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David and Victoria’s press statement

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Williteverstopraininghey · 22/01/2026 22:27

Where is it?

Will they even do one?

Has anyone changed their initial viewpoint on the whole thing?

And lastly….Team Brooklyn or Team Beckham?

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Justnamechangedagain · 23/01/2026 18:47

Oopsylazy · 23/01/2026 13:48

Sounds like the “most beautiful woman in the room” comment was a total set up then. Which is disgusting and extremely spiteful.

For what it’s worth. I agree with this.

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 18:48

Justnamechangedagain · 23/01/2026 18:47

For what it’s worth. I agree with this.

Nah, no way

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mummybear35 · 23/01/2026 18:48

I can’t believe so many allow this to occupy so much space in their thoughts..who actually really cares? There’s so much more concerning things going on both globally and in most people’s lives to even bother about this non issue..

EmeraldShamrock000 · 23/01/2026 18:49

I don’t understand why pp’s are minimising the dance, especially as they’d been fighting in the run up to the wedding. Really fighting.

If anyone posted an OP about MIL doing this, dressed in what looks like a bridal negligee, they’d be told they’ve got competition or a nutcase on their hands.

Justnamechangedagain · 23/01/2026 18:49

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 18:48

Nah, no way

On your wedding day. Your mil is described as most beautiful woman in the room and invited to dance with her son. By her good friend??

PinkPanther57 · 23/01/2026 18:50

sickofsixseven · 23/01/2026 18:41

But the couple had already had their first dance by all accounts, and then the bride had danced with her dad. Then the singer called vb up to dance with her son while david and Harper also danced. I dont see the big deal. Her entire family storming out seems over dramatic

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It wasn’t in official running programme I think. NP already angry VB sticking oar in NB: wedding texts. It seems SUCH a first world problem & BB expecting our sympathy shows his privilege IMO. Get a grip. Now everyone knows about the worst day of his life, too…

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/01/2026 18:50

mummybear35 · 23/01/2026 18:48

I can’t believe so many allow this to occupy so much space in their thoughts..who actually really cares? There’s so much more concerning things going on both globally and in most people’s lives to even bother about this non issue..

And yet here you are...

Justnamechangedagain · 23/01/2026 18:50

Justnamechangedagain · 23/01/2026 18:49

On your wedding day. Your mil is described as most beautiful woman in the room and invited to dance with her son. By her good friend??

jees. My mil was a nightmare and no vb. but i would have hated her for that. Just for clarity she was no dancer nor was my ex hub.

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 18:50

mummybear35 · 23/01/2026 18:48

I can’t believe so many allow this to occupy so much space in their thoughts..who actually really cares? There’s so much more concerning things going on both globally and in most people’s lives to even bother about this non issue..

Many that’s why…there’s constantly far too much going on that’s just far too heavy

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Tablesandchairs23 · 23/01/2026 18:51

All of them are publicity seeking knobs.

PinkPanther57 · 23/01/2026 18:52

EmeraldShamrock000 · 23/01/2026 18:49

I don’t understand why pp’s are minimising the dance, especially as they’d been fighting in the run up to the wedding. Really fighting.

If anyone posted an OP about MIL doing this, dressed in what looks like a bridal negligee, they’d be told they’ve got competition or a nutcase on their hands.

If they were a spoiled billionaire’s daughter & VB it might not come as a shock.

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 18:52

Justnamechangedagain · 23/01/2026 18:49

On your wedding day. Your mil is described as most beautiful woman in the room and invited to dance with her son. By her good friend??

Yes crappy of MA to do it, possibly not thinking or possibly just him being a very good friend, but VB to be in cahoots with it and to have planned it…?! Come on

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Justnamechangedagain · 23/01/2026 18:53

It’s obviously light relief from the trump debacle. The orange ones comments on Afghanistan etc. although i do believe ‘children’ should be allowed to choose their lives. It is tough on VB particularly. I know none of them though. Let them work it out if they can.

EdithBond · 23/01/2026 18:54

PinkPanther57 · 23/01/2026 18:44

Had BB & NP had a romantic dance earlier (?) I think so. It was the evening set, more informal?

Upsetting as it no doubt was to BB this really feels out-of-touch & makes me want to play the world’s tiniest violin for him. NP & VB locked in competition? Ridiculous.

Yes, appears MA set started at 11pm, long after the first dances after the ceremony, food etc.

Sounds like NP was upset because MA called up VB as ‘most beautiful women in the room’ (tactless) and encouraged BB to dance with her when it was a slow dance to a love song.

Suspect people tired and emotional by then. From Fat Tony interview, the awkwardness (e.g. next day at brunch) seems to be that NP, her family and BB left reception at that point and never came back.

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 18:54

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 18:50

Many that’s why…there’s constantly far too much going on that’s just far too heavy

*Maybe

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KnifeForkSpork · 23/01/2026 18:54

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 18:52

Yes crappy of MA to do it, possibly not thinking or possibly just him being a very good friend, but VB to be in cahoots with it and to have planned it…?! Come on

Yes, she’s being described as someone who only cares about her brand image at the same time as being accused of organising something as embarrassing as this.

GRCP · 23/01/2026 18:56

Beckham all the way - they won’t say a word and that’s the right thing to do. Dignified.

Happysummerrain · 23/01/2026 18:58

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GellerYeller · 23/01/2026 18:58

Could anyone kindly catch me up please?
How do we know Elton has sided with Brooklyn?
Why didn’t the notoriously litigious billionaire parents of the bride lock down the guests with a (tasteless but clearly necessary in hindsight)NDA?
Is Fat Tony a friend of the Beckhams(I associate him with Boy George and I know he’s friends with Tanya, wife of footballer Phil Bardsley, from Housewives of Cheshire)?
Who really thinks the MIL is the most beautiful person in the room? Of course it’s universally accepted it’s the bride.
Will VB beat Harry Styles to number one?
Thanks all.

EdithBond · 23/01/2026 19:01

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 18:52

Yes crappy of MA to do it, possibly not thinking or possibly just him being a very good friend, but VB to be in cahoots with it and to have planned it…?! Come on

Exactly. Quite possibly well-meant to his friend. But tactless on a wedding day.

But most uncomfortable and humiliating thing to happen to BB in his life? Hell of a boring life, then.

PinkPanther57 · 23/01/2026 19:02

EdithBond · 23/01/2026 18:54

Yes, appears MA set started at 11pm, long after the first dances after the ceremony, food etc.

Sounds like NP was upset because MA called up VB as ‘most beautiful women in the room’ (tactless) and encouraged BB to dance with her when it was a slow dance to a love song.

Suspect people tired and emotional by then. From Fat Tony interview, the awkwardness (e.g. next day at brunch) seems to be that NP, her family and BB left reception at that point and never came back.

It doesn’t sound like the day had gone well then, oh dear.

If was as beautiful & young as NP, with a cracking figure, a billionaire’s bank balance & mostly, the man I loved by my side as my new husband, would I be upset if a DJ said my MIL was the most beautiful in land (?) - NO.

If BB I’d NOT be remembering it & drawing attention to this the WORST thing ever to happen but moving on. Surely not the best example of terrible actions of VB! Ah sorry forgot - she didn’t help dogs in LA!

soupyspoon · 23/01/2026 19:07

mummybear35 · 23/01/2026 18:48

I can’t believe so many allow this to occupy so much space in their thoughts..who actually really cares? There’s so much more concerning things going on both globally and in most people’s lives to even bother about this non issue..

I want to avoid whats going on globally and in my life so here I am.

Settled in for a nice long evening bringing myself up to date on it all.

Williteverstopraininghey · 23/01/2026 19:07

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How rude…asking if ive got a life of my own and then going into loads of detail about the whole situation 😂

Yes, I do have a life of my own, I have a Dh, dc, dog, parents, friends, job, mortgage etc etc, but I can still be interested? I don’t think those two things are mutually exclusive..and neither do you, judging by how much you seem to know about the situation

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PinkPanther57 · 23/01/2026 19:10

EdithBond · 23/01/2026 19:01

Exactly. Quite possibly well-meant to his friend. But tactless on a wedding day.

But most uncomfortable and humiliating thing to happen to BB in his life? Hell of a boring life, then.

It’s a sign of a very easy & sheltered life & a highly embarrassing admission.

mummybear35 · 23/01/2026 19:11

soupyspoon · 23/01/2026 19:07

I want to avoid whats going on globally and in my life so here I am.

Settled in for a nice long evening bringing myself up to date on it all.

Still would rather watch Netflix or even read fiction than waste time on this…don’t know any of them, don’t care about any of them and at gunpoint, I don’t want to know about the situation let alone speculate the who, the why and what for 😆 same goes for any ‘celebrity’…