Victoria Beckham breaks silence on feud with son Brooklyn after he posted scathing rant
Topics: Brooklyn Beckham, David Beckham, Celebrity, Parenting
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Topics: Brooklyn Beckham, David Beckham, Celebrity, Parenting
Ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has finally spoken out about the very public feud that has unfolded with her eldest son, Brooklyn.
The 51-year-old detailed to the Wall Street Journal in her first public interview about the family fracas how all she and her husband, David, had 'ever tried to do' was 'protect and love' their children, despite the constant media spotlight on the pop star and world famous footballer.
Published today (April 16), Victoria did not mention her 27-year-old son by name but tried to explain what had happened to her tight-knit family.
"I think that we’ve always – we love our children so much," she said.
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With accusations from Brooklyn flying at David and Victoria in January, as a result of a lengthy social media post uploaded by their eldest child, his mom appeared to defend their part in his life.
"We’ve always tried to be the best parents that we can be," she said, before adding: "And you know, we’ve been in the public eye for more than 30 years right now, and all we’ve ever tried to do is protect our children and love our children.
"And you know, that’s all I really want to say about it."
But while it was clearly a topic that Victoria did not want to go into too much detail about, especially after Brooklyn alleged that she had danced inappropriately after his nuptials and undermined his wife over her wedding dress, she couldn't help but defend her parenting.
Victoria told the publication that they were just 'trying to do the best [they] can' to raise their four children, who also include 23-year-old Romeo, 21-year-old Cruz and 14-year-old Harper.
She also acknowledged that parenting became a lot more complicated as their children grew into adulthood.
"Being a parent of young adult children and adult children, gosh, I mean, it’s very different from having little children," Victoria said.
Victoria's estrangement from her eldest son reportedly began after his glitzy 2022 wedding to Nicola Peltz, herself the daughter of a billionaire businessman, with allegations that she had offered to design her daughter-in-law's gown, before pulling out further down the line.
In the more than three years that followed, a succession of snubs and counter-snubs seemingly ensued, including Brooklyn apparently not being able to see his dad for his 50th birthday. Much of this was then briefed and counter-briefed to the press.
This left Brooklyn, in January 2026, with what he described as 'no choice' but to take their feud public, slamming the way his parents allegedly stage-managed their lives.
"I do not want to reconcile with my family," Brooklyn wrote in his six-page Instagram statement. "I’m not being controlled, I’m standing up for myself for the first time in my life. For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family."
On April 9 2022, Brooklyn and Nicola got married in a lavish ceremony in front of 500 guests at her family's estate in Palm Beach, Florida, two years after getting engaged.
Just months after the wedding, media sources were starting to report on a 'full-on cold war' between Nicola and her new mum-in-law.
According to Page Six, 'the build-up to the wedding was horrendous' and they 'can’t stand each other and don’t talk'.
Reports also claimed much of the feud came from Nicola's decision to wear a Valentino wedding dress instead of a piece designed by Victoria's fashion house, but they appeared to quash these rumors.
In March 2023, the Beckhams seemed to be happier than ever and were posing for photos at Victoria's Paris fashion show.
Two years on, it was reported that Brooklyn and Nicola had snubbed David's 50th birthday party at Cipriani Downtown Miami.
And then, just days later, TMZ claimed that Brooklyn and brother Romeo weren't speaking due to a fallout over Romeo's girlfriend, Kim Turnbull, who had a 'romantic connection' with Brooklyn 'several years ago'.
Cruz later insisted that Brooklyn and Kim had never actually dated, and in May of 2025, Brooklyn and Nicola were nowhere to be seen as the birthday celebrations for David continued.
In July 2025, Brooklyn and Nicola unfollowed Romeo and Cruz and vice versa.
The following month, David and Victoria are reported not to have attended the Peltz-Beckham vow renewals.
And by December that year, it was reported that Brooklyn no longer followed his parents, and they no longer followed him, and the youngest brother was quick to set the record straight.
Cruz wrote on his Instagram Stories about the claims that he and his family had unfollowed Brooklyn: "NOT TRUE. My mum and dad would never unfollow their son … Let's get the facts right. They woke up blocked … as did I."
In January 2026, it was claimed that Brooklyn sent a legal letter to his parents, insisting they only contact him via his lawyer; a rule which Victoria is believed to have broken when she 'liked' an Instagram post he made about a roast chicken.
In a shock statement posted on his Instagram Stories on January 19, Brooklyn made some bombshell claims about his family, which included how his parents have tried to 'ruin' his relationship with Nicola, have always 'controlled' his life, and how 'Brand Beckham' comes first before anything else.