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Romeo Beckham and his girlfriend Kim Turnbull took their minds off the Beckham family drama with his brother Brooklyn as they enjoyed a trip to Japan.
The model, 23, and his girlfriend, 24, met a geisha during the trip as Romeo shared a photo of the entertainer's kimono and intricate hairstyle.
Kim also shared a photo of the pair enjoying some street food along with another of them enjoying a spread of sushi.
The couple also practiced Japanese calligraphy and Romeo took a snap of Kim on a sightseeing outing.
Earlier in the week, the pair made a trip to Tokyo's prestigious Tatsunami sumo wrestling stable.
Located in the capital city's Taitō ward, the 150-year old stable - founded in 1876 and widely believed to be the best in Japan - houses some of the country's finest sumo wrestlers.
Romeo Beckham and his girlfriend Kim Turnbull took their minds off the Beckham family drama with his brother Brooklyn as they enjoyed a trip to Japan
The model, 23, and his girlfriend, 24, met a geisha during the trip
And Romeo was given a tough lesson in the full-contact sport after gamely tackling Mongolian professional Hōshōryū Tomokatsu - sumo's 74th yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo wrestling.
The model confirmed he was forced to admit defeat after being lifted off his feet by the imposing wrestler, much to the amusement of those in attendance.
Elsewhere, the Tatsunami stable shared its own footage of Romeo's wrestling tutorial while erroneously labelling girlfriend Turnbull as his 'wife.'
'Today, Romeo Beckham and his wife came to watch our practice,' read an accompanying caption. 'They were very friendly and chatted with the wrestlers.
'Thank you very much. Thank you for coming! Have fun traveling in Japan!'
Romeo and his girlfriend have travelled to the far east after supporting his fashion designer mother Victoria at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, where she was Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters on January 26.
Predictably, his older brother Brooklyn skipped out on the family trip - a week after he severed all ties with his family in a bombshell statement, opting instead to build a new life with his heiress wife Nicola Peltz in the US.
In his statement, Brooklyn went as far as to say he has been 'controlled by a family that values public promotion above all else' and that since being with his wife Nicola, he has found 'peace and relief' after battling crippling anxiety.
Kim also shared a photo of the pair enjoying some street food along with another of them enjoying a spread of sushi
The couple also practiced Japanese calligraphy
Romeo took a snap of Kim on a sightseeing outing
The couple also practiced Japanese calligraphy and Romeo took a snap of Kim on a sightseeing outing.
He wrote: 'I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private.
'Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed.
'I do not want to reconcile with my family. I'm not being controlled, I'm standing up for myself for the first time in my life.
'For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family.
'The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.
'Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they'll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.'
He continued: 'My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn't stopped.
'My mum cancelled making Nicola's dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress.
'Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children.
Earlier in the week, the pair made a trip to Tokyo's prestigious Tatsunami sumo wrestling stable
'They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated.
'My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since.'
In a further blow, he added: 'During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me "evil" because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola's Naunni at our table, because they both didn't have their husbands.
'Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours.
'The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was "not blood" and "not family".
'Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I've received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders.
'Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last summer.
'My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song.
The family have maintained a stoic silence since Brooklyn released the damning statement in which he outlined his reasons for cutting ties with his family
'In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead.
'She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life.
'We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.
'My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we've tried to come together as one.
'My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable.
'Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad's birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him.
'He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner.
'When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn't invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all.
'My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first.
'Family "love" is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it's at the expense of our professional obligations.
'We've gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show 'our perfect family.
'But the one time my wife asked for my mum's support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused.
'The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life.
'I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared.
'I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief.
'My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.'
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