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Can’t help feeling sorry for Victoria Beckham

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anddeepbreathandsigh · 20/03/2026 15:02

I’m not interested in VB at all for fame etc but even at a distance I can’t help but feel sorry for her as a mother having comments thrown about by her estranged son and his wife. Latest is the DiL saying her parents see the Beckham lad as like their son. That must be so hurtful. I can’t imagine being in that situation. The connection with your child is so deep and she seems no different in that respect so it must be awful. I hope there is a way to mend it long term.

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LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 20/03/2026 19:56

HairyToity · 20/03/2026 19:34

But the public eye was all he ever knew, he was bound to be part of it. They had the option for wealth and privilege, without sharing his photos and name with the world, and pushing him into the public eye. My children make mistakes just like Brooklyn did with his photography book but it's not on a public platform. I know wealthy kids whose parents protect their privacy. I think kids should be able to grow and develop, and make mistakes, without having parents push them into the public domain and make them a laughing stock. I believe he was failed by his parents.

If he had been born into an ordinary family he would have had to get a proper job without relying on the fact that mummy and daddy made him famous.

They all need to get a grip and deal with their shit in private

NFPorterkeeponkeepingonNsoul · 20/03/2026 20:04

The 14 yr old girl is the next one being pimped out for the brand🤮🤮

MashThePatriarchy · 20/03/2026 20:07

She sold her son's childhood to the media so no, i don't feel sorry for her.

HairyToity · 20/03/2026 20:20

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 20/03/2026 19:56

If he had been born into an ordinary family he would have had to get a proper job without relying on the fact that mummy and daddy made him famous.

They all need to get a grip and deal with their shit in private

And that might have made him happy. I have an ordinary job and I enjoy it. I've learnt how to budget accordingly. Brooklyn is now so entwined in the fame game, I don't think he'd know how to have an ordinary job, and lead an ordinary life.

There can be joy in the simple things, and living an ordinary life. The Beckhams never gave him the opportunity to experience ordinary.

ohyesido · 20/03/2026 20:22

Brooklyn is in thrall to that witch he married. I think it’s quite obvious his wife wrote that online statement on his behalf

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 20/03/2026 20:24

ohyesido · 20/03/2026 20:22

Brooklyn is in thrall to that witch he married. I think it’s quite obvious his wife wrote that online statement on his behalf

People get ridiculously invested in the lives of total strangers - never understood why

ohyesido · 20/03/2026 20:27

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 20/03/2026 20:24

People get ridiculously invested in the lives of total strangers - never understood why

I just love the drama Mick

Boudy · 20/03/2026 20:29

We know feck all about them. We do know that VB and DB pimped their kids from before birth which I think speaks volumes.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 20/03/2026 20:55

Boudy · 20/03/2026 20:29

We know feck all about them. We do know that VB and DB pimped their kids from before birth which I think speaks volumes.

All of them would have to earn a proper living otherwise.

Boudy · 20/03/2026 21:05

I think what @HairyToity said is spot on.

Vintageblueribbon · 20/03/2026 21:16

Anonanonanonagain · 20/03/2026 16:21

Lovely to read how hard estrangement is for the parents completely invalidating the fact some people have cut their families off as a last option. I had to cut mine off for VERY valid reasons and as nobody knows what has gone on nobody should be feeling sorry for any of them.

This

I had to 'do a brooklyn' and walk away from my whole family due to my mothers actions (they all stood by her as they all knew they'd be next if they didnt)

Im not saying its all her fault,but its very hard and even more painful to leave behind the people who should have loved you and share your dna

I've had the whole 'spoilt brat' 'nepo baby' and 'how can she do that to you after all youve done for her?' (I admit not on the world stage and a lot less money sloshing around but the end result is the same)

My mother (and the rest of them) dine out on their feelings,how hurt they are even though it was their own actions that did it and sod me,the spoilt,nasty and selfish brat who walked away

People dont walk away from loving and supportive families,they walk away when they've run out of options and feel they have to throw in the towel

Dp has taken a lot of flack for 'forcing' me to drop all contact and that ill go running back once our relationship falls apart (we'll gloss over the fact I walked away 5 years before I met him)

Some familes hide behind the scapegoat and no matter what that person does,they'll always be the one in the wrong

SunshinePineapples · 20/03/2026 21:25

They’re attention whores with warped parental values. No sympathy here.

Tigger1895 · 20/03/2026 21:47

AutumnLover1990 · 20/03/2026 19:36

2 sides to every story...

  1. His, theirs and the truth.
LoudTealHare · 20/03/2026 22:10

anddeepbreathandsigh · 20/03/2026 15:09

Everyone has arguments and disappointments within families, cruel things can be said in the heat of the moment, but to have no communication with any of your parents or siblings is so extreme. Who gains long term? A bit of forgiveness and compromise goes a long way. I just hope there is a way back for all concerned.

Perhaps if the Beckhams didn’t prostitute their children to seem like the perfect family this would not have happened! Plenty go no contact and there is nothing wrong with his in laws seeing him as a son! It clearly means they are very fond of him!

elfendom1 · 20/03/2026 22:32

coercive control, Peltz has isolated him from all his family and friends and is obviously dictating all media interactions, jealousy, low self-esteem, immature, barbed comments. Fairly textbook abuser. And yet most people here are focussing on what Victoria Beckham eats 🙄

MsSmartShoes · 20/03/2026 22:36

I don’t feel sorry for her - she has the means to have absolute autonomy. She has chosen this life.

Kickinthenostalgia · 20/03/2026 22:59

No one knows truly what’s gone on other than those involved. Either it is exactly how Brooklyn described. Or I’m leaning more in the direction of his misses having complete control of him. It’s not like she hasn’t got form of this in previous relationships. We will probably never know for sure. There’s always 3 sides to every story. Theirs, his and the truth…. He’s gotta learn from his own mistakes and hope that the beckhams will be there to pick him up if and when it all goes to shit.

Kickinthenostalgia · 20/03/2026 23:01

ohyesido · 20/03/2026 20:22

Brooklyn is in thrall to that witch he married. I think it’s quite obvious his wife wrote that online statement on his behalf

Absolutely she or her pr team wrote that. No doubt about it. Whether it’s true or not… it’s got her written all over it.

Perimenoanti · 20/03/2026 23:10

Endofyear · 20/03/2026 18:26

I do think it's sad. I think any family estrangement is sad. I also think it's easy to judge from the outside (and take sides) when the reality is usually more complex and there's often faults on both sides. As a mum of adult children, I know I haven't always got everything right but my children are my life and I can't imagine the pain of one of them not wanting to see me 😔

Its all very me me me with no thought about how the child might be feeling.

notthatoldchestnut · 20/03/2026 23:11

My mum say my DH is like her son. This doesn’t need to be a slur. It’s a compliment that she loves him as her own.

Happyjoe · 20/03/2026 23:35

Many moons ago, while trying to get famous, her sister would phone a local photographer with a tip as to where Vic was going, in order to get her in the press. The Beckhams know how to work the press machine.

Prob 'reunite' then release a book about it - anything to make more money.

3691nd · 20/03/2026 23:39

elfendom1 · 20/03/2026 22:32

coercive control, Peltz has isolated him from all his family and friends and is obviously dictating all media interactions, jealousy, low self-esteem, immature, barbed comments. Fairly textbook abuser. And yet most people here are focussing on what Victoria Beckham eats 🙄

Agree! His parents have made mistakes but I think he has been brainwashed by the new family!

LovesLabradors · 20/03/2026 23:51

As a mother of a similar-age son, yes I do feel sorry for her.
But there is also something very shady about the "Beckham Brand" stuff, I don't really know the nitty gritty of the whole thing, but I'm not approving of celeb parents who expose their dc to world media in the way the Beckhams have.
Saying that, I doubt Brooklyn's marriage will be forever, and I wonder where he will be then...he's just swapped one controlling family for another. I expect he'll go crawling back to mummy & daddy.

Mistyglade · 20/03/2026 23:58

Overtheatlantic · 20/03/2026 15:05

You do realise that the DM makes up stories to sell more rags?

What Brooklyn’s Instagram post publicly ripping his mum to shreds?

Mistyglade · 21/03/2026 00:00

RS1987 · 20/03/2026 19:31

I agree OP. No amount of money would help me if I lost contact with my boy.

Me neither. Even the thought.