Victoria Beckham has issued her first response to the public rift with son Brooklyn, the oldest of her four children with husband David Beckham.
The fashion mogul was asked by The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ. Magazine about Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, 27, after he released a lengthy statement on Instagram in January alleging that his parents have “disrespected his wife” and saying he has no interest in repairing their relationship.
Beckham, 51, did not mention Brooklyn specifically in her response.
“I think that we’ve always — we love our children so much,” Beckham said. “We’ve always tried to be the best parents that we can be. And you know, we’ve been in the public eye for more than 30 years right now, and all we’ve ever tried to do is protect our children and love our children. And you know, that’s all I really want to say about it.”
She did offer positive comments about two of their younger children, Cruz, 21, and Harper, 14.
“Cruz is on tour at the moment, bless him,” she said. “He has done this at very much a grassroots approach.”
Referring to Harper, she said: “She’s very sweet, she’s very kind, she works hard, and she’s also very appropriate, which I think is really important as well.”
The couple’s second-oldest child is son Romeo, 23.
In March, Victoria and David Beckham wished Peltz Beckham a happy 27th birthday, less than two months after he publicly revealed his side of the purported rift.
His statement on Instagram followed rumors of a soured relationship with his parents. Fans pointed out that Peltz Beckham was not included in David Beckham’s 2025 year-end Instagram post, though he was included in a series of throwback photos that his father shared on New Year’s Eve.
Peltz Beckham also did not attend the London premiere of his mother’s Netflix documentary, “Victoria Beckham,” in October 2025.
In his statement on the alleged family feud, he said he was “left with no choice but to speak for myself.”
“I do not want to reconcile with my family,” he wrote. “I’m not being controlled, I’m standing up for myself for the first time in my life.”
He accused his parents of “endlessly” trying to “ruin” his relationship with his wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham, whom he married in 2022.
He claimed that Victoria Beckham canceled Nicola’s wedding dress from being made at the last minute, forcing her to scramble for one. He alleged that Victoria Beckham “hijacked” his first dance with Nicola at the wedding and danced “inappropriately” with him in front of the wedding guests.
Peltz Beckham also accused his parents of attempting to “bribe” him into signing away the rights to his name. He also denied speculation that Nicola has been a controlling force on him.
“The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards,” he wrote. “I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life.”
David and Victoria Beckham did not respond to requests for comment by NBC News at the time and have not specifically responded to any of the claims in his Instagram statement. David Beckham did not answer questions about his son’s post when asked by Sky News on Jan. 20.