Just like any other dad, David Beckham knows exactly how his eldest son Brooklyn wanted to be wished happy birthday: with a kissy picture posted on the internet, right?
The former England football captain treated his Facebook followers to a private snap of himself planting a sweet kiss his on his 16-year-old son’s head with the affectionate caption: “Happy Birthday to my big boy xx”.
David, who shares four children – Brooklyn, 16, Romeo, 12, Cruz, 9 and Harper, 3 – with wife Victoria Beckham also went on to share another shot, this time it was a throwback to his days at Manchester United walking on the pitch with a then 14-month-old Brooklyn alongside his dad in a matching jersey.
While everyone seemed to appreciate the superstar dad’s shots – the photos garnering almost half a million likes within the first hour – David said in a recent interview his son was like most teenagers, often getting embarrassed by his parents antics.
“I think [Brooklyn] wants to go for a dinner with his friends and he’ll have a separate dinner with his family,” David previously revealed on UK chat show Good Morning Britain. “He’s at the age now when he doesn’t want me to drop him outside the school and things like that, which I definitely do anyway!”
The soccer star went on to say that on the school run, he often has to drop Brooklyn around the corner from school, at his son’s insistence.
“I wasn’t happy about it because I’d got up at seven in the morning to take him to school,” said David. “So I dropped him round the corner, and as he was walking into school I opened the window and shouted ‘I love you!’ to him. It didn’t go down too well but it made him smile a couple of days later.”
Brooklyn, who made his modelling debut last year, seems to have enjoyed his birthday. The teen let fans know on Instagram that he was off to dinner with his family to celebrate and showed off a new pair of shoes, a gift received from rapper and designer, Kanye West.
How time flies – it seems like just yesterday that David and Victoria Beckham announced the arrival of their first child.
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David Beckham clearly enjoys being a dad and shared these adorable snaps of himself with his son Brooklyn on his 16th birthday.
David Beckham with then pop star wife Victoria Beckham and son Brooklyn attending a performance of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 2002 in London.
Matchy-matchy: Brooklyn and brother Romeo under Grandma’s watchful eye as they attend one of their father David’s Real Madrid matches in Spain in 2003.
Brooklyn Beckham and pals arrive at the UK premiere of ‘Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed’ in 2004 in London.
Daddy’s biggest fan: Victoria Beckham holds Brooklyn as they watch David play in Portugal in 2004.
It’s not surprising the Beckham’s are sports mad fans! Here David takes young Brooklyn and son Romeo to watch a Lakers basketball game in LA in 2008.
David is often spotted giving his kids affection in public. He he plants a smooch on Brooklyn at the baseketball.
The clan in 2008 are papped leaving a restaurant in New York. Victoria was then sporting her chic pixie crop hair cut.
Helping mummy in her high heels. Brooklyn walks with his mum as they leave a theatre after seeing Jersey Boys in New York.
Cool Dad: David Beckham with sons Cruz Beckham, Romeo Beckham and Brooklyn Beckham attend Kinect for Xbox 360 Launch Party held in 2010.
Idolising dad: David puts his arm around Brooklyn at a Lakers game against the Miami Heat.
Number #23 David Beckham during his stint at the Los Angeles Galaxy stands on the field with his three boys Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.
Harper Seven Beckham and her brother Brooklyn Joseph Beckham are seen leaving the Louvre museum in April 2013 in Paris, France.
Mum’s date: Brooklyn Beckham and Victoria Beckham attend Glamour Women of the Year Awards 2013 at Berkeley Square Gardens in June 2013 in London, England.
David and the Beckham family sit next to Vogue editor, Anna Wintour to support Victoria Beckham at Fashion Week in new York in February 2015.
Brooklyn shows off his new kicks that her got from Kanye West for his 16th birthday.
The handsome Beckham boys sit front row at fashion week.
All grown up: Brooklyn made his modelling debut last year and is slowly but surely stepping out of his parents shadow and gaining his own celebrity identity.
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