Brooklyn Beckham has declared he has no interest in reconciling with his parents, David and Victoria Beckham, accusing them of trying to “endlessly ruin [his] relationship” with wife Nicola Peltz, sabotaging their wedding, and attempting to control the media narrative around the family’s fallout.
“I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private,” Brooklyn wrote in a series of Instagram Stories on Monday. “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.”
Brooklyn’s candid post is the latest escalation in the now very public feud between the 26-year-old and his superstar British parents, which has seen the family members noticeably absent from each other’s milestone events, blocked on social media, and rumors of legal notices being fired off.
Rolling Stone has reached out to a representative for the Beckhams for comment.
The aspiring chef seemed to tie the start of their astonishing rift to his Palm Beach wedding to Peltz in April 2022. Weeks ahead of the over-the-top affair, which was estimated to have cost upwards of $3 million, Brooklyn claimed his parents “repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name … 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 never treated me the same since.”
Brooklyn also claimed his mother, Victoria, who rose to fame as Posh in the iconic girl group the Spice Girls and has since become a celebrated fashion designer, “cancelled” making Peltz’s dress “in the eleventh hour … forcing her to urgently find a new dress.” On the day of the wedding, Brooklyn claimed Victoria further “humiliated” the newlyweds by “hijacking” his first dance with Peltz.
He also accused his father, David, of ignoring a week’s worth of the couple’s attempts to spend “quality time” with the soccer legend to celebrate his 50th birthday last May. “He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner,” Brooklyn wrote. “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 wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we’ve tried to come together as one,” Brooklyn added. “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.”
Brooklyn said he’s lived with overwhelming anxiety for a majority of his life, but after “stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared,” saying he has since found “peace and relief.”
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