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Brooklyn Beckham

226 replies

TigersRoll · 24/04/2019 13:12

I don’t know what it is about the man but I find him annoying. I have no problem with either of his parents or the rest of the family but him ... there’s just something about him.

His photography is god awful and he has such a smug face!

AIBU or is he a bit unlikable?

(Disclaimer - light hearted!! I don’t despise the bloke or wish harm on him and yes I might be a bit jealous that he’s loaded and has done fuck all to earn any of it!) 😁

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MadameDD · 24/04/2019 14:23

I've got no opinion on him one way or the other really but he seems to - though his parents etc say he doesn't - ride on their tailcoats for success - his name alone will almost always guarantee him interest or an interview partly out of curiosity, but his 'fame' comes at the cost of his parents pimping him out along with their 'brand' which I think is unfair to him and his siblings, they've had little or no choice in being paraded around. I also know a couple of minor celeb parents kids (now grown up) and the amount of pressure they have to be like their parents, succeed like their parents, in various career options, has made at least two of them have inferiority complexes and also addiction habits. It can be hard to grow up in the shadow of a famous relative, especially a parent.

I do feel he sometimes is given the wrong advice re 'photography' or other 'talents' - yes, he's young and growing up, but he's certainly not going to be and isn't a talented photographer anytime soon!

I have no idea if he's a nice person or not, or rude etc in public.

VladmirsPoutine · 24/04/2019 14:25

He's pretty harmless. My old photography teacher used to show us BB's pictures as examples of bad photography practice. But anyway if my parents were global superstars I'd also have a charmed life. Hopefully in your next life you'll come back as him OP.

FrogFairy · 24/04/2019 14:37

I feel very sorry for him.

He seems to be very troubled at the moment and the bastard Daily Mail seem to delight in showing photos of him crying. He did not choose to grow up in the public eye and this just so intrusive. Who knows what he is going through, what if he were to hurt himself or worse as a result.

BunnyBob · 24/04/2019 14:42

He's an ordinary young man who just happens to have two very famous parents. Can you imagine the pressure he must be under to live up to the world's expectations of him?

Give him a break!

summerof68 · 24/04/2019 14:46

I think he could have had better guidance in life. He doesn’t really seem to have much aim or direction. Kids of really rich parents would probably enjoy life much more if they achieved something themselves. They’ve got the huge advantage of money to be able to do something worthwhile.

Yamayo · 24/04/2019 14:49

Don't know the boy but the extra-from-Oliver fashion style always leaves me puzzled.

Aprillygirl · 24/04/2019 14:49

DuckWillow thank you for that story. It's so nice to be reminded that there are people out there who still do things out of the goodness of their heart,rather than just for the publicity it gives them.

Cbatothinkofaname · 24/04/2019 14:55

You get the feeling there’s a lot of generalised pressure on the kids to do stuff- whether it’s sport, music, photography, fashion- without any real idea of what their genuine interest and talent is.

And at an extreme level- you like taking photos? - publish a book
You like fashion? - do some modelling
You sing? - release a single

And then of course they have to cope with the fall out. Didn’t BB drop out of the photography course at some top end college? So he has to deal with having been pushed into publishing a crap book, not even completing his course and seeing no doubt far more talented students around him who won’t ever see a book of their work in print.

There may be loads of money but their lives can’t be great for their mental health.

BackInTime · 24/04/2019 15:14

I feel sorry for BB and all the Beckham kids. He seems lost and directionless and is probably acutely aware that he is famous for nothing other than his parents.

His parents are all about ' brand Beckham' and use their DC as media fodder. They regularly post pictures of their DC on social media - all picture perfect happy families stuff living an amazing life. It's not a healthy for kids to grow up having to keep up this facade while constantly being scrutinised and I think its taking its toll.

Bowchicawowow · 24/04/2019 15:20

I read that one of them was good at tennis so the next thing is he’s having a knockabout with Roger Federer. The pressure on them must be enormous.

HiItsClemFandango · 24/04/2019 15:36

@daisychain01 Mental health issues effect everyone, being wealthy or not having to work doesn't make you incapable of being depressed or having any other mental health illness

managedmis · 24/04/2019 15:39

What does he actually do?

Cbatothinkofaname · 24/04/2019 15:46

Wow I hadn’t heard that about the tennis. I guess their parents feel they’re giving them an amazing experience with all these opportunities, but I wonder whether they’re really considering the flip side, that it comes with pressure.

And how do you top those things? You work with top photographers, or play tennis with federer... where next?

End of the day the kids seem perfectly nice, pleasant looking, average ability but absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. It must be very strange knowing that your whole life revolves around nothing to do with your personal ability. And of course it’s hitting BB now as he’s the oldest and doesn’t have the structure of school any more

The80sweregreat · 24/04/2019 15:52

They are best friends with the Ramseys ( so I've read ) so I bet the kids have to go and have cooking lessons too! (That would be
My worst nightmare ,as I hate cooking. )

BossAssBitch · 24/04/2019 15:55

He looks v self conscious and uncomfortable. He has been pushed into the world of celeb by his fame hungry parents. Kind of feel sorry for him 🤷🏼‍♂️

Usuallyinthemiddle · 24/04/2019 16:00

Yes you are being unreasonable. If you've nothing nice to say...

Horrid thread.

AlaskanOilBaron · 24/04/2019 16:04

I don't understand why they are so determined to deliver these ordinary children into the realm of celebrity.

I feel a bit badly for all of them, to be honest, they seem so average that they're bound to attract a lot of negative commentary. Their parents should have exercised some judgement/restraint. I do realise that most anyone who has famous parents has the option to become a celebrity these days, but it doesn't mean they should.

Samcro · 24/04/2019 16:15

im not a fan of celebrity kids. they are just kids of famous people. like this one, don't see why they are fawned over.
BUT it must be hard being them. they get called "troubled" just because they are young and acting like young people.
(i don't think a 20 year old man is a child)

Goldmandra · 24/04/2019 16:20

Until you've spent a decent amount of time with a celebrity away from the public eye so they don't feel the need to perform, you have no idea what they are really like.

It's pretty arrogant to make judgements about whether someone is a nice person based on a snapshot, a very brief interaction over an autograph or their media image.

Why would you start a thread just to say how much you dislike someone you're unlikely to ever even meet for a few seconds? It just seems pointless and unkind.

I have had a job where I met celebrities when they weren't in performance mode. You'd be surprised at the transformations you see but they are all still people with feelings and insecurities.

If you don't get pleasure from his photos, programmes or articles about him, just don't look at/watch/read them.

AlaskanOilBaron · 24/04/2019 16:21

He's an ordinary young man who just happens to have two very famous parents. Can you imagine the pressure he must be under to live up to the world's expectations of him?

It's perfectly possible and normal for even pretty major stars to give their children privacy. I know very little about what goes on in CelebrityLand, but I would imagine that most celebrity offspring who are themselves celebrities have courted it by way of an agent and staged paparazzi and so forth.

The Beckhams have major money and a formidable legal team, if they wanted their children to have privacy, they'd have it.

BackInTime · 24/04/2019 16:27

It's must be very difficult for BB to have a normal relationship. Aside from all the media scrutiny the girlfriends seem to have to join in with brand Beckham doing Instagram posts promoting Victorias fashions and going along with all the family holidays. It's like joining a PR factory not a relationship.

EverybodysTalkingAtMe · 24/04/2019 16:31

Grim. You are being unreasonable, since you ask. And there is nothing so disingenuous as slagging someone off - that you don't know, and based on their facial features to boot - then bleating 'lighthearted' like some bitchy girl in the playground.

You don't HAVE to look at him, I've never seen him in any of my reading material. To start a thread like this is horrible. I have a child the same age, I would personally want to damage anyone who wrote like this about them on social media.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

outpinked · 24/04/2019 16:49

He looks like my brother and they were born around the same time. My brother is much younger than me and I still struggle to accept the fact he’s no longer a child Grin.

Anyway, I don’t know Brooklyn so couldn’t say whether he’s smug and annoying or not Confused.

BackInTime · 24/04/2019 17:08

I think the personal tone of the OP is wrong and unfair, however if the Beckhams insist on using their kids to promote their brand then they have to shoulder some of the blame. Putting your kids out there from birth as media fodder as they do invites this kind of comment and speculation.

Goldmandra · 24/04/2019 17:16

Putting your kids out there from birth as media fodder as they do invites this kind of comment and speculation.

Surely that makes it even more important that the responsible adults in this world do the right thing and don't engage in the crappy behaviour that makes their experience of being media fodder even worse.