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On Monday, Brooklyn Beckham posted six Instagram Stories accusing his family of trying to control him and ruin his relationship with his wife, Nicola Peltz. The posts seemed to confirm long-running rumors of inter-Beckham strife, including one highly memed accusation in which Brooklyn claimed his mother, Victoria Beckham, “danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone” at his wedding to Nicola. In the wake of this, you might think David and Victoria would want to steer clear of social media for their own sanity, but apparently not. On Wednesday, they were back to posting on Instagram, wishing their friends happy birthday as if their son didn’t just rake them across the coals to an audience of his 16.8 million followers.
Victoria shared a clip of Baby Spice (a.k.a. Emma Bunton) singing “Say You’ll Be There” in the Mojave Desert in honor of her 50th birthday. “Happy birthday Baby 🤍,” Victoria wrote on her Instagram Story. “Kisses xxx.” Meanwhile, David was busy wishing two of his former Manchester United teammates, Phil Neville and Nicky Butt, a happy birthday over on his profile. “Happy Birthday Mate ❤️,” he wrote to each of them.
David Beckham is in Davos – Sky’s @pkelso took the chance to ask about his son’s recent Instagram post.
Brooklyn Peltz Beckham broke his silence about his estrangement from his parents, saying he does not want to reconcile with his family.https://t.co/MYS7eu1QHb pic.twitter.com/AN8W8qaM7g
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 20, 2026
David also dodged a question about the family beef during a press conference on Tuesday while attending the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. In footage shared by Sky News, a reporter asked, “David, do you have a message for Brooklyn this morning?” followed by, “David, are you disappointed family business is being aired in public?” To this, he smiled and moved right along. Nothing to see here, folks.
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