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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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Donewiththisshit · 19/01/2026 21:54

ChristmaslightsuptilJanuary · 19/01/2026 19:38

Poundshop Prince Harry vibes

Made me lol!

Rollonsummer1 · 19/01/2026 21:54

The thing is he's literally grown up with their tactics even if not uses on him. So he knows far far more about their press machine and way of working than we do.

I just really hope someone can properly explain the name situation .

EasternStandard · 19/01/2026 21:54

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.

It is

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PinkPanther57 · 19/01/2026 21:54

latetothefisting · 19/01/2026 19:55

“But the one time my wife asked for my mum’s support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused.”

Yes that particular sentence did make me laugh. It's just so "LA"!

tbh I'll admit I've slated Brooklyn a bit over the years for his laughable jumps from career to career without any apparent effort or skill, but am wondering now if that was partly foisted by "brand beckham" and perhaps if it was up to him he would have just carried on and finished his uni degree and worked his way up as an apprentice to a photographer/doing small shoots rather than going straight into publishing his first (terrible) book of elephantile shadows etc. After all, being a student doesn't make the headlines, does it?

Dog bit reads very NP to me.

CleansUpButWouldPreferNotTo · 19/01/2026 21:54

Lots of judgement going on - do we ever really know what really goes on with other people’s families? The more that’s written in the press, the more scope for misinterpretation. Ignore the stuff on social media and let them work it out, they’re not public property just because they’re so visible.

junebugalice · 19/01/2026 21:55

For years Victoria has draped herself over her sons and it comes across at best possessive and at worst a bit creepy. There was a picture of them with the Ramsays, and their kids, and Victoria stood out like a sore thumb with the draping of herself on Brooklyn. It was extremely inappropriate of Victoria to disrupt the schedule of the dances and to have the first dance with her son, it’s outrageous actually. If what he says is true, that Victoria cancelled the making of the dress combined with the dance incident she comes across as insane tbh.

Negroany · 19/01/2026 21:55

ChapmanFarm · 19/01/2026 21:52

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.

Yeah, but other than Nicola, the Peltz family probably don't give that much of a fuck and are leaving BB to sort it out himself, and stand up for his wife. As they should and he should.

If anyone here said "my husband's parents keep sniping at me, shall I get my parents to sort them out" it would be a resounding no, and "you have a DH problem". Good on BB for not being "the problem".

GrooveArmada · 19/01/2026 21:55

It's a difficult situation. I feel like people who say BB is in the wrong haven't actually been in a situation in which their parents, or at least one of them, push so far that there is no option left than to go NC.

I also think if somebody then calls out their behaviour they usually focus on either the most recent harms or they choose not to address the most painful ones deliberately, it's just too much to deal with or they want to keep it private because of the hurt.

I understand it doesn't come across well in public. I also understand there must be a lot more to it and it is the final straw scenario.

I went NC with my father at the age of 32 after a lifetime of horrendous, abusive behaviours of all sorts. I never regretted it. I rarely think about him. I hate the harm he caused to his entire family. My relationship with my DM has suffered massively too as she remains married to him and it's really heartbreaking. I kept that private apart from closest friends because I felt embarrassed.

OTOH, my DH was/is in BB's type situation. Narcissistic, lying MIL, running the whole family like a dictator. Ruined his previous relationships, tried to ruin our wedding and did not succeed. Things that he told me since about her and his childhood and what I observed independently confirm without a doubt she is vile and toxic and it is best to stay away. We both called her out many years ago around the time of our wedding and much in the same way as now, it was controversial for some, we were judged and criticised even though everything was factual and truthful. People were either too scared of her or didn't want to get involved. But the issue with that is, it condones abusive behaviour and many people suffer as a result, usually those younger and inexperienced. It's not OK to shut your eyes and enjoy your questionable moral standing for an easy life if this kind of stuff is going on within your family.

I think the difficult thing is this is an often lonely place to be and it is true to say bridges will be burned if him and Nicola ever split up. However, he has to live his life now and he chose his own ethics and peace, he spoke up and he stands by his own rules. I think this is to be respected.

Jbum · 19/01/2026 21:56

Motnight · 19/01/2026 21:51

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

He doesn't want to come back from it he made that clear when we heard he had asked his parents to leave him alone and not contact him but they still kept at him so he has put out statement sharing some pretty nuclear stuff that you cant come back from cmso its clear he isnt, wont be.

sweatervest · 19/01/2026 21:56

i don't blame him for writing all of that.
i have done similar and have zero regrets. (except i was as hopping mad as tommy lee royce at his mum's funeral, whereas brooklyn seems non-hopping mad and i bet he's relieved he's got it all in the open and people like us can eat popcorn and pass comment)

good for him. he sounds content.

Justnot · 19/01/2026 21:56

I’m no fan, loved DB as a Man U player but think they are naff as fuck and VB being a designer is a joke but I do know people who worked with BB in the past (he was probably 20ish) and they said he was a lovely, polite hard working boy but hated the attention that came with the name - at the time it made me think more of them as parents as they seemed to have done a good job…

Wanttobefree2 · 19/01/2026 21:57

I feel awful for Victoria Beckham, what a knife in your mums back, you can’t come back from this.

I think some of the things that he’s said need more context, perhaps they joked about him being evil with the nanny’s and the top table and there was likely a valid reason Victoria didn’t make Nicole’s dress. It all needs context. They are the sort of people who would repeatedly renew their vows anyway!

It feels like Harry and Meghan part 2, want privacy, so hope I don’t see you in the media again, thanks!

ScarletLipstick · 19/01/2026 21:57

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

I took it to mean sexually inappropriate as he used the words ‘she danced very inappropriately ON me’ rather than WITH me. He also said it was a romantic song too so altogether sounds very inappropriate way for a mother to dance with a son.

PinkPanther57 · 19/01/2026 21:57

Okayfenokay · 19/01/2026 21:51

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

Why now?

Rollonsummer1 · 19/01/2026 21:58

@Negroany isn't there some link with mark.a. and the Beckham's ?

But I assume Nelson paid for the DJ ?

Yes absolutely no need for VB to take that.
She should have been what's called gracious.

Negroany · 19/01/2026 21:59

Gowlett · 19/01/2026 21:48

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.

Yes, the "why" was rhetorical.

Gowlett · 19/01/2026 22:00

PinkPanther57 · 19/01/2026 21:57

Why now?

Nicola is fame-hungry. This is the modern celeb era…
Dirty laundry. Trolling. Hate reading. Just ask Meghan!

renthead · 19/01/2026 22:00

Satsuma55 · 19/01/2026 21:37

For the love of God...who is Mark Anthony?

Father of J Lo's twins. Absolutely massive Latin music star. He is very famous in the US.

Gahr · 19/01/2026 22:00

Wanttobefree2 · 19/01/2026 21:57

I feel awful for Victoria Beckham, what a knife in your mums back, you can’t come back from this.

I think some of the things that he’s said need more context, perhaps they joked about him being evil with the nanny’s and the top table and there was likely a valid reason Victoria didn’t make Nicole’s dress. It all needs context. They are the sort of people who would repeatedly renew their vows anyway!

It feels like Harry and Meghan part 2, want privacy, so hope I don’t see you in the media again, thanks!

Why do you feel awful for her? The only thing worse than being talked about is not. All that woman cares for is publicity.

Wanttobefree2 · 19/01/2026 22:00

IAmKerplunk · 19/01/2026 19:30

Not that it affects my life but that is really sad if it’s true that DB would meet up with BB around his birthday unless it was at his birthday party with 100s of guests.

I think it’s likely it wasn’t a casual coffee catch-up, they were probably trying to force a conversation including Nicole that he didn’t want to have.

StabbyCat · 19/01/2026 22:01

I assumed he was a bit thick, largely talentless and ungrateful. I felt sorry for D and V.

Now I still think he’s a bit thick, largely talentless but I feel sorry for him.

Negroany · 19/01/2026 22:01

Rollonsummer1 · 19/01/2026 21:58

@Negroany isn't there some link with mark.a. and the Beckham's ?

But I assume Nelson paid for the DJ ?

Yes absolutely no need for VB to take that.
She should have been what's called gracious.

Sounds like they know him as a family.

I don't know who Nelson is.

EdithBond · 19/01/2026 22:02

Umbilicat · 19/01/2026 21:12

He blocked his family after Victoria liked a post he did about roasting a chicken 🙄

Meanwhile, back in the real world….

Families living hand-to-mouth to feed their kids or surviving war zones have only love and praise for each other. While a highly privileged young man publicly snubs his mum over a ‘like’ to a social media post.

Money certainly can’t buy you love. They all need to get a grip, get out of their mansions more often and write a blooming gratitude list. Total car crash airing their petty grievances in public. Waaagh! Read the blooming room.

Can’t wait for the Southpark episode 🍿

TwinklyMoose · 19/01/2026 22:02

I just think it is all so sad. No matter if you are public or private a family estranged is horrid and I speak from experience. I hope they can work it out. My mother wore a white dress and veil to my wedding. It was a bit annoying but I was more concerned with marrying the man of my dreams x

Viviennemary · 19/01/2026 22:02

I didnt approve of the beckhams obsession with being in the press. I 1think its good he has spoken out. But I suppose it helps being married to a billionairess

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