Brooklyn Peltz Beckham has said he does not want to “reconcile” with his family, in his first public comments addressing reports about his relationship with his parents.
In a series of posts on Instagram, the eldest child of Sir David Beckham and Lady Beckham accused his parents of “attacking” him and his wife in the press, saying they tried “endlessly to ruin” his relationship with Nicola Peltz Beckham.
After months of speculation about a feud in the high-profile family, he said he had tried to keep the situation private but was left with “no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth”.
Sir David has not directly commented on the post, but speaking generally about social media on Tuesday, he said children are “allowed to make mistakes”.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, Sir David also said he has tried to “educate” his children on the positives and negatives of social media.
The BBC has contacted Sir David and Lady Beckham’s representatives for further comment. The pair has never publicly acknowledged a rift.
“I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private,” Peltz Beckham, 26, wrote in a series of posts to his 16 million followers.
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“Unfortunately, my parents and 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.”
“Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they’ll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out,” he added.
Sir David was photographed on Tuesday morning before taking part in a podcast recording at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, but he has so far declined to comment directly on his eldest son’s post.
Much of Brooklyn Beckham’s statement focused on his relationship with his wife, an American actress and the daughter of billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz, whom he said had been “consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we’ve tried to come together as one”.
He accused his parents of trying to derail their wedding, claiming his fashion designer mother had “cancelled making Nicola’s dress in the eleventh hour, despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress”.
Reports emerged at the time that Nicola, now 31, had refused to wear one of Lady Beckham’s designs.
She later told the Times that her mother-in-law had realised her atelier could not finish it in time, denying speculation that there was a feud.
