To feel sorry for Brooklyn Beckham?

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I just do feel a bit sorry for him. He's completely out of touch with the real world obviously, but he's so young and so gormless. But seems so determined to be famous in his own right, despite no specialist skill set. I wonder do famous parents ever encourage their children to go to uni and get a real job? Or is that not an option? There are plenty of fulfilling jobs he could do, teaching, nursing, even volunteering ( as he clearly doesn't need the money)
I feel bad for him as he gets mocked online, but he still seems determined to put himself out there.
Money aside, I do feel sorry for the children of spectacularly talented parents, it must cast a long shadow. ( I repeat, money aside...😅)

He has the resilience to bounce back from every failure and keep putting himself out there.
Yet at the same time can't stick to anything.

It's fascinating in a way.

Agree with pp that he is probably just trolling and having a laugh. I hope so.

"Resilience" is carrying the weight of a thousand sumo wrestlers in that sentence!

His parents seem obsessed by the shallow aims of getting endless publicity for their family and making huge sums of money. David Beckham made millions in Qatar, he wasn’t bothered by any ethical concerns. So why should their son be any different? Compare and contrast with Bruce Springsteen who has a qualified firefighter son and olympic level equestrian daughter.

I don't think that you should feel sorry for him. He's rich, he seems to have a nice family around him, he's healthy.

It is interesting though. Whether or not he and people like him should do something purposeful and worthwhile, or just mess around doing what they enjoy. Whether this is fulfilling or not.

I certainly don't dislike the Beckham's. But Victoria Beckham is not talented in any way in my opinion, the whole family are very ordinary looking, and yet they are so rich and famous.

It seems a shame that with all the money, contacts and resources, Brooklyn Beckham doesn't make a real go and carve out doing something and actually being good at it.

Why bother ,when you can just decide you are in fact a chef ,because you like cooking?

Oh yeah, he is a chef now isn't he? I thought he was a photographer. Or was he a model, or an artist? Imagine having this life??? Enjoying doing something, and then suddenly going into that 'career' and calling yourself that job title, and then getting paid shit loads of money for doing said new 'career?' And people feel sorry for him. LMFAO.

I don't wish any ill on BB, but feeling sorry for him is just farcical and insulting to every hard working person who can't catch a break in the fields of work he claims to be in.

Indeed ,I enjoy watching and reading about true crime ,so you.know what I have just decided I am Criminologist,and would like to.paid accordingly thankyou!

His motivation isn't money or a respectable profession and will never be. His only motivation is to be famous and stay famous as long as his parents do the work. He does things to stay relevant, in the headlines and provide content for his followers. I doubt his bothered about it so I don't think people should feel sorry for him. He is similar age to Kylie Jenner but she has made use of the privelleges launching her beauty line etc so I doubt he will ever do something like that, maybe he might open up a members only nightclub funded by his parents or in-laws but even with that he needs to show up, do publicity and I think it will be too much to ask from him. In his 30s he will call himself a entrepreneur trying out little things etc but he will most likely sail like that throughout his life.

most likely sail like that throughout his life
Maybe, but from what I read on this thread he appears to have no self discipline, coupled with a vastly inflated sense of his own ability this could lead to a spectacular fall..... the idiot son who loses all the money🤷

Nope.

He's a nepo-baby, learning the hard way that famous parents doesn't necessarily mean he's deserving of any attention himself. But also a failure of parenting to not encourage him to pursue more "normal person" jobs, when it became clear he didn't have any great talent to offer.

I do not understand why people get so worked up about Brooklyn Beckham. The only people he is depriving of a job are the other mediocre children of celebrities.

His work opportunities - the photography book, his modelling, cooking etc - only exist for people like him. If Brooklyn Beckham had never been born the bogus jobs would go to one of his siblings or the child of some other pop star, actor, sportsman or model. It wouldn't go to my child or the child of some other ordinary person because it was created only for the child of a famous person.

Nepotism is a big problem. Without family connections it is It hard and sometimes impossible for people to pursue careers to the fullest extent of their talents or even at all.

It also deprives people of the chance of seeing people with faces and accents and family backgrounds like them on the TV or films, or writing in newspapers or sitting in judgement on them in court or making laws for them in Parliament.

That has always existed and is worse now as access to influential careers becomes more limited by the insistence having a degree to enter all of them. Obviously you need the relevant training for all jobs and you can't be a doctor without going to medical school or a judge without legal training. But there are many others that are severely restricted to anyone but those whose parents can sub them during an unpaid internship in a London flat owned by mummy and daddy or their friends. Journalism is one. It's my job and trust me, you don't need a degree to be journalist but well connected parents have always helped. Just ask anyone at The Guardian.

But they are real careers not ones made up for the son of a pop star and a footballer to burn some chips on the internet or Lily-Rose Depp to pose as a model when she's only 5ft 3ins.

I save my anger for that.

Being in the public eye will inevitably attract attention or comment. In fact VB and DB would probably be incredibly disappointed if no one took any notice of them!
But their kids to a degree, haven't had a lot of choice as they've been part of the brand Beckham family and included in photo-shoots, social media, magazine articles, fashion shows etc from a very young age (whereas some other celebrities with similar age kids have mainly kept them out of the limelight )
Now they are in a position where they probably feel they have to prove themselves and make a name for themselves at something rather than be famous for being famous.
(If they'd grown up in relative obscurity, like other celeb kids, there might be less pressure)

It is interesting though. Whether or not he and people like him should do something purposeful and worthwhile,

@Bananamilkshakewirthcream Most of us don't do purposeful and worthwhile jobs so why do you think Brooklyn Beckham should be obliged to do anything different? Do you want to punish him or teach him a lesson or both?

I enjoy watching famous people being humiliated on I'm A Celeb and I'd watch a programme where Rishi Sunak and Nadim Zahawi fought to the death over a Gregg's Steak Bake on some hellish council estate, But in my more reasonable moments I realise people should be free to do what they want so long as it's not doing the rest of us any harm. They should also be free from people giving their arse-aching pronouncements on what they think is good for them whether it's a Tory MP who claims you can eat well for 30p a day or some person on the internet.

Obviously all jobs are of some use because otherwise they wouldn't exist. But most of us work to earn the money to pay the bills and hopefully have enough left over to do the things we really want to do.

I enjoy my job but if someone wanted to pay me a lot of money to pretend to be a model or take blurry photographs of elephants or burn chips on the internet I'd be there like a shot. Because much as I enjoy my worthwhile and purposeful job, doing that for a day for a big cheque with people telling me I was wonderful and then sloping off to do something else would be a better gig.

I realise I am exposing myself as a slacker but I truly think most people without a burning desire to make the world a better place would choose that option. And you could always divert some of your millions into founding a children's hospital bearing your name.

Oh yeah, he is a chef now isn't he? I thought he was a photographer. Or was he a model, or an artist? Confused Imagine having this life??? Enjoying doing something, and then suddenly going into that 'career' and calling yourself that job title, and then getting paid shit loads of money for doing said new 'career

@HeavenIsAHalfpipe It sounds good to me. What do you think is the flaw I am missing?

@limitedperiodonly I don't think I said that he should.

I said it's interesting, the discussion about whether he should do something 'better' or whether it's fine to just enjoy himself. I think that the public put an expectation on people like him because of who his parents are.

I certainly don't think anyone needs to feel sorry for him. I had a look on his Instagram, he seems a harmless young man. He's certainly not hurting anything else so leave him to it.

He doesn’t need to do anything ‘purposeful and worthwhile’, whatever that may mean. He’s in a position where he’s financially set for life and is thus able to try his hand at what he feels like. It’s hardly a terrible position to be in, and he’s probably perfectly happy.

Why bother ,when you can just decide you are in fact a chef ,because you like cooking?

Why not @x2boys? Delia Smith, Mary Berry, Nigel Slater, Nigella Lawson and arguably Jamie Oliver who didn't finish his training, are successful TV cooks who are not chefs. The Two Fat Ladies weren't and the Hairy Bikers aren't chefs at all but two blokes with an interest in cooking who worked in TV so knew how successful programmes work.

It doesn't matter so long as long as their recipes are tested by backroom staff and people like watching them. Being a professional and being able to do it on TV are different things.

So therefore you might be able to write the true crime stories you like to read. I do and I'm not a criminologist and don't call myself one. I'm a journalist. I have a lot of training and experience and some talent but that doesn't mean you couldn't do it too.

I'm also good at cooking. Much better than Brooklyn Beckham, but I don't get up in the air that people want to watch him doing it and not me.

I apologise @Bananamilkshakewirthcream. I misunderstood. I agree with you that Brooklyn Beckham is doing what we should all do by taking the opportunities life throws at us and is harmless and probably a nice enough person.

I do feel sorry for him in that people are so nasty about him. It's like kicking a puppy but maybe he doesn't care. If I was his mum I'd tell him to ignore the haterz. It definitely says more about them than him.

I also feel sorry for him in the abstract in that he doesn't have his own career but is an extension of the Beckham Brand. But then if he had a burning desire to be a human rights lawyer he could be one if he had the qualifications and application. There are notable working class examples with no family background like Cherie Booth/Blair. But it helps if your parents can subsidise your pupillage and are well known.

That's what I think people should be more upset about.

His book got very bad reviews, and deservedly so. It wouldn't have been published if his name had been Joe Bloggs.

There are a lot more young people who would be better placed for your sympathy. He went to quite a few north London independent school, including my DS’s. Apparently he’s ok, blushes easily and is fairly humble - considering.

Perhaps like many, he found academic studies a struggle - not all kids are cut out for Uni even those in private education. Many celebrities children are in our unis and gain some form of independence! I think now he is married, his best pathway would be to try and drop the “Beckham brand” by staying off social media and start his own lane, he might just find his niche!

B Beckham has been given everything - the love of a close family, opportunities galore & financial support. He now has a very wealthy wife and in-laws supporting him too. He dropped out of college, did a photography internship with Rankin (!), published a failure of a photography coffee table book, then changed to cookery. Instead of doing a cooking course, an internship with Gordon Ramsay ( parents' bezzie) he just .... cooked. His videos are pathetic, although expensively professionally produced. He has brought all this upon himself. Things could have been different but he is the classic example of nepotism, which is sad. Go to college, Brooklyn, complete the course, then restart the videos.

I’ll be amazed if his marriage lasts until the end of the year.

Here are a couple of words I feel are appropriate. Poltroon. Ninny. An entitled incompetent.

He seems like a sweet chap. Someone who would help carry your shopping bags or if you dropped something on the floor, he will help you pick it up. Obviously I've never met him but he does seem quiet pleasant though.