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Sarnia Mon 02-Feb-26 07:48:29

Am I on my own in having had enough of the Beckhams? There has been more than enough of them recently, airing their dirty linen in public. Now Channel 4 have a documentary Beckhams: Family at War Untold to go over it all again.
Can it stop, please?

BlueBelle Mon 02-Feb-26 07:55:15

I don’t think your voice will be heard Sarnia and to be truthful by starting yet another thread you are doing exactly what you are complaining of Why not complain in one already running ?

Mollygo Mon 02-Feb-26 07:57:24

Well it could stop, but it’s there for financial faim, and for those who like to be in the know about them.
I’d rather it was a program which I can simply avoid watching, than on the news where I have to silence it or pause it so I can then fast forward.

Mollygo Mon 02-Feb-26 07:57:54

gain not faim!

fancythat Mon 02-Feb-26 08:26:32

I didnt take much notice of the Beckhams, so thought I would record the programme.
I had been expecting to see that everything was a publicity stunt.
But to my surprise I am "enjoying" the programme.
Brooklyn seems to have lots of points[as in being made a "brand" when he was growing up]
I havent seen all the programme yet though.

Luckygirl3 Mon 02-Feb-26 08:43:10

Who are the Beckhams?

keepingquiet Mon 02-Feb-26 09:25:04

BlueBelle

I don’t think your voice will be heard Sarnia and to be truthful by starting yet another thread you are doing exactly what you are complaining of Why not complain in one already running ?

Great point!

AGAA4 Mon 02-Feb-26 09:35:58

The Beckham's don't bother me at all. I don't read about them or watch TV programmes where they are featured.

M0nica Mon 02-Feb-26 09:36:05

I have not been able to avoid the headlines, but I have not read a single article about this lot and on one day we did not buy our usual papers because they were on the front page of every paper.I have also avoided all news items online.

It is possible to ignore them. Eventually the algorthm that decides what comes up on your screen, doesn't include anything about them because you are clearly not interested.

mae13 Mon 02-Feb-26 09:39:22

One of the Beckhams probably has a book/film/play/album coming out soon - hence the flurry of manufactured publicity.

dragonfly46 Mon 02-Feb-26 09:44:59

I think the whole business is incredibly sad and I wish the press would just leave them alone.

Shelflife Mon 02-Feb-26 09:50:26

Not remotely interested in them !

Allira Mon 02-Feb-26 10:21:44

Luckygirl3

Who are the Beckhams?

😁

I think he was a footballer.

Lovetopaint037 Mon 02-Feb-26 11:52:57

Luckygirl3

Who are the Beckhams?

Well I think your user name is correct as you haven’t missed much 🤣

Deedaa Mon 02-Feb-26 23:25:44

About 20 years ago the Daily Mail was running an anti Beckhams campaign. A friend of mine was working for them at the time so I knew that some of the stories in the Mail were completely untrue. It left me very cynical about stories about the Beckhams and similar celebrities.

HowVeryDareYou2 Tue 03-Feb-26 09:09:11

Some people seem to feature in the newspapers a lot -

The Beckhams, Adam Peaty and his new wife (a daughter of Gordon Ramsay), and Katie Price. I'm not interested in what any of them do.

Sadgrandma Tue 03-Feb-26 09:32:43

Don’t worry, I think the release of the new Epstein files has knocked them off the headlines!

Jockytaff Tue 03-Feb-26 16:46:02

Sarnia - I'm baffled why anyone cares about these numpties.

Gummie Tue 03-Feb-26 17:14:24

Why don't you ignore it? Oh or maybe start a thread about them.

DrWatson Tue 03-Feb-26 17:18:13

Oh dear Sarnie, like lots of TV shows, nobody forces you at gunpoint to watch?

There are loads of channels, and we just watch a few, the vast majority are of no interest, so we don't bother. But of course someone somewhere likes them, life's far too short to worry about them?! We tend to record TV News, local & national, so we can zip through items like that?

StoneofDestiny Tue 03-Feb-26 17:31:17

A super wealthy family with a whole PR organisation behind them, to promote what they want us to hear. Parading in expensive fancy outfits in public so the media can get their pictures to sell their newspapers. Occasionally a story escapes they don't want us to hear about and 'a close source' gets quoted, and so the soap opera goes on and on.

Just like the Royal Family really.

Quizzer Tue 03-Feb-26 17:39:36

I am not bothered by the Beckhams as I have no interest in them whatsoever.
I feel exactly the same about the Osbornes, the Kardashians and any other attention seeking family.

Labradora Tue 03-Feb-26 17:59:06

AGAA4

The Beckham's don't bother me at all. I don't read about them or watch TV programmes where they are featured.

Me too.
I've got nothing against them but I'm not interested in them either.

butterandjam Tue 03-Feb-26 18:14:41

I have heard more than enough of the Beckhans, and its worse because I know nothing about their dramas.

That's exactly why I decided to watch " Beckhams: Family at War Untold ".

Which was horribly fascinating. I still don't give a fig about the Beckhams , but they shed a serious light on the modern cult of celebrity, social media; unimaginable wealth as a curse.
Very thought provoking.

WithNobsOnIt Tue 03-Feb-26 20:44:24

Sadgrandma

Don’t worry, I think the release of the new Epstein files has knocked them off the headlines!

I do hope so.