Nicola Peltz Escalates Beckham Family Feud by Claiming Brooklyn as Peltz Family Son
Nicola Peltz has delivered a significant public blow to the Beckham family, asserting that her billionaire parents consider her husband Brooklyn Beckham as their own son. This declaration comes amid an ongoing and increasingly bitter estrangement between Brooklyn, aged 27, and his famous parents, Victoria and David Beckham, along with the wider Beckham clan.
Elle Interview Reveals Deep Family Integration
In a revealing new interview with ELLE magazine, Nicola Peltz, 31, made her position unequivocally clear regarding Brooklyn's place within her family. When questioned about how her parents—billionaire Nelson Peltz, 83, and former model Claudia Heffner Peltz, 71—welcomed Brooklyn into their family following the couple's marriage, Nicola responded pointedly: 'Like another son.'
She elaborated further with remarks that appeared designed to contrast with Brooklyn's strained relationship with his biological father, football legend David Beckham. 'He gets along really well with my brothers,' Nicola stated. 'They play soccer together a lot.' This comment about Brooklyn enjoying football with her siblings was widely interpreted as a subtle dig at David Beckham's celebrated career in the sport.
Public Snubs and Calculated Social Media Moves
The interview revelations follow a series of public incidents that have highlighted the deepening rift. Last week, Brooklyn pointedly failed to acknowledge his mother Victoria on Britain's Mothering Sunday, a traditional day for honoring mothers. However, he demonstrated no hesitation in posting a glowing tribute to his mother-in-law, Claudia Heffner Peltz, on social media.
Brooklyn shared an Instagram photo featuring himself alongside Claudia and wife Nicola, with the caption: 'Happy birthday to the best mother-in-law. Love u so much and hope u had the most amazing day.' Notably, Claudia's birthday had occurred three days earlier on March 12, making the timing appear particularly deliberate and calculated.
Birthday Tensions and Legal Correspondence
The conflict reached another peak earlier this month when Brooklyn turned 27. Despite heartfelt public birthday messages from his parents and brothers Romeo and Cruz, Brooklyn reportedly dismissed these as 'performative posts' and showed no appreciation for the gestures.
An insider revealed to ET that Brooklyn and Nicola were 'disheartened they chose to make public Instagram posts for his birthday,' describing such actions as 'the exact type of performative public actions that Brooklyn has been trying to put an end to, to no avail.' The situation has become so formalized that last summer, Brooklyn reportedly issued a legal letter to his parents requesting that any future correspondence be conducted exclusively through lawyers.
Brooklyn's Public Allegations and Current Status
Now residing permanently in the United States with his wife, Brooklyn outlined his desire for distance from his family in a detailed six-page Instagram statement released in January. The statement contained serious allegations, claiming his parents had attempted to sabotage his marriage and consistently prioritized public branding over genuine family relationships.
'For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family,' Brooklyn wrote. 'The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.' He added his belief that 'the truth always comes out' regarding what he described as media manipulation.
Despite the complete estrangement from his immediate family, reports indicate Brooklyn maintains communication with his grandfather Ted and Ted's wife Hilary, with whom he has reportedly been in regular contact. Meanwhile, Nicola continues to publicly emphasize her husband's integration into the Peltz family, describing him as having 'the biggest heart in the world' and praising his support for her dreams.
