{"id":211780,"date":"2026-01-01T16:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/211780\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:14:08","slug":"david-beckham-sends-emotional-brooklyn-beckham-message-as-he-reaches-out-directly-amid-fraught-family-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/211780\/","title":{"rendered":"David Beckham sends emotional Brooklyn Beckham message as he reaches out directly amid fraught family ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sir David Beckham has reached out to his eldest son, Brooklyn, directly as he posted a series of heartfelt throwback photographs featuring the budding chef on his Instagram Stories on New Year’s Eve.<\/p>\n

The gesture came just hours after eagle-eyed followers spotted the 26-year-old’s conspicuous absence from his father’s 2025 highlights reel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I love you all so much,” the 50-year-old former footballer wrote alongside a black-and-white image showing himself with a young Brooklyn, their cheeks pressed together.<\/p>\n

A subsequent post displayed a family photograph taken around the time of daughter Harper’s birth, showing Victoria curled up on a sofa with all four children.<\/p>\n

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“You are my Life,” David captioned the image, adding five white heart emojis. He concluded with the message: “I love you all, Love Daddy x. On to 2026.”<\/p>\n

Victoria appeared to echo her husband’s sentiment as she later reposted the Brooklyn photograph to her own Story, adding only a heart gif.<\/p>\n

The emotional tribute arrived against a backdrop of mounting family tension that has dominated much of 2025.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn and his wife, Nicola Peltz, have been notably absent from a string of significant Beckham family occasions throughout the year.<\/p>\n

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David Beckham directly reached out to Brooklyn with his latest social media post <\/p>\n

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The couple failed to attend any of David’s three 50th birthday celebrations and did not publicly acknowledge the milestone on May 2.<\/p>\n

They were also missing from David’s investiture ceremony when King Charles bestowed his knighthood, an honour the former England captain has described as deeply meaningful to him.<\/p>\n

Victoria’s Netflix documentary premiere was another event the pair skipped, as were the family’s winter holiday gatherings.<\/p>\n

The rift is reported to have originated around the time of Brooklyn and Nicola’s 2022 wedding, though conflicting accounts about its precise cause have emerged.<\/p>\n

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David Beckham also dedicated posts to his other children, including Cruz <\/p>\n

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The situation escalated dramatically in the weeks before Christmas when Cruz Beckham publicly contradicted tabloid reports suggesting his parents had unfollowed Brooklyn on social media.<\/p>\n

“NOT TRUE. My mum and dad would never unfollow their son,” the 20-year-old wrote on his Instagram Story.<\/p>\n

“Let’s get the facts right. They woke up blocked… as did I.” (sic)<\/p>\n

The revelation confirmed that Brooklyn had taken the decision to cut off digital contact with his parents and siblings, rather than the other way around.<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz have not attended any Beckham family events for the past few months<\/p>\n

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A source told Us Weekly in October that Brooklyn had “no interest in mending things at this time” and was “really focused on living a peaceful, drama-free life with Nicola.”<\/p>\n

The insider added that relationships between Brooklyn and his family “are all still strained.”<\/p>\n

Across the Atlantic, Brooklyn and Nicola have shared photographs of their Christmas celebrations in Los Angeles, posing in matching pyjamas and wishing followers “a merry Christmas and a happy new year filled with so much love, peace and happiness.”<\/p>\n

The festive post attracted pointed criticism from followers keen to see a reconciliation among the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir David Beckham has reached out to his eldest son, Brooklyn, directly as he posted a series of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,3623,21240,156,111,139,69,51066],"class_list":{"0":"post-211780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-david-beckham","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-sgg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}