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

[Totallybannanas]

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

Also picked up by The Times, but weirdly, the writer of the article has misquoted BB, saying Victoria danced with BB, not on him!

This is such a weird attitude. You really do think money is the meaning of life, and being rich is a virtue in itself. How many millions do you actually need to be happy? You can’t take it with you.

When you expect your children to be part of the sham, to endorse the brand, to go along with the shit, it’s not just their business.

The leaked NP wedding texts perhaps gave another interpretation.

500 million and a loveless marriage, or a real relationship and forgo the fame?

I know what I’d choose. And I wouldn’t respect anyone who chose the former, tbh. You can’t just say it should be respected.

Supposedly fame is very addictive. Coupled with money, which buys you scores of yes men & women to feed your need for validation and boosts to your ego. Ultimately it becomes delusional.

Billy Wilder covered all of this in Sunset Boulevard (1950).

Very well said. Such a terrible situation and whatever we may think of VB, none of us really know her and I can’t imagine how desperate I would feel if my son wrote this’s so publicly.

Oh my god my kids would disown me if they saw me dancing too. The whole thing is cringe.

I don’t think there is a parent on earth who does a perfect job. Maybe that was their best.

I hope Brooklyn will be alright. I hope all of them will be.

I’m just wondering where his siblings stand on all this.

They would still be famous and be able to earn money if divorced.

I think it's more that a divorce would be a 'failure' and they're both too narcissistic for that.

It seems unusual NP didn’t have at least 3 in pipeline. Although who knows. I had 2 & am not from billionaire stock, sadly.

Very well put. Everything here is true.

I’m guilty as anyone, getting the popcorn out.

But BB didn’t ask to be famous. He was just born.

Same with Harry, who carries so much trauma.

Both wives are interesting characters, though.

Me too!

Even If it is a sham, it is their decision. The same for affairs - their private decision to stay together, should be respected. It’s up to public whether to buy their brand/products or not.

It’s not just about them, is it? They decided to have kids, decided to stay together, then decided to involve those kids for their precious brand. Their chickens have finally come home to roost and deservedly so.

You absolutely don’t know what you choose until someone actually offers you that money, fame and status.

What on earth suggests VB has poor mental health? Being shallow, & obsessed with appearances & social standing & publicity and money is pretty unpleasant- but it’s not an illness.

If you compare her with say Katie Price, it’s pretty clear which one of them has been horribly abused by the media & men & is in a very worrying place in terms of mental health, and which one of them is just spoilt and vain & pettish.

I don’t think the type of parents who try to pressure their son into somehow handing intellectual property in his name over to them, are the sort of parents who will mourn the loss of that son - otherwise than as a cash cow.

Exactly how much is enough. We don’t actually know anything about them though. It could be all smoke and mirrors.

No, I do.

What on earth suggests VB has poor mental health? Being shallow, & obsessed with appearances & social standing & publicity and money is pretty unpleasant- but it’s not an illness.

Hasn't she admitted to an eating disorder?

Oh please - parents dragging their children into fame and publicly acting in ways that simply aren't appropriate (BB called out VB in relation to behaviours that can be easily corroborated by others) must understand this isn't harmless behaviour and there can be consequences, such as their own children ceasing to participate in their puppet show and calling them out.

VB comes across as a control freak at best of times and what BB described, which no doubt is the tip of the iceberg, matches this fully.

I actually have very little sympathy for them because they seemingly thought they could use their power over their children as they wish and meddle in their lives, but there is an end to this, fortunately. It probably would be better to take private steps, but BB probably felt hounded by their endless victimised press articles and I can't blame him.

He had to do this & what the Peltz fam say if he wants their $ (?) Surely? Didn’t they buy his/their house?

I’m sure she didn’t struggle to get a dress, I’d imagine there were many designers only too happy to oblige. VB going back on her offer to make the dress is insane (and pathetic) though but her jealousy of Nicola won over acting like a decent MIL/ human.

Are any of them economically Independent? It's not to say that they don't hate the photo shoots or being forced to have everything documented publicly by pushy parents. Some may dream of rebelling but have no other options...

@Gowlett like or loathe both wives are strong and have their own power base in the face of hugely powerful media savvy machines.

In both cases it sounds like a build up of lots of little things.

shades of Harry in all of this. Born into an incredibly famous family and papped, written about, taught to keep to the script from day 1.
The problem is the finding my voice and speaking out publicly hasn't worked well for either of these sons here, because both Harry and Brooklyn come across to many of us commoners as so entitled, while we can only imagine what wealth and privilege they have always had (and should therefore be grateful etc)
There's more empathy for Brooklyn here than I thought there would be and I think that's really telling. We can relate to the pushy mum/ MIL / wedding plans go wrong/ control and outward appearances being different to reality.

It's just a shame that money does not buy you true happiness. Pursuing life goals and meaningful relationships does. In that respect, these children of famous people never had a chance and we will never know the anxiety that comes with this level of fame. I often wonder how some children of big names cope with it all, if they don't 'thrive under the spotlight'. nad even if they are ok, the complete family breakdown and mess of the Ramsey Peaty wedding spectacle proves that the family decisions made when you're famous are almost set in stone forever before the ink has dried. There's no space to work it out.
I wish them all some way forward with it but maybe it's time the perfect image was just left at the door for celebrities. It's relentless and we all buy into it. Some people do care more about their public image or what other people think than how their own family feels, so maybe it is time to tear down the façade. But it's such a blow and will hit them like a ton of bricks.
The first thing I did when i saw the news about B.B's statement was come here looking for the thread and here it is. It's probably going to run and run and we are all here for it, popcorn in hand.
Family feuds are just awful but to have it played out like this is going to turn it straight into Team Beckhams or Team Brooklyn where in reality it will be two different stories based upon the same situations. Sounds like years of resentment came to a boiling point with his wedding and there were worries aired, but maybe they were all hurting in different ways for different reasons, or maybe he just wants to be himself, who knows.