For several years now, there’s been an undercurrent of drama and interfamily beef within the Beckham clan. It spilled out in public around Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding to Nicola Peltz, then post-wedding, things seemed to calm down and a fragile truce was called. But things have really heated up in recent months as the Beckhams were trying to celebrate David Beckham’s 50th birthday in a multi-city celebration. Brooklyn and Nicola did not attend any of the celebrations or parties. They didn’t go to Victoria’s recent fashion show either. TMZ reported that Brooklyn and Nicola did go to England ahead of David’s birthday last week, wanting to spend some time with David privately ahead of the b-day party, but they were rebuffed. Now the Beckham fam says that’s not what really happened:
Brooklyn Beckham’s birthday snub of dad David is “appalling” — and his family “just can’t deal with this nonsense anymore,” according to a source. Despite reports that Brooklyn and his wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham, were rebuffed after asking to see David in London last week, Page Six is told the couple made no attempt to see the superstar athlete during his 50th birthday celebrations, amid a “very sad” and deepening family rift.
Brooklyn, 26, and Nicola, 30, are said to be very close to her billionaire parents, Nelson and Claudia, but “never go to [Beckham] family events anymore” or visit David and Victoria, a source in the know revealed. The young couple have not been pictured with Brooklyn’s parents or siblings since Christmas.
“In some ways this is no surprise, but I guess no one could believe they would actually snub David’s 50th when there were so many events they could have gone to, or ways to spend time with the family … their behavior has been appalling,” the source said.
“David and Victoria always turn up for Brooklyn and Nicola,” the source said, “whether it’s for the launch of his hot sauce brand or her movie premiere. This is just very sad.”
However, “Brooklyn’s family adores him and will always be there for him. They just can’t deal with this nonsense anymore,” the source said. “David and Victoria just want Brooklyn to remember who he is because this behavior isn’t him and isn’t how he was raised.”
Page Six has been stirring this drama for a while, but I actually believe that Brooklyn’s failure to turn out for any of his father’s parties has really changed things. It’s interesting that the Beckham family is trying to say that Brooklyn and Nicola didn’t even try to see David last week – then why were the Beckham-Peltzs in England? Because Brooklyn’s side maintains that David and Victoria wouldn’t see them. Anyway, the icing on this cake is that now People Magazine is getting Beckham briefings too:
Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz Beckham are navigating some tricky family dynamics. The couple currently have a strained relationship with Brooklyn’s parents Victoria and David Beckham, a source tells PEOPLE.
“There are tensions between Brooklyn and Nicola and the family,” the insider shares. While the pair have been noticeably absent from the Beckham’s recent functions, the source adds, “The relationship is definitely not beyond repair. They love and are always there for him. They’re just hurt and disappointed that he’s now playing no part in family life.”
The couple did not attend David’s star-studded 50th birthday party, although they received invite, PEOPLE has learned. On Saturday, May 3, the Beckhams celebrated the milestone with a star-studded dinner in London, which was attended by Brooklyn’s siblings, Romeo, 22, Cruz, 20, and Harper, 13. On Instagram David shared photos of what appeared to be a more intimate celebration that Brooklyn and Nicola were not at. Victoria shared a recap of the bash on Instagram, writing alongside a carousel of photos, “Creating special memories with family and friends. We love you all.” She also made sure to tag her other three children.
“They’re just hurt and disappointed that he’s now playing no part in family life.” I definitely think part of this drama started because Brooklyn got married and left the nest to start his own life away from his parents. Do I also think that Brooklyn and Nicola have made mistakes and been rude to David and Victoria? For sure. But the core of this is “why is Brooklyn not attached to us constantly.” It’s just about navigating family sh-t – sometimes family members don’t get along, sometimes people leave the nest and marry someone you don’t like, sometimes people don’t make time for family birthdays. It sucks but it’s also completely normal?
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Victoria Beckham’s IG.
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- Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz attends Burberry’s AW25 Runway Show at TATE Britain in London, England, UK on Monday 24 February 2025 during London Fashion Week February 2025. Justin Ng/,Image: 968695722, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/Retna/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng/Avalon
They do behave very “royal”, don’t they?!
David is getting some great advices from the Windsor clan I see
As a parent of four, yes – this distance is completely normal – and it sucks. However, IMO, the way through is by the maturity of the older adults. My husband and I really had to have a hard look at ourselves when our oldest pulled away from the family – and had to realize that we had unrealistic expectations. I was a SAHM and we were super involved in our family life. That’s great – but it doesn’t – nor should it last forever.
I can imagine that the Beckhams are overly conscious of their “brand” as the happy, glamorous, big family and are not wanting to let go of it. If they don’t look inward and shift into the new phase of life coming at them, this shizz will continue.
And if their deepest concern is that their child is with an a-hole, the answer is never to make the child choose, it’s to stay as close to that child as possible (not try to play power games with the difficult partner) so that when things go in the crapper, the adult child knows there is love and support waiting for them.
But perceived image is everything with these folks, so the fu€k3ry will continue.
Thanks Rachel, for sharing that perspective.
I think this has less to do with who’s dating Brooklyn’s ex-girlfriend and more to do with the fact Brooklyn’s moved away from the family and the fact that things never seemed to have been good between Nicola and Victoria. Nicola didn’t ask Victoria to design her wedding dress, that would have strained relations and I don’t think Nicola venerates David and Victoria as most other people do. She has her own fame and money and doesn’t have to depend on the Beckhams for clout.
Money yes, fame no.
I read that Romeo is it, the son after Brooklyn, his current girlfriend is Brooklyn’s ex, and that helped widen the rift. Team Brooklyn on this one, having your younger brother date your ex is just ew. Icky. I would stay away too.
Apparently Kim never dated Brooklyn, she was dating Rocco Ritchie so was in the same friendship group as Brooklyn but never dated. Newspapers over the weekend were claiming “sources” were trying to thrown Kim under the bus to deflect from Nicola so that dating story was being pushed in certain quarters.
Even if they did date it was briefly and when they were teenagers. Shouldn’t be an issue if everyone was mature about it.
Maybe Pegs will give him an honor now for “family values”.
Rich people problems. Based on a quick google, the elder Beckhams have property in Miami, Dubai, and two in England. Brooklyn and his wife live in NYC (I think?). It’s hard to get together when you have multiple homes, thousands and thousands of miles apart. It’s also hard to prioritize get-togethers when you ALWAYS have the money and means to travel. I always know which house my parents are living in (and it’s the one a half-mile from my house)!
Life is hopefully long, get it together, Beckham family. And invite me to visit your properties, because now I’m jealous. 🙂
Yes to all this @megs283. This isn’t some typical suburban family situation.
Unpopular opinion here but I think a lot of this is coming from Nicola. I could be totally wrong but Victoria seems like she would be a great MIL. I think they tried to iron out their issues after the wedding and yet the drama continues.
I agree 100%.
Yup. She has a reputation of being an arrogant, entitled, spoiled, richy-rich little mean girl and had that reputation before she even got involved with Brooklyn, who strikes me as a bit of a wimp and would likely go along with anything his bossypants wife wants.
It is normal, in our culture. And now I’d give anything to attend a birthday party for and with my dad, who died 5 years ago next month.
Normal isn’t always good. Normal can come with regrets, especially when it comes to time with family.
Brooklyn is a spoiled nepo baby and being married to an other spoiled nepo baby (nicola) made things worse they are used to getting there way. And when it doesnt happen? They go runing to tmz to bitch about things. A bit pathetic.
I don’t think this is about some of the natural distance that happens when you get married. Brooklyn and Nicola were in London and left just before the party — it’s not like they have jobs or kids, so that seems pretty purposefully to say, “we could be there but we’re choosing not to be.”
Exactly. The B family is rich and she’s the daughter of a billionaire. Neither of them have real jobs or kids. This is just pure family dramz and hard feelings and not just with the parents but now with the siblings as well.
I agree. It doesn’t seem like “normal distance” to me to skip your father’s 50th birthday party/dinner when you happen to be in town for it. It’s one thing to set boundaries and another to just not show up for your family at important moments. They’re still his parents.
It’s a lot of anonymous sources talking so who knows really? If Brooklyn did want to meet up with his dad or does want to meet up with his family, then I’d like to think they’d find the times, regardless of whatever issues there may be or whatever personality clashing there may be. And it’d be cool of they could communicate and not brief with anonymous source if that’s what’s happening and its not just reporters acting as sources.
I think it’s normal to miss regular birthdays but multiple parties for a “big” birthday? No, that’s immature.
It’s definitely a both sides thing though – expectations from the Beckhams and attitude from the Peltz side. I’m sure her family looks down on the Beckhams in the way that all super rich people seem to look down on anyone they deem “crass”.
Skipping the 50th was a biggie. But we do not know what’s being said behind closed doors. (It’s easy to blame his wife, just as many automatically blamed Meghan). My mom never liked my brothers wife. She was cold to her since day one. And it was so unfair as my sister in law is very sweet. This created frosty relations to this day and my mom is turning 95!
Nicola Peltz gives me creepy vibes. I can’t explain why, but there’s just something that feels amiss. I can sort of see from here how it would de difficult to embrace her as part of the family.
Nicola has a terrible reputation in the entertainment community for behaving like an entitled and spoiled brat. Some actors have commented on how she bullied them (and that her brother was very nice).
Both are spoiled nepo babies but Nicola seems the more ‘mature’ of the 2, he’s always struck me as immature with no focus/direction in life. She at least knows what she wants to do with her life – be an actress.
The Beckhams are a close family, as are the Pelt’s – to me this seems that as they live in the US they spent a lot of time with her family and sometimes it causes that person to drift away from their own. It’s happened in my own family – its possible that there is family drama between the brothers and the media are jumping on Nicola as you know ‘lets blame the woman, the American woman’. We’ve seen this playbook in the UK press before!
Agree. To me, they’re blaming the woman/wife again. Same with HM, they blame everything on M. Repeatable crap from the same outlets. The NY post maybe HQ’d in the U.S. but their style is more like the British tabloids. And we know how they are, blame the American woman.
Nobody really knows what goes on in a family besides those in the family. Even then individuals can have completely different experiences in the same family. That’s where a lot of tensions reside, different agendas, realities, perspectives and experiences all in one family.
She gives Scrooge McDuck rich and seems to have this general air of hostility towards serfs and peasants who exist in her line of sight for one minute too long. It’s weird.
Who supports these two?
Brooklyn is behaving just like his Dad did when he got with Posh,he practically moved in with her family and was very close to them. I don’t know about western culture but in some African countries when you get married the husbands family is.now yours and you are to stick by them and solve all your issues with then. Your blood family are no longer the primary,so Brookly would very much be seen as whipped.
I feel like in American culture and Latin culture (I’m both) the wife often pulls the husband towards her side. The wife tends to be the social planner for the family and she usually gravitates towards her family. I can’t see a wife seeing her Mother-in-Law as primary and her own mom as secondary. You often hear boys moms worrying about their sons being incorporated into their wives families. That is why that saying exists; a son is son until he takes a wife, a daughter is a daughter all her life.
Does anyone remember the lawsuit one of her help staff started against her family? She detailed how Nicola treated her and it was gross & cruel. I think the Beckham’s should stick by Brooklyn because that marriage will definitely implode, she is deplorable.
Granted she was a teenager, but as a teenager once upon a time, I couldn’t fathom treating anyone that way.
There is an interesting narrative at play with many newly married couples that I think is overlooked. It’s surprisingly common for one half of the couple to want little to nothing to do with their partner’s family, not even out of dislike, they just prefer their own parents and they don’t want to waste time and energy away from their family. And then you have partners who don’t want to rock the boat so they go with it, and then if gets real tense. And it’s especially bad if there hasn’t been a falling out, just a preference to not be around. It’s one thing to be disengaged from your family, it’s quite another to humiliate your family because your spouse doesn’t want to waste their time.
Victoria Beckham sounds like an awful person.
I can kinda see both sides with this one. Beckham’s Netflix show revealed how obsessive / compulsive he is, about his image, his game, in an admittedly congenial way, and Victoria seems to be very good-natured and sweet. But it must be exhausting being married to a man who is married to his image. And it must have been awful being a punching bag for the tabloid press for years, for her, not just here but also in Spain — and then facing the revelation that her partner was unfaithful, all whilst they had very young children. That’s *a lot*. I kind of don’t get why — at that point — she didn’t just say, right, we’re done here. Kind of seems masochistic. So. If Brooklyn’s wife is as entitled and high maintenance as she seems to be, I can see her clearly saying, no, thanks. Not taking one for the team. It’s like the royals — every woman who comes within range of that family is like a moth to the flame. Just… don’t go there. She might be entitled and high maintenance and also equipped with excellent antennae for other high-maintenance and entitled people, and it sounds like David is one. Posh, is probably used to taking one for the team. Never understood it. Really.
It would be more normal if they weren’t up her parents’ butts like a couple of hemorrhoids
I looked up when Brooklyn and Nicola first got together: First photo evidence is October 2019. This Elle article has their relationship timeline if you’re interested https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a63411228/brooklyn-beckham-nicola-peltz-relationship-timeline/#october-2019
He was seriously young (about 21 which…he’s not old now, yet I’d forgotten that) and she’s a bit older. The beginning of their relationship obviously dovetailed with Covid as well. For what this is worth, I’m not sure he was all that independent from his birth family before he got married, and depending on a sort of grooming situation or his personality, he might not be that independent now?
I mentioned in yesterday’s article that it seemed sourced from B&N. In fact, most articles I’ve found from the wedding isht all the way up to no-shows like this one seemed sourced from them. The OG Beckhams generally keep quiet and carry on–the wedding tiff about the dress, for instance, only came out later when the people Nicola stiffed sued her.
Clearly, someone in camp Beckham is finally sick of keeping quiet. I’m inclined to believe them in this mess. Part of that is because the parents seem like workers–when Victoria fails at business, she puts her head doen and keeps moving. Also, they’ve been around a long time and they don’t have a reputation of screwing people over unlike the Pelzes. If things haven’t completely gone to H in a handbasket, you suck it up and show up for one of your Dad’s many 50th celebrations, even if you aren’t happy with some of the people there. Maybe a personality thing or filial jealousy or an incident started this whole situation, but it’s kind of sad and look like more one couple’s fault than the rest of the family’s.
I think if Nicola was so controlling she wouldn’t even allow Brooklyn to go to the Uk in the first place. I know a previous coworker who told me her in-laws didn’t like her as she wasn’t the same nationality as her husband. But her husband chose her, and she doesn’t stop her husband from
Attending his family functions, although he doesn’t go too often-his own choosing.
Brooklyn has a family now, and when they have kids he has his own family as priorities.
It’s always about blaming the wife 🤦♀️
AC, I do not believe this is about the Beckhams hating other nationalities; they’ve been fairly international. The Peltzes on the other hand are Trump supporters and Nicola’s father has boasted about hooking Trump up to Musk. He also has pushed to get rid of “woke” Disney, which means exactly what you think. I would look more at this potentially playing a role than citizenship. Brooklyn was 20.5 years old (Nicola 24.5) when they got together and they were engaged within a year. Victoria and David met when they were in their early 20s as well, but there’s one year separating them in age. Brooklyn and Nicola are both adults, but that is seriously young on his part. I’m sure there’s miscommunication and misunderstanding on both sides, but Brooklyn-Nicola are setting off more red flags for me here. The MIL being a See You Next Tuesday is also a trope that gets overused, as does the poor little rich girl one.
I’m actually not talking about the Beckhams hating other nationalities(which I know they don’t). I’m just saying I don’t think Nicola wants Brooklyn to cut off his side of the family. I just gave an example of someone I know who’s ILs didn’t like her either and she didn’t cut her husbands ties to his family. I’m also not a big fan of the Peltzes. I’m just saying people always blames the wife whenever there’s family conflicts. Same thing happening with HM and his family. But we all know there’s been a conflict already there with his family way before M.