To feel very sorry for Vicky B

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Yes, we don’t know the full story, but so many things being said about the dance story being untrue-they had already had their dance, she’d also danced with her father, Vb was reportedly called onto the stage by her friend, Marc A and was shy to do so. She comes across as a very awkward, sad person, David seems to dislike her and speak down to her. I can imagine she must be devastated and so humiliated by this. No matter the issues, Brooklyn shouldn’t have issued the problems publicly.
I know a lot about issues with Mil’s but my instinct tells me that this could be her and perhaps she has been difficult from the start. She doesn’t have a reputation for being a nice person at all, even before all this and it’s been said there may have been similar situations in the past with an ex of hers.
In comparison, I’ve never seen anyone say a bad word about Vb, the opposite in fact, she seems to have a great relationship with all her other children and the partners, plus a good relationship with Db’s family
She just must feel so devastated and humiliated, your first born that you held in your arms as a baby.

All so sad

I think it’s probably a “recollections may vary” situation.

For example, he said VB pulled out of designing the wedding dress “at the 11th hr”. But Peltz’s stylist told vogue that the wedding dress was the result of a year of collaboration and international visits with the team from Valentino. So even if VB was going to design it and changed her mind, it can’t have been that 11th hr. They had enough notice to get Valentino and spend a year working with them.

And if I had a billionaire father, I’d choose a Valentino dress of a VB one..

There are always multiple versions of the same story, but these people are indeed a successful brand, over and above a family. Everyone associated with a certain school in West London knows what happened re- DB and an affair there a few years ago. Everyone knows. I'd bet money that wasn't the only time. I feel sorry for her in that respect. And to have your son make that kind of public statement must be very painful.

It does read (to me anyway) as if someone else has written this statement - so much focus on the business with the dress and this dance? Would a guy really be so focused on these things? It reads more like her issues, to be honest. If BB feels his family are fake and all about appearances, why all the focus on one day? Why not talk about instances where he feels he has been used as part of publicity? Why not call out DB's affairs?

I also find it hard to believe that VB would agree to make the wedding dress in order to purposely have it not ready on the day. What would be the actual point of that? It just makes her brand look ridiculous.

If BB wanted to talk about all the times he and his brothers have been used within the 'Brand Beckham' facade, that would be fair enough. But, as far as I can tell, this is a mainly a rant about a dress and a wedding dance?

Oh totally. But they just want control of anything with Beckham on it for the brand.

BB suggests worst thing that’s ever happened to him, check your privilege & why draw further attention?

Agreed. The poor kid didn’t have much of a chance. His brother Cruz has football talent, he didn’t inherit this. He sadly inherited his dad’s intellect so I doubt he could have gone to university. Anything he did in life would subsequently have made him a ‘nepo baby’. Always think he’s been a bit lost and not really known who or what he is. He’s still quite young and clearly loves his wife. I hope he’s happy away from them and the media circus they love to be surrounded by.

Well I love David Beckham and was glad when he was knighted. I enjoyed watching his Netflix documentary and thought Victoria came across well in that. The nepo kid has done a right job on his parents and I don't think there's any going back from this. He's already minted and knows when if his marriage ends, he will have a nice juicy payout even in the presence of a prenup. He's bought and paid for.

People are saying he wouldn't be where he is or meet his wife if it wasn't for VB and DB. That might well be true. It's not an excuse for their shitty behaviours though, these are entirely separate things.

Nobody should accept being sold off and paraded to the press or own parents being divisive and focused on value of their brand, or planting stories in tabloids to misrepresent the reality. If VB and DB treat him as a commodity, they just had their arse handed back to them on a plate, and rightly so.

Haha the knighthood he kicked off about not getting a few years ago you mean…

I don't think it is ok to 'cuddle' your son on his wedding day - hug him and his wife and then step back.

I don't know enough about it one way or the other. Lots of families have an unhealthy or even toxic dynamic and then the kids grow up to repeat this in their own marriages and families.

I suppose all we can really take from this is that we give celebrities too high of a status in out society. David Beckham is famous for kicking a ball about a patch of grass and Victoria Beckham is famous for barely singing in a manufactured and fairly short lived pop band.

To me it's a wonder that they are still able to grab such headlines when they and their offspring should have faded into obscurity long, long ago. Both they and the public would be far happier for it.

I feel really sorry for her. It would be awful to have your own child turn against you in public. She has done nothing like that to him.

He's without talent, who is blaming his family for the fact he doesn't now have anything to do. One thing, though, he knows they would welcome him back. He knows he can say whatever he likes and they'll love him and forgive him. He will think of that when his marriage ends.

It isn’t even just her though draping herself over the men, David and Harper’s relationship is odd too. He still kisses her on the lips and she’s 14.

I think he could have got all his points across without basically accusing his mother of molesting him during the alleged dance. It was a step too far in public.

I notice DB escaped his more humiliating and damaging antics being clearly declared.

So what? There are plenty of tears and tantrums amongst the rich and famous, that doesn't make him any less deserving. He's done a lot as a football ambassador. I mean, if war criminals can get one, why shouldn't Becks get a gong?

I think the worst thing about it is the comment about the dance-implying that his mother danced in a sexual way with him.

When Marie Antoinette was accused of behaving sexually towards her son, she appealed "to every mother in this court" that such a charge should be put to her.

In turn, although she was hated by most women in the court, this was a step too far for them and they booed and yelled at the man who said it.

Not so, with many of the mothers on Mumsnet though. Many of them seem to think it is ok to imply that a mother had sexual designs on her own son.

She has done nothing like that to him.

There have been months of articles slagging him off in the press, where have you been? Where do you think they came from?

Agree.

Where is the proof of the teacher affair though? I find it so hard to believe.

’The eleventh hour’ this isn’t BB lingo, agree he’s had help with statement here.

The dog rescue plea - WHY is this ALL on a woman & on VB now seen as anti dog which is akin to Satan in LA.

Agree, sounds like a woman’s stereotypical particular issues & dressgate can be disproven by NP’s couture documented fittings over many months!

You feel very sorry for her, yet you chose to refer to her as Vicky B.
How very respectful.

Yes, as usual the woman gets the shit end and there are plenty of other women piling on. You've gotta love the sisterhood.

I think it’s a cautionary tale to anyone using their dc to build a brand. Hopefully the parents in this case will reflect on it and learn.

His message has clearly been written by his bride. I don't think a man would care so much about a wedding dress and a dance. What he said about Victoria being inappropriate is just so cruel.

It's all so tacky, he must know that he's attacking his parents business and livelihood by slagging them off so publicly.

I don't know what he hopes to gain from this. He was a nepo baby and now he's a nepo husband. Does he have anything else going on at all?

What I'm seriously suggesting is that he finds a career like the rest of the world. Like I was a teacher: I didn't love every minute of it, but it gave me fulfilment and made me a better person, because I had to work hard and work with other people who weren't all kissing my arse.

Do you remember a programme called "Three Of A Kind"? Lenny Henry, Tracey Ullman and someone else. Well, I met the "someone else" and spent a bit of time with him - his stage name was David Copperfield (not the magician), real name Stan Boardman I think. His brush with fame, and subsequent lack of success, had obviously affected him - but he had found some sort of fulfilment as a carpenter. There are plenty of celebrities around who have craved fame all their lives, then realise it doesn't bring fulfilment. As for money: the best thing is to have enough money so that money isn't an issue.

Ginger Rogers said, "The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first." Ain't that the truth!

I don't feel sorry for her. She doesn't seem very happy, but that's what comes of staying with a man who doesn't care about you. She does appear to prioritise 'the brand' above genuine, personal relationships and I can see why Brooklyn's had enough, despite being groomed his entire life to be part of that brand. I don't really understand why the kids haven't been encouraged more to follow their own paths. It looks a lot like they were just trailed around all over the world after their parents without much attention paid to schooling etc, and as a result they haven't really developed their own identities.

What allegedly happened regarding DB/an affair/a certain school in West London?

OP, do YOU know her?
None of us knows these people. Everything is gossip and speculation. The reality is almost certainly that each of DB, VB and their eldest son have all made mistakes.
Yes, VB is a mother, but that doesn't automatically give her a free pass.