After years of rumors, gossip, and denials, the Beckham family split appears to be what it is: a full-blown breakup.
In a long message posted just hours ago on social media, where he is followed by 16 million people, his eldest son Brooklyn, 26, "officially" accused his mother and father—the fashion designer and former Spice Girls pop star and the English football legend—of wanting to "ruin" his marriage to Nicola Peltz, the American actress he married in 2022, daughter of billionaire Nelson Peltz and former model Claudia Heffner.
In the text, 26-year-old Brooklyn bluntly proclaims: "I don't intend to let myself be controlled, I'm defending myself for the first time in my life" and "I don't want to reconcile with my family." He then accuses his parents of being "manipulative, interested only in their public image." He specifically accuses Victoria of having always snubbed Nicola's father and mother and mistreated her with "mean" behavior, including canceling "at the last minute" a dress-making project for her daughter-in-law , after she had shown herself "enthusiastic" about showing off her clothes. He also blatantly fails to invite her to her father David's 50th birthday party.
"The night before our wedding," she continues, "some members of my family told me that Nicola 'wasn't blood' and 'didn't belong to the family.' Ever since I started asserting myself with my family, I've received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, which were sent to the press on their orders. Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before suddenly blocking me last summer."
" My mother," he continues, "hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to the tune of a romantic love song. In front of 500 guests at our wedding, Marc Anthony called me up on stage, where my romantic dance with my wife was scheduled, but my mother was waiting to dance with me. He danced completely inappropriately on top of me in front of everyone. I have never felt so uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that would bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment."
And again: "The narrative that my wife controls me is completely wrong. I was controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since I moved away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared. I wake up every morning grateful for the life I've chosen and have found peace and relief." "My wife and I," he concludes, "don't want a life shaped by image, the press, or manipulation. We only want peace, privacy, and happiness for ourselves and our future family."
Silence, for now, from the Beckhams, who had already let their bitterness show in recent times.
(Unioneonline/D)