Former Wolves and England defender Conor Coady and ex-Liverpool and England fullback Stephen Warnock both had their say on Bellingham after his late match wobbler during Sunday's World Cup qualifying win against Albania.
The Real Madrid midfielder was visibly upset and angry at being substituted by England coach Thomas Tuchel late on for Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers.
"There was an element where he was thinking 'how do I handle this'?" Warnock said on BBC Sport.
"There were probably words said to him as he left the pitch. Dan Burn walked over to him, Phil Foden walked over to him as well because they could see how annoyed and disappointed he was. 'Don't do anything stupid' – that is probably what was said to him. The big word from Tuchel was respect.
"If you are going to win a World Cup you are going to have to play bit-part at times. You might not play every minute that you want to play, you have to do what is for the good of the team. The game has changed.
"Bellingham is going to have to take it on the chin and just say 'ok, I'm going to have to change a little bit to fit in'."
Playing catch-up
Coady also said: "When the dust settles Jude will know it was the right decision to bring him off. What it is with Jude, he thinks at the minute he is playing catch-up.
"He missed the last camp, he knows Morgan Rogers has done really well. He wants to play every minute he possibly can to show the manager he can be the main man for England.
"We have seen it tonight with the balls he was losing, he was losing simple balls and trying to be too adventurous at times in his own half. I think he feels he is playing catch-up. Rogers is in a great position."
After the win, Tuchel said at his post-match media conference of the incident: "I don't want to make more out of it but I stick to my words - 'behaviour is key' and respect towards the team-mates who come in.
"Decisions are made and you have to accept it as a player."