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Nicola Peltz Praises Mom Amid Beckham Family Rift

Nicola Peltz shared an unprompted tribute to her mother on Sunday evening, just days after husband Brooklyn Beckham failed to acknowledge his own mum's birthday...

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April 20, 2026

shared an unprompted tribute to her mother on Sunday evening, just days after husband failed to acknowledge his own mum's birthday.

Brooklyn's social media tribute was notably absent as family, friends and fans across the world wished former Spice Girl a happy 52nd birthday on April 17.

It is the latest in a string of high profile snubs as the cooking influencer, 27, doggedly maintains a self-enforced estrangement from his immediate family, choosing instead to focus on married life in the United States with his actress wife.

Taking to Instagram, Nicola, 31, shared what appeared to be an awkwardly timed handwritten post about her mother, former model Claudia Heffner.

'Mom, my favourite part is knowing that I'm a little piece of you,' she wrote on Sunday evening.

Brooklyn was the only family member to , with the influencer maintaining a stoic silence as his father David, brothers Romeo and Cruz and sister Harper all paid tribute to the fashion designer.

Nicola Peltz shared an unprompted tribute to her mother on Sunday evening, just days after husband Brooklyn Beckham failed to acknowledge his own mum's birthday

Days before her birthday, Victoria

Whilst 'she does not reply with his name,' the mother of four spoke directly about their ongoing feud.

'I think that we've always — we love our children so much', she said. 'We've always tried to be the best parents that we can be.

'And you know, we've been in the public eye for more than 30 years right now, and all we've ever tried to do is protect our children and love our children. And you know, that's all I really want to say about it'.

Brooklyn cut ties with his family in a scathing social media statement in January, declaring he has no plans to reconcile with his famous parents and '.

Sharing a lurid six page statement on social media in January, the influencer alleged that his parents had tried to sabotage his marriage and have always prioritised public branding over their family relationships.

'For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family,' he wrote at the time.

'The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.'

Brooklyn is the eldest of David and Victoria's four children and has even aspiring to be a chef.

He added: 'Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they´ll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.'

Taking to Instagram, Nicola shared what appeared to be an awkwardly timed handwritten post about her mother, former model Claudia Heffner

I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed.

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. 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.

Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they'll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.

My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn't stopped. My mum cancelled making Nicola's dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress.

Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children.

They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated. My holdout affected the payday, and they have 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.

The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was "not blood" and "not family." Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I've received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders.

Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last Summer.

My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead.

She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.

My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we've tried to come together as one. My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable.

Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad's birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him. He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner.

When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn't invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all.

My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. Family "love" is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it's at the expense of our professional obligations.

We've gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show 'our perfect family.' But the one time my wife asked for my mum's support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused.

The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared.

I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief. My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.

Brooklyn has doggedly maintained a self-enforced estrangement from his immediate family, choosing instead to focus on married life in the United States with his actress wife (pictured)

'I do not want to reconcile with my family,' Brooklyn wrote. 'I´m not being controlled, I´m standing up for myself for the first time in my life.'

Unlike his three younger siblings, Brooklyn did not

Many of the grievances described in the Instagram stories stem from the Peltz-Beckham wedding in Florida. He accused his mother of bailing at the last minute on designing Peltz's wedding dress, and said she "hijacked" the first dance he was supposed to have with his wife to music performed by Marc Anthony.

'She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone,' he wrote. 'I´ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life.'

Without giving specifics he also wrote that before the wedding his parents "repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name."

In a subsequent appearance on CNBC, David, who was attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland at the time, did not directly address his son's statements, but said that children make mistakes on social media and should be allowed to.

'That´s what I try to teach my kids. But you know, you have to sometimes let them make those mistakes as well,' he said.

Nicola Peltz Praises Mom Amid Beckham Family Rift

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