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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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brightbevs · 19/01/2026 19:50

The sad part is that he has become estranged from his siblings through all of this.

LuckyCharm9 · 19/01/2026 19:50

TheToteBagLady · 19/01/2026 19:14

Good for him

Totally agree.

mummygranny · 19/01/2026 19:50

oh no I think this is just the start of this story not the end . How can parents do this , I would be heartbroken to not see mine . I do hope his wife and her family look after his mental health

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safetyzone · 19/01/2026 19:50

I'm no fan of either side, but I believe him. His family is litigious, and BB has got lawyers involved, so he wouldn't have posted any of these if they weren't true or could stand in a court. His parents were fame hungry narcissists who exploited their own children for their own gains.

PotteryChuck · 19/01/2026 19:50

Do I think he's mammothly privileged with only a loose sense of what the real world is like? Yup.

But I also believe what he's saying and feel for him. His parents paraded him as a child in the public eye and have no doubt manipulated and controlled him.

His mother cutting in on his first dance and by the sounds of it embarrassing herself is dreadful.

Her brand is now ick.

JSMill · 19/01/2026 19:50

KidsDoBetter · 19/01/2026 19:44

In fairness not sure it was the ACTUAL first dance - just a dance later in the night. There had been a father daughter dance earlier

The father daughter dance is a big American tradition in weddings but mother son dances are not. He says he felt uncomfortable. Who are we to say he is not being truthful?

TheignT · 19/01/2026 19:50

So they didn't have his parents on the top table, not unheard of but I think it is fairly mainstream to have parents there. I wonder where her parents were? I can imagine it being hurtful for one set of parents to be there and not the other. I can't see any mention of it.

Gahr · 19/01/2026 19:50

CountFucula · 19/01/2026 19:48

Yikes steady on

Why? Are you a Vicky fangirl or something?

mumofoneAloneandwell · 19/01/2026 19:50

broken my social media hiatus to dee whether people had opinions on this

i believe him! And I’ve been in a similar boat. The bit about bringing his ex’s around the family to make him and Nicola uncomfortable really really hit home 🥺

wow - good for him

TiggerAndHobbes · 19/01/2026 19:50

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.

Yes… Between a rock and a hard place, perhaps.

kkloo · 19/01/2026 19:51

BittyItty · 19/01/2026 19:48

How does the signing away of his name work? Sorry, genuine question

Maybe it means they didn't want him and his future family to be allowed to use the Beckham name for business deals without their permission or something like that?

Pollqueen · 19/01/2026 19:51

Wow, good for Brooklyn. Would love to be a fly on the wall in the Beckham household

nicepotoftea · 19/01/2026 19:51

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.

I'm sure there are two sides to the story, but there is no way that it's healthy to insist that your teenage/young adult children be part of your brand.

Jibbee · 19/01/2026 19:52

Well done he has found the strength to break away from his narcisstic parents who have planted the children in the public eye since the day they were born.

CAMHShelp · 19/01/2026 19:52

KidsDoBetter · 19/01/2026 19:44

In fairness not sure it was the ACTUAL first dance - just a dance later in the night. There had been a father daughter dance earlier

I think you’re right. Just the song choice, depends if that was the dj or VBs doing

IAmKerplunk · 19/01/2026 19:52

Espressosummer · 19/01/2026 19:46

They could always get jobs, you know like the rest of us mere mortals have to. They don't have to post on tiktok or insta. The idea thta they do just because of who their parents are is laughable. There are loads of celeb kids who do regular jobs. And Brooklyn and Nicola could have done that while still living a lifestyle far beyond the reach of almost all of us. They are choosing the easy option of posting their life online - because they have no talent and no work ethic.

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Yes they could but it is harder for them than us mere mortals. Because their parents didn’t prepare them for a regular working life. What other celebrity child has been raised in public like BB has then got a regular job?

For the record I don’t particularly like the bloke (not that I know him!) but to me it’s another case of growing up in a gilded cage.

Theunamedcat · 19/01/2026 19:52

BIossomtoes · 19/01/2026 19:47

You’re not. Poor little rich boy who’s never done a day’s work in his life biting the hands that fed him very handsomely all his life. I expect he and Harry get on very well, they’re both cut from the same cloth.

Now now didnt he do a photo book once?

TikTokker · 19/01/2026 19:53

I’d pay good money to see that dance

Alltheyellowbirds · 19/01/2026 19:53

KidsDoBetter · 19/01/2026 19:44

In fairness not sure it was the ACTUAL first dance - just a dance later in the night. There had been a father daughter dance earlier

But that’s not what he says in the post. He says they had planned a first dance to a romantic tune and then instead he got called to the stage to dance with his mother. And it sounds like she was sexy dancing too 🤮

”my mum hijacked my first dance with my wife which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song”

PotteryChuck · 19/01/2026 19:53

Pollqueen · 19/01/2026 19:51

Wow, good for Brooklyn. Would love to be a fly on the wall in the Beckham household

It'll be chaos.

Pollqueen · 19/01/2026 19:54

TheignT · 19/01/2026 19:50

So they didn't have his parents on the top table, not unheard of but I think it is fairly mainstream to have parents there. I wonder where her parents were? I can imagine it being hurtful for one set of parents to be there and not the other. I can't see any mention of it.

It says. They had their single grandmothers on top table and both sets of parents on separate tables in front of the top table, so they were treated equally

IAmKerplunk · 19/01/2026 19:54

TheignT · 19/01/2026 19:50

So they didn't have his parents on the top table, not unheard of but I think it is fairly mainstream to have parents there. I wonder where her parents were? I can imagine it being hurtful for one set of parents to be there and not the other. I can't see any mention of it.

Didn’t the statement say both sets of parents had their own tables? So both were treated the same

mumofoneAloneandwell · 19/01/2026 19:54

I wonder whether he is truly happy. I do hope so. His wife doesn’t seem like a nice person tbh, but maybe that’s all he knows

I think he is what the media claim Harry and meghan are - out of choices

the best thing to do would be to get himself a job away from them and that world but it won’t happen

Barneybagpuss · 19/01/2026 19:54

TheignT · 19/01/2026 19:50

So they didn't have his parents on the top table, not unheard of but I think it is fairly mainstream to have parents there. I wonder where her parents were? I can imagine it being hurtful for one set of parents to be there and not the other. I can't see any mention of it.

He said both sets of parents were on tables next to them

Sometimessometimesnot · 19/01/2026 19:54

Who knows what the truth is but …if these allegations are true why has he blocked his siblings and why haven’t they been showing allegiance towards him ?
Two sides to a story me thinks !

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