Early this year, the world heard about Brooklyn Beckham going ‘no contact’ with parents David and Victoria Beckham.
The twenty – six – year – old model and aspiring chef accused them of trying to “ruin” his marriage to his wife, Nicola Peltz in 2022. He also accused them of causing him to have “crippling anxiety” in a lengthy Instagram post.
A part of the post reads:
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…
When referring to his parents and his marriage, he wrote:
They [Victoria and David] were adament on me signing [the rights to his name away], before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated. My holdout affected their payday, and they never treated me the same since. During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me “evil” because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra and Nicola’s “Naunni” at our table, because they both didn’t have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours.
Responses to Brooklyn
Beckhams’ feud has caused division within the family. According to Herald Sun, Brooklyn’s brother, Romeo has attacked Peltz, calling her a “problem” after Brooklyn slammed his parents on Instagram.
Celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay is good friends with David and Victoria. He told The Sun that they were “good parents”.
When talking about Beckhams’ relationship with Brooklyn, Ramsay added:
They have both put so much energy into their kids, and I know just how many times they have got Brooklyn out of the s**t.
(“Brooklyn Beckham cuts ties with the Tamsays after Gordon’s warning”, Becca Monaghan, MSN, 20 February 2026).
While Ramsay and Brooklyn have communicated, Brooklyn unfollowed two of Ramsay’s children on social media.
Similar to Romeo, Ramsay points to Peltz as the reason for the estrangement.
Other celebrities have chimed in to the saga. Singer, Marc Anthony described the feud as “extremely unfortunate”: He refused to divoluge in specific details at what happened at Beckham’s/ Peltz’s wedding.
GB Newspresenter, Nana Akua slammed Brooklyn for his Instagram post,, labelling him an “ungrateful little brat”. Sky News Australia’s Danica Di Giorgio has repeated this view.
Reasons why people go no – contact with family
Of course, no one can know about what is truly going on with the Beckhams or any other family in behind closed doors. Noone really jnows why Brooklyn’s wedding was the final straw.
Personally, I find it interestimg that people have put the blame on Peltz. I’m not going to add any personal opinion on the matter. All I’ll say is that there is research as to why families become estranged.
According to Cognitive Psychology, reasons people go no contact include:
- Abuse
- Repeat boundary violations
- Emotionally unavailable parent/s
- Parentification
- Guarding one’s own mental health
- Emotional exhaustion from trying to repair relationship/s
The possible pros and pitfalls of going no contact
According to Alexis Friedlander, going ‘no contact’ can help a person heal. Potential benefits of going no contact can include:
- Freedom to process the ending of a relationship without getting enotionally entangled
- Self – reliance, rather than seeking external validation and building healthy coping strategies
- Breaking the cycle of confusion brought on by abuse in a relationship
Friedlander warns there are also potential downsides to going no contact. They are:
- Intense loneliness and isolation
- Self – blame
- Not getting closure you might long for
I think it’s fair to say that no one takes going no contact to friend, family or exes lightly. And, again, no one can know someone else’s full story. Including the Beckhams.