EXCLUSIVE: Associate Editor Tom Bryant on the inside story of the fall-out from Brooklyn Beckham and wife Nicola Peltz’s wedding vows renewal as the family feud deepens even further
When it came to the guest-list for Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz-Beckham’s lavish “second” wedding, few would have expected the groom’s parents David and Victoria to make the cut. As one Peltz-Beckham confidante bluntly put it: “In the current climate….hell would have had to freeze over before that happened.”
Such is the rift between Posh and Becks and their daughter-in-law Nicola that the pair only found out about the wedding vow renewal by reading it online. But it would seem that they were not the only ones supposedly black-listed from the lavish bash, which was attended by up to 200 people.
Friends of Nicola and Brooklyn have told how Brooklyn’s siblings Romeo and Cruz were also persona non grata after what they claim are a series of online barbs from the duo.
“Brooklyn’s brothers have been fanning the flames..they’ve openly made fun of and trolled Brooklyn in comments on social media,” said the pal. One comment under the spotlight was when Cruz responded to a post from a user asking him he was “going to stick with this job or going to become a race car driver next or something?”
To which Cruz, seemingly referring to his brother Brooklyn’s many career paths, responded: “Wrong brother mate”.
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Quite why such a pretty much harmless comment would antagonise Brooklyn so much is curious to say the least. There are some who feel Nicola is looking for “any reason” to drive Brooklyn further from his brothers. She’s previously been accused of “isolating” her husband from not only his family, but his friends too.
Peltz’s friend was responding to questions as to why it was necessary to ban the whole Beckham family from the wedding celebration on August 2. We told yesterday how there was disappointment that not only Victoria and David were not invited but also his three siblings Cruz, Harper and Romeo, as well as his grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles.
As one insider told me: “Why punish the whole family for what is essentially a fall-out with just the mum and dad.” Nicola and Brooklyn’s pals claim it was hard not to invite sister Harper, who is close to Brooklyn, as well as his grandparents.
The pal said: “They are trying to make the best decisions for them in what are very unfortunate circumstances. Navigating family stuff is hard and it’s ugly.”
Astonishingly, they still claim to hope for a reconciliation. The pal said: “The door is open. No one wants to see this kind of pain exist. There is always hope. At the end of the day. Blood is thicker than water.”
Such comments will doubtless antagonise the Beckhams. Not least as they see things very differently. I can reveal how the whole family have been trying for “many months” to get in touch and heal the rift with Brooklyn and his wife but to no avail.
It’s not just David and Victoria who have been reaching out but also both sets of grandparents, and other family members. On Brooklyn’s recent trip to London, he didn’t see any family members, including his grandparents .
Meanwhile, the family were “totally poleaxed” by news of the wedding renewal which came with “zero warning.” They believe there is no excuse for not letting anyone know about it and just dropping a series of pictures on social media. Descriptions such as “cruel and heartless” have been used.
The fact that more pictures have been made public this time around rather than their first wedding in 2022 has undoubtedly made matters worse. In the snaps, Nicola wore her 70-year-old mother’s vintage 1985 bridal gown for the big day, while her father Nelson, 83, was given the key role of officiating. The choice of pictures, critics say, were “very pointed.”
Judging from the comments on Brooklyn and Nicola’s social media platforms, it would appear the public are firmly on the Beckhams’ side. One said: “Oh lets get married again so my in-laws aren’t in the pictures. Unbelievably cruel. Hope you never have a son.”
But Peltz’s friends are adamant they have done nothing wrong. They point to what they say are “massive double standards” at play in how both families are portrayed.
One said: “Whenever Nicola and Brooklyn stand up for themselves – or share how in love they are – they are seen as the bad guys. Take a look at Victoria’s Instagram feed…it’s all lovey-dovey. When Nicola does this she is accused of being terrible.”
As for the claims Nicola is isolating Brooklyn, her friends laugh this off too. They claimed: “Brooklyn’s friends flew in early to spend the week with him, and he had them staying with him in the build up. The pictures reflected what the goal was ….it was all about love. There was no ulterior motive.”
As for what happens next, the feud is certainly not harming Nicola’s career prospects.
“Nicola just wrapped a film in North Carolina which she was shooting this summer, and she has other film and TV projects in the works,” said a pal. Brooklyn too is busy promoting his hot sauce and recently did a partnership with Airbnb. Quizzed if they would ever do a big sit-down chat about the feud, the pal says it’s not their style.
“They dont want the attention…they are about peace instead,” they said.
Quite whether the Beckhams see it like that is another matter…