Victoria Beckham is speaking out on social media – just not in the way many were hoping.
Victoria Beckham has spoken out on Instagram for the first time following the extensive public criticism of her son Brooklyn Beckham. However, there was no direct reaction to his statement. Instead, the former Spice Girls member posted a birthday greeting for her former bandmate Emma Bunton.
In her Instagram story, Victoria Beckham shared a photo with Bunton and an excerpt from the music video for “Say You’ll Be There”. And father David Beckham also posted birthday greetings, but for his former teammates Nicky Butt and Philip Neville. When it comes to their son, however, the couple remains silent for public ears.
Brooklyn Beckham: Public reckoning with parents
Brooklyn Peltz Beckham previously distanced himself from his famous parents in the media on Monday, January 19th and made serious allegations. The 25-year-old said in an Instagram post that he was not seeking a reconciliation with David and Victoria Beckham. The eldest son of former soccer star and designer and musician Victoria Beckham accused his parents of controlling the family’s public image for years and of actively trying to damage his marriage to American actress and billionaire heiress Nicola Peltz. Peltz is the daughter of businessman Nelson Peltz and former model Claudia Heffner Peltz.
In his statement, he continued to cite specific incidents that are said to have contributed to the escalation. Accordingly, Victoria Beckham briefly withdrew her promise to design her daughter-in-law’s wedding dress, even though she was already looking forward to it. Nicola Peltz finally got married in 2022 in a custom-made Valentino haute couture dress with a square neckline. After the wedding, Brooklyn adopted the double name Peltz Beckham.
Brooklyn Peltz Beckham also reported that his mother called him “evil” because the couple placed his grandmother Sandra and Nicola’s grandmother at the wedding table since both were present without their husbands. In addition, Victoria Beckham “hijacked” the first dance with his wife by waiting for him on stage herself.
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Allegations surrounding David Beckham’s birthday party
In his opinion, the situation was particularly tense on the occasion of David Beckham’s 50th birthday last year. Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz Beckham said they traveled to London but spent a week waiting in the hotel. The son accused his father of only allowing meetings as part of the big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras.
Ultimately, David Beckham only accepted a personal meeting on the condition that Nicola Peltz was not present. During a later stay of the Beckham family in Los Angeles, a meeting was allegedly completely refused, according to Peltz Beckham’s account.
“For the first time in my life” – control and anxiety disorders
In his statement, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham called the public narrative that his wife controls him “completely false.” Instead, it was his parents who controlled him for most of his life. He suffered from severe anxiety, which only disappeared after distancing himself from his family.
“For the first time in my life, I’m standing up for myself,” the 25-year-old wrote in his statement spread across six Instagram Stories. Despite his best efforts to come together as a family, his wife was treated disrespectfully by his family.
Reactions from those around Beckham
The US news channel CNN said it tried to contact David and Victoria Beckham for comment. There was no reaction from the family at the time of reporting. According to reports in the Daily Mail, Victoria Beckham is said to have been severely affected by her son’s statements. Tensions between mother and child have existed for a long time.
David Beckham appeared in front of the cameras at the World Economic Forum in Davos, but did not address the family situation. Instead, he spoke to CNBC about the topic of social media and its impact on children. He explained that he tried to teach his children to use social media responsibly. Children should be allowed to make mistakes in order to learn from them, he said.