CRUZ BECKHAM FREETo keep up to speed with all the latest opinions and comment sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter by clicking hereĬruz isn’t an adult of 25 whose brain is fully developed – he’s not even an adult of 18 who can legally buy a pint or vote in an election. This isn’t the 90s – we should have moved on and be taking the wellbeing of young people, in and out of the public eye, more seriously. Famously reticent supermodel Kate Moss has now spoken candidly about her experiences of posing topless for photographers like Corrine Day and Mario Sorrenti as a 15 year old, saying she felt “pressure” and “did not like it at all”. But Cruz’s i-D photoshoot does raise questions about safeguarding and the sexualisation of under-18s – children, in other words. My point here is not that teenagers are stupid or they shouldn’t be able to express themselves. I hadn’t figured much out and I was desperate to please and be liked – a very common experience for kids. Looking back, I’m glad I didn’t have access to that kind of platform. I was desperate to be seen as sexy and cool and edgy as a teenager, but my reach consisted of a MySpace profile – Cruz has magazines willing to put him on the cover, 1.9 million Instagram followers and famous parents facilitating him. It seems Cruz Beckham’s life exists on a wholly separate plane of existence to, say, mine at 16 – like many teenagers, my capacity at that time for making decisions that would be good for me and my long-term wellbeing was pretty much zero. But apparently that’s the difference between our world and planet Beckham. It’s nice when you’re a teenager and your parents are proud of you, but it’s usually about stuff like, you know, how you got the exam results you wanted or how you’re flourishing into a caring and responsible young person. Rich folks be weird, but Cruz’s sexualised photoshoot and his mum’s gushing promotion of it are especially so. We’re worried about things like soaring energy bills and having to make the choice between going to work when we’re sick with Covid and not getting paid, while rich people are worrying about which of their diamond encrusted, gold-plated yachts to take on their next space flight – or something. The super wealthy (David and Victoria Beckham are reportedly worth a billion US dollars) inhabit a different world to the rest of us. The former Voice star revealed she has ditched alcohol until November as her diary is packed with intimate shows and festivals before a nationwide tour.It might be tempting to dismiss the whole thing as rich person silliness. HAVING needed months of recovery after vocal surgery at the start of the year, singer Becky Hill is doing everything by the book when it comes to performing – including giving up booze. “I don’t think I could be in the healthy relationship I’m in now had I not been through a couple of s***ty ones that really shaped me.” BECKY’S BOOZE SNOOZE She told Angela Scanlon’s Thanks A Million podcast: “The only thing I could be thankful for is that I’m in a place now in a relationship with somebody who I love. No, I was an idiot.”Īlesha married dancer Azuka Ononye in 2017 and the couple have two children. I’m not one of these people that’s like, ‘Oh, it was right at the time’. The Britain’s Got Talent judge said: “I wish I’d made a better choice, particularly with men. She was married to So Solid Crew rapper Harvey for a year before splitting in 2006 when it was revealed he’d had an affair with singer Javine Hylton. ALESHA DIXON has told of her regret dating “toxic” men – but says it has helped her have a healthy relationship.
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