David Beckham is weighing in on social media just one day after his son, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, shared a scathing Instagram statement about the family.
During an appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box on January 20, the 50-year-old soccer star offered a measured, yet cryptic take on social media, warning that it can be a space where “mistakes” happen.
“I have always spoken about social media and the power of social media. For the good and for the bad,” Beckham said. “The bad we’ve talked about with what kids can access these days, it can be dangerous.”
He added, “What I have found personally, especially with my kids as well, [is] use it for the right reasons. I’ve been able to use my platform and my following for UNICEF. And it has been the biggest tool to make people aware of what’s going on around the world for children.”
Brooklyn, 26, eldest son of David and Victoria Beckham, addressed the family’s long-standing feud in a six-page Instagram statement on Monday night. The former photographer accused his parents of controlling public narratives about the family.
“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,” he wrote.
Brooklyn, who married model and heiress Nicola Peltz, 31, in April 2022, also claimed that Victoria Beckham interfered with his wedding, saying she “cancelled making Nicola’s dress” and “hijacked” his first dance with his new bride.
“She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everybody. I’ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life,” he said.
The bride, Peltz, wore a custom Valentino gown at the ceremony. However, the designer dress had been in the works for a year, according to Peltz’s stylist Leslie Fremar, who told Vogue, “It was the ultimate couture experience,” including two trips to Valentino’s Rome headquarters and fittings in the U.S.
Six months after the wedding, Peltz told Variety that she had wanted to wear a dress by Victoria Beckham, but the studio could not make it in time. “She didn’t say you can’t wear it; I didn’t say I didn’t want to wear it,” she explained.
Just three years after their first wedding, Brooklyn and Nicola renewed their vows in an intimate Florida ceremony. Unlike the 500-person 2022 wedding, the vow renewal was attended by fewer than 20 people—and no members of the Beckham family.
“We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment,” Brooklyn wrote on Instagram.
Adding to the controversy, a wedding guest has confirmed Brooklyn’s claim that Victoria Beckham behaved inappropriately during the first dance. Stavros Agapiou, who attended the Palm Beach wedding with his partner, British DJ Fat Tony, commented on Instagram, “I was there and she did, he’s telling the truth.”
After deleting the comment, Agapiou later posted, “Good on him for finally speaking out!”
The Beckham family has yet to publicly respond to Brooklyn’s explosive statements.
