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Brooklyn bloody Beckham though

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trustedadult · 19/01/2026 21:32

Bloody hell, I'm loving it

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BlueEyedBogWitch · 20/01/2026 06:52

I’m agog 👀

HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend · 20/01/2026 06:53

I’m not sure what to believe, I suspect both parties are too blame, Nicola ended up having 3 wedding planners, the first 2 quit and the 3rd one they tried to sue, however the wedding planner counter sued with history of hundreds of abusive text messages and Nicola and Brooklyn dropped the lawsuit.

Id imagine Nicola was a bridezilla and that’s why VB dropped out of designing her dress as Nicola was abusive to VB designers.

TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis · 20/01/2026 06:54

I posted this on the other thread.

I was the child of a lifestyle journalist influencer in the 90s, and I just thank god that 99% of the drivel my mum wrote about me was offline.

She wasn't famous by any stretch of the imagination, but media was so much more limited those days that we were still stopped in the street by people arguing with us about her opinions or cooing over us. I loathed the photoshoots and didn't even have a photographer at my wedding because I was sick of the breed. I am still in contact with her, but I loathe the decisions she made, and no, I'm not grateful that she loved us and brought money in. Because that's the bare minimum, not some kind of trump card.

As another poster said, this isn't about Brooklyn vs a refugee kid in a camp, or even just an ordinary person on the street. This is about the life his parents subjected him to vs the life of privilege and privacy he could have had with their significant wealth to protect him, not exploit him.

I experience the finest fraction of that, and there's no "two sides" to it when we KNOW that the Beckhams pimped their kids from day one, even when there were credible death threats.

blubberball · 20/01/2026 06:54

The whole thing could be staged to get Brooklyn and book deal and a Netflix documentary

NeelyOHara · 20/01/2026 06:55

What about Victoria calling him ‘evil’ for having his nan on the top table, - I assume this was because she wouldn’t be able to drape herself over him in every photo at the wedding breakfast, thus less phot ops and publicity when the photos were released.
She’s insane.

HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend · 20/01/2026 06:56

Elektra1 · 20/01/2026 05:33

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.

They haven’t been taken down, his statement is still up.

aCatCalledFawkes · 20/01/2026 06:57

HighStreetOtter · 20/01/2026 06:32

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.

Yes couture Valentino isn’t really a last minute dress plan when it takes a year to make including dress fittings in Rome, hardly the 11th hour.
Also let’s not forget the wedding planning saga where there went through something like three planners and tried to sue one who used there emails to show how impossible they had been.
I’m not saying I don’t believe some of it, but some of it is already documented in the press.

Untailored · 20/01/2026 06:57

I don’t know why it has to be so black and white. It’s the same as Prince Harry. There’ll be no one in the situation who has gotten everything right and no one who has gotten everything wrong. On both sides, some complaints will be justified, some will be paranoia or exaggeration. That is how people are.

And like Harry and his family, I feel sorry for all of them. Living your life in the public eye is toxic and fame damages people, particularly when it starts young.

landlordhell · 20/01/2026 06:57

They must be seething! Their image is everything.

landlordhell · 20/01/2026 06:58

The wedding dance though? Sounds awful.

ResusciAnnie · 20/01/2026 07:00

LunaDeBallona · 20/01/2026 01:00

How sharper than a serpents tooth it is to have a thankless child,

I might have a modicum of respect for Brooklyn if he hadn’t married the daughter of a billionaire before dumping on his parents, thus ensuring his lifestyle remains unaffected without having to work.
If it was that bad why didn’t he leave them & the money before marrying??

The things he has written are dreadful - and thrown in some poor puppies/dogs too for extra measure to try and paint his mother in a terrible light,

He wants privacy - yet goes into such a nasty tirade that is designed to humiliate and hurt- yet posts his crappy TikTok style ‘cooking’ reels and multiple pictures of himself &his wife. Hardly the actions of somone who isn’t using social media. Whatever they have said -this is 10000 times worse,
The sheer hypocrisy-I can smell it here.
He is entitled and the worst example of a nepo child.

Before jumping on the ‘poor Brooklyn’ bandwagon read what Yolanda Hadid has to say about Nicola Peltz,
Ive got no doubt Brooklyn was controlled by his parents but unfortunately he is too dim to see he just has a new puppet master.

He has never worked a day in his life - he has zero idea of normal life.

I feel really sorry for David & Victoria who have always loved their children & seemed to be a loyal loving family.
“Man born into rich family marries an older American ‘actress’nobody has ever heard of then ends up moving to California and cutting off his whole family” - sounds familiar n’est pas?

It will all end in tears. Whose remains to be seen.

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Wow I’m surprised how many mumsnetters are passionate about this issue…. So many posts like this dripping with disdain, and such conviction too!

HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend · 20/01/2026 07:00

I don’t think they will be seething, I think they will be heartbroken.

ThejoyofNC · 20/01/2026 07:00

Oh please. I have absolutely no sympathy for them.

What a shame she couldn't get the designer wedding dress she wanted. How heartbreaking to have to have another multi million dollar wedding. Boo bloody hoo.

Every woman on here has in law problems (without the massive fortune) and there's no pity party for them.

Summerlilly · 20/01/2026 07:01

Kitterkitkat · 20/01/2026 05:25

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

Yeah that’s possible I wonder if that means this rift started well before they even got married.

landlordhell · 20/01/2026 07:02

Summerlilly · 20/01/2026 07:01

Yeah that’s possible I wonder if that means this rift started well before they even got married.

It says that in the article. They want to control the name.

Llamma · 20/01/2026 07:02

HighStreetOtter · 20/01/2026 06:32

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.

I can’t imagine the nonsense that a billionairess who probably wore Dior / Versace couture nappies and was having a global high profile wedding to relaunch her career was expected to wear a nighty rag from the failing tin pot vanity project company of her MIL as her wedding dress - in order to promote the MILs failing tin pot vanity project company

landlordhell · 20/01/2026 07:04

ResusciAnnie · 20/01/2026 07:00

Wow I’m surprised how many mumsnetters are passionate about this issue…. So many posts like this dripping with disdain, and such conviction too!

Yeah loyal and Beckham in the same sentence? What example do these kids have?? A philandering father ? A mother who hangs off him and clings to him despite this .

Zanatdy · 20/01/2026 07:07

I don’t believe that Victoria notified them on the ‘eleventh hour’ about not being able to design the dress as I read another article about the length of time it took to create the dress she did wear. As with every family disagreement, there’s the BP’s story and the Beckhams story, and the truth. Just a shame its become such a public spat.

Genuineweddingone · 20/01/2026 07:07

I am another who it appears 'followed a trend' to go no contact with my abusive self centered narcissistic mother. The fact people never think hmmm maybe going no contact was the last straw is very irritating. It was decades of abuse that I decided I could take no more.

I have not read much about it, no interest really but you cant avoid it all when the story is everywhere but my personal take is that Brooklyn is the scapegoat child in a highly narcissistic family and of course he married whom he did he was trying to emulate his background. Looks like his parents would prefer to lose a child and protect the image which is exactly what happens in a family dynamic like this. Who would want to be in the public bloody eye. At least I 'only' had to walk away from family and have them slate me behind my back I cannot imagine the entire world being involved.

deadpan · 20/01/2026 07:11

The Beckham's are like antiques, worth more if sold as a pair.

EasternStandard · 20/01/2026 07:14

landlordhell · 20/01/2026 06:57

They must be seething! Their image is everything.

Maybe they should reflect on using dc for a brand and why that might be unwise.

ICanSpellConfusionWithaK · 20/01/2026 07:14

Isn’t it funny how BB can say all of this with all this support but H&M are hated for it.

GeorgeMichaelsCat · 20/01/2026 07:15

It's no different from what you read on Mumsnet daily. Family drama, hearing only one side of it.

landlordhell · 20/01/2026 07:18

EasternStandard · 20/01/2026 07:14

Maybe they should reflect on using dc for a brand and why that might be unwise.

Agree.

bathsmat · 20/01/2026 07:19

ICanSpellConfusionWithaK · 20/01/2026 07:14

Isn’t it funny how BB can say all of this with all this support but H&M are hated for it.

Well some people are being very harsh to BB on here. I think some felt Prince Harry had personally rejected them or something as some are way over invested

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