Brooklyn bloody Beckham though

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Bloody hell, I'm loving it

Disagree. He seems a gentle, grounded soul to me and his insta much more natural than VBs… ironic he loves his food having grown up with Lady B eating the same bland fare and never smiling… the couple pics with NP/BB are sweet, just how many VB leg cocked out face like thunder pics do we need?

i haven’t read the whole thread but how can you be loving it.
eatangements cause so much pain both for the people being cut off and that will include siblings, grandparents and wider family and very much so for the person whose had to make that difficult decision. Loving another family’s obvious pan and heartbreak is horrible.
everyone in situation will have their own version and their own side of the story but both will be hurting and I could never love that no matter how public their lives are

I think that’s a bit unkind. He must feel very unhappy about things to go to such extremes. I’ve never been a fan of Brooklyn but the bit about him feeling very anxious growing up up got to me. He must have known his father was playing away a lot if the time and how unhappy his mum was. I’ve heard she used him a lot to lean on. It’s actually quite sad.

You don't know that his parents have 'loved and cared for him'. They could be toxic parents and the family could be dysfunctional. Just because they are famous and take nice photos together, and give nice interviews, it doesn't mean everything is great in private. What you see on camera can be gloss.

It's also not a 'private disagreement' if indeed his parents have been leaking twisted stories about his wife to the press via their agents.

FWIW I do think his parents love him
.. in as much as they're capable. But I also believe they love fame and love being brand Beckham....but ask the parents of many children who have gone no contact with them and many will also insist they love their children, and furthermore, say they cannot see what the estranged child's complaint is, because they gave them a good lifestyle.

Providing a rich lifestyle isn't the only thing of importance. Love involves protecting too. I think it's worth noting that many children whose lives are played out in the public eye, do not end up happy.

We don't know the truth of everything, but at the very least, BB seems to be saying his parents did not protect him. He grew up papped constantly and his family was a brand. The brand seems to have come first. The children's needs as individuals second. They did not seem to recognise his autonomy outside of the brand. They did not encourage him to find himself as a separate person, despite their huge wealth. His parents did not protect his emotional and mental health, and frankly I can believe that, as his words are typical of that spoken by people narrating their childhood experiences of growing up in Hollywood for e.g.

I also believe he's still being rather kind and reserved in this statement, because there have been (unsubstantiated) rumours about the Beckham's open marriage (supposedly only open on one side) for ages and he could have opened the full can. He's probably not done that because 1. He cares for his siblings 2. He still has some feeling for his parents. 3. His wife probably doesn't want him to go full nuclear.

This seems to me to be a bit of a 'back off and leave me and my wife alone' sort of statement in addition to correcting some untruths circulated by the Beckham's seemingly rather astute, protective and bolshy PR.

What a horrible position to be in. Most people with dysfunctional families get to sort out their emotions and the mental stress in private. He hasn't been afforded the luxury. I'm betting his parents will respond with the 'But we took you to stately homes' response.

But I agree that he may not come out of this well, since if the normal filial attachment isn't there from his parents then the Beckham's will use their PR to do damage limitations and they have a big fan base. It would be confirmatory that their brand is the most important thing to them in my opinion if they do that, but many would go along with it.

I think I would be. I think money is far too important for them.

I haven't seen their documentaries but I read an article about how he spoke to Victoria and saw clips. People may see his behaviour as teasing but there was very little affection from him, and she seemed very needy for his. No wonder she ended up seeking if from her children.

Plus he was shagging about early in their relationship, and probably throughout their marriage, and Victoria has tolerated it.

Oh that’s weird. I read them all then went back 5 mins later (speechless) and they weren’t there any more

He wasn’t that talented.

i believe Brooklyn and feel sorry for him (and their other children)!

It's not a b**y competition.

Not really, lots of families and couples do the same pjs pic at Christmas…lots use SM and their posts much more normal/natural. BBs statement been 4 years coming and says himself it’s the tip of iceberg. If a legal cease and desist letter to leave them in peace wasn’t respected how else can BB say enough and defend his W? I for one admire him doing it as he’s not a hard person so must have been difficult. Plus given there’s much more to it can understand how Brand B liking his posts or putting up photos of him as a child, would be upsetting/manipulative given the wider fractions.

I agree with this completely.

My DH had to to LC and then NC with his family. It was an incredibly hard decision for him to make and not one to took lightly. Taking this step is unusual because it is such a hard and isolating thing to do.

We have a lot of the opinions on about his family simply loving him, giving him everything, owing them everything, not hurting his mother like that and it all just emotional manipulation to excuse others.

I have a lot of sympathy for people who do have to take these actions as in my experience the very, very few people I know who have gone this far have actually had very good reasons for it. That of course people don't know about as it's considered poor form to make it known. But of course if they don't make it know people assume there was no reason good enough for doing that to your family. Can't win either way.o

A 'gentle grounded soul' whose posted a 6 page boo hoo rant on social media? What about his siblings, his grandparents has he no consideration how his one sided mega moan will impact them?

I'm not saying his feelings aren't valid but to air it all publicly is just shit.

I went to visit a friend with her newborn in the Portland on the day BB was born (or maybe the day after?). Anyway there was an absolute wall of photographers outside that I had to push myself past to get to the entrance. It was really weird, but also quite threatening. They looked at me long enough to know I wasn’t anyone interesting (I’m definitely not Portland material 😂). I cannot imagine a) growing up with that and b) actually being a person of interest - it was bad enough being a nobody.

I think it's a shame that they choose to do it all in the public domain.

It's obvious that BB is more than capable of manipulating social media to "set his boundaries" rather than just doing it. Rather like his family really.

I think we’re probably going to see more of this in years to come - ‘nepo babies’ suddenly turning their backs on the privilege they were raised in.

No one really knows what happened in this family - both sides are going to see it from their own perspective. I’m sure the crisis PR teams are gathering today though.

From an outsider’s perspective, I think VB and DB are very ambitious (nothing wrong with that) and probably saw brand opportunities with the whole ‘big happy family/perfectly cool children’ vibe but as parents, they’ve never came across (to me) as utterly ruthless. Harper’s relationship with her dad seems to indicate he’s a decent enough man and a good father.

On the flip side, if you grow up in a situation where you constantly have to toe the line to conform to the brand, I can see how that will gradually eat your soul. I grew up in a happy home but my dad had a job in the public eye and so there was an expectation that us kids had to be ‘examples’. Nothing like on the scale of the Beckhams but there’s a little bit of me which understands how that shapes your childhood. Even today I have to constantly remind myself I can be me, I don’t have to be ‘perfect’.

From the beginning the media pitched the family’s relationships as ‘The millionaire Beckhams versus the Billionaire Peltzs’. It would take two very strong families to weather that kind of storm.

But again, no one really knows what’s happened. There’s a saying about the truth having 3 sides - there’s your truth, my truth and THE truth.

Well said. People are like vultures. Family estrangement is a hugely damaging painful thing that creates ripples far and wide. It’s not an entertainment show.

You are kidding? They haven’t had this much press coverage since they sat on thrones at their wedding 🙂

I would offer a prayer that they would read the coverage and decide to reign back on the monetising and exploitation of poor Harper, barely into her teens and already has a stolen childhood , but I think it is probably too late and she has a lifetime of weight/ relationship/ rehab/ health issues/ disfunctional children/paparazzi to look forward to.

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

Which was, of course, said by Lear about the only child of the the who told him the truth instead of giving him the adulation he demanded.

Your quote was more appropriate than you realised.

For the Beckham family and the Peltz family, that's exactly what it is.

He wasn't that great at footballer. There were so many better players than him. He could have been amazing had he stayed at Man United under Fergie but Victoria made sure he couldn't as she didn't like him and his influence over David. Only that backfired on her when he met Rebecca Loos in Madrid and she's been clinging on ever since.

NIL rights
https://www.wordenthane.com/2024/08/12/nil-rights-understanding-publicity-name-image-likeness/
Just putting units here in case it helps with the signing away his name thing.
Not read all the thread/s

By what metric was Beckham ‘not that talented’?

You are among the very many who seem not to have noticed that this is his first comment after a relentless PR barrage by his parents, culminating last week in them disclosing that they have been instructed only to contact him via his solicitor.

His restraint has been admirable. This statement is him at his last straw.

Every metric bar football. Victoria is the brains of that relationship.

He went to Real Madrid 😆 😆

Do you think that was a step down?

It’s possible to feel sad for the siblings and grandparents, and at the same time delight that the brand is finally cracking. DB and VB have been far from ideal parents, never had much talent, their brand had too much significance to them. The chickens have finally come home to roost.