While Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz were unsurprisingly absent from Victoria Beckham’s now iconic Paris Fashion Week show, one woman who was at the centre of Brooklyn’s shock statement against his parents was by the family’s side.

Cast your mind back to January, when Brooklyn shocked the celebrity world with his scathing Instagram posts regarding the feud with his family. While much of the statement focused on the behaviour of Victoria and David Beckham, and how it had made his wife, Nicola, feel, Brooklyn also brought other family members into the drama.

Brooklyn’s statement in full

I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed. 

I do not want to reconcile with my family. I’m not being controlled, I’m standing up for myself for the first time in my life. 

For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into. Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they’ll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out. 

My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn’t stopped. My mum cancelled making Nicola’s dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress. Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children. They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated. My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since. During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me ‘evil’ because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola’s Naunni at our table, because they both didn’t have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours. 

The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was ‘not blood and ‘not family.’ Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I’ve received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders. Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last Summer. My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead. She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I’ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment. 

My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we’ve tried to come together as one. My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable. 

Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad’s birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him. He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner. When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn’t invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all. 

My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. Family “love” is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it’s at the expense of our professional obligations. We’ve gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show ‘our perfect family’. But the one time my wife asked for my mum’s support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused. 

The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared. I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief. 

My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.

Speaking about his and Nicola’s 2022 wedding day, Brooklyn gave an insight into the myriad ways his parents had “humiliated” him during his nuptials, before bringing his beloved grandmother into the drama, adding that his parents had called him “evil” due to a decision regarding his and Nicola’s grandmothers. “Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola’s Naunni at our table, because they both didn’t have their husbands,” he wrote.

Brooklyn Beckham Sandra Beckham© Getty ImagesBrooklyn Beckham alongside Sandra Beckham
Nanny Sandra’s support

Nanny Sandra, David’s mother, understandably means a lot to all of the Beckham brood, and while the 76-year-old has Instagram, her account is private, so her opinions on family matters remain private.

That said, she showed her support for Victoria on Friday night, flying to Paris to watch her Fashion Week show, with David posting pictures with his mother on Instagram.

David Beckham posing with 'Nanny Sandra' and Victoria's parents, plus Romeo Beckham© InstagramDavid Beckham posed with ‘Nanny Sandra’ and Victoria’s parents, plus Romeo Beckham

David was joined by his mother, Sandra, and Victoria’s parents, Jackie and Anthony, along with Romeo Beckham for the special occasion. The family posed for a selfie, with David captioning the snap: “Family lunch,” sharing photos of snails that they clearly enjoyed tucking into.

While Brooklyn’s decision to sit his Nanny Sandra at his and Nicola’s table ruffled David and VB’s feathers, there’s clearly no bad blood between Brooklyn and his grandmother, who is one of the few family members he still follows on social media.

David’s dad, Ted, and his second wife, Hilary Meredith, are also still close to Brooklyn and Nicola, sharing a series of photos in honour of Brooklyn’s birthday this week, captioned: “Happy birthday @brooklynpeltzbeckham – hope you have a fabulous day. With love from Grandad and Hilary xxx”.

Ted and Hilary were in Paris to celebrate Victoria’s show, too, posing alongside Sandra, as well as Victoria’s parents. “Fantastic evening supporting Victoria,” Hilary wrote on Instagram, sharing a collection of beautiful photos and proving there’s no hard feelings between Sanda and Ted, who divorced back in 2002.

Brooklyn’s silence

As predicted, Brooklyn stayed noticeably silent following his mother’s Fashion Week show, which he brought up in his statement, writing: “We’ve gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show.”

Brooklyn Beckham wears white t-shirt, black leather jacket, matching pants, black boots, and Nicola Peltz wears white jumpsuit with sheer details walking in paris street© GettyBrooklyn and Nicola normally always attend Victoria’s shows

While Victoria looked visibly emotional following Friday night’s spectacular, star-studded show, the event was a triumph as usual, with the majority of her family by her side.