Victoria Beckham has publicly addressed the escalating rift within her family after her eldest son, Brooklyn, blocked his parents and siblings on Instagram. The 51-year-old fashion designer appeared to put on a brave face in a new video, shared on Monday ahead of the Christmas holidays, as the fallout from the digital snub continues.
The Instagram Block That Sparked a Public Spat
The bitter family feud reached new heights over the weekend when Brooklyn's younger brother, Cruz Beckham, 20, clarified online that their parents had not unfollowed Brooklyn, as some reports had suggested. Cruz stated emphatically that David and Victoria Beckham, along with himself, had 'woke up blocked' by the 26-year-old aspiring chef. This public intervention from Cruz is understood to have further irritated Brooklyn and his wife, Nicola Peltz, who view it as another instance of media briefing from the Beckham camp.
In her first response since the blocking, Victoria shared a jovial clip from a shoot for her beauty brand. Filmed under bright camera lights, she downed a shot with colleagues and quipped, 'Cheers to me! Enough about me what do you guys think about me?' She later joked about needing extra lighting, a nod to her recent Netflix documentary where she realised she looks best in a 'room full of light'. The caption read: 'It's a tough job being me, but someone's gotta do it!'
A Simple 'Like' That Fueled the Fire
The catalyst for the sudden block appears to have been a seemingly innocuous social media interaction. Brooklyn had posted a cooking video last week demonstrating how to brine a chicken to his 16 million followers. Victoria 'liked' the post, which prompted a flood of comments from fans urging Brooklyn to reconcile with his family. Messages such as 'Family is everything' and 'Call your parents' flooded the post's comments section.
Sources close to the situation indicate that Brooklyn was annoyed by the attention and commentary his mother's public endorsement provoked. In response, he decided to block his entire immediate family, including his parents, brothers Cruz and Romeo, and his 14-year-old sister, Harper. This move is seen as a definitive sign of his estrangement, severing what Beckham family sources describe as their 'last connection' to him, as direct communication had already ceased for months.
Christmas Apart and a Plea for Peace
The Instagram drama unfolds just days before Christmas, cementing plans for a divided festive season. Brooklyn will spend Christmas in the United States with his wife Nicola Peltz and her billionaire family, rather than joining the Beckhams at their £10 million Cotswolds home or their new £60 million Miami waterfront property. Nicola no longer follows David or Victoria on Instagram, and the feeling is mutual.
A friend of the Peltz Beckhams stated that the couple find the Beckhams' Instagram activity and associated media stories 'upsetting and anxiety-inducing'. They have reportedly asked David and Victoria to stop contacting them and briefing the press. 'They just want peace. It would be best for everyone for them to stop contacting, commenting and briefing,' the friend said, characterising the Instagram stories as a 'media play' that feels like 'manipulation' and 'gaslighting'.
Meanwhile, Beckham family sources express devastation. 'David and Victoria will never stop loving Brooklyn. They are devastated at this fall out,' said an insider. The strain is also taking a toll on the grandparents, with Victoria's mother, Jackie Adams, and David's mother, Sandra Beckham, said to be 'extremely sad'. Jackie notably hung a stocking for Brooklyn at her home in a hopeful gesture.
This very public split marks a low point in relations that have been strained since Brooklyn and Nicola missed David's 50th birthday celebrations in May and Brooklyn failed to acknowledge his father's knighthood in November. As the family prepares for separate holidays, the digital block symbolises a deep and ongoing rift with no immediate resolution in sight.
