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Harper Beckham

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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.

paddyann54 Tue 19-Apr-22 13:28:04

I really think "brand Beckham" should have kept their children out of the public eye .It can be done .Then they wouldn't have folk trolling their daughter .
I think Andy Murray has been very successful at keeping his family out of the limelight ,in fact I dont think I've ever seen any photos of his children in the media ..and I'm not even sure how many he has now .So well done to celebs who do realise their children shouldn't be used for publicity.If you use them for the cute factor you cant complain if people have a different opinion of them

BlueSky Tue 19-Apr-22 10:56:10

Thank you Maddy.

maddyone Tue 19-Apr-22 10:34:10

Don’t worry about it BlueSky.It’s over and done with now anyway.

BlueSky Tue 19-Apr-22 10:04:33

That’s OK Rosalyn my posts have been deleted as not ‘following guidelines’. I would never dream of ‘trolling’ anybody let alone children.

Rosalyn69 Tue 19-Apr-22 10:00:28

I was addressing my “Leave her alone” comment as a general comment to trolls and not directed at anyone on gransnet.

BlueSky Tue 19-Apr-22 08:41:00

Ladies (and gents), it wasn’t my intention to upset Harper or any other youngster. If I did then I was out of order and apologise.

grannydarkhair Mon 18-Apr-22 23:12:07

Completely agree. It’s bad enough being nasty about adults but shameless if done to children.

maddyone Mon 18-Apr-22 23:06:59

Oh my goodness, I hadn’t noticed that. I can’t remember what she said although I did read the thread last night. Maybe I skimmed over those comments and didn’t really register them.
We should never be unkind about children nor make comments about their appearance. There can be unexpected consequences if the child overhears ie anorexia, bulimia, mental health difficulties, low self esteem etc.

grannydarkhair Mon 18-Apr-22 22:56:52

maddyone If you look through the thread, you’ll see that a particular poster has had her comments removed.

harrysgran Mon 18-Apr-22 22:44:04

She looks natural and dressed age appropriately a lovely girl it's shameful anyone can be nasty and unkind towards a child

maddyone Mon 18-Apr-22 12:29:44

Rosalyn69

I noticed she had put on weight but it’s the sort of thing you notice about anyone. She looks a lovely normal little girl. Leave her alone.

Has anyone been critical of Harper on Gransnet? I don’t think so.

Rosalyn69 Mon 18-Apr-22 12:02:27

I noticed she had put on weight but it’s the sort of thing you notice about anyone. She looks a lovely normal little girl. Leave her alone.

JaneJudge Mon 18-Apr-22 10:48:09

I was going to add. I don't follow famous people online so I haven't seen any of these photos that apparently have been circulating but in the old days Hello magazine and that other one, is it OK magazine? always used to have regular photos of Royals and famous people in their beautiful homes with their beautiful families - which they got paid huge amounts of money for. Is it any different?

JaneJudge Mon 18-Apr-22 10:45:38

One of mine carried more weight than the others. Now as adults, he is much broader stature wise and much taller too. I think it was just how he was made. He is like a viking

Callistemon21 Mon 18-Apr-22 10:39:59

Sorry, posted in haste.

I wasn't accusing a particular poster of being 'a troll'.

Callistemon21 Mon 18-Apr-22 10:38:47

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'd just like to say that I wasn't accusing of being a troll.

Trolling is rather different - it means joining in with very unpleasant comments on social media about people in this public eye and in this case it's worse because it is about a 10 year old child.

I'm shocked and I do think the whole thread should be deleted.

Trolling children is not what Gransnet should do, surely?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.