{"id":260924,"date":"2026-01-24T03:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/260924\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T03:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:32:19","slug":"bella-hadid-was-assured-she-wouldnt-star-in-an-episode-with-brother-anwars-ex-nicola-peltz-in-tv-series-the-beauty-nor-would-they-do-promo-together-amid-beckham-family-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/260924\/","title":{"rendered":"Bella Hadid was ‘assured’ she wouldn’t star in an episode with brother Anwar’s ex Nicola Peltz in TV series The Beauty nor would they ‘do promo together’ amid Beckham family feud"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Nicola Peltz<\/a> Beckham, a starring role in a Ryan Murphy<\/a> series should have been a glittering moment of validation, a chance to step out from the shadow of the Beckham family feud and be seen as a serious actress in her own right.<\/p>\n

Instead, her new show, The Beauty, has been shredded by critics as \u2018offensive\u2019 and \u2018unwatchable\u2019. But that very public humiliation, sources suggest, is only part of a more complicated picture.<\/p>\n

I can reveal the far less visible tension surrounding the production, what sources describe as a long-running and unresolved strain between Nicola and her co-star, supermodel Bella Hadid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two women appear in different episodes, with no joint promotion announced and no public interaction around the series.<\/p>\n

Sources indicate the root of the distance lies in Nicola\u2019s past relationship with Bella\u2019s brother, Anwar Hadid, which ended acrimoniously and fractured her ties with the wider Hadid family.<\/p>\n

A well-placed source says: \u2018Bella and Nicola have not exchanged words in years. They did not form a friendship.’<\/p>\n

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Bella Hadid was ‘assured’ she wouldn’t star in an episode with brother Anwar’s ex Nicola Peltz in TV series The Beauty nor would they ‘do promo together’ amid Beckham family feud (pictured in the series)<\/p>\n

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For Nicola Peltz, a starring role in a Ryan Murphy series should have been a glittering moment of validation, a chance to step out from the shadow of the Beckham family feud<\/p>\n

They add: ‘They were fine when Nicola was dating Anwar up until a point, and then everything went sour with the whole family.\u2019<\/p>\n

That personal history, the source explains, was known during the casting process. \u2018When projects are being pitched, there\u2019s a rundown of everyone involved. Everyone knows the lay of the land.\u2019<\/p>\n

With that awareness came boundaries. \u2018There were no cutting remarks because of the professionalism,\u2019 the source says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018But it was established that Bella and Nicola would not be doing any promotion together. This was conveyed to both PR teams.\u2019<\/p>\n

Daily Mail has contacted Nicola and Bella’s representatives for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bella, 27, appears in the premiere episode, while Nicola, 31, features later in the series.<\/p>\n

The fallout from Nicola\u2019s relationship with Anwar, sources say, extended beyond Bella herself. Yolanda Hadid was a key figure, but not the only one.<\/p>\n

\u2018It wasn\u2019t just Yolanda. The other siblings weren\u2019t keen either,\u2019 the source says. \u2018Nicola avoided the constant family gatherings, preferring time alone with Anwar. That clashed with their very all-in family way of life.\u2019<\/p>\n

The tension never eased. \u2018Yolanda is deeply involved in her children\u2019s lives, and she and Nicola simply did not connect,\u2019 the source adds. \u2018It\u2019s no surprise she is firmly Team David and Victoria Beckham and makes that clear online.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"Sources <\/p>\n

Sources indicate the root of the distance lies in Nicola\u2019s past relationship with Bella\u2019s brother, Anwar Hadid, which ended acrimoniously and fractured her ties with the wider Hadid family (pictured with Anwar in 2018)<\/p>\n

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A source said:\u2018It was established that Bella and Nicola would not be doing any promotion together. This was conveyed to both PR teams’ (pictured with husband Brooklyn in October)<\/p>\n

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Alana Hadid, 40, the family\u2019s eldest sibling branded Nicola \u2018fame-hungry\u2019, writing: \u2018That girl doesn\u2019t want privacy’ as the Beckham feud escalated (Alana pictured in 2022)<\/p>\n

That history gives context to a public swipe this week from Alana Hadid, 40, the family\u2019s eldest sibling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the Beckham feud escalated, Alana branded Nicola \u2018fame-hungry\u2019, writing: \u2018That girl doesn\u2019t want privacy. She\u2019s been trying to be famous for a decade.\u2019<\/p>\n

The parallels with Nicola\u2019s current dispute with the Beckhams are difficult to ignore. In a statement this week, her husband Brooklyn Beckham, 26, accused his parents of trying to \u2018ruin\u2019 their marriage, claiming Victoria Beckham called him \u2018evil\u2019 and that family members said Nicola was \u2018not blood\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018She\u2019s not a nasty girl by any means,\u2019 the source says. \u2018She just doesn\u2019t feel a need to impress or make a huge effort, which can rub people the wrong way. That comes from her upbringing. She\u2019s extremely privileged, treated like a bit of a princess, and expects others to make the effort.\u2019<\/p>\n

That trait, the source suggests, has affected other high-profile friendships. \u2018She has a small group of friends who are very loyal to her,\u2019 they say. \u2018But over time, a lot of those friendships fall away. Even Selena Gomez and Nicola were once close, but Selena has since stepped back. Nicola was not present at her wedding.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Beauty was meant to mark a turning point in Nicola\u2019s career. Instead, the series has been critically savaged, while the circumstances around its release reflect personal tensions that continue to follow her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Nicola Peltz Beckham, a starring role in a Ryan Murphy series should have been a glittering moment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[24301,321,539,93,61,60,20081,1489],"class_list":["post-260924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bella-hadid","tag-celebrities","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-ryan-murphy","tag-tvshowbiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}