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This week on Dirty Chats, I’m finally doing what you’ve all been waiting for: a forensic analysis of the Brooklyn Beckham family drama...plus my draft PR plan for Brooklyn and Nicola to help them come out on top of the PR war (which they absolutely can, if they become the first clients of my imaginary PR company).
Yes, I know. This episode is late...BUT I'M STILL ON HOLIDAY, so feel special.
So this episode is a bonus Dirty Chats: less business, more gossip (for now), and a brutally honest breakdown of why this situation played out exactly the way it did.
I go line by line through Brooklyn’s statement, unpack the wedding stories, the “signing away my name” confusion, the blocking/unfollowing chaos, and explain the one thing the internet never forgives: looking butthurt in public when you’re not beloved yet.
What I cover in this episode
The big marketing lesson....
This entire feud isn’t about truth - it’s about brand equity.
The Beckhams don’t just have a family. They have a brand.
Years of nostalgia, emotional investment, and masterful narrative control mean the public will instinctively protect them.
Brooklyn and Nicola?
They haven’t earned public goodwill yet....and this moment has now become what they’re most famous for.
That’s not a moral judgement.
That’s branding.
And to finish? My PR plan for Brooklyn Beckham & Nicola Peltz.
Basically, they need me.
This isn’t just celebrity gossip.
It’s a real-time case study in what happens when you lose narrative control... and why brands (and families) guard it so aggressively.
It’s also a reminder that:
Get the VIRAL CAROUSEL COURSE HERE (use code DIRTYCHATS for 30% off)
By Marisa Twentyman I Dirty CopyThis week on Dirty Chats, I’m finally doing what you’ve all been waiting for: a forensic analysis of the Brooklyn Beckham family drama...plus my draft PR plan for Brooklyn and Nicola to help them come out on top of the PR war (which they absolutely can, if they become the first clients of my imaginary PR company).
Yes, I know. This episode is late...BUT I'M STILL ON HOLIDAY, so feel special.
So this episode is a bonus Dirty Chats: less business, more gossip (for now), and a brutally honest breakdown of why this situation played out exactly the way it did.
I go line by line through Brooklyn’s statement, unpack the wedding stories, the “signing away my name” confusion, the blocking/unfollowing chaos, and explain the one thing the internet never forgives: looking butthurt in public when you’re not beloved yet.
What I cover in this episode
The big marketing lesson....
This entire feud isn’t about truth - it’s about brand equity.
The Beckhams don’t just have a family. They have a brand.
Years of nostalgia, emotional investment, and masterful narrative control mean the public will instinctively protect them.
Brooklyn and Nicola?
They haven’t earned public goodwill yet....and this moment has now become what they’re most famous for.
That’s not a moral judgement.
That’s branding.
And to finish? My PR plan for Brooklyn Beckham & Nicola Peltz.
Basically, they need me.
This isn’t just celebrity gossip.
It’s a real-time case study in what happens when you lose narrative control... and why brands (and families) guard it so aggressively.
It’s also a reminder that:
Get the VIRAL CAROUSEL COURSE HERE (use code DIRTYCHATS for 30% off)