David Beckham's leaked emails

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I thought he came across rather well on Desert Island disks the other day, but AIBU to be glad that DB has been exposed?

I've always regarded the Beckhams as a textbook example of much that's wrong with our celeb-culture, accumulating vast wealth and renown on the coat-tails of very mediocre talent.

Now it seems the charitable work was all in aid of securing a knighthood.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4190152/Hackers-release-tranche-Beckham-s-personal-emails.html

The DM are just going for him today because of the injunction. Interesting that nobody is even pretending everybody doesn't know that it's him.

I feel sorriest for Unicef and their ambassador relations manager Chloe Edwards. What joy she must have felt this morning to have received the surely inevitable email from Brand Beckham.

Floisme Perhaps you are right. I don't for one minute believe VB is the villain in this situation. I really believe however he made some terrible footballing decisions. He said on DID he wanted to play for Man United all his career. It therefore seems strange he ended up at at LA Galaxy, trying to get an acting career off the ground while she did an odd documentary. How vain and deluded is DB to believe he could make it as an actor? I suppose that is really everything you ever need to know about the man.

People will be saying he enjoys strangling kittens next. Did anyone really believe in the perfect image anyway? I feel a bit sorry that he couldn't have reigned in this side of him and played more football for Man U. Old Sir Alex got rid of him because his commitment wasn't 100%.
The DM are hypocrites. They've featured the family PR photos for years making money in the process.

I don't know, cowgirl he was coming to the end of his career and he was never going to end up working with Stalybridge Celtic like Paul Scholes, was he? I don't know what to think to be honest but I guess I still have a soft spot for David Beckham. I don't really care about affairs - that's Victoria's business, not mine but I'll be sad if the financial allegations are true.

I suspect this may just be the start of people starting to question UN organisations arrangements with celebrities TBH so am not feeling so sorry for them. Hello Angelina

Why not though Floisme? Football gave him a great life and a lot of footballers appreciate that and try to give something back at the end.

And for that matter, the LA move was a weird career move for VB too. I would imagine fashion careers are better spent in London, Paris, or New York rather than LA. I think the Beckhams believed LA would kickstart a stellar movie career for one or both of them, but as we know, that didn't happen.

dexra
You're his gran, aren't you?

How do you feel about his support for Scotland remaining in the Union Derxa? [[http://theblacksea.eu/index.php?idT=88&idC=88&idRec=1298&recType=story Scroll down to this bit: Opposing Scottish independence "will play well with establishment"]]

He has no links with Scotland and has never expressed any concern about the country. I like to think the best of people, but it does seem like a naked and clumsy attempt to get a knighthood.

Sorry messed up the link

Mercy How very dare you
I'm not that bloody old

Oh absolutely cowgirl - no reason why not and I adore Paul Scholes for doing it. I just can't imagine David Beckham would ever have been happy to finish his career like that, even without The Brand. He was always a bit different and seemed to lap up the attention - e.g the sari (although that may have been post Victoria.)

How do you feel about his support for Scotland remaining in the Union Derxa?
The same way I feel about all celebrities who try and influence politics. Dickheads!

You're wrong - I'm his gran.

I've always wondered whether they set up the Beckham effigy, that was hung after he was sent off at the World Cup, to get public sympathy.

They actually thought they could become Hollywood actors? Good God, that really is delusional and shortsighted. With that squeaky voice, Russell Crowe he ain't.

I don't think Andy Murray is a dickhead for supporting Scottish independence. He is a Scottish sportsman and celebrity who was asked his opinion. On the other hand, David Beckham has no links to Scotland, has never demonstrated any passion to keeping the UK together, and yet this happened:

In August 2014, the TV historian Dan Snow emailed to ask whether Beckham would support the campaign opposing Scottish independence ahead of the upcoming referendum. Oliveira [Beckham's PR] declared that "clearly the right thing is that we stay together due to our history and because we are stronger" and advised the star that his “I also think your support will play well with establishment and in turn help your knighthood.” - My italics.

Beckham replied: “Ok let’s do it.” So Oliveira drafted a plea to the Scottish nation on Beckham’s behalf. It read:

“I took as much satisfaction in seeing Sir Chris Hoy or Andy Murray win gold as I did watching Jess Ennis and Mo Farah do the same in the Olympic Stadium. My sincere hope is that you will vote to renew our historic bond, which has been such a success over the centuries and the envy of the entire world. What unites us is much greater than what divides us. Let's stay together. David Beckham.”

Why didn't he just say: 'I don't know anything about it so I think it's best to keep my mouth shut.'?

His team are saying the emails were doctored which would be a pretty easy thing to do. Also there was some type of blackmail going on,

Either way he needs to come clean and explain himself what's happened.

MN is baffling sometimes.

MN gets hacked and hundreds of passwords published: Outrage, flounce, unacceptable, MNHQ are irresponsible, how could this happen, what about our personal details, etc etc.

DM takes a public thread and publishes it: Scum, fuck the DM, appalling journalism, what about privacy, etc etc.

DB gets hacked and hundreds of personal emails published in the DM: Yeah but he's got a squeaky voice and loads of money so it's fine.

How many Mumsnetters have earned hundreds of millions of pounds from falsely presenting themselves in their profiles?

I also don't understand why David Beckham needed to set up his own charity when he could operate under the name of Unicef.

Unicef is a well known and respected brand. I'd never heard of the 7 Foundation before listening to Beckham talking about it on Desert Island Discs. I understand it carries the number of his Man Utd shirt and one of his wheezes was to play exhibition games in seven countries and it's his daughter's middle name too, but it all seems a bit of a faff to me.

More importantly, it risks wasting funds in admin costs when you could just turn up under the umbrella of Unicef.

However, I believe there are tax advantages to giving to charity. David and Victoria set another one up at the time of the 2006 World Cup culminating in a raffle when they invited Sven and Nancy, Liz Hurley and Elton and lots of celebrities to a ball at their house in Hertfordshire on the eve of the tournament.

Their umbrella of choice that time was that little known charity the NSPCC.

I'm sorry for bringing that up btw. I think the England squad's performance at that World Cup and the WAG phenomenon is best forgotten.

"BillSykesDog

How many Mumsnetters have earned hundreds of millions of pounds from falsely presenting themselves in their profiles?"

Indeed. But it might be ok if the Mumsnetters in question are nice working class boys who have never forgotten their roots.

Stop reading the dreadful Fail people.

I luffs the Beckham leave him alone.

How about Beck as the next Bond?

Or Dr Who?

Would be priceless. VB could join in with the other spicies on a big London Bus Tardus.

Dr Who would be slumming it. The next Bond? Now you're talking.