David Beckham is keeping quiet amid his son Brooklyn Beckham’s explosive statement accusing the retired soccer star and wife Victoria of controlling him for much of his life.
David, 50, was pictured on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, January 20, where he recorded a podcast with psychologist and creator Adam Grant.
The sports star avoided questions on his son’s statement as he walked across the room on the annual conference.
Sky News business correspondent Paul Kelso attempted to ask him, “David, do you could have a message for Brooklyn this morning?” per video footage published by the outlet.
David continued to walk on by and offered no answers as Kelso further pressed, “David, are you upset family business is being aired in public?”
The previous Manchester United player’s appearance Tuesday comes lower than 24 hours after eldest son Brooklyn, 26, broke his silence on his fractured relationship with David and Victoria, 51.
Rumors of a Beckham family rift first surfaced in May 2025, though insiders previously told Us Weekly that the disagreement could be traced back to Brooklyn’s April 2022 wedding to actress Nicola Peltz Beckham.
In a scathing statement posted via his Instagram Story on Monday, January 19, Brooklyn said, “I are not looking for to reconcile with my family. I’m not being controlled, I’m standing up for myself for the primary time in my life.”
Brooklyn alleged that “my parents and their team have continued to go to the press” with stories about him and his wife, “leaving me with no alternative but to talk for myself and tell the reality about only a number of the lies which have been printed.”
David Beckham leaves after a podcast during of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
In his statement, Brooklyn accused his parents of crafting a curated image of their famous family within the press, which he described as deceptive. (Together with Brooklyn, David and Victoria share sons Romeo, 23, and Cruz, 20, and daughter Harper, 14.)
“The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I used to be born into,” he wrote. “Recently, I actually have seen with my very own eyes the lengths that they’ll undergo to put countless lies within the media, mostly on the expense of innocent people, to preserve their very own facade. But I imagine the reality all the time comes out.”
Brooklyn claimed that his parents “have been trying endlessly to break my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn’t stopped,” alleging that clothier Victoria “cancelled making Nicola’s [wedding] dress within the eleventh hour” before their nuptials.
David Beckham and Victoria Beckham tied the knot in 1999, began growing their family that very same 12 months and have been documenting their parenting journey ever since. Thank You! You may have successfully subscribed. Subscribe to newsletters Please enter a legitimate email. Subscribe By signing up, I comply with the Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive […]
Elsewhere in his statement, Brooklyn claimed that his parents “pressured” him into “signing away the rights to my name” and that Victoria called him “evil” for seating his paternal grandmother and Nicola’s grandmother at the highest table at their wedding.
David Beckham, Victoria Beckham and Brooklyn Beckham. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
“Each of our parents had their very own tables equally adjoining to ours,” Brooklyn wrote, adding, “The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was ‘not blood’ and ‘not family.’”
Brooklyn further alleged that Victoria “hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks upfront to a romantic love song.”
“In front of our 500 wedding guests, [singer] Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where within the schedule [it] was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife, but as a substitute my mum was waiting to bounce with me as a substitute,” he said. “She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I’ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We desired to renew our vows so we could create recent memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.”
Brooklyn Peltz Beckham and wife Nicola Peltz Beckham’s wedding allegedly caused friction together with his mother, Victoria Beckham. Brooklyn, 26, and Nicola, 30, got married in April 2022 with a star-studded ceremony and reception held in Palm Beach, Florida, capped off with a performance from Marc Anthony. (The Latin Grammy winner, 56, is a longtime friend […]
Brooklyn said that “the narrative that my wife controls me is totally backwards. I actually have been controlled by my parents for many of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the primary time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared. I get up every morning grateful for the life I selected, and have found peace and relief.”
Us Weekly reached out to representatives for each David and Victoria Beckham for comment on Monday. Neither has publicly commented on their son’s claims.