The Beckhams spent several weeks in America earlier this month, following the World Cup around and spending quality time in their second home of Miami.
But they are no closer to reconnecting with their son, Brooklyn, who is based in the US, yet did not attend any of the matches with his relatives, instead opting to watch from home. The eldest Beckham sibling, 27, even snubbed his sister Harper’s 15th birthday dinner and failed to mark her special day on social media, unlike last year, when he and wife Nicola Peltz sent her a message via Instagram stories.
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According to our insiders, it’s told the family everything they need to know – including that they no longer have any place in Brooklyn’s life – and Victoria, in particular, doesn’t think that will change while he’s married to Nicola, 31.
‘Brooklyn could easily have put his issues with his parents aside to make his little sister happy, but clearly, he’s now just too far gone to even do that,’ says our source. ‘All they can do is pray that he comes to his senses and somehow breaks out of this, but the likelihood of that happening when Nicola is in his life seems unlikely. It’s no secret the family blame Nicola for turning Brooklyn into a different person. Of course, they can’t say that publicly, because that would just trigger another war.’
Brooklyn has refused to accept Nicola played a role in his estrangement, claiming instead in his now-infamous six-page statement in January that parents David, 51, and Victoria, 52, exploited him and that, rather than being controlled, he was ‘standing up for [himself] for the first time’. In the same tirade, he accused them of trying to hijack his 2022 wedding and sabotage his relationship with Nicola, claiming Victoria’s scene-stealing antics on the day reduced the bride to tears. And since then, he hasn’t held back in telling the world – and his parents – he’ll always put Nicola first. He’s also doubled down on his devotion to his in-laws, who he’s symbolically taken as his own family.
© Instagram.com/Brooklyn Peltz Beckham
Meanwhile, Harper’s pain over her brother’s estrangement has been under yet more scrutiny over the past month. A few weeks before he snubbed her birthday, the teenager was pictured taking a solo trip to his and Nicola’s Quam restio volum que pror sit qui odis Beverly Hills mansion. The couple weren’t home, but Harper was pictured by waiting photographers delivering a letter to the property.
In response, a spokesperson for Brooklyn and Nicola voiced the couple’s outrage over the alleged PR stunt, claiming the move had been ‘choreographed for the cameras’ and accusing the Beckhams of ‘using Harper as a pawn’. But insiders close to David and Victoria – who are also parents to Romeo, 23, and Cruz, 21 – insisted she acted independently and was simply attempting to make contact with her much-missed sibling.
All this, we’re told, has left those inside the Beckham camp coming to just one conclusion: the only way they’ll ever find peace is if Brooklyn and Nicola hit the skids. But Victoria’s plan is to continue following their current strategy of including him in tributes to the family, while also keeping calm and carrying on.
© Instargam.com/Victoria Beckham
‘Brooklyn used to be so loving. He was always telling people what great parents he had,’ our source goes on. ‘Then he got together with Nicola and slowly started to change. It’s been incredibly painful for the Beckhams – they feel as though their son has been body-snatched.
‘They aren’t letting Brooklyn off the hook, but inevitably, they’re convinced Nicola is in the background fanning the flames and making the situation worse. So, they can’t see any scenario where he wakes up to what happened while he’s still with her.
‘People in their world are all in agreement – the only feasible way they could see him coming back to the family fold is if things don’t work out with Nicola long-term.’