Jewish billionaire Nelson Peltz has advised his daughter Nicola and husband Brooklyn to “stay out of the press” amid the ongoing Beckham family feud.
The Beckhams’ public quarrel exploded last month when Brooklyn attacked his parents on social media, calling them “controlling” and accusing Victoria of dancing “inappropriately” at his wedding. The drama dragged the Peltzes into the spotlight.
Nelson, 83, a New York businessman who has a net worth of around £1.2 billion, joked about the media attention to reporters at the Wall Street Journal Invest Live event in Palm Beach earlier in the week.
“Has my family been in the press lately? I haven’t noticed that at all,” he said.
When asked if he has any guidance for his family, Peltz said it is “to stay the hell out of the press”, asking: “How much good did that do?”
“My daughter and the Beckhams are a whole other story, and that’s not for coverage here today,” he added.
“I’ll tell you my daughter is great, my son-in-law Brooklyn is great, and I look forward to them having a long, happy marriage together.”
The pair got married in 2022 and the feud began around that time.
Brooklyn has accused his parents of putting out “countless lies” to preserve "Brand Beckham" and said that he must “tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been published”.
He said his parents had been "trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding" and alleged he had been pressured to sign away the rights to his name.
Brooklyn also said that his mother, Victoria, had pulled out of designing Peltz’s wedding dress last minute and had hijacked his first dance with his wife at his wedding.
Writing on Instagram about the wedding itself, he said: "She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life."
Brooklyn has made it clear he was not looking to make amends with his parents, posting on Instagram: “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."
David and Victoria have not directly addressed the allegations made by their son. But speaking at World Economic Forum in Davos about the importance of protecting children on social media, David said: "I've tried to do the same with my children, to educate them, they make mistakes. Children are allowed to make mistakes, that's how they learn... but you know you have to sometimes let them make those mistakes as well."
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