry on his public Instagram account 🙄 He knows exactly how big this will blow up and knows that it will lead to everything but privacy.

totalrocket · 19/01/2026 19:32

That is a shame. I don’t understand how they parade their family the way they do. They surely have enough. I hope they reconcile one day.

IAmKerplunk · 19/01/2026 19:32

Imagine being in the Beckham household when BB posted that message! I bet the household staff had glasses to every wall 😱🤣

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GingerBeverage · 19/01/2026 19:33

The stress this child, and now man, must have been under to keep up appearances must have been terrible for his development.
I wonder if they regret pushing him into this corner?

Totallybannanas · 19/01/2026 19:33

I can totally believe it. DB showed his true colours in those emails when he threw his toys out of the pram and slated Katherine Jenkins. VB the way she posed and stood by DB after his affair. It's all very false and all about protecting the brand.

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Raven08 · 19/01/2026 19:33

What struck me was VB basically stating that BB was a proxy husband to her when DB was away...parentification is very damaging.
Then there's the many affairs DB has had - can't have been a fun atmosphere at home.
I'm starting to wonder if his cookery/photography efforts over the years were pushed by the Beckhams?
He doesn't seem to have any natural talent for either.
I admire the Ramseys for the way their kids are pretty normal/regular careers. Can't be easy when you have very rich parents in the public eye.

pandowo · 19/01/2026 19:34

I really couldn’t believe what I was reading ! Love a bit of celeb gossip and this didn’t fail to deliver 😆

Whosthetabbynow · 19/01/2026 19:34

Wowzer!

crossedlines · 19/01/2026 19:34

sofiamofia · 19/01/2026 19:23

I feel sorry for him after reading that.

It's a word to the wise to all the influencers that use their own children on their accounts.

completely agree. I hope every ‘influencer,’ in fact any person at all who posts endless photos of their children, who talks and writes endlessly about their children’s lives, pauses for a moment and remembers that this could come back to bite them big time. Children are not possessions to be paraded on camera and to have their lives exposed.

There are many famous celebrities who respect their children’s privacy: we don’t know what they look like or anything about them. The Beckhams decided to make their family into a brand without their children having a choice. I think Brooklyn appears to have suffered most through this: the public ridicule when his parents got that photo book published, holding a high profile launch etc. I understand totally why he’s had enough.

MovedlikeHarlowinMonteCarlo · 19/01/2026 19:34

Hmm I'm not sure if he's any better with his wife. She's got a terrible reputation. I hope they are genuinely happy together.

TheSpottedZebra · 19/01/2026 19:34

Tableforjoan · 19/01/2026 19:31

Also why should he change his name it’s his.

They even tried to take that away from him and then posters are just the same about it.

Just like when women marry and don’t change their name it’s said it’s because it’s their name. Or when a married women divorces and the new wife complains she still has her ex’s surname every one goes but it’s her name now.

Beckham is his last name to keep or not at his wish. Not to be removed from him or forced to give up because people think he should to prove a point.

He already added Peltz what should be seen as a modern combining of the couples.

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 ?

IAmKerplunk · 19/01/2026 19:35

pandowo · 19/01/2026 19:34

I really couldn’t believe what I was reading ! Love a bit of celeb gossip and this didn’t fail to deliver 😆

Ashamed to say - me too 🙈

Clefable · 19/01/2026 19:35

God I hope someone leaks that first dance footage

kkloo · 19/01/2026 19:35

I must be the only one who doesn't believe him 😂

YourBrickTiger · 19/01/2026 19:35

Hmmm. Wonder would he be as brave if his wife wasn’t a millionaire?

Tableforjoan · 19/01/2026 19:36

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 ?

Which would still make his parents very controlling and about the brand over actual family.

IAmKerplunk · 19/01/2026 19:37

crossedlines · 19/01/2026 19:34

completely agree. I hope every ‘influencer,’ in fact any person at all who posts endless photos of their children, who talks and writes endlessly about their children’s lives, pauses for a moment and remembers that this could come back to bite them big time. Children are not possessions to be paraded on camera and to have their lives exposed.

There are many famous celebrities who respect their children’s privacy: we don’t know what they look like or anything about them. The Beckhams decided to make their family into a brand without their children having a choice. I think Brooklyn appears to have suffered most through this: the public ridicule when his parents got that photo book published, holding a high profile launch etc. I understand totally why he’s had enough.

I’ve been trying to think of any British stars who are as big now as the Beckhams were at the height of football/Spice Girls and who parade their young children in the public eye. I honestly can’t think of any.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 19/01/2026 19:37

IAmKerplunk · 19/01/2026 19:35

Ashamed to say - me too 🙈

I’m here for it. My partner’s eyeballs nearly stuck to the back of his head when it came on the news 😂.

ReturnOfTheToad · 19/01/2026 19:37

MovedlikeHarlowinMonteCarlo · 19/01/2026 19:34

Hmm I'm not sure if he's any better with his wife. She's got a terrible reputation. I hope they are genuinely happy together.

But she just wanted to help stray dogs 🥹, quite why she needed VBs help when her Dad's a billionaire is beyond me. Get him to stick his hand in his pocket for you and you could house all of the stray dogs in America.

dapsnotplimsolls · 19/01/2026 19:37

Blimey.

TwilightSkies · 19/01/2026 19:37

I’ve got my popcorn at the ready!

I don’t think VB will respond though.

NoArmaniNoPunani · 19/01/2026 19:38

YourBrickTiger · 19/01/2026 19:35

Hmmm. Wonder would he be as brave if his wife wasn’t a millionaire?

Plenty of people cut off family members for similar reasons knowing they will be disinherited. Peace is more important than money

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?

MovedlikeHarlowinMonteCarlo · 19/01/2026 19:38

kkloo · 19/01/2026 19:35

I must be the only one who doesn't believe him 😂

I'm not convinced either.

DoveTurtle · 19/01/2026 19:38

Who would have thought Victoria Beckham was a bad mother?

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