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what’s going on with Brooklyn Beckham?

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jallyj · 12/08/2025 10:37

so he’s done a vow renewal after only getting wed in 2022 and none of his siblings or parents were there, just seems to have been organised by his billionaire wife’s parents. It looks like a very deliberate fuck you to his family. What can they have done to deserve such shocking treatment? It’s bizarre. And let’s hope the marriage to the (reportedly prickly, hard work) billionaire works, so he doesn’t have to come crawling back to Mum and Dad………

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14992137/Nicola-Peltz-Brooklyn-Beckham-share-pictures-butterfly-themed-vow-renewal-afterparty-parents-took-centre-stage-guestlist-included-Harvey-Weinsteins-ex-amid-family-feud.html

Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham share pictures from wedding party

Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham shared pictures from their vow renewal on Instagram on Monday, which took place at her family's estate in Westchester County on August 2. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14992137/Nicola-Peltz-Brooklyn-Beckham-share-pictures-butterfly-themed-vow-renewal-afterparty-parents-took-centre-stage-guestlist-included-Harvey-Weinsteins-ex-amid-family-feud.html

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lollypop42 · 16/08/2025 20:25

I can’t imagine what the beckhams have done to deserve such a falling out , i’d love to know 🤥

StarCurator · 16/08/2025 20:34

Ah, I didn't know. That's really sad.

crossedlines · 16/08/2025 20:52

lollypop42 · 16/08/2025 20:25

I can’t imagine what the beckhams have done to deserve such a falling out , i’d love to know 🤥

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NellitheNelephant · 16/08/2025 21:14

EasyTouch · 14/08/2025 16:41

The vast majority of the side pieces, from Miami to London have, so why not her....especially if he financially contributed to her upbringing?

My daughter saw the the most Grammy award winning artist taking coke over a decade ago.

The family man heavy tongued chef is bisexual at the very least.

The majority of those in Hollywood who loudly proclaim that they do not smoke, do.

All that isn't reported in the papers, either.

I am pretty sure I read in a newspaper article many years ago that Kate Middleton used to smoke (allegedly!) and now I can't find a single trace of the story.

lollypop42 · 16/08/2025 22:25

@Bambamhoohoo@EasyTouch thanks I love this ! even though it has made me more inquisitive

Merrymouse · 16/08/2025 22:45

lollypop42 · 16/08/2025 20:25

I can’t imagine what the beckhams have done to deserve such a falling out , i’d love to know 🤥

I think it’s the kind of things that cause disharmony on any AIBU wedding or in-law thread + (from the wedding planner’s legal claim) more money than sense.

User14March · 16/08/2025 23:32

Merrymouse · 16/08/2025 22:45

I think it’s the kind of things that cause disharmony on any AIBU wedding or in-law thread + (from the wedding planner’s legal claim) more money than sense.

The wedding was a few years ago

IjustbelieveinMe · 17/08/2025 00:02

NellitheNelephant · 16/08/2025 21:14

I am pretty sure I read in a newspaper article many years ago that Kate Middleton used to smoke (allegedly!) and now I can't find a single trace of the story.

There is a photo somewhere of her in the back of a taxi and a packet of cigarettes (Marley lights?) clearly visible in her handbag. Why I remember this and not the important things in life completely fathoms me too.

RoseTulips2023 · 17/08/2025 08:26

Tipeetommeey · 16/08/2025 16:24

I have always admired Kate moss for keeping her daughter private until 16. Actually she may have done 1 or 2 things a bit earlier but she was kept entirely private. She was part of one of my kids wider social circle and was very much part of the crowd doing normal teenage things without anyone peering over her shoulder

True but there's no way Lila Moss would be a model if Kate Moss wasn't her mother - she's too short apart from anything else. The same applies to many celeb kids - Yasmin le Bon's daughters, Annie Lennox's daughter, Noel Gallagher's daughter even Jude Law's kids.

Bruisername · 17/08/2025 08:51

RoseTulips2023 · 17/08/2025 08:26

True but there's no way Lila Moss would be a model if Kate Moss wasn't her mother - she's too short apart from anything else. The same applies to many celeb kids - Yasmin le Bon's daughters, Annie Lennox's daughter, Noel Gallagher's daughter even Jude Law's kids.

Yes it’s true - but at least by keeping them out of the public eye until they are 16/18 means they have some agency. Not allowed these kids end up going into modelling (although a lot do!!). But the easy side of modelling - sadly those girls who see it as a route out of poverty have seen the big jobs go elsewhere

i always think of Cindy Crawford daughter - she was very young when she was ‘launched’ and it seemed a bit unnecessary - she would have been just as successful if she had waited until 18. On the other side, did you ever really see Claudia schiffers kids before they reached adulthood?

Playtoo · 17/08/2025 09:15

lifeonmars100 · 16/08/2025 17:29

Loving your kids is the easy bit, having healthy boundaries, modelling good values, supporting them with kindness but not total indulgance, giving them focused and postive attention, nurturing their talents but being realistic about what they can achieve, now those are the hard parts. Being a parent is such a challenge, I look back on my parenting and I got so much wrong as I muddled along like most of us do.

This is so true. Love is simply not always enough when it comes to parenting.

Astleyxyz · 17/08/2025 09:33

Bruisername · 17/08/2025 08:51

Yes it’s true - but at least by keeping them out of the public eye until they are 16/18 means they have some agency. Not allowed these kids end up going into modelling (although a lot do!!). But the easy side of modelling - sadly those girls who see it as a route out of poverty have seen the big jobs go elsewhere

i always think of Cindy Crawford daughter - she was very young when she was ‘launched’ and it seemed a bit unnecessary - she would have been just as successful if she had waited until 18. On the other side, did you ever really see Claudia schiffers kids before they reached adulthood?

Claudia’s daughter is all over TikTok. She posts videos from school, often with Adriana Lima’s daughter

NOTANUM · 17/08/2025 09:33

I’ve just gone down a rabbit hole - Jude Law has 7 children from 4 mothers! He seems pretty involved at least..
The good lucks gene is strong there for sure.

Pedallleur · 17/08/2025 09:36

NOTANUM · 17/08/2025 09:33

I’ve just gone down a rabbit hole - Jude Law has 7 children from 4 mothers! He seems pretty involved at least..
The good lucks gene is strong there for sure.

You would think he carried a Govt Health Warning. Being with this man may result in another pregnancy.

Bruisername · 17/08/2025 09:52

Astleyxyz · 17/08/2025 09:33

Claudia’s daughter is all over TikTok. She posts videos from school, often with Adriana Lima’s daughter

Oh I’m not on TikTok so was going off Google which suggests she keeps a reasonably low profile

ElixirOfLife · 17/08/2025 10:05

Peclet · 12/08/2025 11:45

That’s utter tabloid dross the stuff about the first dance!
And the dress -again doubtful. I’m not a massive VB fan but I don’t think she is stupid.

Agree. Who honestly believes VB would do anything like this.

Brooklyn needs time out for whatever reason, maybe to prove loyalty to his wife (see H&M as a good example and how that turns out).

And he will no doubt really miss his family in moments of crisis or when he and Nicola have children. I expect over time he will soften or feel he’s made his point and he can return to the fold.

crossedlines · 17/08/2025 10:18

the first dance and the dress (whether true or not) aren’t the issue. The issue is that the Beckhams have used their children to sell the brand. They have zero respect for their children’s right to a private life - they were thrust into the public arena way before they had agency over whether to consent

User14March · 17/08/2025 10:20

ElixirOfLife · 17/08/2025 10:05

Agree. Who honestly believes VB would do anything like this.

Brooklyn needs time out for whatever reason, maybe to prove loyalty to his wife (see H&M as a good example and how that turns out).

And he will no doubt really miss his family in moments of crisis or when he and Nicola have children. I expect over time he will soften or feel he’s made his point and he can return to the fold.

I think, from reading about this a while ago, someone called VB up on stage instead of NP (erroneously) & heaped praise on VB. NP saw red. The evidence points to NP being very difficult.

Tipeetommeey · 17/08/2025 11:00

RoseTulips2023 · 17/08/2025 08:26

True but there's no way Lila Moss would be a model if Kate Moss wasn't her mother - she's too short apart from anything else. The same applies to many celeb kids - Yasmin le Bon's daughters, Annie Lennox's daughter, Noel Gallagher's daughter even Jude Law's kids.

She may well not be although I actually think she’s beautiful. However, her mum was one of the most famous women in the world when she was born and she took the decision to let her grow up privately until she was old enough to choose for herself. I respect that

Bambamhoohoo · 17/08/2025 12:16

You can’t really compare Kate moss to VB. KM doesn’t like publicity herself so there was never any chance she was going go change when she had children and drag them along for the photos oops she doesn’t even attend .

the Beckhams realised quite early on that their money would come from brand deals and the way they could get brands interested was to brand themselves and use the media. They had to be in a position to demonstrate they would increase sales of the products they were promoting. DB has been good at this, VB has been appalling.

whether or not this approach was a problem for their small children and the resultant upbringing, really only they know. The Beckham children where really the first in the uk to be brought up like this and the only children of a family that has remained famous for 30 years.

lostinchaos · 17/08/2025 13:04

I think the reason Victoria pushed for publicity as a devoted mother and wife was in response to David's philandering ways. She was trying to protect their brand and the children sadly were the best way to try and convince the world they had a happy marriage and it was all vicious lies. As a consequence she actually became very unlikeable to the public for a long time, as we could all see how disingenuous this narrative was and we would in fact have been far more supportive of VB if she had been honest about how hard it had been to get through the cheating and rebuild their marriage alongside their careers at the time.

I suspect David's affairs is the real reason Brooklyn is so obsessed with prioritising his wife and demonstrating his commitment to his marriage, and the issues with his parents have been bubbling in the background for years because he can't possibly respect his dad for cheating.

The unfortunate thing is his chosen wife appears hugely insecure and jealous, and so whilst she leverages the beckham brand she can't stand Victoria having a bigger public profile than her or the fact Brooklyn was a total mummy's boy when she met him. I think she probably pushed the narrative that David and Victoria's marriage is built on lies and cheating and has encouraged Brooklyn to distance himself as they are not like that and show the world he would never treat his wife so disrespectfully.

But I think maybe that is a convenient excuse for Nicola to drag him away from the whole beckham family and his life before her, as a good wife would have encouraged him to work through these issues with his parents and siblings rather than fighting with them.. Not wearing a VB dress amongst her many outfit changes on her wedding day was hugely disrespectful to her mother in law and very cruel. It basically said her brand isn't good enough for a billionaire like me! I'm sure they could have tried harder to come to agreement on a suitable design but she didn't want the press to focus on Victoria's beautiful wedding dress and fashion brand, rather than on her. She knew there would be more headlines about Victoria and David on he wedding day than her and could not stand the thought of sharing the day with them.

I think when Marc Anthony sang at the wedding and called Victoria the most beautiful woman in the room (assuming that actually happened!), it was innocently done and came from a good place as he is very close friends with the beckham's. Nicola's subsequent tantrum shows what a spoilt princess she is. I don't believe for one second that Victoria orchestrated any of the first dance nonsense, but clearly Nicola wanted a redo of the marriage to not include her mother in law as she remains threatened by her and is cruelly and publicly pushing Brooklyn's family out of their lives.

I think issues with in laws are not uncommon and I think there is probably fault here on both sides. Family wounds from childhood haunt us all and Brooklyn has been badly guided and seems to lack any intelligence on how to work through them. He has also married a very difficult woman who has done everything to destroy his relationship with his family. it's totally bonkers that he now no longer speaks to his brothers and sister, grandparents or childhood friends.. he will regret this and I doubt they can ever fully resolve this now.

Bambamhoohoo · 17/08/2025 13:05

lostinchaos · 17/08/2025 13:04

I think the reason Victoria pushed for publicity as a devoted mother and wife was in response to David's philandering ways. She was trying to protect their brand and the children sadly were the best way to try and convince the world they had a happy marriage and it was all vicious lies. As a consequence she actually became very unlikeable to the public for a long time, as we could all see how disingenuous this narrative was and we would in fact have been far more supportive of VB if she had been honest about how hard it had been to get through the cheating and rebuild their marriage alongside their careers at the time.

I suspect David's affairs is the real reason Brooklyn is so obsessed with prioritising his wife and demonstrating his commitment to his marriage, and the issues with his parents have been bubbling in the background for years because he can't possibly respect his dad for cheating.

The unfortunate thing is his chosen wife appears hugely insecure and jealous, and so whilst she leverages the beckham brand she can't stand Victoria having a bigger public profile than her or the fact Brooklyn was a total mummy's boy when she met him. I think she probably pushed the narrative that David and Victoria's marriage is built on lies and cheating and has encouraged Brooklyn to distance himself as they are not like that and show the world he would never treat his wife so disrespectfully.

But I think maybe that is a convenient excuse for Nicola to drag him away from the whole beckham family and his life before her, as a good wife would have encouraged him to work through these issues with his parents and siblings rather than fighting with them.. Not wearing a VB dress amongst her many outfit changes on her wedding day was hugely disrespectful to her mother in law and very cruel. It basically said her brand isn't good enough for a billionaire like me! I'm sure they could have tried harder to come to agreement on a suitable design but she didn't want the press to focus on Victoria's beautiful wedding dress and fashion brand, rather than on her. She knew there would be more headlines about Victoria and David on he wedding day than her and could not stand the thought of sharing the day with them.

I think when Marc Anthony sang at the wedding and called Victoria the most beautiful woman in the room (assuming that actually happened!), it was innocently done and came from a good place as he is very close friends with the beckham's. Nicola's subsequent tantrum shows what a spoilt princess she is. I don't believe for one second that Victoria orchestrated any of the first dance nonsense, but clearly Nicola wanted a redo of the marriage to not include her mother in law as she remains threatened by her and is cruelly and publicly pushing Brooklyn's family out of their lives.

I think issues with in laws are not uncommon and I think there is probably fault here on both sides. Family wounds from childhood haunt us all and Brooklyn has been badly guided and seems to lack any intelligence on how to work through them. He has also married a very difficult woman who has done everything to destroy his relationship with his family. it's totally bonkers that he now no longer speaks to his brothers and sister, grandparents or childhood friends.. he will regret this and I doubt they can ever fully resolve this now.

Excellent analysis completely agree

User14March · 17/08/2025 13:26

lostinchaos · 17/08/2025 13:04

I think the reason Victoria pushed for publicity as a devoted mother and wife was in response to David's philandering ways. She was trying to protect their brand and the children sadly were the best way to try and convince the world they had a happy marriage and it was all vicious lies. As a consequence she actually became very unlikeable to the public for a long time, as we could all see how disingenuous this narrative was and we would in fact have been far more supportive of VB if she had been honest about how hard it had been to get through the cheating and rebuild their marriage alongside their careers at the time.

I suspect David's affairs is the real reason Brooklyn is so obsessed with prioritising his wife and demonstrating his commitment to his marriage, and the issues with his parents have been bubbling in the background for years because he can't possibly respect his dad for cheating.

The unfortunate thing is his chosen wife appears hugely insecure and jealous, and so whilst she leverages the beckham brand she can't stand Victoria having a bigger public profile than her or the fact Brooklyn was a total mummy's boy when she met him. I think she probably pushed the narrative that David and Victoria's marriage is built on lies and cheating and has encouraged Brooklyn to distance himself as they are not like that and show the world he would never treat his wife so disrespectfully.

But I think maybe that is a convenient excuse for Nicola to drag him away from the whole beckham family and his life before her, as a good wife would have encouraged him to work through these issues with his parents and siblings rather than fighting with them.. Not wearing a VB dress amongst her many outfit changes on her wedding day was hugely disrespectful to her mother in law and very cruel. It basically said her brand isn't good enough for a billionaire like me! I'm sure they could have tried harder to come to agreement on a suitable design but she didn't want the press to focus on Victoria's beautiful wedding dress and fashion brand, rather than on her. She knew there would be more headlines about Victoria and David on he wedding day than her and could not stand the thought of sharing the day with them.

I think when Marc Anthony sang at the wedding and called Victoria the most beautiful woman in the room (assuming that actually happened!), it was innocently done and came from a good place as he is very close friends with the beckham's. Nicola's subsequent tantrum shows what a spoilt princess she is. I don't believe for one second that Victoria orchestrated any of the first dance nonsense, but clearly Nicola wanted a redo of the marriage to not include her mother in law as she remains threatened by her and is cruelly and publicly pushing Brooklyn's family out of their lives.

I think issues with in laws are not uncommon and I think there is probably fault here on both sides. Family wounds from childhood haunt us all and Brooklyn has been badly guided and seems to lack any intelligence on how to work through them. He has also married a very difficult woman who has done everything to destroy his relationship with his family. it's totally bonkers that he now no longer speaks to his brothers and sister, grandparents or childhood friends.. he will regret this and I doubt they can ever fully resolve this now.

I too think you’ve likely nailed it. BB I think is also pleased & proud as punch to have married the sort of woman any contemporaries who might have mocked him could only dream of (as he sees it). This gives her/P family enormous power.

The make up artist on Transformers, before anyone knew who NP was, was shocked at her rudeness apparently. She was the worst ever come across in career. Those wedding texts are also very telling about the whole Peltz family dynamic.

Bambamhoohoo · 17/08/2025 14:27

Yes. I’d also go as far as to say I don’t think they’re suited as a couple, or madly in love- they’re just people who are determined to stay married by hook or by crook.
Victoria I think, driven by a clear copy and paste of the family values she was brought up with, and David likely because it’s easier and more convenient to stay married and have full access to his children the family home etc and still go off and do what he likes than by single.

Victoria has also said previously that they know they’re more financially powerful together than apart.

looking back it’s clear that VB had no idea how to support an athlete - neither did she care- and was determined to come before football in his affections. Some clear lines were drawn with not supporting him staying in training numerous times and famously telling him she was pregnant the night before the Argentina game.

He was a silly 22 year old puppy dog arrogant enough to believe he’d never lose what he’d worked so hard for. Add that to Alex Ferguson being obsessed with his young players being married and having children and you have the Beckham family of today

Borisssss · 17/08/2025 14:58

I think VB did what she thought was the best thing for DCs - hanging in there and staying together. Maybe that’s a sign of the times when people were less appreciative of the lasting impact on the emotional health of DC living in a bad marriage. Maybe she also did it for cash and ego and is a bit deluded.

I don’t doubt NP is difficult, emotionally demanding and needy but I suspect BB was very familiar with the role of soothing someone like that - and he’s punching.

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