• On Jan. 19, Brooklyn Beckham accused his mother and father, David and Victoria Beckham, of making an attempt to smash his relationship together with his spouse, Nicola Peltz.
• In a number of prolonged posts to his Instagram Tales, Brooklyn declared he has no need to "reconcile" together with his household.
• David Beckham not directly addressed the submit throughout a CNBC interview on Jan. 20.

The Beckham household feud has reached a boiling level.

Rumors of a rising rift between Brooklyn Beckham and his mother and father, Spice Ladies singer Victoria Beckham and former soccer champ David Beckham, have been circulating since 2022, when the mannequin married actress Nicola Peltz.

Many have speculated that Brooklyn's relationship with Peltz is the supply of the familial rigidity, and Brooklyn confirmed as a lot in a scathing collection of Instagram Tales shared on Monday, Jan. 19. "My mother and father have been making an attempt endlessly to smash my relationship since earlier than my wedding ceremony, and it hasn't stopped," he claimed, whereas declaring that he has no need to "reconcile" together with his household.

Leisure Weekly has reached out to representatives for David and Victoria, in addition to their sons Cruz and Romeo James.

So, what triggered the posts? And the way have Brooklyn's kin responded to his public airing of grievances? Under, we break down the Beckham household drama.

Why is Brooklyn Beckham feuding together with his mother and father?

As reported by PEOPLE, the feud allegedly started over a costume.

Initially, it was rumored that Peltz declined to put on a marriage costume designed by Victoria, as an alternative strolling down the aisle in a customized Valentino costume. Peltz informed Variety in 2022 that there was no drama, and that the one motive she didn't put on a costume from Victoria was as a result of "her atelier couldn't do it."

"She didn't say you’ll be able to't put on it; I didn't say I didn't wish to put on it," she asserted.

Nonetheless, rumors persevered, and in Might 2025 a supply informed PEOPLE that Peltz had deliberate on carrying considered one of Victoria's clothes till Victoria modified her thoughts.

Extra conflicting narratives in regards to the wedding ceremony quickly emerged, together with one about Victoria allegedly "hijacking" a dance together with her son on the reception. The music they danced to was mentioned to be meant for Brooklyn and Peltz.

"Nicola felt like Victoria did this on function, when she knew it was a pre-planned romantic dance meant for Brooklyn and Nicola," a supply informed PEOPLE in Might 2025, noting that Peltz left the room in tears. "What she couldn't perceive was why."

That very same month, eyebrows have been raised when Brooklyn and Peltz didn't attend David's star-studded fiftieth birthday celebration in London. PEOPLE reported that the pair obtained an invitation, however selected to not attend as a result of Brooklyn didn't wish to be in the identical room as Kim Turnbull, who was then courting his brother Romeo.

All through the summer season and fall, sources whispered of "tensions between Brooklyn and Nicola and the household" as numerous members of the family shared cryptic posts to social media fueling the fireplace. In late December, it was reported that David, Victoria, Brooklyn, and Peltz had unfollowed one another on Instagram, although Brooklyn's brother Cruz claimed that he, David, and Victoria had been blocked by Brooklyn. A consultant for Victoria informed PEOPLE on the time that Cruz "was responding to tales that [his] mother and father had unfollowed their son, which isn’t true."

What did Brooklyn Beckham say about his mother and father on Instagram?

On Jan. 19, Brooklyn took to his Instagram Tales to say that David and Victoria "have been making an attempt endlessly to smash my relationship since earlier than my wedding ceremony, and it hasn't stopped."

Talking in regards to the costume incident, Brooklyn alleged that Victoria had promised to make a marriage costume for Peltz, however cancelled "within the eleventh hour," forcing Peltz "to urgently discover a new costume."

He additionally claimed that Victoria had "hijacked" a dance on the wedding ceremony, noting that it was to a "romantic love music" and had been deliberate weeks prior. "She danced very inappropriately on me in entrance of everybody. I’ve by no means felt extra uncomfortable or humiliated in my complete life," he wrote.

Brooklyn additionally alleged that “the night time earlier than our wedding ceremony, members of my household informed me that Nicola was ‘not blood’ and ‘not household.’"

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As for David's fiftieth birthday celebration, Brooklyn mentioned he and Peltz traveled to London for the occasion, however "have been rejected for per week as we waited in our lodge room making an attempt to plan high quality time with him." He went on to say that David "refused all of our makes an attempt, except it was at his huge birthday celebration with 100 friends and cameras at each nook."

He continued, "When he lastly agreed to see me, it was below the situation that Nicola wasn’t invited. It was a slap within the face. Later, when my household travelled to LA, they refused to see me in any respect."

This, Brooklyn claimed, was considered one of a number of examples of how the "household values public promotion and endorsements [coming] above all else." He even alleged that he was "repeatedly pressured" by his mother and father previous to his wedding ceremony to "[sign] away the rights to my title, which might have affected me, my spouse, and our future youngsters."

That alleged need to manage him and "Model Beckham," he claimed, has led his mother and father to "place numerous lies within the media, largely on the expense of harmless folks, to protect their very own facade."

He wrote, “I’ve been silent for years and made each effort to maintain these issues non-public. Sadly, my mother and father and their staff have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no alternative however to talk for myself and inform the reality about solely among the lies which have been printed."

As Brooklyn put it, he's "standing up for myself the primary time in my life," and has no need to "reconcile" together with his household.

How have the Beckhams responded to Brooklyn's claims?

Throughout an look on CNBC's Squawk Field, David not directly addressed his son's Instagram submit. Although he didn't explicitly title Brooklyn, he mentioned throughout a dialogue of social media and psychological well being that his youngsters "make errors."

"Youngsters are allowed to make errors," he added. "That's how they study. That's what I attempt to train my youngsters, however, you realize, you must typically allow them to make these errors as properly."

A reporter from Sky Information tried to ask David about Brooklyn on the 2026 World Financial Discussion board, although David refused to reply.
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