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David and Victoria’s press statement

613 replies

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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HerNeighbourTotoro · 23/01/2026 06:12

andIsaid · 23/01/2026 02:26

I can't find it though.

Not to mention that Alana's mother is a pretty .. interesting person herself. She would really know what 'toxic' means...

xSideshowAuntSallyXx · 23/01/2026 06:18

GarlicSound · 23/01/2026 02:59

She didn't say much, just that Nicola's "been trying to be famous for a decade". Ties in with Nelson's frequent proclamations that his favourite daughter's a World Famous Actress 😏

Going by the Hadid family's friends over the years, Nicola's relationship with Anwar's mother (Yolanda) followed a now-familiar pattern: they were all besties for a few months, with Nicola posting loads of pictures of them snuggled up together. These became less frequent. Then she blocked the whole family, no explanation.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15487131/Nicola-Peltzs-ex-boyfriends-sister-Alana-Hadid-brands-fame-hungry-says-doesnt-want-privacy-wades-Beckham-row.html

Alana posted this rather sweet update today.

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I wonder what Zayn Malik thinks of Yolande Hadid! It was in the media he had problems with her as well so I wouldn't take anything that the Hadid's say as the truth, it all comes across as no one is good enough for them. Not Zayn and not Nicola.

DreamTheMoors · 23/01/2026 06:22

HerNeighbourTotoro · 23/01/2026 06:12

Not to mention that Alana's mother is a pretty .. interesting person herself. She would really know what 'toxic' means...

Hey @HerNeighbourTotoro Hi -
I’ve honestly never heard of Alana.
Is she sister to the models? Their names escape me right now.
Is that all, the 4 Hadid children or are there more?
Do we like them? I don’t recall ever having heard anything negative about them.
I don’t recall having heard anything much about them at all.
I thought the trolling was pretty funny but it was relatively minor - I don’t go in for bullying.

pilates · 23/01/2026 06:22

Never complain, never explain would be their best option.

KimTheresPeopleThatAreDying · 23/01/2026 06:27

Brooklyn and Nicola have done a staged pap walk for Backgrid, her carrying a coffee cup in her left hand so that her wedding ring is front and centre. It’s giving worldwide privacy tour.

User0549533 · 23/01/2026 06:29

Harper may not be bothered as chances are she's the golden child. Especially considering she's the only girl to VB and the youngest as well. In a narcissistic family, each child is treated very differently. BB was possibly the scapegoat and sidelined over the years, not unusual for the eldest since they're expected to be most independent and generally ignored in favour of younger siblings.

Ponderingpondering · 23/01/2026 06:29

They no doubt love their son very much so perhaps wont want to add fuel to the fire by making any statements . Perhaps just hoping it will blow over one day.

LAMPS1 · 23/01/2026 06:38

I think BB could well have gone straight from the frying pan into the fire.

What he really needed was time away from his family and away from the press to quietly discover his own interests, values, - and his own self worth, before launching himself and driving his own career forwards from the bottom up. I feel sad that any encouragement and guidance down that path, if he had any, came to nothing.
He always seemed to be floundering about not really achieving much of value to himself. His confidence must have taken many knocks being such a public figure of interest.
What prospects does he have except a loving, if slightly misguided family who he (or somebody close to him) insists on alienating.

It seems his self esteem was so lacking that he now sees it as success, to hitch himself to an even wealthier family whilst publicly rejecting his own.

I’m sure the Beckham family are all devastated. The statement blaming them was so unnecessary even if it’s BB’s truth for now. I wonder if he’s already regretting it.
I hope he eventually sees the bigger picture and finds his way back to forgiving and accepting his loving family into his life again. And I really hope he finds a worthwhile path for himself.
(But I do wish VB would lose the pose and the pout.)

bathsmat · 23/01/2026 06:38

They don’t need to make a statement, they will just have their PR leak stories.

GarlicSound · 23/01/2026 06:46

KimTheresPeopleThatAreDying · 23/01/2026 06:27

Brooklyn and Nicola have done a staged pap walk for Backgrid, her carrying a coffee cup in her left hand so that her wedding ring is front and centre. It’s giving worldwide privacy tour.

worldwide privacy tour

Love it! 🤣🤣

berlinbaby2025 · 23/01/2026 06:57

They will be desperate to stop their precious brand from crumbling, so there won’t be any press statement. I believe BB and hope this is the beginning of the end for Brand Beckham, which we all know is a sad facade. You reap what you sow.

Pineneedlesincarpet · 23/01/2026 07:03

LAMPS1 · 23/01/2026 06:38

I think BB could well have gone straight from the frying pan into the fire.

What he really needed was time away from his family and away from the press to quietly discover his own interests, values, - and his own self worth, before launching himself and driving his own career forwards from the bottom up. I feel sad that any encouragement and guidance down that path, if he had any, came to nothing.
He always seemed to be floundering about not really achieving much of value to himself. His confidence must have taken many knocks being such a public figure of interest.
What prospects does he have except a loving, if slightly misguided family who he (or somebody close to him) insists on alienating.

It seems his self esteem was so lacking that he now sees it as success, to hitch himself to an even wealthier family whilst publicly rejecting his own.

I’m sure the Beckham family are all devastated. The statement blaming them was so unnecessary even if it’s BB’s truth for now. I wonder if he’s already regretting it.
I hope he eventually sees the bigger picture and finds his way back to forgiving and accepting his loving family into his life again. And I really hope he finds a worthwhile path for himself.
(But I do wish VB would lose the pose and the pout.)

Its because he goes for the easy option all the time and relies on his family. He didn't train for years as a photographer. He didnt train for years as a chef to be good enough to do a worthwhile cooking show. Hes not good-looking enough to be a model. Not everyone can play football for England.

How did he do at school? Is there something he could be good at if he worked hard and did some exams? Like most people have to

LlynTegid · 23/01/2026 07:11

I am Team parents on this, absolutely no need for the detailed rant from their son. A simple I have decided to go no contact with my parents would have been sufficient or just silence.

I think no statement from David and Victoria Beckham is the appropriate thing.

NeelyOHara · 23/01/2026 07:28

Ponderingpondering · 23/01/2026 06:29

They no doubt love their son very much so perhaps wont want to add fuel to the fire by making any statements . Perhaps just hoping it will blow over one day.

They don’t need to make a statement, they are already planting 50 stories a day in the press to destroy the son they ‘love so much’.

BobbieTables · 23/01/2026 07:30

Namechangeforthis88 · 22/01/2026 22:54

Saw the title and was briefly aghast at the thought that David Mitchell and Victoria Coran-Mitchell were separating.

This made me giggle

FinloCorrin · 23/01/2026 07:51

Kingscallops · 22/01/2026 22:40

You have to wonder about the effect this will have on Harper. The boys, having their own lives probably aren't fazed.

I feel extremely sorry for that 14 year old girl. What a crap life, surrounded by needy, capricious nutters. She spends a lot of time being part of a brand and has done for years. As a child, what meaningful consent can she give to this online, public lifestyle and whatever legal status she has within the brand? She’s one of many exploited children.

We have seen by now how so many children like this have fared in adulthood, and it’s not often a happy story when they’ve been in the limelight or even peripheral limelight and been damaged by that experience.

SumTingWongwithme · 23/01/2026 08:00

Ikeameatballs · 22/01/2026 22:38

I hope he’s handed back any wealth that they gave him…

Did he not 'earn' it when they decided to sell him out to the media all of his life? He had no choice in the way they exploited him.

Dancingsquirrels · 23/01/2026 08:05

Whatever did (not) happen, it all seems very sad situation

A reminder that money does not buy happiness

Oopsylazy · 23/01/2026 08:07

Daygloboo · 23/01/2026 01:46

Brooklyn Roots Hotty Hotty sauce

Brooklyn Roots Twerk Chicken Sauce 😝

Ponderingpondering · 23/01/2026 08:08

NeelyOHara · 23/01/2026 07:28

They don’t need to make a statement, they are already planting 50 stories a day in the press to destroy the son they ‘love so much’.

I wouldn’t know about planted stories . If I had to call I’d saythey probably do love him very much though.

bobsuruncle2 · 23/01/2026 08:11

isitspringyet · 22/01/2026 23:50

I think he’s earnt it being pimped put since a baby

How was he pimped out? He was the child of two very famous people.

BerryTwister · 23/01/2026 08:17

PinkPanther57 · 22/01/2026 23:00

He has an independent net worth of 10 million or something from modelling, TV & sauce etc, but yes…

Brooklyn doesn’t have any genuine independent wealth. Any money he’s made has been entirely down to who his parents are. If his parents were Mike and Sarah Smith from Basingstoke, he’d probably be doing a very ordinary office job earning a basic wage. And I’m 100% sure that if his wife had been a struggling Z-list actress/model from a poor background, he’d never have fallen out with his parents. It’s easy to flounce when you’ve got billions behind you.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/01/2026 08:29

Ponderingpondering · 23/01/2026 06:29

They no doubt love their son very much so perhaps wont want to add fuel to the fire by making any statements . Perhaps just hoping it will blow over one day.

Maybe. But I've got a feeling that my colander leaks less than team Beckham.

TheFireHorse · 23/01/2026 08:31

I'm loving the fact that Victoria's single is racing up the charts in Norway and New Zealand too.

It's number 1 on the UK IPhone charts.

dointhebestwecan · 23/01/2026 08:31

VB is very impressive and has done so well in her life. People always attack successful women and it must be challenging to deal with that. I wonder whether the children have found it difficult to forigive DBs affairs and those will have affected the children terribly. That might be the real issue referenced in ‘inauthentic relationships’. I’m genx and remember them before they had money so it must be tricky for them to see their child having grown up in such privilege be so naive and spoilt. I assume the Peltz family are very powerful and once you are involved in that world the ruthlessness is probably quite scary.