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To feel very sorry for Vicky B

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Stayinitstoocold · 20/01/2026 11:33

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

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PinkPanther57 · 20/01/2026 12:45

treesandsun · 20/01/2026 12:42

Nobody knows the truth of what's happened apart from them and much of the same things will be viewed with their own interpretation.

Written down calling him 'evil' sounds awful However if she said oh Brooklyn that's evil that you've not put us on the top table in a jokey manner that's completely different than suggesting he is the spawn of the devil.

My sister has form for saying all I said was which is factually accurate but it's a tone a manner in which she said it that change how it was interpreted.

Practically though I find it very hard to believe even before the stylist's comment today even with all the Peltz's money that you'd be able to get a Valentino wedding dress within a couple weeks of a wedding.

I also don't think they paraded their kids in front of the media - certainly not in the same way as some celebrities do. I've seen them at football matches and her fashion shows - Christmas and holiday pictures .But really I would expect them to attend those.

who knows the truth. I suspect a bit of both - with him caught in the middle of his wife blaming his parents and his parents blaming his wife.

NP is on the record re: all the Valentino fittings over months.

Stayinitstoocold · 20/01/2026 12:45

1457bloom · 20/01/2026 12:24

I’m basing my opinion on her actions…

That you don’t know are true…..

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thepariscrimefiles · 20/01/2026 12:45

Stayinitstoocold · 20/01/2026 12:20

Exactly! But the mum isn’t allowed a dance, when she could have been called onto the stage, may have felt embarrassed, but couldn’t say no in front of everyone etc…we just don’t know
My instinct says this was a Nicola problem

Your instinct? Do you know these people in real life? You seem ridiculously over-invested in defending DB and VB.

kkloo · 20/01/2026 12:47

AllIdoistidyup · 20/01/2026 12:15

Thank you - exactly. When Cheryl Cole (at the time) found out Ashley Cole was cheating she divorced his arse and went on to make a LOT of money from X Factor and a solo career without being especially talented.

Cheryl forgave Ashley and then more and more kiss and tells came out. I believe DB has only had one kiss and tell despite all the rumours.

PinkPanther57 · 20/01/2026 12:48

CloakedInGucci · 20/01/2026 12:38

The dog thing is weird to mention because I don’t know why you’d assume VB was the villain there. I guess it just plays on people loving animals and therefore VB must be a total bitch to say no.

Take it down to “normal” people in terms of money and imagine a MN thread “I don’t really get along with my MIL but I asked her to help with a charity thing I’m doing and she said no. AIBU to be upset?”
No one could possibly answer that without so many more details.

I think doggate may prove this is a VB take down. Again goldenballs a almost total hall pass.

Stayinitstoocold · 20/01/2026 12:48

Sartre · 20/01/2026 12:26

I don’t think she comes across as a sad person at all. If you mean the lack of smile, she does it to prevent wrinkles… Awkward perhaps, I think she’s introverted but also think she’s always been hugely ambitious and recognised she would only maintain fame if she married another big name like Beckham. We wouldn’t be talking about her if not, just as we don’t really hear about the other band members.

I believe Brooklyn 100% and feel for him. I can totally imagine her being an awful overbearing MIL. I think she was jealous he married someone from a wealthier family than theirs.

No way, surely she is the type of person who would love him marrying into wealth

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patooties · 20/01/2026 12:49

Oh lawks there’s a lot going on isn’t there?
first and foremost - I’m not sure they did parade their kids any more than other kids - the media interest in the child of the England captain and ‘hero’ to millions / global icon and his pop superstar wife wasn’t ever going to be able to go to the local Surestart for baby massage were they?

I feel really sorry for all of them. Sounds like Brooklyn has a new therapist- good luck to them.

I would be absolutely devastated if I was Victoria - whether this is true or not. I always wonder how Harper and the other kids feel? Weird he’s cut them out too? Wonder why

Maia77 · 20/01/2026 12:49

Victoria's obsessed with appearances and wealth, so it must have been hard for her when Brooklyn's wife came along - younger, taller, prettier and richer.

Wanttobefree2 · 20/01/2026 12:49

I feel awful for her, he didn’t need to humiliate his mum whatever he feels she’s done wrong, I can’t see him ever coming from this. He could have released the same statement without making it so mean and personal.

As a mum she’d be absolutely devastated I think.

PinkPanther57 · 20/01/2026 12:49

kkloo · 20/01/2026 12:47

Cheryl forgave Ashley and then more and more kiss and tells came out. I believe DB has only had one kiss and tell despite all the rumours.

Early affairs only proof I think, the Essex beautician & Spanish model Rebecca apparently discovered.

PinkPanther57 · 20/01/2026 12:50

Wanttobefree2 · 20/01/2026 12:49

I feel awful for her, he didn’t need to humiliate his mum whatever he feels she’s done wrong, I can’t see him ever coming from this. He could have released the same statement without making it so mean and personal.

As a mum she’d be absolutely devastated I think.

I agree. How will her own Mum be feeling I wonder.

Stayinitstoocold · 20/01/2026 12:51

esperanza5 · 20/01/2026 12:27

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?

Yup, I reckon it’s all come from her

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bluescarf · 20/01/2026 12:52

It’s all very dramatic and unsurprising really. They’ve lived their lives in the spotlight and basically sold their children as part of the deal. BB is now an adult and seems he’s had enough - who knows?!

It’s interesting to compare today’s big English football stars, like Harry Kane, who is England captain, as Beckham was, yet Kane lives a very private life. I know which family I would prefer to grow up in!

PurpleLovecats · 20/01/2026 12:52

I wish people wouldn’t blame his wife. He’s an adult and he has made the decision to post this. He’s been brought up in the public eye and knows full well that this will be far-reaching and powerful.

Catwalking · 20/01/2026 12:54

PinkPanther57 · 20/01/2026 12:37

Why does Dad get a hall pass on just about everything?

Soz, I agree with u there,
just didn’t think I’d be able to stop typing if I hadn’t kept it brief?🤷‍♀️

Coconutter24 · 20/01/2026 12:54

Stayinitstoocold · 20/01/2026 12:00

Exactly, constantly scrutinised and quite a quiet, shy person in real life, David cheating around and looking at her with disdain and moving away from her whilst she tries to cling onto him. She was bright, bubbly, happy, healthier looking before she settled down with him.
Whatever has gone on, this seems the cruelest way of doing things, the worst thing he could have done to her, his own mother

Do you think a child would just turn on their mother in such a public way for no reason?

PinkPanther57 · 20/01/2026 12:54

Maia77 · 20/01/2026 12:49

Victoria's obsessed with appearances and wealth, so it must have been hard for her when Brooklyn's wife came along - younger, taller, prettier and richer.

She’s not really posh or beautiful but wants both. Surgery has got her close. DB likes genuine willowy aristos it would appear is this at root of her elocution lessons etc? If you adore someone & they don’t love you back it can destroy you, is this at the heart?

She’s very attractive & always was and ironically has much going for her. Sad.

soupyspoon · 20/01/2026 12:55

JontyGentooey · 20/01/2026 11:48

Absolutely nobody forced the Beckhams to parade their children in front of the press from the moment they were born, selling pictures of them to OK magazine and talking in great personal detail about them during all those media interviews. Nobody asked those kids if that was ok.

Brooklyn has had a shit deal, he can't try and do anything with his life without people calling him a nepo baby or laughing at how rubbish he is, like with his photography or cooking and all the rest of it.

Sounds like he finally told V&D he didn't want to be part of Brand Beckham anymore, they were furious and he finally decided to kick back. All a bit sad really but the only bit we know for sure is 100% true is that they should have given him a basic level of privacy in his childhood. They didn't.

YABU.

I dont know how old you are but the papers, press, paparazzi were brutal and ruthless in those days, and you either went with it or they destroyed you.

Look at Amy Whinehouse, severely ill, whole life splashed all over everything in graphic detail but she would go out and make cups of tea for the press outside.

Paula Yates is another example

Stayinitstoocold · 20/01/2026 12:55

TFImBackIn · 20/01/2026 12:31

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.

Yes exactly, I really think it won’t last and it will all come on. They must be dreadfully hurt, especially Vb, but of course they’d forgive him, it’s their child. I expect he’ll feel v guilty one day.

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PinkPanther57 · 20/01/2026 12:56

Coconutter24 · 20/01/2026 12:54

Do you think a child would just turn on their mother in such a public way for no reason?

It depends if they won’t endlessly bankroll & Peltz dynasty will, well pesky Ts&Cs…

Lurker85 · 20/01/2026 12:56

I don’t disbelieve him but I just think it’s very convenient timing that these parents who have been so awful to him for years, were only bad enough to push away once he had an even richer family to fund him and take him in. Also, if they were controlling his life so much, I’m sure with all their wealth and connections he would have ended up being something better than a failed photographer/shit chef/influencer 😂

RudolphTheReindeer · 20/01/2026 12:58

soupyspoon · 20/01/2026 12:55

I dont know how old you are but the papers, press, paparazzi were brutal and ruthless in those days, and you either went with it or they destroyed you.

Look at Amy Whinehouse, severely ill, whole life splashed all over everything in graphic detail but she would go out and make cups of tea for the press outside.

Paula Yates is another example

So d and v placed fame and fortune over their children's well-being? Lovely.

MyBrightPeer · 20/01/2026 12:58

Stayinitstoocold · 20/01/2026 12:22

😂 Do you know her??

Do you know him?

it’s funny how people say “we don’t know her so we can’t know if Brooklyn is telling the truth” - yes, you don’t know her so you don’t know if she’s telling the truth either. Only they know what’s gone on in their relationship.

Stayinitstoocold · 20/01/2026 12:59

L0bstersLass · 20/01/2026 12:34

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

Why is that disrespectful

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PinkPanther57 · 20/01/2026 12:59

PurpleLovecats · 20/01/2026 12:52

I wish people wouldn’t blame his wife. He’s an adult and he has made the decision to post this. He’s been brought up in the public eye and knows full well that this will be far-reaching and powerful.

He might have no choice if he wants NP & ££. Didn’t his parents refuse to buy a house & Peltz lot thought cheap of them?

Billionaire dynasty - these guys have rules!

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