Brooklyn bloody Beckham though

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Bloody hell, I'm loving it

He was wrong to make this statement in public.

They were wrong to put their dc so much in the public eye.

Hopefully both parties will see the error of their ways and resolve these matters in private.

What a load of fuss about nothing. So Brooklyn has been in pap pics set up by his parents from a young age. It’s not like most people gave him a second thought, after the initial “ah the eldest Beckham kid looks like a potato” reaction. Frankly they did well to make any cash out of his fairly feeble contribution to their brand…where does he think the money comes from?!

I don’t understand what he was on about with the last name business.

I haven’t heard anything good about his wife either. So it kind of sounds like everyone is an arsehole here.
It’s also interesting if he doesn’t want to fuel the drama. Then why are the both of them doing exactly that.
You can claim that VB DB are planting stories in the media, but then why rise to it?

The whole thing is bizarre and you can tell we don’t have the whole story (not that I want it) but yeah, he needs to stop bitching about them in public and move on if he’s going NC

I feel really sorry for David & Victoria who have always loved their children & seemed to be a loyal loving family.

It’s not good parenting to make your dc your brand and have them grow up in the spotlight. There’s a reason so many other celebs have their dcs faces blurred in photos.

@Summerlilly I assume it's something to do with 'Beckham' not being used to market certain things? That's a guess however :)

I’ve never warmed to David Beckham much. I watched the documentary about him on Netflix and thought he came across as a self-obsessed, vain dickhead. VB seemed quite genuine and nice. However, their joint fixation on the brand has long been evident. I saw Brooklyn’s stories just before they were taken down last night. Ignoring the detail, what comes across is the rage of a child whose emotional needs have never been met. It is really sad. I wish they’d all take it offline, get some therapy and just get on with life.

It’s also really sad for the other 3 kids, who must miss their brother.

All families are dysfunctional in their own way.

Unfortunately this reflects badly on Brooklyn and his wife, when I read this I felt strongly that this has been dictated by someone else and he has complied with the orders of someone else.

that story about the wedding first dance is shocking and quite disturbing. He did not have to do that to his mother and to me it simply doesn’t ring true.

i dont know anything about him until reading his post today
it is very well written
very shocking about the wedding dance

sadly I was just thinking its nothign compared to my family

Before jumping on the ‘poor Brooklyn’ bandwagon read what Yolanda Hadid has to say about Nicola Peltz,

Would this be the same Yolanda who controlled her young daughter's eating, and encouraged plastic surgery in the other one?

Not entirely sure anything she has to say, is credible.

Absolutely this!

It would brilliant for this to spark a wider conversation about how the children of celebrities might suffer from the constant exposure of the press and social media.

There is a real need to protect the privacy of children online. So many parents use their children as SM merch, as marketing currency. Some children's relationship with their parents becomes one in which they are first and foremost, a commodity.

If you're a child growing up in a famous family which literally subsists on constant exposure to the world, then it has to be very difficult. I remember doing research on the correlation between narcissism and social media posting. There's no doubt in my mind that for some famous families that are constantly exposing themselves to the world in order to remain in the spotlight and keep social currency, narcissism is the driving force.

A narcissist parent for whom love is conditional on maintaining an image, and on remaining a useful utility is toxic. It redirects the hierarchy of the relationship from predominantly parent to child to Child to parental image. Validation is dependent upon your PR utility. Which, if so, tallies with his story about his mother insisting his first wedding dance being with her so the press could supposedly report on it and getting the primary attention.

I'm totally unsurprised to hear that Victoria B might be that image conscious.

Very, very sad. But good on Brooklyn for finally telling his side.

Here's a short video showing a little bit of what it might feel like to be constantly exposed online

Edited for clarity

All of us put on a ''brave public face'' when we go to work, and the Beckhams would be no different. Of course they want to promote a united, family focussed front. It's how their brand package works...

This anti Mum and Dad spiel appears to me to have kicked off after it was reported V & D wouldn't gift money to the newly married couple to go towards Juniors first marital house purchase.

If I recall correctly, it was reported the house was paid for by N's Parents and I'm sure they would be giving the Son In Law a hint to pull a finger, man up and earn his keep and that of his Wife.

This.
if his parents were so awful he should have left them and become independent but he went where the money was

I’m NC with my mother. It wasn’t some trendy decision, but one borne of a physically and psychologically abusive childhood in a household overshadowed by DV.

I too remember her desperately trying to crash our first dance at our wedding. I have a photo somewhere of my brother literally holding on to her with both hands, trying to physically restrain her. She was drunk, of course (we’d already had the woe is me tears act earlier that night). Every time I see that photo, I’m filled with shame. I also remember our DS’ baptism, where my siblings’ sole task was to sit on her and prevent her from misbehaving.

The useful conversation that I hope comes from this is a discussion around that damage some parents inflict on their children by monetising their privacy, distorting their concept of truth and publicising the mistakes that young people are otherwise allowed to make in private. That should not be allowed. He's allowed to fight back - he may not be presented the whole untarnished truth here (there is usually blame on both sides) but there will be at least some truth in what he says.

I did think yesterday morning that the beckhams were still “briefing” the press. There were still stories about the situation. I suppose it’s possible that the press were just making twaddle up on their own for headlines. But Brooklyn obviously felt that the negative stories in the press about him/his wife were coming from his parents.

its all very sad. I don’t see how they’ll come back from this. He obviously doesn’t want to do now but maybe down the line he might have. Seems like his siblings will side with the parents so he’s lost them too.

some of the stuff he’s said his parents have done I cringe at. No excuse for not seeing Brooklyn and Nicola when they were in the uk. But who knows, two sides to every story, etc. maybe Brooklyn said he was only available at certain times and David and Victoria weren’t available? Must admit though if I’d been the parents I’d have prioritised my son. He says they’re controlling, they probably are a bit. But maybe out of love and maybe out of not realising they’re doing it? Partly because they’re so used to trying to control everything around them.

but also as a parent of a person the same age it can be hard to navigate that relationship with them when they’re an adult. I try really hard with Dd but I know I get it wrong sometimes. She was really cross with me the other day day as she’s getting a train from London to somewhere she’s not been before. I texted her back and told her which station the trains go from. Apparently that’s interfering and controlling and she knows how to find that out! 🙈. And she can really hold a grudge over a little thing like that.

Interestingly the daily mail has pointed out that what Brooklyn says about VB dropping Nicola in it over the wedding dress cant be true. He said she urgently had to find a dress last minute. But at the time her stylist said her wedding res had been a year in the making. The rumours at the time were that Nicola had “snubbed” VB by turning down the offer of a dress.

Given he is an 'influencer' his future choices re: his own children and using them to score media points will be telling I think.

I always wonder how much the DM get paid for such favourable Beckham stories

This is obviously a mock-up but it did make me laugh https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/s/F7X12iA25m

I think Beckham is just an ex football player who as Captain of England didn't win the world Cup. Also his Man u manager called him a clothes horse.
For some reason nobody would believe that he would have an affair because he was married to that smacked arse face, Posh Spice. I don't think that she was that posh, and 7if I recall and bullied Sporty Spice.
Anyway I have never understood why they are so adored.
I believe Brooklyn and feel sorry for him a bit, though he has married into money so he will never be short of a few bob.
They are all a bit old hat and love being in the papers so are all as bad as each other, where in real life you would just tell your mates how awful your mum and dad are and just ignore thier crap.
I hope stuff does come out about Becks affairs and VB being a horrible bitch, but thier press people seem to be able to bat that stuff away, and noone would believe it anyway., but Im sure Becks has women throw thier selves at him all the time and he must be made of stone if he turned them all down.

V and D are going to be looking at damage limitation frantically. Will be interesting to see if they release a counter statement

Are you kidding me? The Beckhams have made this public since day 1, the constant stories lagging off their own son. Good for Brooklyn, the first dance thing was reported at the time too.
Who deliberately ruins their own son’s wedding to pull focus? Victoria Beckham, that’s who.

Interestingly the daily mail has pointed out that what Brooklyn says about VB dropping Nicola in it over the wedding dress cant be true. He said she urgently had to find a dress last minute

She was always going to have more than one dress though, so the VB dress may have been for a different part of the wedding.

“My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press or manipulation”.
He says whilst posing in matching outfits to draw attention.