I have discovered the whole Beckham malarky in the recent days, not that I live under a rock but I never gave 2 fucks about them, like I don’t give any to most celebrities - I obviously know about them but I didn’t know about the depths of their family feuds.
First of all I think it’s none of my business, meaning they’re just people with family issues like the rest of us, and unlike royals or politicians, I don’t think their actions should impact the public and therefore they shouldn’t make a circus of it all.
Having said that, to my great surprise, I find myself in agreement with Brooklyn. Whether or not he will regret his statement in the future in hindsight, is irrelevant. I think he’s highlighted massive, current issues of child exploitation by ambitious parents who don’t recognise the ripple effects of their doings onto their children, as well as common narcissistic parental abuse.
There are millions of family bloggers or infulencers/creators, whatever title they give themselves, who exploit their children daily and his situation is only the tip of the iceberg. We are yet to see countless adults to be in the near future, who will express their suffering as a result of public humiliation by money hungry SM creators.
I read so many comments in the likes of ‘he enjoys the name and the money, he’d be nobody without his parents etc etc..’ but in my opinion these comments come from envious people who believe money is the answer to everything. It’s not, and on the contrary, especially if you were born with it, it often is a massive curse. So yes he’s enjoyed such and such lifestyle and is where he is because of it but that’s his habitat - it’s like blaming a lion for being used to heat & meat.
I think V&D have no understanding whatsoever of his feelings - they are so self absorbed that they can’t possibly comprehend their own son might not want what they want and they just believe their map of the world should be his as well.
On a more personal level, I so happen to have an overbearing MIL who’s always seen her son as her mate and who’s always made inappropriate comments about his sexiness etc, and who’s always blamed me for either imaginary scenarios she made up to come up as a victim or for his own choices in life. She had no input in her first born’s wedding so when it was our wedding, she’d written a piece of his speech to make sure he’d thank and mention her profusely in front of all our guests. We are now estranged since we have children and crossed many lines about my parenting. My husband was only able to see ‘the light’ once he realised her form of narcissism and control wasn’t normal nor healthy.
No one knows what happens behind closed doors. My MIL is so loved among her friends and community, it’s very easy for her to portray me as the witch of the north. We’re not in the public eye so we’ve never had to make a public statement, but family or not, removing toxic people from your life takes courage.
Back to Brooklyn - he could have easily made that statement before David was awarded a Knighthood, which would have totally fucked it up, so kudos to him for not being as spiteful as people assume.
I’ll see myself out and won’t be losing sleep over any of this. I hope the kid gets to live the life he wants and I hope for the parents can gain some perspective…but I won’t be putting any money on that.
Finally someone who can pull the rug from under their feet but feel so sorry for him to have reached this stage. They really don’t know what love is do they using everyone as a product.
they can’t do right for doing wrong and nothing they EVER do will be enough for anyone. in brooklyn’s case, even his name is an overshare about his conception and he had no chance to ever try and be anything else because he was never given the skills to do so. and then everyone laughs at him for that. i don’t know if i’m just a bit soft but i always feel awful for them. even if they try and break away from their famous parents they never truly do in the eyes of the world/media/public.
