Jan. 20, 2026
Brooklyn Beckham’s Bombshell Post: “I Do Not Want To Reconcile With My Family”
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RSS Feed 26-year-old Brooklyn Beckham - the oldest of David and Victoria Beckham’s 4 children - has put up a damning narrative of his family, describing them as controlling and manipulative. Brooklyn writes about how his family has tried to break up his relationship with his wife Nicola, and goes into great detail about how they ruined his wedding, specifically his “mum” Victoria. And while this is only Brooklyn’s side of the story, his father David was on live television this morning and made a reference to his children and social media, saying sometimes you “have to let them make mistakes.”
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Speaker 1: Hey, the folks, it is Tuesday, January twentieth and a complicated, unfortunate, ugly, shocking and yes sad family drama is playing out for the world to see. And it's happening to one of the most famous families in the world. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Robes. I don't think it's a stretch we're talking about the Beckhams. This is certainly the couple, but by extension the family. Are they not one of the most and even long term most famous families in the world.
00:00:36
Speaker 2: Absolutely, it's Sir David Beckham as well. And then obviously this is a power couple and not just a power couple of power family. They have been extremely public. Obviously they were celebrities in their own rights, but yes, when they came together, their marriage, their business empires, their family, their children.
00:00:57
Speaker 3: This is I think short of the Royal.
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Speaker 1: Family are the UK. Yeah, that makes sense.
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Speaker 2: Probably the most famous family definitely in all of England.
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Speaker 1: And we've known about them. They've been married decades at this point, have they not. Yes, and four kids and to I haven't said this out loud in a while, but to put it in context, he is one of the greatest footballers ever and led them to some of their greatest successes. They're playing for England. She was a member of the Spice Girls, yes, and they were came together at a time where they were at the heights of their fame and of their individual accolades, and they brought those two together.
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Speaker 2: And then to see Victoria become a fashion icon and she is a businesswoman and a designer and people didn't think she'd be taken seriously. So these are people who have excelled, who are at the top of their games. Obviously we know David Beckham and his football history and fame, but he has turned.
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Speaker 3: That fam into a platform.
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Speaker 2: He's philanthropic, unist piece obviously on ads everywhere. These are people who have tons of money, a huge platform, incredible success and talent and seemingly we thought kind of a perfect family. That is what is portrayed, or has been portrayed. There have been rumors in recent months and we can get into that about a falling out, but now unfortunately those rumors have been confirmed.
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Speaker 1: So let's move forward to where we are here. Now. They do have four kids. Their oldest is named Brooklyn.
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Speaker 3: How old is he Brooklyn Beckham is twenty six years old.
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Speaker 1: He's twenty six to the boy, and this is the one that for several months, I don't even know years, but there have been I shouldn't even say rumblings, but there have been signs even the family has given him included about there being some type of rift in the family. Okay, this is no longer rumors, This is no longer his hearsay. This is no longer just a tabloid story. He has gone on and written what I would say, just short of an essay that he has posted on social media in which he is absolutely blasting his parents for their behavior, how he's treated him and his wife and robes Key. Here he says he does not want reconciliation with his parents. This is explosive stuff for this family, and we're going to go through with you folks.
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Speaker 2: Yes, it's shocking, it's jaw dropping, and yes, Brooklyn Beckham has sixteen point four million followers, and he put this up on his Instagram story yesterday on Monday, and it is still up guys, as of this recording. I think Instagram stories last for twenty four hours, and as of this recording, it's at our nineteen so it's still up for all to see, and it begins like this. I have been silent for years and have made every effort to keep these matters private.
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Speaker 3: Unfortunately, my parents and.
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Speaker 2: Their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed. I do not want to reconcile with my family. I'm not being controlled. I'm standing up for myself for the first time in my life.
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Speaker 1: He goes on 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 and the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out. That was the first page.
00:04:34
Speaker 3: That was the first page.
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Speaker 2: Yes, And then he gets into specifics about the rift and when it first happened. And look, if you have been following the Beckhams and you've heard these rumors. People pointed to the fact that there was an issue at the wedding, and so he goes into the wedding between him and his wife, Nicola Peltz, she is I believe thirty one now, but this was at their wedding in twenty twenty two, and he begins life like this. My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn't stopped. My mom canceled making Nikola's dress in the eleventh hour, despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress. I wanted to stop here because Nicola spoke to Variety the year of her wedding and everyone noted she was not wearing a Victoria Beckham dress, which is kind of mind blowing because Victoria Beckham is a dressmaker and her soon to be daughter in law is getting married, and so in response to her not wearing Victoria Beckham's dress, she said, I was going to wear Victoria Beckham and I really wanted to, and then a few months down the line she realized that her itelier couldn't do it, so then I had to pick another dress. She didn't say you can't wear it. I didn't say I didn't want to wear it. That's where it started, and then they ran with that. So she ended up wearing a Valentino Coteur gown for the ceremony. So that was the first kind of notice that the public had that maybe something was off. Then listen to what Brooklyn had to say about the wedding itself. This one was explosive. He said, my mom hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned for weeks in advance to a romantic love song in front of our five hundred wedding guests. Mark Anthony called me to the stage where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife, but instead my mom was waiting to dance with me. Instead, she danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could recreate new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment. That is significant, And look, he was referring to the couple's August twenty twenty five vow renewal. They put pictures up and notably, the Beckhams weren't there. Her family, the Peltz family, was there. In fact, her father officiated this renewal of the wedding vows. And at the same time there are pictures of the Beckhams on a yacht with their other children not in attendance.
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Speaker 3: So that definitely raised a lot of eyebrows.
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Speaker 1: I again, folks, try to interpret it this way or that way those yeah, fine, look the speculation can end. He has flat out saying what his version of events is. Please, No, we're only getting one side of the story here, so who knows. I'm sure they see it very differently, but this is tough stuff for any parent to hear.
00:07:44
Speaker 3: Fame be damned, yes, and oh I cannot eat.
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Speaker 2: I was actually I think every parent will put themselves in this position going, oh my god, I said, Holy hell, Holy hell. But he even goes to talk about what his parents, he claims did weeks before the wedding. He said, weeks before for our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children. They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated, my wholdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since. He goes on to say during the wedding planning, my mom went so far as to call me evil because Nicola and I chose to include my nanny Sandra, and Nikola's nanny at our table because they didn't have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours, And he said the night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was not blood and not family. Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I've received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly that were sent to the press on their orders. Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this summer.
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Speaker 1: This is family drama. I mean, this is awful. A lot of families deal with family drama, and it's this was playing out in the worst of ways. And again this was a one off, and who knows what's going on in the background. But this is it's sad, it's no matter what. This is a family. But a lot of what he's suggesting that anyone in the press can you would hate some here somebody doing that to their family. But you know that pr machine around those two is as powerful as any in the world. So he is essentially saying they have used that power, that PR machine against their own family and against their son. That's stuff.
00:09:42
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, And he is defending his wife throughout most of this, and he talks about his attempts at reconciliation. He said, my wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we've tried to come together as one. This was interesting, he said, my mo has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make both of us uncomfortable. Despite this, we still traveled to London for my dad's birthday and were rejected for a week. As we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him, he refused all our attempts unless it was at his big birthday party with one hundred guests and cameras.
00:10:25
Speaker 3: At every corner.
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Speaker 2: 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 traveled to LA they refused to see me at all.
00:10:38
Speaker 1: Yes, it is one side, but that's some pretty ugly stuff and making personal attacks on two people who have very public lives. He's making his mother sound like a monster.
00:10:48
Speaker 2: And his father too, but yes, his mother. And this is where I just wrote.
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Speaker 1: Ouch.
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Speaker 2: This one, I feel like was one of the most difficult parts to read. They were all difficult, but this one was especially so. He wrote, My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. Family love is decided by how much you post on social media or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo op, even if it's at the expense of our professional obligations. We've gone out of our way for years to show up and support every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show our perfect family. But the one time my wife asked for my mom's support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mom refused.
00:11:37
Speaker 1: Okay, that sounds okay compared to some other things. He's suggesting his mom did not helping out with some dogs. Doesn't seem like it. That seems smaller but added to the list.
00:11:48
Speaker 2: Yes, I just think the big thing is just saying that they value their image over their son.
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Speaker 1: Yes, that is the way he views it. I am one hundred percent sure they would say something else, But I could also understand that. Yet, you know what it sounds like. It sounds like he's growing up in the royal family. You're growing up in a family where you have to understand you do have public obligations, you do have a name, something greater than yourself that you need to respect. You need to understand, and you need to be a part of. This is a commitment. You didn't ask for it, okay, but here you are. It really does sound like he is a royal who doesn't appreciate royal life. He sounds like I want to go party, I want to do this, and I want you all to be accepting of everything. No, not saying it's right, but he is at least through this art does sound like he doesn't like the life around him, and I could understand why he might feel constrained or controlled. And he's what now twenty six. Yeah, he wants to be let go of these constraints and I'm sure the mom, but the dress and the all do they approve of that? This is every family deals with this right, But the difference is we have to accept her and then wonder about the public accepting her into the Beckham Royal family, if you will. So this is a mess. Yeah, it's unfortunate. This is just it's family. I hear so much and just hear family.
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Speaker 2: It's so interesting you made that connection or that parallel, because I kept thinking as I was reading this. Obviously Prince Harry has not gone I don't know. I don't think he's gone this far. But that interview with Oprah with Meghan and Prince Harry sitting down, I mean they are still. They're in the headlines now still about this rift between the King and Prince William and Prince Harry. It sounds very similar.
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Speaker 1: Well, you get to the point you want to tell your own story. He has had no control over his whole narrative for twenty six years, you could argue, so, yeah, he wants to finally speak up. I'm yes, with love you could keep it in house, But now other people and the woman he loves being impacted by things done publicly. So what is my I have to fight it publicly? It's out there in the pump. Yeah, it's just the private thing. What was the one you just mentioned there? The Prince Harry, same thing.
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Speaker 3: It seems very similar in that he went.
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Speaker 1: And sat down with Oprah's to tell his story. Fine, but man, did you have to talk about the baby's black years and all this? Does baby look black? Did you have?
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Speaker 3: You didn't have to.
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Speaker 2: That was a choice and this was a choice on Brooklyn's part as well. And interestingly, when we come back, his father, David Beckham, actually just made a pre arranged television, live television interview with CNBC and he just talked about his own kids and social media and their mental health. Will tell you what David Beckham just said, and it's very interesting because Brooklyn ended his Instagram story talking about his mental health and what he wants for his future. Welcome back to this episode of Amy and TJ, where we are talking about Brooklyn Beckham's explosive Instagram story where he went nuclear on his family, on his mom, on his dad, on his siblings, and talked about what he says he's been living with his entire life, but perhaps specifically living through ever since before his wedding to his current wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and he talks about his mental health, he talks about what.
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Speaker 3: He's been through. But we just heard from Sir David Beckham.
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Speaker 2: He was just on CNBC's Squawkbox and he was asked about kids growing up with social media and the impact it has on mental health. Don't know if they were trying to just make a general nod to what's been going on, and obviously this is a huge story. They didn't directly ask him about Brooklyn's post, but that was the way they kind of got into it. And here is what David Buckham said. I have always spoken about social media and the power of social media for the good and for the bad. The bad we've talked about with what kids can access these days, it can be dangerous. But what I have found personally, especially with my kids as well, use it for the right reasons. I've been able to use my platform and my following for UNISEF and it has been the biggest tool to make people aware of what's going on around the world for children, and I have tried to do the same. I've tried to do the same with my children to educate them. Here's where people are pointing to they make mistakes, But children are allowed to make mistakes. That is how they learn. That is what I try to teach my kids. And he kind of smiled sheepishly here and said, you sometimes have to let them make those mistakes as well.
00:16:42
Speaker 1: They are furious at this kid. Furious. I am so sure, But it's family. And there's the man that there is nothing worse than a rift like this important to play out in public for a family like this, it's awful. Hopefully they find a way back to each other. Is this is going to take a minute?
00:17:02
Speaker 2: Well, look, Brooklyn has every right to say his piece and to finally speak for himself. But this is something that is going to be very hard to undo. And look, when it comes to your kid, you can probably forgive them for just about everything. But when it comes to your kids, they don't necessarily always forgive their parents. It doesn't always work both ways.
00:17:24
Speaker 1: Well, his experience is his experience, and he is telling his side of the story and how he viewed it and how he experienced it all. Yes, and so we have to take him and respect his experience and where he is and how he feels now is just you hate. Look, I didn't listen to those Spie girls. I didn't watch England at that time playing soccer. But I know these two. I respect, appreciate, and admire what they've been able to build, and so I'm rooting for them and their family in whatever weird way. You don't want to see this kind of play out.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean yes, throughout my career, I've actually been able to interview them both multiple times, and look, they seemed pleasant and wonderful and kind and interesting and innovative and all of those things. But no one really knows what goes on behind closed doors. And Brooklyn ends his post and this is where he is about his mental health. He says, then, because he's upset, I guess the idea is, or at what he's intimating is that his family has said, or has or believes that his wife Nikola controls him. So he ends his post with this. The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. 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 I 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.
00:19:04
Speaker 1: And that's all. She wrote. Sounds like he's going off into the sunset.
00:19:08
Speaker 3: That is absolutely what. It sounds like, peace out.
00:19:10
Speaker 1: And I get how long has he been married?
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Speaker 2: Well, they renewed their vows in August and that was three years of marriage, so they've been together for three and a half years married.
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Speaker 1: And that's what She's an actress.
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Speaker 2: Yes, actress and model, yes, and she's one of the richest heiresses in the world. Her father is a very very well known businessman, and she grew up It sounds like similarly to maybe not exactly, but similarly enough to Brooklyn and the Beckhams, where she was always in a major life of privilege with a lot of eyes on her family. And so I think they share in that experience and are now wanting to.
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Speaker 1: Go their own way.
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Speaker 3: Maybe yeah, do something different with their lives.
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Speaker 1: Well we shall, But again, heart goes out to any family going through something like that and there's this happens to be public, but hate it for them. We'll keep an eye Just wanted to hop on an update. And this is a story that really folks have been talking about for quite a while, but certainly more so now and it probably will continue through this week. But folks, as always, we appreciate you spending some time here with us. I expect to see a little more in our feed today, a couple of stories trials in particular, we're keeping an eye on. We might have a few more updates, and who knows, we might purchase Screenland by the end of the day. So top right corner of that Apple Podcast Apple you see our show page a little button that says follow hit that you can make sure you always get our updates coming to you. But for now, I am TJ. Holmes On behalf of my dear Emmy Robot. We'll talk to you Ull soon
Speaker 1: Hey, the folks, it is Tuesday, January twentieth and a complicated, unfortunate, ugly, shocking and yes sad family drama is playing out for the world to see. And it's happening to one of the most famous families in the world. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Robes. I don't think it's a stretch we're talking about the Beckhams. This is certainly the couple, but by extension the family. Are they not one of the most and even long term most famous families in the world.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, it's Sir David Beckham as well. And then obviously this is a power couple and not just a power couple of power family. They have been extremely public. Obviously they were celebrities in their own rights, but yes, when they came together, their marriage, their business empires, their family, their children.
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Speaker 3: This is I think short of the Royal.
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Speaker 1: Family are the UK. Yeah, that makes sense.
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Speaker 2: Probably the most famous family definitely in all of England.
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Speaker 1: And we've known about them. They've been married decades at this point, have they not. Yes, and four kids and to I haven't said this out loud in a while, but to put it in context, he is one of the greatest footballers ever and led them to some of their greatest successes. They're playing for England. She was a member of the Spice Girls, yes, and they were came together at a time where they were at the heights of their fame and of their individual accolades, and they brought those two together.
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Speaker 2: And then to see Victoria become a fashion icon and she is a businesswoman and a designer and people didn't think she'd be taken seriously. So these are people who have excelled, who are at the top of their games. Obviously we know David Beckham and his football history and fame, but he has turned.
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Speaker 3: That fam into a platform.
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Speaker 2: He's philanthropic, unist piece obviously on ads everywhere. These are people who have tons of money, a huge platform, incredible success and talent and seemingly we thought kind of a perfect family. That is what is portrayed, or has been portrayed. There have been rumors in recent months and we can get into that about a falling out, but now unfortunately those rumors have been confirmed.
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Speaker 1: So let's move forward to where we are here. Now. They do have four kids. Their oldest is named Brooklyn.
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Speaker 3: How old is he Brooklyn Beckham is twenty six years old.
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Speaker 1: He's twenty six to the boy, and this is the one that for several months, I don't even know years, but there have been I shouldn't even say rumblings, but there have been signs even the family has given him included about there being some type of rift in the family. Okay, this is no longer rumors, This is no longer his hearsay. This is no longer just a tabloid story. He has gone on and written what I would say, just short of an essay that he has posted on social media in which he is absolutely blasting his parents for their behavior, how he's treated him and his wife and robes Key. Here he says he does not want reconciliation with his parents. This is explosive stuff for this family, and we're going to go through with you folks.
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Speaker 2: Yes, it's shocking, it's jaw dropping, and yes, Brooklyn Beckham has sixteen point four million followers, and he put this up on his Instagram story yesterday on Monday, and it is still up guys, as of this recording. I think Instagram stories last for twenty four hours, and as of this recording, it's at our nineteen so it's still up for all to see, and it begins like this. I have been silent for years and have made every effort to keep these matters private.
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Speaker 3: Unfortunately, my parents and.
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Speaker 2: Their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed. I do not want to reconcile with my family. I'm not being controlled. I'm standing up for myself for the first time in my life.
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Speaker 1: He goes on 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 and the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out. That was the first page.
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Speaker 3: That was the first page.
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Speaker 2: Yes, And then he gets into specifics about the rift and when it first happened. And look, if you have been following the Beckhams and you've heard these rumors. People pointed to the fact that there was an issue at the wedding, and so he goes into the wedding between him and his wife, Nicola Peltz, she is I believe thirty one now, but this was at their wedding in twenty twenty two, and he begins life like this. My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn't stopped. My mom canceled making Nikola's dress in the eleventh hour, despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress. I wanted to stop here because Nicola spoke to Variety the year of her wedding and everyone noted she was not wearing a Victoria Beckham dress, which is kind of mind blowing because Victoria Beckham is a dressmaker and her soon to be daughter in law is getting married, and so in response to her not wearing Victoria Beckham's dress, she said, I was going to wear Victoria Beckham and I really wanted to, and then a few months down the line she realized that her itelier couldn't do it, so then I had to pick another dress. She didn't say you can't wear it. I didn't say I didn't want to wear it. That's where it started, and then they ran with that. So she ended up wearing a Valentino Coteur gown for the ceremony. So that was the first kind of notice that the public had that maybe something was off. Then listen to what Brooklyn had to say about the wedding itself. This one was explosive. He said, my mom hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned for weeks in advance to a romantic love song in front of our five hundred wedding guests. Mark Anthony called me to the stage where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife, but instead my mom was waiting to dance with me. Instead, she danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could recreate new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment. That is significant, And look, he was referring to the couple's August twenty twenty five vow renewal. They put pictures up and notably, the Beckhams weren't there. Her family, the Peltz family, was there. In fact, her father officiated this renewal of the wedding vows. And at the same time there are pictures of the Beckhams on a yacht with their other children not in attendance.
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Speaker 3: So that definitely raised a lot of eyebrows.
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Speaker 1: I again, folks, try to interpret it this way or that way those yeah, fine, look the speculation can end. He has flat out saying what his version of events is. Please, No, we're only getting one side of the story here, so who knows. I'm sure they see it very differently, but this is tough stuff for any parent to hear.
00:07:44
Speaker 3: Fame be damned, yes, and oh I cannot eat.
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Speaker 2: I was actually I think every parent will put themselves in this position going, oh my god, I said, Holy hell, Holy hell. But he even goes to talk about what his parents, he claims did weeks before the wedding. He said, weeks before for our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children. They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated, my wholdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since. He goes on to say during the wedding planning, my mom went so far as to call me evil because Nicola and I chose to include my nanny Sandra, and Nikola's nanny at our table because they didn't have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours, And he said the night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was not blood and not family. Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I've received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly that were sent to the press on their orders. Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this summer.
00:09:04
Speaker 1: This is family drama. I mean, this is awful. A lot of families deal with family drama, and it's this was playing out in the worst of ways. And again this was a one off, and who knows what's going on in the background. But this is it's sad, it's no matter what. This is a family. But a lot of what he's suggesting that anyone in the press can you would hate some here somebody doing that to their family. But you know that pr machine around those two is as powerful as any in the world. So he is essentially saying they have used that power, that PR machine against their own family and against their son. That's stuff.
00:09:42
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, And he is defending his wife throughout most of this, and he talks about his attempts at reconciliation. He said, my wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we've tried to come together as one. This was interesting, he said, my mo has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make both of us uncomfortable. Despite this, we still traveled to London for my dad's birthday and were rejected for a week. As we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him, he refused all our attempts unless it was at his big birthday party with one hundred guests and cameras.
00:10:25
Speaker 3: At every corner.
00:10:26
Speaker 2: 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 traveled to LA they refused to see me at all.
00:10:38
Speaker 1: Yes, it is one side, but that's some pretty ugly stuff and making personal attacks on two people who have very public lives. He's making his mother sound like a monster.
00:10:48
Speaker 2: And his father too, but yes, his mother. And this is where I just wrote.
00:10:52
Speaker 1: Ouch.
00:10:52
Speaker 2: This one, I feel like was one of the most difficult parts to read. They were all difficult, but this one was especially so. He wrote, My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. Family love is decided by how much you post on social media or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo op, even if it's at the expense of our professional obligations. We've gone out of our way for years to show up and support every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show our perfect family. But the one time my wife asked for my mom's support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mom refused.
00:11:37
Speaker 1: Okay, that sounds okay compared to some other things. He's suggesting his mom did not helping out with some dogs. Doesn't seem like it. That seems smaller but added to the list.
00:11:48
Speaker 2: Yes, I just think the big thing is just saying that they value their image over their son.
00:11:56
Speaker 1: Yes, that is the way he views it. I am one hundred percent sure they would say something else, But I could also understand that. Yet, you know what it sounds like. It sounds like he's growing up in the royal family. You're growing up in a family where you have to understand you do have public obligations, you do have a name, something greater than yourself that you need to respect. You need to understand, and you need to be a part of. This is a commitment. You didn't ask for it, okay, but here you are. It really does sound like he is a royal who doesn't appreciate royal life. He sounds like I want to go party, I want to do this, and I want you all to be accepting of everything. No, not saying it's right, but he is at least through this art does sound like he doesn't like the life around him, and I could understand why he might feel constrained or controlled. And he's what now twenty six. Yeah, he wants to be let go of these constraints and I'm sure the mom, but the dress and the all do they approve of that? This is every family deals with this right, But the difference is we have to accept her and then wonder about the public accepting her into the Beckham Royal family, if you will. So this is a mess. Yeah, it's unfortunate. This is just it's family. I hear so much and just hear family.
00:13:10
Speaker 2: It's so interesting you made that connection or that parallel, because I kept thinking as I was reading this. Obviously Prince Harry has not gone I don't know. I don't think he's gone this far. But that interview with Oprah with Meghan and Prince Harry sitting down, I mean they are still. They're in the headlines now still about this rift between the King and Prince William and Prince Harry. It sounds very similar.
00:13:33
Speaker 1: Well, you get to the point you want to tell your own story. He has had no control over his whole narrative for twenty six years, you could argue, so, yeah, he wants to finally speak up. I'm yes, with love you could keep it in house, But now other people and the woman he loves being impacted by things done publicly. So what is my I have to fight it publicly? It's out there in the pump. Yeah, it's just the private thing. What was the one you just mentioned there? The Prince Harry, same thing.
00:14:00
Speaker 3: It seems very similar in that he went.
00:14:02
Speaker 1: And sat down with Oprah's to tell his story. Fine, but man, did you have to talk about the baby's black years and all this? Does baby look black? Did you have?
00:14:11
Speaker 3: You didn't have to.
00:14:12
Speaker 2: That was a choice and this was a choice on Brooklyn's part as well. And interestingly, when we come back, his father, David Beckham, actually just made a pre arranged television, live television interview with CNBC and he just talked about his own kids and social media and their mental health. Will tell you what David Beckham just said, and it's very interesting because Brooklyn ended his Instagram story talking about his mental health and what he wants for his future. Welcome back to this episode of Amy and TJ, where we are talking about Brooklyn Beckham's explosive Instagram story where he went nuclear on his family, on his mom, on his dad, on his siblings, and talked about what he says he's been living with his entire life, but perhaps specifically living through ever since before his wedding to his current wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and he talks about his mental health, he talks about what.
00:15:25
Speaker 3: He's been through. But we just heard from Sir David Beckham.
00:15:29
Speaker 2: He was just on CNBC's Squawkbox and he was asked about kids growing up with social media and the impact it has on mental health. Don't know if they were trying to just make a general nod to what's been going on, and obviously this is a huge story. They didn't directly ask him about Brooklyn's post, but that was the way they kind of got into it. And here is what David Buckham said. I have always spoken about social media and the power of social media for the good and for the bad. The bad we've talked about with what kids can access these days, it can be dangerous. But what I have found personally, especially with my kids as well, use it for the right reasons. I've been able to use my platform and my following for UNISEF and it has been the biggest tool to make people aware of what's going on around the world for children, and I have tried to do the same. I've tried to do the same with my children to educate them. Here's where people are pointing to they make mistakes, But children are allowed to make mistakes. That is how they learn. That is what I try to teach my kids. And he kind of smiled sheepishly here and said, you sometimes have to let them make those mistakes as well.
00:16:42
Speaker 1: They are furious at this kid. Furious. I am so sure, But it's family. And there's the man that there is nothing worse than a rift like this important to play out in public for a family like this, it's awful. Hopefully they find a way back to each other. Is this is going to take a minute?
00:17:02
Speaker 2: Well, look, Brooklyn has every right to say his piece and to finally speak for himself. But this is something that is going to be very hard to undo. And look, when it comes to your kid, you can probably forgive them for just about everything. But when it comes to your kids, they don't necessarily always forgive their parents. It doesn't always work both ways.
00:17:24
Speaker 1: Well, his experience is his experience, and he is telling his side of the story and how he viewed it and how he experienced it all. Yes, and so we have to take him and respect his experience and where he is and how he feels now is just you hate. Look, I didn't listen to those Spie girls. I didn't watch England at that time playing soccer. But I know these two. I respect, appreciate, and admire what they've been able to build, and so I'm rooting for them and their family in whatever weird way. You don't want to see this kind of play out.
00:17:55
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean yes, throughout my career, I've actually been able to interview them both multiple times, and look, they seemed pleasant and wonderful and kind and interesting and innovative and all of those things. But no one really knows what goes on behind closed doors. And Brooklyn ends his post and this is where he is about his mental health. He says, then, because he's upset, I guess the idea is, or at what he's intimating is that his family has said, or has or believes that his wife Nikola controls him. So he ends his post with this. The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. 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 I 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.
00:19:04
Speaker 1: And that's all. She wrote. Sounds like he's going off into the sunset.
00:19:08
Speaker 3: That is absolutely what. It sounds like, peace out.
00:19:10
Speaker 1: And I get how long has he been married?
00:19:14
Speaker 2: Well, they renewed their vows in August and that was three years of marriage, so they've been together for three and a half years married.
00:19:21
Speaker 1: And that's what She's an actress.
00:19:24
Speaker 2: Yes, actress and model, yes, and she's one of the richest heiresses in the world. Her father is a very very well known businessman, and she grew up It sounds like similarly to maybe not exactly, but similarly enough to Brooklyn and the Beckhams, where she was always in a major life of privilege with a lot of eyes on her family. And so I think they share in that experience and are now wanting to.
00:19:55
Speaker 1: Go their own way.
00:19:55
Speaker 3: Maybe yeah, do something different with their lives.
00:19:58
Speaker 1: Well we shall, But again, heart goes out to any family going through something like that and there's this happens to be public, but hate it for them. We'll keep an eye Just wanted to hop on an update. And this is a story that really folks have been talking about for quite a while, but certainly more so now and it probably will continue through this week. But folks, as always, we appreciate you spending some time here with us. I expect to see a little more in our feed today, a couple of stories trials in particular, we're keeping an eye on. We might have a few more updates, and who knows, we might purchase Screenland by the end of the day. So top right corner of that Apple Podcast Apple you see our show page a little button that says follow hit that you can make sure you always get our updates coming to you. But for now, I am TJ. Holmes On behalf of my dear Emmy Robot. We'll talk to you Ull soon