{"id":462577,"date":"2026-02-11T17:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/462577\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:31:15","slug":"marc-anthony-breaks-silence-on-claims-he-invited-victoria-beckham-to-have-first-dance-with-brooklyn-instead-of-nicola-peltz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/462577\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Anthony breaks silence on claims he invited Victoria Beckham to have first dance with Brooklyn instead of Nicola Peltz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/marc-anthony\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Anthony<\/a> has addressed the Beckham family feud after claims he controversially invited Victoria to have the first dance at Brooklyn\u2019s wedding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/nicola-peltz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicola Peltz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Brooklyn shared an explosive <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/brooklyn-beckham-victoria-toxic-mums-feud-war-b2906549.html\">online statement aimed at his parents<\/a> \u2013 football icon David and former Spice Girl <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/victoria-beckham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria <\/a>\u2013 accusing them of \u201ctrying endlessly to ruin\u201d his relationship with Peltz, whom he married in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s since been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/victoria-beckham-marc-anthony-david-beckham-nicola-peltz-itv-b2906704.html\">claimed by DJ Fat Tony<\/a>, who was present at the wedding, that singer Anthony was the one who called Victoria to the stage in place of Peltz and referred to the former as \u201cthe most beautiful woman in the room\u201d, inviting her to dance with the groom. DJ Tony claimed the remark \u201cdevastated\u201d Brooklyn and<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/brooklyn-beckham-statement-victoria-wedding-dance-b2905293.html\"> sent Peltz out of the room in tears<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn alleged that Victoria \u201chijacked\u201d his first dance with his wife and \u201cdanced very inappropriately\u201d on him in front of everyone. He added in his Instagram statement: \u201cI\u2019ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the feud for the first time, Anthony said it\u2019s \u201cextremely unfortunate\u201d how the situation has \u201cplayed out\u201d, but added that what has been claimed is \u201chardly the truth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have nothing to say about what&#8217;s happening with the family,\u201d he told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/music\/music-features\/marc-anthony-bad-bunny-trump-jlo-beckhams-vegas-residency-1236500733\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re a wonderful, wonderful family. I\u2019ve known them since before the kids were born. I\u2019m godfather to Cruz. I\u2019m really close to the family. But I have nothing to say about what happened there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1983969330.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Beckham and Peltz are embroiled in a feud with the former\u2019s famous parents\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Beckham and Peltz are embroiled in a feud with the former\u2019s famous parents (Getty)<\/p>\n<p>DJ Tony backed up Brooklyn\u2019s claims on This Morning, stating: \u201cWhat it was, was \u2013 and why I said it was inappropriate as well \u2013 was because it was the timing. What happened was, basically, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/marc-anthony\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Anthony<\/a> was performing on stage, he then called Brooklyn onto the stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrooklyn went onto the stage, and the next minute everyone\u2019s expecting it to be Nicola to go up and do the first dance, and then Marc asked for the most beautiful woman in the room to come to the stage \u2013 and then he says, \u2018Victoria, come to the stage\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Brooklyn was \u201cliterally devastated because he thought he was going to do his first dance with his wife, then Nicola leaves the room crying her eyes out\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>DJ Tony continued: \u201cBrooklyn is stuck there on stage, and they do this dance, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/marc-anthony\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Anthony<\/a> says \u2018put your hands on your mother\u2019s hips\u2019 and it was a Latin thing, and the whole situation was really awkward for everyone in the room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Marc-Anthony.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\u2018Hardly the truth\u2019: Marc Anthony has refuted Beckham\u2019s version of events\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Hardly the truth\u2019: Marc Anthony has refuted Beckham\u2019s version of events (Getty)<\/p>\n<p>When Brooklyn confirmed long-running reports of a family feud, he said he did not want to reconcile with his parents, adding that he was \u201cstanding up\u201d for himself \u201cfor the first time\u201d in his life. <\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn\u2019s father-in-law, billionaire investor Nelzon Peltz, recently commented on the furore, saying at WSJ Invest Live: \u201cHas my family been in the press lately? I haven\u2019t noticed that at all.\u200b\u200b\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nelson advised Brooklyn and Nicola to \u201cstay the hell out of the press\u201d, stating: \u201cI\u2019ll tell you my daughter\u2019s great, my son-in-law Brooklyn is great, and I look forward to them having a long, happy marriage together.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Days after Brooklyn\u2019s statement on 19 January, David and Victoria put on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/beckham-family-david-victoria-brooklyn-paris-b2908115.html\">a united front at a fashion event during Haute Couture Fashion Week<\/a> in Paris. While Brooklyn wasn\u2019t in attendance, his three siblings, Romeo, Cruz and Harper, appeared alongside their parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-462577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}