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...😅)

It takes quite a talent to convince someone to part with nearly £600 for a polyester blouse.

I actually kinda admire him. At first I thought he had no drive and was lazy but actually who wouldn’t want to try loads of different careers if they could? He doesn’t need money so could be just loafing around but actually he’s not, he is working. He’s not very good at anything so far but to give him credit he moves onto something else with no shame. Maybe he’ll find his niche and maybe he won’t but I have loads of careers I would love to try if I didn’t have a large mortgage. I’d be a florist, primary school teacher, carpenter, furniture restorer etc. so many things that could have been my talent. I’ll never know though! So he may not be the brightest but I’ve actually come to respect that he’s willing to try stuff and fail.

He's not the brightest lad is he? He is, however, one of the weathiest and could pursue any path he chooses. He chooses public recognition above mastery of whatever skill he currently thinks he has so he's going to pay for it by finding out what the public thinks. His parents have sold their lives to public view, how could he be different?

This is a really horrible, nasty thread.

Your choice to feel sorry for him but don’t ask anyone else to - there’s no excuse for being lazy when you have so many opportunities.

I don't feel sorry for him, no.

I do think it's impossible to fairly judge celebrity children though as none of us (unless any of us on this thread have famous parents and have been part of their brand since birth) can really relate- just as he can't to us. It does seem a colossal waste for him to drop out of parsons especially as let's be honest he didn't get in on his own merits and deprived someone else of a space. His videos are also ridiculous but its only really because the media shine a spotlight on them to mock him that most people see them; if they didn't it'd just be those who chose to follow him.

Personally I think it's probably a bit of just because I can. Instead of having a passion and dedicating an inordinate amount of time, money and effort into becoming excellent and getting your name out there, he already has an audience. He doesn't have to be great to get views, which is probably what he craves rather than taking something seriously and actually achieving something decent.

No. He has had money at his disposal via his parents since birth, granted he doesn't come across as very bright so any careers that require intelligence would be off limits, but he could have trained as something ANYTHING if he'd had any drive to. Thing is he's never NEEDED to, he doesn't ever have to worry about paying a mortgage or bills. This is to do with his upbringing, they obviously didn't instill a strong work ethic, he knows he doesn't have to work for a living so he's floated along without direction. Now he wants to be famous, for being famous as he doesn't know anything else. I can't feel sorry for him though, he had the opportunity to find a path, even being quite dim, he chose to not to stick to his photography course, it was too much like hard work by the sounds of it.

I can't feel sorry for the poor little rich kid embarrassing himself.

My son of the same age (I was pregnant when she was back in 1999) is shaking a rattle in a Care Home. His development froze at one year old.
He's never spoken a word in his life, needs 2 carers to walk either side of him in the community and has no idea of the "world outside his window".
It breaks my heart every time I see or hear about any young man of his age.
I try to avoid it in the media, but just had to respond to someone feeling sorry for BB.

Oh god really?? 😂 Jesus wept!

Reminds me of the “socialites” the tabloids used to obsess over in the 90s.

Why? Nobody gives a shit when it’s a famous woman everyone is slagging off

He’s a man who chooses to put himself out there, not a child.

I don’t actively feel sorry for him, I know that he is a very lucky and privileged individual. But I kind of know what you mean, as he seems pretty hopeless at everything and seems to be a figure of fun.

And it probably is hard to live up to the reputations of super successful parents. And Victoria is super successful in her own right, not as a singer and maybe not as a fashion designer either, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating and she has undoubtedly been very successful in life.

If you equate being very talented with ripping off other designers, then sure, she’s extremely talented.

No I don't feel sorry for him he's got money, loving family, plenty of time to find what he really wants. His parents always come across as greedy and attention seeking so it's no surprise if it's rubbed off on him.

A QUICK GUIDE TO A FAME CAREER

It's clear that he's trying to follow the 'fame' model and lifestyle that has parents have set in the hope that it will lead to future lucrative endorsements. What he becomes famous for is irrelevant.

It's the same model that Z list reality TV stars follow on a smaller scale: (1) Go on a reality TV Show to get your name out there (2) After reality TV, set yourself up as an 'Influencer' buy 1.4m followers from a media agency and then approach companies to endorse products that you can share with your 'followers'. (3) Receive freebies and advertise then (4) sell freebies on Vinted, Ebay, etc to pay media agency.

A big part of the 'fame' career is keeping your name in the media, which is why so many reality TV Z listers are always 'almost dying' from crossing the road, having babies, eating a sandwich, getting flu, having hiccups, etc and are always ready with their hospital selfies (the last thing I'd think of when feeling sick is to get my camera out and photograph myself).

The media needs content and for lazy journalists trawling social media for 'baity stories' is child's play.

Advertisers and marketers are always on the look out for the next big thing that they can then grab for their Gucci campaign $$$$.

It's very similar to what the art market has become, where the art work is irrelevant and the investment is all about how famous and known the artist is.

DB and VB strike me as very loving parents who have absolutely done their best by their kids.
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How? By thrusting them into the limelight of celebrity status from the moment they were born, & exposing them to the poisoned chalice of fame, as the empty chattels of Brand Beckham?

His mum and dad were the product of the first generation to get stinking rich based on media publicity, PR and image branding. He was an average footballer and his wife a completely talentless performer. They went on to produce kids who are logically/biologically what you would expect. They have done what they can with their money to give their kids a good life - endless holidays, good food, excellent schools.
Unfortunately, all the money in the world could not buy them smart children. Even if they had gone down the genetic selection route, I don't think a superior strand of DNA could have been found under the microscope as it may not exist on either side.

I don't feel sorry for him. If he wanted to be a chef he could go to culinary school and learn the craft. Instead he just puts videos out of his basic "cooking", mum and dad say how proud of him they are. Then he lands a few morning shows displaying his skills at making a sandwich. None of them are embarrassed. Victoria has no talent and made it as a "singer" and "designer", even though her fashion brand loses millions every year.

Some celebs like Angelina Jolie have kids in college. Her daughter is at Howard and her oldest son went to uni in south korea.

Yes exactly!!! I so admire the high profile footballers and pop stars whose children’s names we don’t know. Harry Kane has kids - I wouldn’t know them if they smacked me in the face. Totally unecessary.

I do have an irrational dislike of the Beckhams though - not the kids (until they’re annoying adults like Brooklyn) but the parents who don’t seem like especially nice people. Particularly David - in their pursuit of showing their perfect family status through Brand Beckham we must forget how he shagged his PA for months on end. And the pathetic fawning people did over David for standing in a queue (like hundreds of thousands of other) just goes to show how Teflon coated you are if you have a penis, you’re (apparently) attractive and rich

I also don’t think dressing your 10yo in a cleavage exposing dress at a high profile public event is very good parenting. Working class people would have a social services visit over that

Yes to the chef thing.

He made a fish finger sandwich - big whoop. My mum was outraged - she said that’s what I made you lot as kids when I couldn’t be bothered to cook a proper meal, now we have to pretend it’s some gourmet cuisine 😂

I feel sorry for any child who's brought up to believe that being famous is something desirable. I think Brooklyn Beckham went to Millfield at some point - if his parents hadn't been obsessed with fame, he'd have had a jolly nice time there doing lots of sport, and would probably have scraped through enough academically to get a place at a new university to do Sports Science or something. His lack of intellect wouldn't have mattered much as he'd have had other things to fall back on (decent all round education and some sporting ability - for all we know, he might have other talents or interests, but he's been brought up to think that only one thing matters, and there's not much even a good school can do about that).

I feel particularly sorry for their daughter, and I'd be doing everything I could possibly do to keep an 11 year old girl out of the public eye if I were them.

I agree with you. They're "Brand Beckham" and have been promoted as part of this by their parents from a young age. I doubt that he understands any alternative.

Gormless is such an underrated and underused word! *missing whole
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I'm sorry to hear this. I have a son of the same age. Sending love and hugs.