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Smurf52 Sun 17-Apr-22 13:58:45

Victoria and David Beckham have been trolled regarding their daughter being overweight. I just think it’s great that Victoria is letting her daughter eat what she wants and isn’t trying to influence her to go on faddy diets. It’ll be bad enough when the poor child is around 18 and there will be peer pressure to lose weight. I think she’s lovely and natural and her parents obviously adore her.

maddyone Sun 17-Apr-22 19:25:34

I agree with trisher. it’s a lovely photograph. I’m just wondering though if it would be better for the Beckhams to stop sharing so many photos of their child and let her grow up out of the public gaze.

JaneJudge Sun 17-Apr-22 19:26:21

until this weekend i have not seen any photos of their children at all!

Coastpath Sun 17-Apr-22 19:33:26

All those recent wedding photos and the one that sticks out in my mind is David Beckham leaning out of a car window talking to his kids. The beaming smile on his face was 100% pure love and pride.

They seem like a happy, loving family and Harper is a bonny, lively girl who was having a hoot at the wedding with her pals. Shall we let her be?

maddyone Sun 17-Apr-22 19:35:56

If you do a quick Google search Jane you’ll find lots of pictures of Harper Beckham. I just did one to see and there are a lot, especially if you look at images. I’m not convinced it’s a good thing to do really.

maddyone Sun 17-Apr-22 19:37:41

Well it’s not us is it Coastpath? I don’t think the grans on here will be horrible about a child, the problem is that trolls are saying unkind things.

Vintagejazz Sun 17-Apr-22 19:53:36

BlueSky

Excuse me Summerlove? What’s this forum for? I comment just like every body else!

You're commenting public ly on a child's appearance. Do you walk down your road making derogatory comments about various children's weight, looks etc?

Coastpath Sun 17-Apr-22 20:32:54

Maddyone I'm not sure if I really know how to spot trolls. I thought I recognised all the names on this thread. I need to wise up and pay more attention!

Callistemon21 Sun 17-Apr-22 20:36:50

Summerlove

BlueSky

Excuse me Summerlove? What’s this forum for? I comment just like every body else!

It’s not for fat shaming children.

I’ll say that.

I agree.

Anorexia is a very real problem amongst young girls and boys too.

I remember how those slim and healthy gymnasts suffered from being fat-shamed by their coaches and have suffered ever since.

Callistemon21 Sun 17-Apr-22 20:38:36

V3ra

images.app.goo.gl/rSDbya6cMKpwxR1B7

Harper's the girl in the middle.
All the children look like they're just bursting with pride, what a wonderful photo.

They do, don't they!
Just lovely smile

BlueSky Sun 17-Apr-22 22:00:44

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trisher Sun 17-Apr-22 22:17:21

BlueSky

It’s a fact that she’ll soon be teased by other youngsters about her weight, so why not help her beforehand? I was chubby as a child and as a teenager became borderline anorexic.

But she isn't fat. Check the photo I posted earlier.

BlueSky Sun 17-Apr-22 22:22:16

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Callistemon21 Sun 17-Apr-22 22:28:05

She isn't

Please stop trolling a 10 year old child.

BlueSky Sun 17-Apr-22 22:30:39

Calli trolling really? I thought you knew me better!

trisher Sun 17-Apr-22 22:32:48

BlueSky

Trisher I wasn’t fat just plump like she is.

She isn't "plump" either (although that's just another word for fat)

BlueSky Sun 17-Apr-22 22:38:11

OK Trisher there’s no problem then.

maddyone Sun 17-Apr-22 23:44:31

Coastpath

Maddyone I'm not sure if I really know how to spot trolls. I thought I recognised all the names on this thread. I need to wise up and pay more attention!

I agree Coastpath. I wouldn’t really know about that either but the OP said people have been trolling the Beckhams on social media. I suspect it means on Twitter or TicToc or whatever. I don’t do any of those things and even if I did I wouldn’t follow the Beckhams. I’m not even totally sure what a troll is but imagine it means nasty comments. I think that’s what it is, and there should be no question of anyone writing nasty comments about children, in my opinion.

Summerlove Mon 18-Apr-22 02:28:13

BlueSky

Trisher I wasn’t fat just plump like she is.

You truly don’t see how this is fat shaming?

grannydarkhair Mon 18-Apr-22 02:48:13

BlueSky You posted up-thread that you were borderline anorexic as a teenager. Do you think this might have influenced how you view other people’s size? In my eyes, Harper looks healthy and happy. What more could a parent want for in a child?

And there are certainly lots of photos of Harper online, she even has her own Instagram page.

Joseanne Mon 18-Apr-22 06:53:24

This unkind criticism has been levelled at Harper for years, certainly since she was four or five years old. I think it sometimes has more to do with people being nasty towards the parents, a bit like with Tilly Ramsay on Strictly.
Harper looks happy and healthy and has a lovely smile. She is surrounded by friends and very supportive parents and adoring brothers, so I hope she never takes any notice of these unfair comments.

TerriBull Mon 18-Apr-22 08:22:02

There is nothing wrong with Harper Beckham she is a perfectly nice and normal child.

Her problem is that she has two parents who since the time she was born have continually allowed her images to be made public. You only have to Google her name to find umpteen pictures cataloguing her life from her earliest days until now. The same goes for her older siblings as if collectively they are all part of the brand. D&V have enough nous presumably to know that there are some very nasty trolls around, which begs the question why such high profile celebrities expose their very young children to scrutiny and possible ridicule when they can't make that informed decision for themselves. Growing up can be a difficult process there is often a gauche and awkward phase, there are mistakes and lack or errors of judgement it's not always a smooth path to adulthood, I can't see parents who expose their children in such a way are acting in their child/ren's best interests.

There are others who do it too, Katie Price is another example, many don't though, try Googling for example pictures of the children of A listers, such as Kate Winslet, Daniel Craig, Cate Blanchett, Adele to name but a handful and many more, you will be hard pressed to find pictures of offspring, because quite rightly I imagine, they take the view that they may have entered the public arena, but their child/ren haven't. It is a different matter of course, as in the case of Tilly Ramsay on Strictly, presumably as a young adult she has made that choice herself.

Iam64 Mon 18-Apr-22 08:32:43

The Beckham’s have lived in the spotlight since they were teenagers. That’s unlikely to change. My impression is they love their children. Like many couples they keep their marriage going because they know that’s what the children need. They may still love each other
Victoria has bern trolled and subjected to dreadful comments throughout. Her weight is an obsession with the media and it doesn’t surprise me that she appears to have some kind of eating disorder. She was a very similar build to Harper when younger.
I wouldn’t want to live in the spotlight but I’m not a celeb . I dislike the trend of picking out people to despise.

Coastpath Mon 18-Apr-22 10:25:15

Thanks Maddyone that makes sense to me now.

Completely agree with you about making unkind comments about children. Says more about the commentator than the child.

maddyone Mon 18-Apr-22 10:28:29

I agree with you Iam but I also agree with TerriBull. In my opinion it is not in the best interest of children to be have their photographs put on social media to the whole world from babyhood, and whilst I agree that the Beckhams appear to love their children very much, they have not acted wisely in exposing them to the possibility of people who appear to actively want to be cruel as they hide behind their keyboard. As Victoria Beckham has been trolled and subjected to dreadful comments she really should have known better.

maddyone Mon 18-Apr-22 10:32:06

Coastpath you’re right, making nasty and unkind comments about any child should be totally off limits, but sadly in this world of social media it apparently isn’t for some people. The parents need to protect their children as far as they are able to, especially famous people who have many followers.