For years, there’s been a sense of astonishment that Brooklyn Beckham married into such a wealthy American family. I do think that’s part of the reason why Brooklyn’s parents freaked out, and why the British media has spent years trying to tear down Nicola Peltz. The Beckhams and the British tabloids really, really wanted Nicola to be a C-list nobody who they could manipulate. They wanted Nicola to “need” them, to be in debt to them. Instead, Nicola ran to her billionaire father and he’s always made sure that she’s well taken care of. Her parents have seemingly embraced Brooklyn as another son as well, and Brooklyn has reportedly become very close to the entire Peltz family. Well, now the Daily Mail is screaming, crying and throwing up at the idea that Nicola’s father gives her a million-dollar monthly allowance.
Nicola Peltz receives a $1 million a month allowance from her billionaire father Nelson, it’s been reported. The staggering allowance is in stark contrast to the financial support Nicola’s husband Brooklyn Beckham is thought to receive from his parents David and Victoria.
While his name may not be as well known in pop culture as the Beckhams, Nelson Peltz’s wealth eclipses that of his co-parents-in-law, with the businessman boasting a stunning net worth of $1.6billion, in comparison to the Beckhams’ $680million.
Marina Hyde speaking on The Rest Is Entertainment podcast says ‘from what I hear I think the Beckhams give Brooklyn a lot of money but not insane money and they have this dream to some degree that he will stand on his own two feet and become independent. Maybe Nelson Peltz would deny this but I hear that he said to them that “I give my daughter a million dollar a month allowance”. The one thing they [the Beckhams] didn’t think their children would be doing would be the ones signing the prenuptial, they thought it would be the other way round.’
Reports last year claimed that David and Victoria fear their son is ‘trapped’ by the couple’s purported pre-nup as well as his living situation in LA. The Beckhams’ eldest son has been living at a £11million Hollywood mansion with his wife Nicola for over a year but it has been reported that she is the primary owner of the home.
A source told The Sun in June 2025 that the Peltz family feels the Beckhams have not been providing amply for their son, saying: ‘Money, so the saying goes, is the root of all evil. Certainly, in the case of the Beckhams vs Peltzes, it’s proven… tricksy. David and Victoria are two working-class kids done good. When it came to buying this house, of course they weren’t just going to hand their son millions of pounds – what sort of message does that send?’
When it came to the joining of the two families, Nelson wasted no time splashing $3.5million on his daughter’s wedding in 2022, showing he’d truly welcomed Brooklyn, 26, into the family fold.
My guess? It’s far more likely that Nicola has a generous trust, as opposed to her father giving her a monthly allowance. And it also makes sense that Nicola is the one who owns their LA home, and maybe it was even purchased for Nicola and Brooklyn by Nelson Peltz. I don’t feel any kind of way about this money situation between the two families – so the Beckhams didn’t “give” a lot of money to Brooklyn. Okay, that’s their right. So he married a woman whose family treats money differently, a family who is more generous about helping out a newly-married couple. That’s their right as well. What I find remarkable is that Victoria and David are seemingly furious that they can’t use their money to manipulate Brooklyn, that they likely used money to keep Brooklyn tied to them and under their thumb. Their freakout about Brooklyn signing a prenup is so, so telling.
Photos courtesy of Nicola’s IG, David’s IG and Cover Images.
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What’s that saying “money is the root of all evil”. This is what happens when you try controlling your child with money. They should have raised their children to make it on their own. Yes it’s nice to help a young couple out with a bit of money but they should let these two make it on their own I don’t care how luxurious their lifestyle was as children. Whatever happened to raising your children to be independent!
Some people want their kids to be comfortable,happy and not struggle. Big Deal! The only people who complain about it is because they are not in that position. Trust and believe 99.99% percent of humans would take the choice of their lives being as easy as possible.
I also don’t think there’s anything wrong with a wealthy family wanting their children to learn the value of money and not indulge them. But that’s not what’s happening with the Beckhams. What they’re attempting is financial abuse. And he escaped.
@Neeve this is why there are so many entitled kids who grow up and can’t stand on their own two feet because their parents made it easy on themselves and gave their kids anything they wanted so they wouldn’t have to deal. I’m not complaining I have a great life not a billionaire life but one that was able to raise two children very comfortably but what I didn’t do was raise them to be entitled. They had to earn the things they wanted extra and beyond. They were taught the value of money and how good it feels to earn something themselves. They are adults now and one owns her own business and the other is upper management IT. It’s a shame there are so many being raised entitled.
The Beckhams are new money. They aren’t raising entitled children, they expect their children to be status symbols of their wealth so they use money to control them. Nicola’s family is insanely wealthy and her parents have elected to share their wealth with their children. That’s a big difference.
Wow that’s quite a spin on them not being entitled but that’s the way you see it and I see it as entitled.
I don’t get why people take the inequitable distribution of wealth out on the children who benefit from it. Rich people aren’t like the rest of us and we shouldn’t expect their children to be like our children, especially when people like the Beckhams and the Kardashians use their children as status symbols of their wealth.
My point is that rich or poor children should be taught to stand on one’s own feet. Their accomplishments and riches should be earned on their own and not given to them by their parents for any reason. All children should be encouraged to make good choices, learn to become productive human beings. The Beckhams and Kardashians and the Peltz have very entitled children who will need to be funded for the rest of their lives unless they break free and find jobs that they can do and earn their own living. Let’s hope that those that are young enough in those families will get a good education and figure out what they want and get it for themselves.
@Susan Collins – I agree with you. Look at the Jolie children. No one is saying “they’re just like us.” They won’t have student debt and likely won’t ever need to do grunt work to get by. But they were raised to be unique individuals and pursue real goals in life.
If we were discussing the Peltz’s vs a family with a healthy dynamic, that’s one thing. But we’re comparing two extreme ends on the spectrum of financial control. Neither Nicola nor Brooklyn were raised to be independent adults. And the Beckhams are hanging their financial abuse out on the line for us all to see.
“The love of money is the root of all evil” is the Biblical quote, which emphasizes that the money itself isn’t the problem, but greed.
Mac is a snob. Old money begets just as entitled children and is also used to control. And what century are we in..
Sorry, but the Beckhams are gauche and have always keen to display their wealth when and wherever possible, including through their children. How much did David have to spend for that gong from King Charles?
God I wish that were me.
Right? One month of this would be life changing. Just one month. And I agree that the Beckhams are pissed they are out matched and out maneuvered and they can’t use money to control their kid. Brooklyn seems happy with Nicola – I don’t know where they’re getting this trapped narrative.
At least you are honest people love going on about let them be independent,let them grow,let them earn themselves. Her father has it ,let him give it.
They kept this kid attached to their sides, paraded him all over the place, moved schools and countries again and again, and I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest academics weren’t a focus in the Beckham household. Does anyone really believe this tripe about they expected him to be independent? Really? And make David Beckham money? How?
Education may not have mattered in that household, but they did send Brooklyn’s ungrateful behind to Parsons, one of the best colleges in the US. He dropped out because he was homesick.
My daughter was there at Parsons the same time in the photography program. Brooklyn dropped out because they expected him to study and do schoolwork. The homesick is an excuse.
I think Brooklyn going to Parsons was his parents idea not his. A lot of rich/aristo children go to either St Martins Central in London or Parsons in NY.
@Betsy, I remember hearing rumors about him having trouble with schoolwork and struggling with the basics of his photography internship.
@Amy Bee – I agree. I think his parents pushed him to go to Parsons because he was getting a lot of slack for working as a photographer. He booked a major fashion campaign when he was just 17, and there was such an uproar.
Right. Have any of the Beckham kids even gone to college? The rest of us have to go to college, grad school, etc, to expect to get ahead in a career. Clearly the Beckhams thought their kids wouldn’t need to work, or that they’d all be soccer stars like their dad.
“What I find remarkable is that Victoria and David are seemingly furious that they can’t use their money to manipulate Brooklyn”
In that same vein it’s probably easy for Brooklyn to leave his family begging because he married into an even wealthier family. Would he have this stance if his in-laws were a family from the suburbs? Who knows. But money is a factor fueling this rift.
And now he’s being manipulated by a different set of parents with even more money. He’s still not independent, and it’s unlikely he ever will be. His upbringing crippled him. I’ve seen it time and again when wealthy parents overindulge their kids; they never have to earn anything. That leads to all kinds of problems…typically substance abuse, but enmeshment can be an addiction too. First he was enmeshed with his birth family, and now his in-laws….When this marriage fails, and it will, he’s going to need years of therapy, because that family will turn on him without hesitation.
Yup. I’ve seen some people on here make comments about the Beckhams being mad bc Brooklyn is now independently wealthy – but he’s not. He went from being dependent on his parents’ money to dependent on his wife’s family’s money. That probably ticks his parents off, I’m sure – that he’s not dependent on their money – and that’s a messed up position to have, obviously – but he definitely would not have this stance without his wife’s family’s money. They’re using that money to control and manipulate him just as much as the Beckhams did.
If she’s smart, she’s putting most of that away. If he’s smart, he is, too.
Part of the problem is that high-achieving go getter types like the Beckhams and Dad Peltz assume that their kids will have the same drive as they do, so it’s OK to indulge them. See also: Lourdes Leon and a host of others.
You’re 1000% right. He’s repeating his family dynamics with a richer family, and they will react the same way if he ever becomes “outside.”
Assuming Brooklyn and Nicola’s marriage will fail is pretty crude. Also, their parents are insanely rich. Why would they not share their success with their children? They can’t take it with them.
@Mac — crude perhaps, but with the demonstrated inability to just enjoy life without the need for drama, attention and validation through media, it is a pretty safe bet that these two will not make the long haul. Congrats if they do — but Brooklyn is going to come out of the short end of the deal regardless.
A lot of the discourse around this is interesting to me. The beckhams are “new money” and “gauche” and “use their money to control their kids” who are “entitled” while Nicola Peltz (who apparently is not gauche????) receiving a monthly allowance from her father at thirty years old is just….the Peltzes sharing their money with their daughter.
@Becks 1 whose ego was being fed when Brooklyn did a fashion shoot at the age of 17? Who is publicly playing happy families and using their children’s “careers” and partners as public displays of their parenting skills? Who trademarked their kid’s name, but didn’t put them into a trust for the kids? Who wants to continue to monetize their adult child’s name? Who had the parents no one has ever heard of before the wedding? Who is spreading the wealth, but clearly not the influence, based on their daughter’s slim acting resume.
Ummm, can’t everyone in this scenario be gauche?
So…are we just ignoring the fact that “sources” close to David and Victoria debunked the prenup freak out story? Yes? OK then. We’re just gonna pretend that that prenup story (also from the Daily Mail) made any sense whatsoever? Because it didn’t.
we are going to keep insisting that D&V are the problem here and continue the oh woe is the poor couple who are just like H&M….because that is what is driving this traffic.
Nicola must be so happy her team’s idea to copy Meghan’s narrative is working so well.
I mean, obviously no one needs a house worth $11M; but I don’t take any issue with the concept of Peltz buying his daughter and her husband a house. Even young people who are doing well in life, working hard and making good money, can barely afford it right now. It’s a totally messed up market. And it’s not like the Beckhams couldn’t have done that too, had they chosen to.
Nelson Peltz has a lot of money. What else would he spend it on but his children?
Large donations to Donald Trump apparently.
Not true. I need a house worth $11M. I swear.
“The one thing they [the Beckhams] didn’t think their children would be doing would be the ones signing the prenuptial, they thought it would be the other way round.”
This is the real problem: the Beckhams are so angry because their daughter in law is much more richer than them. She doesn’t need their money so they aren’t able to control and manipulate her as they would have done with a girl less rich than them.
So basically everybody is rich in this saga. Some are just richer than others. Got it.
Exactly. But only one family are MAGA. And don’t doubt for a second Nelson Peltz isn’t “donating” to MAGA causes. Maybe, just maybe, that is also part of the reason they don’t like the Peltz family OR their money. If it was my kid marrying into and being influenced by that, I’d want them out too.
And yet somehow, the Beckhams come out of this looking even worse than the MAGA family. That’s quite an accomplishment and not one to be emulated.
Given how hard David Beckham has sucked up to the royal family, I don’t think he should casting aspersions on other people’s politics.
Not to mention DB and the Qatar WC money bc that was also something. That’s why comparing who is the worst or who is the best here seems silly. Did Brooklyn choose one controlling family over another? Sure but it was his choice to make. It’s a shame that the families can’t get along but it’s not shocking that he’s choosing his wife.
The Beckhams are Tories…………..
Brooklyn was never going to paint houses for a living or become an apprentice electrician. Let’s be real. They’re just mad he’s not living off *their* money. Which is… kind of funny. I think David and Victoria have both internalised a kind of soft misogyny which holds money is power, and he must be some beta cuck husband if his wife is richer than they are. If they weren’t using money to obtain coercive control of his life & his choices, they wouldn’t be fazed by the Peltzes’ relatively more impressive billions. They would just say, dude, you got lucky. Don’t ever forget it. Be grateful. And that would be it. Not a power struggle.
The Beckhams raised a spoiled brat with no work ethic. Brooklyn doesn’t seem like he can be his own man. This was great for the Beckhams when they could use money to control Brooklyn. The parents also seem very concerned about their public personas and expected Brooklyn to remain “on brand” and 2nd to mom and dad forever, with money as a tool to make sure that happened. I don’t think it’s surprising that Brooklyn married a woman who seems to be a LOT like his mom, someone who may boss his around – but that’s what he was raised to expect. The Beckham’s just don’t like this dynamic they created now that they are not the ones in control of their son.
I know plenty of obscure poor people who raised spoiled brats with no work ethic, lol. What the hell was Brooklyn supposed to do when he didn’t HAVE to do anything? Take up a trade? He’s handy, I’m sure he would have made a competent HVAC repair technician or barber. Not everyone is here to set the world on fire. I’m sure this psychodrama is making him face a lot more demons than the average 20-something. That will serve him well as he moves on thru life.
@Puff Updater, thank you for this. I am completely baffled by the “lazy ungrateful” framing. Children of celebrities or vastly wealthy parents, are brought up differently than us. I don’t know of many who’ve had regular schooling due to their parents constant traveling and stupid wealth.
I do see Brooklyn trying his hand at different things he is interested in, whether successful or not, he at least is out there trying. He didn’t win the “lottery” with skill or being in a massively famous singing group. How many kids of famous people go on to have their own careers that will enable them the same lifestyle which they grew up in?
I cannot wait until one of the other Beckham kids tries to settle down. I don’t think any of them will have it easy with Posh n Becks for parents, especially Harper.
How much does he give Trump each month?
The actual quote is the LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Not money itself.
All this talk about money makes me think that the Beckhams didn’t like that Nicola’s family was richer than them and that there was some financial abuse in their relationship with Brooklyn.
How do you financially abuse a grown ass man?
He isn’t a stay at home Mom being forced to clip coupons for a haircut.
They raised him, they bought him a variety of career options that didn’t pan out. They tried to send him to college and he quit.
I agree that they raised a rather listless plod, but let’s save the term financial abuse for where it actually applies.
Gotta say – I’m Hashtag Jealous. Wish my family gave me a million a month when I was getting started – who wouldn’t?! I’m glad the house is in her name, seems fair.
Weren’t the Beckhams scientologists? I dont think cult members do a good job raising kids.
No, they are not sientologist. More and more people in Europe are atheists. Cults over here aren’t as successful as they are in the USA.
$1M a week allowance? god, it kills me to see other people living my dream.
All of his Cooking with Brooklyn shows, which he decided he wanted to do because he enjoyed cooking during the pandemic, cost $100,000 a pop. I think the Beckhams have contributed a ton towards helping their son. In fact, they’ve been blasted on here for it since he’s minimally talented. But an $11 million mansion, aw, what a great father her MAGA daddy is. Daddy also produces the movies she’s doing to help make her career. I guess they are loving and the Beckhams are shits.
I don’t get taking one side completely on this and dumping on the other completely. It is far more complicated than that. I hope they all work it out one day. As it is, the Peltz-Beckhams have been working their performative Brand since they got engaged. They are all over the place if you look on Youtube and video magazine sites. Both are minimally talented nepo babies, whose parents have been instrumental in helping them, and fairly boring, but the Beckham name is what elevates them in their quest for branding.
Thank You! So refreshing to see a nuanced response on a Peltz/Beckham post.
Thank you, @LinChi, @Alla, @wendy, and @Becks1. I was feeling very frustrated reading on here. Nice to see I wasn’t alone in my thoughts.
@Jayna, excactly and thank you!
I feel seen!
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Okay, but then be real about not taking one side. I fully enjoyed both David and Victoria’s Netflix documentaries. I think they are interesting and have worked hard. They’ve also built a brand that they want to protect. Obviously, Nicola and Brooklyn haven’t achieved as much as them and I doubt they ever will. David and Victoria have insane discipline. Don’t knock the discipline of an elite former athlete and a former girl band pop star fr. I don’t love the comments about Victoria being a psycho mother in law. But I also don’t love the comments going on about the kids being ungrateful brats either. I think the Beckhams made some missteps if they truly want to have a relationship with their son. Do I think they’re horrible people? No. Same with the younger ones. Is Brooklyn immature and an “ungrateful” brat as a lot of commenters are saying? Maybe, idk. Is Nicola isolating him from his family? Umm yeah, maybe, especially if his family hates her. Claiming one side is more performative than the other makes no sense. They are all performative. If Nelson Peltz offered to fund Victoria’s fashion line or David’s soccer team, I doubt they’d say no to the money. David didn’t say no to Qatar money. Maybe I’m wrong. But until one of these people comes out and publicly denounces Trump or ICE, which we know won’t be Nelson, and seriously doubt it would be the Beckhams either, then this back and forth over who’s more gauche or who’s the worst person seems silly. Nicola briefed that Victoria ruined her whole dang wedding over one dance. The Beckhams briefed that their son is a hostage to his controlling American wife. No one offered any stories to counter these narratives so presumably they’re all good with that. Seems like a dang impasse to me.
1. Boycott celebrities and content creators who use their children in their content and branding. (Include the British royal family) Kids don’t chose their parents and should not be burdened with press and social media criticism. 2. Boycott Wendy’s. How many Wendy’s employees make a living wage and how much has the food quality went down since the Peltz took over the company so they can make even more money? Wealth like this should not exist. Put a dent in the income streams of the megarich nutters tampering with elections and media to get richer while making the rest of us poorer.
Excactly! Billionairs excist because they dont pay enough to their employees. How many taxes are they paying? I bet non so juck them! Especially the MAGA CROWD
Okay, didn’t Brooklyn mention in his screed that his parents were pressuring him to sign over his name for branding to them or something? . . . Anyway, I thought that was weird because what is branded with his name? Come to find out Brooklyn has put out a hot sauce called “Cloud 23”–and not only that it is getting favorable reviews too. The price is a bit upmarket for hot sauce ($15-18 us), but does anyone think that THIS is what he was talking about signing over his name for? Do they want the revenue from the hot sauce biz? Hot sauce is a good money maker here–maybe that is why things are so pissy between BB and his parents? If that hot sauce really takes off, he could finally make his own money . . .?
“Well, now the Daily Mail is screaming, crying and throwing up at the idea that Nicola’s father gives her a million-dollar monthly allowance.”
I mean, sorry, but of all the things the Daily Mail can “scream, cry, throw up” about, the idea of ANYONE getting a ONE.MILLION.MONTHLY. allowance is the most justifiable.
I mean what are we even doing here? Why is everyone trying to twist themselves into pretzels to defend a billionaire MAGA donor and his abusive daughter? Oh right. Because….Harry and Meghan. Or something.
I am lukewarm on David and Victoria Beckham. But I find it astonishing that everything Brooklyn/Nicola say is being taken as gospel, and time + energy is being spend waging an online crusade on behalf of rich assholes that would probably push us down the stairs if they ever met us. (This is not hyperbole; google Nicola Peltz + nanny).
I TOTALLY AGREE.
Bless you for your common-sense post.
I don’t envy a child growing up as part of someone’s brand.
A brand is meant to make others feel a certain way, to consume material goods and aspire to live a certain kind of life.
As a kid, you’re essentially productized because your cuteness sells. That translates into stronger controls as you become an adult, shaping why you say, your career, and how you can act in public and private.
The Beckham kids (or any kids as part of a brand) never had a choice to being a source of income and control for their parents. I can’t imagine how that messed with your mind and future.