Romeo Beckham gets £45 grand for a days work.

[Pollyteacakes]

How much does this family need. Burberry have paid 12 year old Romeo £45.000 for one days work modeling. I don't wear Burberry myself but if I did that would probably put me off ever buying it again. How far will this family go for publicity and money. Small change to them though. But isn't there something wrong when a 12 year old gets in one day what it might take most of us a year or two to earn?

I didnt call you stupid. I called the Original Post stupid.

Now you. Go!

I think it was the pairing of the Beckhams that got them where they are today, not either of them as individuals.

They have been very, very cleverly marketed, and I don't think david would have been anywhere near the commodity he is without his marriage. I remember when he was becoming famous for football, so was Michael Owen, and look at the difference in their careers. Rooney is arguably a better footballer than Beckham was, yet there is no 'brand Rooney'.

Don't be so quick to assume VB's success was just off the back of her husband, they are an extremely successful partnership. Personally, I don't believe VB would have not been heard of again regardless (would you say this of the other spice girls?), as I think she is more driven than we know.

But the original post was mine. Why was it stupid?

Just shows how vein the world is when children are paid stupid sums just to model for a brand.

There's no "brand Rooney" but Coleen certainly got her fame and fortune through him. Apart from that Rooney isn't as fame obsessed as DB.

But the original post was mine.

Yes, i know. it is possible for me to think it is stupid without thinking you are stupid.

Why was it stupid?

I already explained- They have always been in the business of making large amounts of money, it's what they do and they do it well. This is no different. It's hardly as if the money would have gone to a local foodbank had the Beckhams turned it down. Might as well be in their pockets as some other pretty faced child's.

Now pretty please answer my question. I've answered two of yours now and it's all feeling a bit one sided

Yeah, I don't get all the ire towards them, either. I mean, sure, they're a bit extreme and they put themselves out there so it's OK to say "Oh, I'm not crazy about him/her" but whatever. I would say that it's understandable to be a bit jealous of them even though I know that I wouldn't actually want their life. (Yes, I'd like to have eleventy million pounds and a husband who was an underwear model.)

As for VB being hardworking, of course she is. She doesn't just pose for the paps with her baps out, like some reality TV "star." She actually does produce something that people esteem.

I used to be curious about what, exactly, she did as a designer. My guess is that she has ideas about clothes and conveys them to someone who has the actual seamstress skills to make them, and then she directs how everything will turn out. At least that is what it looks like she does in this piece:

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/10/victoria-beckham-fashion-exclusive

Because your only justification for Romeo to get the job of modelling is "it might as well be in their pockets than some other pretty faced child".
Romeo has got so many advantages over other kids, he's never going to have to try hard, never going to struggle, he doesn't need to study hard. Everything's on a plate for him. He's only 12 now and he's just made himself £45 grand. That's probably just for starters. I would rather any other "pretty faced child" get that job than him! he doesn't need it.
Give me some other believable justification for him getting that job other than "it might as well be in their pockets" and I'll take back what I said.

Yes polly, Coleen did. Vb is not Coleen and the same can't be said for her.

Vb was more famous upon meeting Db at the time. I would say she made him.

I don't believe they would have pushed him into a modelling contract if he didn't want to do it.

They seem like decent people to me, good parents.

She was richer and more famous than him in the beginning, they've worked together to raise their profiles and build a brand from what they do. I don't think she traded on his name, it became her name when they married and they've worked together to build on it.

If their children have a head start in earning a lot of money in their own right and they (the children) want to take that opportunity, I can't see the harm in letting them do it.

"Romeo has got so many advantages over other kids, he's never going to have to try hard, never going to struggle, he doesn't need to study hard."

How on EARTH can you know this? I mean, we can all guess that his parents will leave him money in a trust, but we can't really know that. For all we know, they'll go bankrupt at some point. Or, they may be like some very wealthy parents (Warren Buffet being an example) who won't give their kids a ton of money. (Warren Buffet said that he would give his, "enough to do something, but not enough to do nothing.")

I do think it's unlikely that he'll ever have to stack shelves at Tesco to make ends meet. But we don't know that his parents won't make him go out into the world and fend for himself, even if it's just a case of "go out and learn what it's like to graft" and then later financially back him when he starts up his own business.

He's certainly got good role models for hard work in his parents.

Justification for him getting that job

Burberry wanted him

Cute kid
Famous name

Big sales

I'd think the same if any other celebrity kid did similar. Why does it need justifying? Burberry can use who they want.

Age if the model aside, do you have an issue with a celebrity advertising anything as opposed to the average joe? Cos your arguments could apply to any celebrity.

Why should someone famous for football also get to earn money modelling? They don't need it etc etc. But why not? Just as david didn't need modelling money, neither does Romeo. But the brands want the Beckham name and no doubt so do some members if the public.

Well for starters, any other pretty faced child wouldnt hve commanded a sum of £45k. This will have been a fee firstly based on the fact that burberry wanted him for the job and came up with a figure they considered high enough to gain the Beckhams' interest and secondly based on the negotiations once the offer was made.

Joe bloggs from the street wouldnt have been offered anything resembling that amount so if we are talking about it being better in their pockets we are talking about a much reduced sum, possibly not even hitting £1k. The sum is high because of who Romeo is and the weight his parents' prescence in the modelling business carries. This is what justifies the sum.

The fact that Romeo will never want for anything that 'normal' children will is irrelevant. The offer wasnt based on need. Nor was it accepted based on need.

The only justification needed is that burberry wanted him and came to a financial arrangement that his family's agents agreed was good. End of.

Not sure why anyone is surprised that a family whose vast majority of their wealth was acquired by looking good in designer clothing are, um, still doing it. It is hardly shocking.

How on EARTH can you know this..... you'd have to be pretty naive to think different.

Didnt Brooklyn get a job in some shop or restaurant a few weeks ago?

I would also say that never having to try hard or study hard, etc., isn't necessarily an advantage. It doesn't mean he's more likely to have a happy life than an ordinary English boy. In fact, he has quite a few disadvantages (which is why he's always got a body guard nearby.) And a life of perfect ease isn't really a happy one - people seem to thrive best when they're under a certain amount of stress and have to meet challenges.

This is exactly why some many wealthy parents make their kids go off and work a regular job, or otherwise expect them to do something productive with their lives. I don't think that means they have to cut the kid off cold and shove them out into the world - there can still be support in terms of connections or financial backing for their own business start-ups, but since the Beckhams seem to have a pretty strong work ethic, I wouldn't expect them to accept indolence in their own children.

Not weeks, months ago! he got a saturday job in a coffee shop.

You say they came up with such a high figure to gain the Beckhams interest, but then say the offer wasn't based on need or accepted by need.
If Romeo had been offered say £5 grand the Beckhams would presumably have turned it down. So as they don't need the money I can only presume it was accepted out of greed. Either that or their insatiable need for publicity.

Not really sure what point you were trying to make in that last post.

The beckhams havent needed the vast majority of their income for a very long time. Should they just all sit with their feet up for the next 60/70/80 years? Should further generations of beckhams never work?

I'll hazard a guess that you earn more than you strictly need so by your logic you work for greed? I mean all we need is food, water, and a bit of shelter, right? What sort of a contraption are you posting your comments from?

Look at it this way.

Romeo does the job = commands more salary than kid off the street = greater chunk of taxes paid into British pot

Not all bad

Ive always avoided branded or 'labelled' clothing on the basis that if a company wants to use my body to advertise their product then they should be paying me to wear it. So fair play to those who have managed to do that. I'd love £45k for wearing a tshirt for a few hours. It's never going to happen but i sure as hell dont begrudge the one that does get it.

greater chunk of taxes paid into British pot..... So by this logic the national minimum wage should be kept very low so the rich get a bigger share? ....I despair.

Cats We'll just agree to differ.

greater chunk of taxes paid into British pot..... So by this logic the national minimum wage should be kept very low so the rich get a bigger share? ....I despair.

Ummm, how do you figure that now?

Your logic has completely escaped me polly. But no, it's nothing to do with nmw. What a ridiculous leap have you been drinking