Brooklyn Peltz Beckham has said he does not want to reconcile with his family, accusing his parents, David and Victoria Beckham, of attacking him and his wife in the press and placing false information in the media.
In a series of posts shared with his 16 million followers, the 26-year-old said he had remained silent for years but decided to speak publicly after media coverage did not end.
Brooklyn has also accused his mother, Lady Beckham, of disrupting his wedding by taking over his first dance with his wife. He alleged that when he was called to the stage, “my mum was waiting to dance with me” instead of his wife and said she “danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone”.
“I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private,” he wrote. “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,” he added. “I’m not being controlled, I’m standing up for myself for the first time in my life.”
Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, the eldest son of David Beckham and Lady Victoria Beckham, alleged that his parents had tried to undermine his relationship with his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham. He said they had been “trying endlessly to ruin” the relationship and accused them of placing “countless lies in the media” to “preserve their own facade”.
“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,” he wrote. “But I believe the truth always comes out.”
He also addressed speculation surrounding his absence from David Beckham’s 50th birthday, stating that he and his wife travelled to London for the occasion but were unable to meet his father privately.
“We were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him,” he said. “He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner.”
He claimed his father later agreed to meet him on the condition that his wife was not present. “That was a slap in the face,” he wrote, adding that his family later refused to see him during a subsequent trip to Los Angeles.
At the time, a source told an international media outlet that Brooklyn had chosen not to attend the party because his younger brother Romeo was present with a woman to whom he had previously been linked.
He also alleged that his mother had “repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable”.
He accused his family of prioritising commercial interests over personal relationships. “Brand Beckham comes first,” he wrote, adding that “family ‘love’ is decided by how much you post on social media”.
Brooklyn Beckham said he had experienced anxiety for much of his life, which he linked to his family situation. “I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life,” he said. “I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared.”
He further alleged that he had faced “endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly”, which he claimed were sent to the press “on their orders”.
He said his younger brothers had also been involved. “They were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last summer,” he wrote.
In December, Cruz Beckham, 20, responded to a Daily Mail report claiming that their parents had unfollowed Brooklyn Peltz Beckham on social media. “Not true,” he wrote on Instagram. “My mum and dad would never unfollow their son. Let’s get the facts right.” He added: “They woke up blocked as I did.”