Piers Morgan brands David and Victoria Beckham 'shameless' over Instagram video of son Cruz

The Good Morning Britain presenter said it is not "particularly good" for the child to be all over the internet
Emma Powell19 April 2016
The Weekender

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Piers Morgan has branded David and Victoria Beckham “shameless” for posting videos of their children on social media.

Morgan, 51, hit out at the recent videos of the couple’s youngest son, Cruz, singing in front of a camera.

On Monday David shared a clip of the 11-year-old performing ‘the cup song’ which was made famous by Anna Kendrick in Pitch Perfect.

Morgan criticised David for posting the video – which has been liked more than 700,000 times – to “gazillions of people”.

Speaking with Susanna Reid and Richard Arnold on Good Morning Britain, Morgan said: “You get these celebrity parents bang on about protecting their kids and privacy and there they are Instagramming this 11-year-old to gazillions of people [and] trying to make him a star like Brooklyn is a photographer.

“Can’t they just be kids, really? And when they leave school make their own decisions? If they want to go into this kind of thing, great. This to me is shameless.”

Arnold asked Morgan if he thought it was a “necessary evil” to which the presenter replied: “I don't think so, I have a four-and-a-half-year-old daughter and I would never dream of putting her online.”

Turning to Reid he added: "You've got kids and I have never seen anything of them online.

"We all go 'aww isn't that cute' but actually there's an 11-year-old boy being put out there to the world and I'm not sure that's particularly good for him."

David uploaded the video alongside the caption: “Look at my little man go... Ridiculously cute and the enjoyment in his face whilst doing it just makes us smile.”

It came days after Victoria shared a video of Cruz singing A Capella to the chorus from Twista and Faith Evans’ song Hope.

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