Brooklyn bloody Beckham though

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Bloody hell, I'm loving it

David beckham can hardly string a sentence together. He’s not the brightest is he?

DJ Fat Tony was working at the wedding. His partner was also there and confirmed briefly (before his post was swiftly taken down) that Brooklyn was telling the truth about Posh’s inappropriate wedding dance.

And again sorry to segway BUT - Royal Family!!!!

I think Katherine Ryan got it right.

DJ FT’s partner said good for you for finally speaking out

his complaints are quite shallow if you unpick them all carefully. He says they only care about Brand Beckham whilst forgetting that without this carefully curated family brand, he wouldn’t have ended up in Nicola’s orbit.
He’s so young and it’s such a young marriage too; very risky to cut off your parents in such a public way.

That wet pants could have been a period. I don’t think many of us could hack that level of intrusion, it’s not worth the money.

I can well imagine my children being mortified of me, especially dancing, it’s a normal part of growing up. I wonder will something massive come out now to distract us all.

Yes yes we can all criticise the media stuff the point is Brooklyn is too yet he then is oversharing on social media!

You know, practice what you preach. Stfu and live away from the spotlight fine but to post all your family gripes on social media would be hilarious if it wasn't all so ridiculous.

It's very sad as I'm sure the Beckham family actually all love each other very much. The Daily Mail story this morning which said Brooklyn wanted to speak to David alone on his birthday but then changed his mind when David said it had to be just him and not his wife sprang out to me. Who wouldn't say to her husband in that situation: yes, talk to him and sort things out between you? Why was it an issue that she should be there? He seems like a weak man being battled over like a bit of roadkill.

I imagine he’s a young man who has been desperate to be respected as an adult and along with that his wife welcomed into the family and allowed to make their own way

the fact Nicola can’t be manipulated or controlled by the Beckham machine is the problem I guess. I’m sure they would have preferred him to marry a Mia Reagan type

eta that seemed bitchy against mia but I meant someone younger and more malleable and more bought into becoming part of the brand

I keep seeing things about V&D not being very bright but they seem to be bright enough to have made an extraordinary amount of money

It’s all very sad. I feel sorry for both parties as not sure where you go from here.

While I’m sure there’s some truth to what Brooklyn is saying, surely in all families disagreements are normal and sometimes people do genuinely hurtful things (e.g. MIL dance). But we try and move on and heal. Most people will have had some drama at their wedding but overall will acknowledge and be grateful that their family and friends made the effort to celebrate their union.

Maybe we should count ourselves lucky that we don’t have unlimited funds to be petty and further deepens rifts until it’s too late. Only people in the Beckams/ Peltz income bracket can afford to throw a whole other wedding just a year later for the sole purpose of excluding one side of the family. Only people that rich can afford to tell their parents to only communicate to them through lawyers who charge £1000 per hour.

I think sometimes you can be so privileged, you lose all sense of perspective on fairly ordinary human problems. I think sadly that’s happened here but at the heart of it is a family that will never be the same again.

I would say they are shrewd and savvy bright, not intellectually bright.

Yes agree - and I think this has led them not to value education. Which is a shame

That's probably more useful.

Why aren't you asking "why does a loving father try to control his son to such a degree?"

@TheLadyWithoutTheLamp couldn't agree more why couldn't she be there ?

He's a grown man. How dare he try and dictate what Brooklyn does. He probably wanted to put private pressure on him to go to bday srusff

Because I think I know the answer = money. Like I say, very sad.

I am finding it fascinating and a real distraction from the crap currently going on in my life. It is also a break from worrying about what madness Trump is up to today. However I do feel a bit guilty and remind myself that they are people with feelings and it is not a Netflix drama.

For me I think that Brooklyn has had to live out his formative years in the glare of publicity with absolutely no say in the matter so he is entitled to a public right of reply if he so wishes.

Now that he has done that I think he should pipe down about it in future but so should Brand Beckham. So that would mean no leaks, planted stories or PA comments from either side.

I remember a quote from VB years ago when they were questioned about how they earn so much and she said something like 'because we are up out of our beds working at silly hours when everyone else is asleep' - something along those lines.

And then, "no I won't see you at all then, but please come to my party and have your photo taken with us all for the brand gram".

'For me I think that Brooklyn has had to live out his formative years in the glare of publicity'

I don't think it was that bad he was hardly sent down the mines at 10yrs old. What 'glare of publicity'? A few pap shots at events and the odd Hello spread? I don't think it was that horrific tbh. The luxury and privilege surely was a teensy bit of consolation?

Eh? How out of touch ca she get?

If I'm totally honest the whole statement stank of a power struggle between two women to me.

Not exonerating him (before the don't blame the women crew chime in). He should be more astute in managing that. But it was just the nature of the things he referenced that struck me as being more about the relationship between VB and NP than B himself.

Aside from that, I'm sure he probably does have genuine scars from growing up in the public eye. He always struck me as quite an anxious little boy ( and fie upon the pp who said he looked like a potato as a child: so cruel). But much as I believe that, and that his parents probably do put masses of energy into brand preservation, (I mean who are we kidding: we know they do) it wasn't the way for him to tackle it - and I do feel as though he has been pushed to do it that way. He has also benefitted hugely from brand Beckham, and it is pointless for him to pretend otherwise. With every toffee comes a sticky wrapper.

None of this is to lay the blame at Nicola's feet. He should have the gumption to make decisions about how he tackles these situations.

I am sure the Beckhams have met their match because, as I understand it, they would look positively poor to her family. I am sure that, having ridden about on the coat-tails of their "wealth" so much, they don't find that an easy dynamic to navigate.

The truth is, I think there are probably valid points and grievances as well as wrongs on all sides. That tends to be the reality of most complicated relationship issues.