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Brooklyn Beckham

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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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derxa · 25/04/2019 08:03

David Beckham not talented? You must be joking.

Roussette · 25/04/2019 08:21

What's DB talented at, apart from football, he was hardly the best player of all time.

NorthernRunner · 25/04/2019 08:32

Rousette- come on, beckham was an absolutely incredible football player, probably the best of my generation. You may not care for him or what he does publicly (fair enough) but I think it’s daft to doubt his talent

Cbatothinkofaname · 25/04/2019 08:36

DB was a talented footballer, though no one (including himself) would say he was among the real greats.

VB- hmm, not sure what I think about her. By all accounts she’s well respected as a fashion designer, but I’m not convinced she’d have made it without being linked to DB and already being in the public eye because of the spice girls. She certainly wasn’t talented at singing Grin

From what I’ve read about her, VB was the one desperate for recognition, which was why she joined a manufactured pop group in the first place when her singing and dancing were nowhere near as good as many others. She saw a chance and took it. Not how I’d want to live but that’s her choice. At a guess id say she’s the type of person who needs a high level of validation and need for public acknowledgement. One thing that seems agreed on is that she has a strong work ethic which ties in with this as well... she’s really worked to position herself globally. Where I think it moves to a different and unacceptable level, is the decision to make an industry of the kids. There was no need, they could have had their privacy protected. I doubt it’s a decision driven by money either... the couple would have plenty without needing to involve the kids. I suspect it’s an extension of the desperate desire for global recognition.

Roussette · 25/04/2019 08:37

Fair enough Northern I'm not a great football fan. OK, he was an incredible football player back in the day. I did say... what is he talented at apart from football !

My DH is huge footie fan and I doubt he would say he was the best player of all time, I think there are others more deserving of that accolade maybe...

findingmyfeet12 · 25/04/2019 08:42

I don't think DBs talent as a footballer is in any way comparable to his level of fame.

Zidane, Messi ?

derxa · 25/04/2019 08:55

I think it must exhausting being a Beckham. All that travelling and changing houses/countries. I actually feel sorry for celebrity children. They never have a settled 'normal' life. Their parents usually have narcissistic personalities which means everything is about them not the children.

BackInTime · 25/04/2019 09:21

Isn't there a saying that there's no such thing as bad publicity. I think that the Beckhams will take anything even negative still about their kids as it keeps their names and brand in the public eye. What would they actually have to post about online if they were not posting about their kids on such a regular basis?

SleepingSloth · 25/04/2019 09:34

He seems like an average young man given extraordinary opportunities because of his parents celebrity. Has he the looks/experience for a top modeling campaign? No. Has he the experience/talent to produce a coffee table photography book. No. Has he the rapier wit and humour to command XX million instagram followers? No. But all the while, he gets the opportunities and takes them, someone else without celebrity parents is being overlooked or looses out on a job.

Because in none celeb families this never happens, does it? It happens all the time, less money and high profile but it happens. Someone gets a job because their mum works there or whatever even though they may not be the best person for the job. People take advantage of the opportunities that their families and friends can offer them, that's life. It's not always fair but it isn't only happening in the celeb world. We all do it.

findingmyfeet12 · 25/04/2019 09:45

Celebrities know what they're signing up for when they become singers, footballers etc. It's ridiculous to try to argue that they should be able to use social media like everyone else. If you're famous you can't expect to put photos of your children out there and not be commented on negatively - there's plenty to compensate for that though, like huge wealth.

It's cruel to sneer at the Beckham children or anyone else but if BB wants to sell a book and have his photographs looked at by others, it's fair enough for people to comment that they think his talent is average. We're the consumers after all.

If he wants to model, then his looks are fair game too in the context of modelling.

Aside from that, who cares what he does in his private life?

Cbatothinkofaname · 25/04/2019 09:46

I’m even more confused as to what your stance is now, SleepingSloth!

You seem to be acknowledging now that yes, the parents have gone to extraordinary lengths to court publicity and put their kids in the public eye. Yet at the same time you seem unwilling to hold the parents accountable for that and you think it’s unfair that the kids attract attention, good and bad.

The parents know what they’re doing. They may not be the most talented or intelligent people in the world but by god they’re media savvy. They would have known from the outset that if you court publicity, it won’t always be positive ... the media will publish the negative stuff too.

Many celebrity parents make a conscious decision to protect their children from this. Even if that means a lower level of publicity for themselves. The Beckhams have chosen the opposite.

SleepingSloth · 25/04/2019 09:59

I'm saying that I don't think they are really doing anything different to the majority of families. I think everyone should respect their children's privacy...but they don't. I don't think they've gone to 'extraordinary lengths' to court publicity for their kids at all.

They seems like a nice family. Of course people can comment on his photography book, although I think people would be nasty about it regardless of its quality. There's a lot of people who can't seem to stand anyone getting an opportunity or doing well. I've seen enough of that in my own very normal life and celebs deal with it even more.

Cbatothinkofaname · 25/04/2019 10:07

‘I don't think they've gone to 'extraordinary lengths' to court publicity for their kids at all.’

Wow. I’d hate to see what going to extraordinary lengths would look like then.

findingmyfeet12 · 25/04/2019 10:15

Johnny Depp's daughter and Cindy Crawford's daughter are both models. Most people agree that they deserve to be based on their looks alone.

I think in this case people have fairly judged BB to be lacking in the required talent/skill to be a photographer for expensive campaigns and have books published.

Why should the Beckhams be able to post photographs of their children like other people? Their careers are based on publicity and are funded by the types of people who obsess over celebrity lifestyles and they know it.

If it wasn't for fawning, obsessed fans VB in particular would have had no career at all.

AlaskanOilBaron · 25/04/2019 10:26

Cindy Crawford Junior was born to be a model, it was always going to happen.

It's a special kind of cruelty to allow your children to become models on the strength of your celebrity because it invites commentary on your children's appearance. Organising book deals or recording contracts for perfectly ordinary teenagers is pretty mean too.

If it wasn't for fawning, obsessed fans VB in particular would have had no career at all.

Quite right.

PortiaCastis · 25/04/2019 10:28

No point criticising a young man for what his parents have or have not done, and starting a thread bitching about him saying he's unlikeable and smug etc when you've never met him is despicable and nasty especially when it's dressed up as light hearted

Cbatothinkofaname · 25/04/2019 10:29

I also think it’s highly disingenuous to claim the Beckhams are “not doing anything different to the majority of families”

How many families post endless videos and photos of their children going about their day to day lives on social media with no privacy settings?

How many families trademark their children’s names so that they can market products attached to them and collect the royalties?

longwayoff · 25/04/2019 10:31

I know nothing about him and hoped to remain in ignorance. Got to ask though, what's he done that merits a thread on here?

AlaskanOilBaron · 25/04/2019 10:32

Portia, he's a grown man trading on his parents' celebrity and it's perfectly fair to judge that.

He is not a child.

PortiaCastis · 25/04/2019 10:36

Well I wouldn't know as never met the young man and don't usually judge until I've actually met someone.

AlaskanOilBaron · 25/04/2019 10:37

Of course you don't. Wink

findingmyfeet12 · 25/04/2019 11:05

It's mean to talk about smugness etc when you've never met the person.

Judging his book is find IMO. It's out there to be bought and so fair game to be judged by consumers.

Cbatothinkofaname · 25/04/2019 11:21

One of the more bizarre things I saw was BB videoing himself publicly thanking his fans for getting him to 1 Million followers on insta, with DB photo bombing him to crow ‘I’ve got over 50 million.’

And yet there are still some people who claim they don’t court publicity! Funny old world

Roussette · 25/04/2019 12:12

Of course they court publicity! For them and for their children. It's like oxygen to VB and DB.

You cannot liken it to pics us mere mortals post on FB. If you don't tighten up your privacy settings, that's your look out, but I doubt you've got 10 million strangers looking at your pics!

Cbatothinkofaname · 25/04/2019 12:21

Exactly roussette. That was a strange comparison to make, as if the Beckhams are just doing what ordinary folk do!

I don’t know anyone who posts pics of their kiddies who doesn’t have their social media locked down for family and friends only. And if they did inadvertently post something publicly, saw 10 million ‘likes’ and the story being rehashed in the Daily Mail next morning, I’ve no doubt they’d lock down pretty quick if they didn’t like it. So I think it’s safe to say the Beckhams not only like it but actively seek it out