David and Victoria’s press statement

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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?

I think they will stay silent, which is the right thing to do.

The best example ever of staying silent when an offspring goes scorched earth, is the RF, staying silent had no impact on RF popularity or image, in fact, they garnered a whole lot of sympathy and admiration for not reacting, while on the other hand, Harry going scorched earth destroyed his popularity and reputation. Harry is now trying to find his way back to his family, as everything they have done in the US has been pretty much a failure. Brooklyn going scorched earth with his parents will have a similar impact on him and his wife, I think. The public support for Victoria has really gotten traction, in a similar way Catherine got a huge amount of support when Meghan and Harry called her a racist.

I think we are watching in real time, another own goal for the famous offspring of a very famous family.

Yes, what was the falling out about? The Sussexes accused VB (?)

I would be very surprised if V&D say anything at all. They will have probably taken advice and want to keep the door open for their son. It’s much to simple to say that I’m team Beckham or team Brooklyn. Perhaps the Beckham’s were too careless with their children’s privacy and used the children to help promote an image but their seem to be faults on B&N’s side too. People project a lot of their own stuff onto this situation and no one really knows what’s gone on. It’s possible one of the brothers will say something in an attempt to stand up for the parents but I don’t think that would be particularly helpful to the situation. These family rifts cause a lot of distress in any family. It must be a nightmare navigating it so publicly with everyone expressing an opinion on it.

Who were the exes they/his mother (?) kept dangling in front of him I wonder (?) And was this pre marriage?

I do find it laughable how Brooklyn was happy to cash in on his ‘unauthentic’ family’s brand well into adulthood and has only spoken out now that he’s found another rich person to bankroll him.

Well said

Whilst I do think this is wrong and I'm sure they profited - this was 26 years ago. You can argue it was common sense not to do this, but I think most of us have had more and more realisation in the last 20 years that social media and the media in general is a bad thing for children to be exposed to and involved in, especially from an early age.

I started off by posting FB pictures of my first child to share with family. I don't do that now. I'm also no longer on FB under my real name.

They were both quite young themselves and it was not generally known, as it is now, what the downsides were.

Let's hope they're learning some lessons and have done over the years and for their younger children.

It's bizarre that if BB feels so damaged by this treatment he's repeating the behaviour with his social media accusations. Surely anyone can see it's a bad idea and that the media will twist things? It seems very unlikely to result in anything positive for him other than more media attention - maybe that's what he wants (edited to add: though it's unlikely to make him happy and he doesn't seem to need the money so it's an odd decision).

Very sad all around.

I truly am astonished that this is the big news story that it is. Who cares, really?

I would hope so, this is a family dispute that some kid has made public

How would any of us like this all over social media, our employers, our neighbours, the green grocer etc etc

Or perhaps - for the first time in his life he was able to get some perspective and see how other families operate - he's only 26 - it can take years to get that perspective and make hard decisions. I'm not sure about his wife tbh - but I don't doubt that Brooklyn has been extremely damaged by his parents and their addiction to the press. He is aware of the lies - and I don't blame him at all for hitting back - it's insipid - the Daily Mail site is full of the Beckhams shot backs - it's all there.

He won't win though, as they are clever in the way they do it - which is evident here as it seems half of Mumsnet are falling for their very well managed image.

They've lost their son. Probably, for once, they're not actually living up to what he says about them and thinking about "brand Beckham" at all. I bet making public statements is the last thing on their minds.

I think BB would have been wiser to miss out some parts of his statement - the bits about the wedding dress and the dance are now being scrutinised (maybe quite rightly, or maybe with help from his parents' media connections planting stories?) and it's now biting him on the bum. The statement would have been much more powerful in my opinion if he had only posted the bits about their inauthentic relationships, his anxious childhood etc.

And just to add - he doesn't seem to have thought about any future children he will have - who will be able to see this statement, including comments about their grandparents, and the furore around it. How will it make them feel - what about the impact on them? Not a lot of learning there is there.

And they may possibly throw it in his face in 20 years time as something that has caused them pain, unless he's a perfect parent and gets everything else right.

Some things are better left out of the media.

I think (and hope) they'll stay silent on the matter, BB has had his say they've not reacted, he'll probably go scorched earth about something else they've supposed to have done to get a reaction, and yet when the accused stay silent it speaks volumes and starts to make the person ranting sound unhinged, it usually works as the RF have demonstrated

Why does Nicola get the blame , he’s a 26 year old man and quite capable of making decisions himself ?Its very normal when you marry to separate a little from the family and concentrate on their own relationship , I do wonder if the Beckhams were a little too demanding of him , after all he lives in the USA now and can’t possibly turn up for everything . I found the branding buisiness a bit odd ?

Whilst I do think this is wrong and I'm sure they profited - this was 26 years ago. You can argue it was common sense not to do this, but I think most of us have had more and more realisation in the last 20 years that social media and the media in general is a bad thing for children to be exposed to and involved in, especially from an early age.

I honestly cannot believe that it didn't occur to either of them that allowing grown men with cameras to terrorise their toddler wasn't a great move but the money talked louder. A poster put an extract from Richard Desmond's (former newspaper editor) autobiography on a different thread and he said he used to sit down with them and work out where they'd be so the paps could be there too.

I don't think putting kids on social media is a good thing to do unless it's only the back of their head or their face covered by an emoji but I have far less respect for people who sold their private moments to OK magazine for money they didn't even need.

Of course, lots of people have gripes about their parents: “They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to but they do”.

Agree some of the examples he gives: the dance and the dogs. Like it’s written by a teenager.

And why say it publicly? He can distance himself from his family. He can tell them all this. But why tell the world? Why blow up the internet to call for peace and privacy? Why does it matter what the world thinks?

I haven’t got a scooby what’s going on in his life. But strikes me his mental health isn’t great. Driven by emotion. Not thinking clearly or applying any perspective. Focusing on the negative, rather than the positive. IMHO, those close to him should’ve kindly tried to stop him going public. I hope he ends up in a happier place. So sad.

David’s comment about kids making mistakes and that’s how they learn will likely be the only statement they’ll make. If they have any sense. IMHO, they should all get off social media and red carpets and enjoy their millions in private.

Team Brooklyn here.

The fact he’s a bit dim, or looks a certain way, or has rich parents is irrelevant.

His parents have treated their kids like a media lemon to squeeze when they absolutely could have kept their entire lives private. The fact they didn’t speaks for itself.

I believe his statement and although D&V probably have their own version of events, broadly speaking I’m going to take the side of the child who has been forced to grow up in the spotlight and treated as a brand cash cow.

There’s rampant judgement on here of Instamums who flog their kids online, this is much much worse.

Caveat: I don't know much about the Beckhams.
But I did read another thread the other day & thought:
Perhaps BB has moved from one quite controlled environment (the Brand, the childhood publicity, not a normal family atmosphere anyway) to another (with the child of an extremely rich perhaps also quite controlled or demanding life?)

In a similar way a person who has left an abusive relationship can sometimes find themselves in another before they have quite realised? I am not saying either situation was abusive for BB but perhaps in terms of dynamics?

Anyway, it's horrible for all of them really. Family dynamics are so important (& why they can hurt so much) so very sad to see it all played out in public.

It’s fascinating in a strange way, because of the involvement of the ubiquitous ‘fixer’ Markus Anderson, who has featured very heavily in Meghan Markle’s move into high(er) society, and also because it talks of the Beckhams employing a ‘communications director’.

‘According to the Mail On Sunday, David Beckham is “absolutely bloody furious” after it was reportedly suggested that he and his wife Victoria had leaked stories to the press about friends Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

‘The Beckhams famously attended the former Royals wedding at Windsor Castle in 2018 and the two men formed a close friendship when Beckham was invited to be the Invictus Games’ official ambassador, of which The Duke Of Sussex is a founder.

‘But lesser known is the fact both couples properly bonded via Markus Anderson, the chief membership officer at private social club Soho House in London. Anderson is said to be good friends with David Beckham’s communications director, and helped arrange secret dates between Markle and the Prince when they were first getting to know one another …’

https://graziamagazine.com/articles/david-victoria-beckham-meghan-markle-fallout/

(Original story was given to Mail on Sunday, possibly by the Beckhams’ ‘communications director’?)

I found the branding buisiness a bit odd ?

I read that they did it to protect the Beckham name/brand, they didn't want Brooklyn and any future spouse opening a string of businesses with their name attached to which they would have no control over..

Why tell anyone anything?

Why do people go public that their spouse has cheated on them? Why do people go public with a serious health battle?

Firstly because they’ve had to endure article after article, speculation after speculation and rumour after rumour. I don’t believe if a rumour was going round your workplace about you (for example) you wouldn’t want to put that straight. Only for BB, it’s the whole world. Not just a workplace.

Secondly because his parents have insisted on their children living their lives in the public eye; and this is just an extension of that. They can’t wheel them out for photo ops then complain when the kids, as adults, engage with the press and want to put their own narrative forwards.

Thirdly it has taken him 8 years of adult life to put this 1 statement across. For somebody who ‘wants to do nothing but whinge and draw attention to himself’, that seems quite restrained to me. Each example he gives is evidenced, this isn’t a rant of pure insults but a statement laying out his feelings regarding the Beckham Empire and his forced participation in it.

If somebody started an ‘I’m famous and want to put my child in the public eye from newborn, AIBU’ everyone would call them a terrible parent and ask why on earth they would sell their kid’s privacy in this way. Social media - even a small presence - is known to cause anxiety in teenagers, so just imagine being part of such a famous ‘brand’ and being stalked by cameras and in articles 24/7. Nobody on here worried about their young adult child’s anxiety and lack of coping skills is told to tell their child to stop being such an ungrateful brat, and that they’re an adult now. Yet somebody brought up without any authentic relationships and in the media circus is supposed to be stronger than that?

Anyone taking D&V’s side is probably a defensive parent with ‘low contact’ kids themselves tbh

Totally this

People are writing as if its normal to hate your parents or never speak to them again because they're flawed as parents, so he was a philanderer, not the best trait but lots of people have affairs, its private business between that person and their partner, it affects the kids of course it does and the children will be hurt and confused at times by that, its not a reason never to speak to your parents again.

And so she is insecure, is that really the tool to bash her with? Ive seen it written so many times how shes very fragile, brittle, insecure, doesnt eat, isnt sure of herself, well yes, many of us have issues like that, its a life long battle to try to work with it, live with it, overcome it, none of us are perfect.

Seems like unless you're some saint your kids can just ignore you for their adult lives and thats ok.

You sound a bit naive to be honest.

Ffs there’s ’flawed as parents’ then there’s selling your child’s life to the paparazzi from birth when you’re already very rich

Because that’s normal isn’t it? Jesus wept.