{"id":274099,"date":"2026-06-22T16:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274099\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:37:16","slug":"brooklyn-beckham-stirs-the-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274099\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Beckham Stirs the Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember back in January, when Brooklyn Beckham posted a six-slide Instagram story<\/a> explaining his side of the Beckham family feud<\/a>? Besides the meme-inducing<\/a> claim that his mom, Victoria Beckham, \u201cdanced very inappropriately on me\u201d and ruined his and Nicola Peltz\u2019s first dance at their wedding, the main takeaway was that he\u2019d felt pressured to perform his part as a public Beckham and contribute to the family coffers: \u201cMy family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of all his gripes, this seemed like the most legitimate\u2014his parents famously sold the first photos of him to a magazine, after all. (But then again, that was at the height of late 1990s paparazzi culture, when his dad, David Beckham, was the most famous soccer player in the world, and his mom was a Spice Girl; there\u2019s a decent argument to be made that they were doing what they could to placate the infamously voracious British tabloid appetite on their own terms.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, if he had then faded into the lush background of the rich and famous, I\u2019d get it; I feel very confident saying he and Peltz could comfortably live off whatever her monthly trust fund allowance is. (Her father, Nelson Peltz, is worth $1.5 billion.) But last week, Brooklyn appeared<\/a> in a DoorDash ad, the theme of which is basically: \u201cHey, I\u2019m a Beckham, so I\u2019ve got sick World Cup tickets, but I can\u2019t go to the games out of fear of seeing Mummy and Daddy. So I\u2019m putting them in a DoorDash bag and they\u2019re giving them away.\u201d (The caption directs you to follow the DoorDash Instagram account to look for \u201cclues\u201d of where to find his tickets. If someone does this and actually gets Brooklyn\u2019s box seats at the semifinals or whatever, please report back.)<\/p>\n

A source told Page Six that Brooklyn got paid<\/a> $1 million for the 30-second ad, which is an insane amount of money for something that looks like it took two hours to shoot and employed neither a make-up artist nor a stylist. (I\u2019d say he looks hungover, but I don\u2019t think the Gen Z celebs drink anymore.) This also, of course, raises some major questions about the pot calling the kettle black: As a different source (presumably), told Page Six: \u201cTo do an ad based on estrangement from family as if it\u2019s a joke, when his family is devastated and his sister and grandparents are inconsolable, is terrible\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m not sure I\u2019d go so far as to say \u201cterrible,\u201d but I would say \u201cill advised\u201d and \u201cin bad taste.\u201d No one in the world is a die-hard Brooklyn Beckham fan, but there are a number of die-hard Posh and Becks fans, so whatever publicity battle he thinks he\u2019s playing, there\u2019s just no way Beckham the younger is going to win.<\/p>\n

Dua Lipa-approved wedding pics! [Instagram<\/a>]
\nTravis Kelce\u2019s bachelor party! [Just Jared<\/a>]
\nSerena Williams is back at Wimbledon! [Guardian<\/a>]
\nAnd an important update: Pete Davidson publicly fulfilling fatherhood duties. [DeuxMoi<\/a>]<\/p>\n