Brooklyn Beckham breaks silence on family feud with astonishing attack on David and Victoria

Brooklyn Beckham has launched an astonishing attack on his parents and claimed he has been “controlled by a family that value public promotion above all else”.

The 26-year-old eldest son of David and Victoria addressed their long-standing feud in a six page statement posted to Instagram on Monday night.

Brooklyn announced he has no wish to reconcile with his family and is “standing up” for himself “for the first time” in his life.

The former photographer wrote in the post: “For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.

“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, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always come out.”

Brooklyn, who married model and heiress Nicola Peltz, 31, in April 2022, claimed that: “My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn’t stopped.”

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Peltz’s parents are the billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz and model Claudia Heffner.

Brooklyn alleged in his post that his mother Victoria had “cancelled making Nicola’s dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress.”

Brooklyn also confirmed previous reports that his mother “hijacked” the first dance at the wedding, writing: “In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me.

“She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everybody. I’ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life.”

He added that the couple “wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarassment.”

He also claimed that: “My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable.”

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It was reported last May that Brooklyn and Nicola “snubbed” his father David’s milestone 50th birthday party, but Brooklyn wrote that in fact the couple had traveled to London for the event but “were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him.”

Brooklyn continued: “He refused all our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and camera at every corner. When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn’t invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all.”

Concluding his statement, Brooklyn wrote: “My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first.”

He claimed that he and his wife had “gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show ‘our perfect family.’ But the one time my wife asked for my mum’s support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused.”

He also hit out at the “narrative that my wife controls me”, calling it “completely backwards.”

“I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life,” he wrote. “I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared. I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief.

“My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want is peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.”

The Independent has approached David and Victoria Beckham for comment.