To think that Brooklyn Beckham

[Thomasina79]

Is one spoilt entitled brat who has broken his parents hearts, not that I am a great fan of the Beckhams, at least they have worked all their lives and would not betray their parents!

I avoid reading about him, but sometimes he just pops up.

He's the same age as my eldest son, and it breaks my heart as my son is severely disabled and non verbal.
I was blissfully unaware of what the future held when pregnant as a young mum back in 1999. I was excited to follow Victoria's pregnancy in the media, being pregnant myself.

I don't resent Brooklyn, but it does make me think about my own son and what decisions he might have made if he had had the opportunities. I'm not talking about the fame, just normal every day life that my son will never experience.
I love my son just as he is, but my heart breaks for him at times. It's like a "jump scare" when I see other men of his age.
I try to avoid them, but when they are in the media it's not always possible.

It's impossible to know what's going on and why so yabu

I doubt Peltz's family resemble normality 😅

Wants to be a new Harry?

Gosh Harry really does live rent free in the heads of some people.

Poor BB. All the nasty comments about him. He's a human being at the centre of this and hasn't done anything vaguely harmful. So his photography book was naff. He won't ever be a michelin chef. Who cares? Why are people so bitchy?

I think this happens more often in those high income circles than we realise - its not possible or considered that the fairly normal but not exceptional children get a 'regular' job. For example ages ago I was reading Joan Collins' rather fun and fabulous book My Unapologetic Diaries, and it kind of becomes apparent in her entries that even though her children were at the time of writing adults (and even approaching middle age!) that she was supporting them financially. You really feel the pressure in her diary entries that she feels to keep working and keep all those financial balls in the air and take care of everyone. And she while wealthy with a wonderful income, is not nearly as well heeled for example as the Beckhams.

I think it must be a bit hard for him - his dad’s super successful, his brothers have at least managed to carve out careers in modelling and football (if not as successful as their dad’s), and he, despite every opportunity, hasn’t made even a moderate success of anything - in fact has been roundly ridiculed.

His only real achievement is managing to marry a very rich and very attractive woman.

The Rest is Entertainment did a run down on the Beckham Saga a week or so ago. It’s worth a listen:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-entertainment/id1718287198?i=1000722522283

I am reading “House of Beckham” by Tom Bower and if even a part of it is true, it sounds like a deeply unhealthy environment Brooklyn grew up in. As someone who is also estranged from seemingly lovely parents, nobody from the outside can really know what goes on behind closed doors in a family. I think he must have seen a lot as a child with DB’s affairs and so on. Good for him if he has decided to step away - it’s not often a decision taken lightly.

His issue is that he keeps trying to make something of himself, which is admirable. His siblings seem happy to toe (tow?) the Beckham line.

Friends of mine who have very wealthy parents never seem able to break free of them because of the impossibility of replicating the parents success. The parents wield enormous power as the children live in fear of being “cut off”.

BB has found the perfect solution: break free by marrying into an even wealthier family.

Why would they be clever? Neither David nor Victoria are. David is talented at football and Victoria is good at business, but neither of them are what you'd call bright.

Remember his beans on toast “recipe”? I often wonder if the kid is trolling the world. Nobody can be that stupid and clueless.

When I'm bored and need a good laugh, I love to look at his photo book with the elephant photo. Gets me in hysterics every time. But also loved when he did that one day kitchen and got really wild, bad reviews. Nepo babies at their finest!

”everyone is good at something - except Brooklyn Beckham”

ill give it another year before his wife dumps him for someone not as useless. She never looks happy with him. He’s serving a purpose, that’s all.

I can only imagine what it must be like to be a child of very famous parents but to not have any particular talents of your own. The focus of the media is upon you constantly, you can sell your wedding for millions to the press and... then what? What do you do all day? You don't NEED to work, you have money to do whatever you want but...what do you DO? Especially when the press is there to take photos of you doing nothing in particular.

I think utter boredom must kick in. He's probably in therapy and, like a lot of his generation, he's beginning to either see his childhood clearly or reimagine it in a form that the therapist can deal with.

I agree that D&V worked hard, but I also agree that they’ve constantly used the kids to market themselves. Other celebrities have managed to bring up their children with privacy, and to give them as much a normal life as possible, whereas D&V have pushed theirs into the limelight since they were babies. Poor Harper is often pictured on their Instagram page in her school uniform, wearing a swimming costume, marketing her mum’s make-up etc, but she’s too young to consent to this, or to appreciate the possible consequence of such a huge invasion of her privacy.

Not being very talented puts him in with 99% of the population. His dad was a very talented footballer, seldom do footballers kids become top level players. His mum was blessed with good looks I suppose but got lucky really with the spice girls.

I cannot blame the kid for being average ability.

on the subject of kids of famous people having normal jobs- Gordon Ramseys son is a royal marine. He was treated very much the same as every other marine on training

Then you don't understand special needs
Being not especially intelligent doesn't equate to having special needs
Hrs a man whose Been brought up in the limelight to beleive he's a he Has the world at his feet
Unfortunately he's pretty average and has no discernible talent but thst doesn't mean he has special needs far from it.

This is very common when their parent's are so successful. It is hard to step out from under their shadow. I have watched lots of documentaries about famous household names and their DC have many mental health problems and really struggle and that's without being thrust into the limelight.

Just because you have had a privileged background and have successful parents doesn’t mean you will be talented, it’s unfair to criticise Brooklyn.

It’s a non story. Gossipy media reporting and dullards who ingest any story and regurgitate it as if fact
Fwiw you have no idea how Victoria and David relate to their son, or their own parents or if there has been any betrayal
Your ire is misplaced

And good for him!

Is that the only paper you read? Brooklyn is in most of the newspapers not only in the Daily Mail.