Kerry Katona didn’t hold back as she took a brutal swipe at Brooklyn Beckham during her latest interview with The Sun on Friday.
In a joint interview with her best friend Katie Price, the reality star mothers weighed in on the nepotism debate as they discussed their hopes for their daughters to appear on Love Island.
Speaking about giving Heidi, 18, a leg up in the industry, Kerry shot down any claims of nepotism as she explained: ‘Everyone talks about nepotism right, but everyone has a contact for somebody.
‘I can open a door for you. Whether you get through that door and you stay through it, that’s on your own f*****g merit.’
Taking a swipe at the eldest Beckham child she added: ‘You don’t see Brooklyn Beckham playing f*cking football, because he’s s**t.’
Brooklyn, now 26, famously quit football after realising it would be ‘difficult’ to live up to his father David.
Kerry Katona has taken a brutal swipe at Brooklyn Beckham as she weighed in on nepotism row in a recent interview on Friday
Taking a swipe at the eldest Beckham child she said: ‘You don’t see Brooklyn Beckham playing f*cking football, because he’s s**t’
The budding chef, previously played in Arsenal’s youth academy but decided to give up the sport when the club released him at 16.
Daily Mail have contacted both Kerry and Brooklyn’s representatives for comment.
David, 50, has been hailed as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation and won 19 major trophies throughout his 20-year football career.
Speaking to Variety back in 2022, Brooklyn said his father ‘wasn’t sad’ to see him give up the sport, despite it being his ‘life’ from a young age.
He said: ‘My dad wasn’t sad, because he was like, “I just want you to be happy.” But of course I was sad. It was my whole life since I was literally two.
‘To try and live up to what my dad did in football, I was just like, “that’s going to be a bit difficult.” ‘
Since abandoning his football career, Brooklyn has explored other avenues including cooking and photography.
As well as working with multiple brands he also launched his own hot sauce brand, Cloud 23, last year.
Speaking about giving Heidi, 18, a leg up in the industry, Kerry shot down any claims of nepotism as she explained: ‘Everyone talks about nepotism right, but everyone has a contact for somebody’ (pictured with Heidi last month)
The budding chef, previously played in Arsenal’s youth academy but decided to give up the sport when the club released him at 16
David has been hailed as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation and won 19 major trophies throughout his 20-year football career (David pictured in 1993)
Since abandoning his football career, Brooklyn has explored other avenues including cooking and photography, and last year launched his own hot sauce brand, Cloud 23
Weighing in on the nepo baby debate himself last year he admitted: ‘Obviously I am one. But I couldn’t help how I was born, at all.’
Speaking to Grazia magazine, he revealed that while he understands why the public can feel irked by nepo babies, Brooklyn said he tries to ignore the ‘rubbish’ people say rather than dwell on it.
He added: ‘There’s always going to be people that say rubbish. But as long as you do something that makes you happy and you’re kind to people, that’s all that matters.
‘I’m always gonna get it, no matter what I do. And I’m fine with that. It makes me work harder, because I’m like, I’m gonna prove these people wrong.’
Speaking about his hot sauce brand he told Delish magazine: ‘I did my research and I just felt like there was this hole in the market with luxury condiments, especially for a really good price.’
Explaining his move into condiments, he said, ‘I’ve always been a foodie. I’ve always been lucky enough to travel to different places in the world with my mum and dad. Obviously my dad with football, we lived in Madrid, we lived in LA, Milan.
‘Then Covid happened, I met my wife and started cooking for her and just fell in love with it. And now it’s just something that just takes my mind off of things.’
