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Brooklyn Beckham has copied his estranged dad David yet again after heading out on an identical Harley Davidson chopper to him.
On Thursday, the Daily Mail revealed that relations between the Beckhams broke down so completely last summer that at one point, Brooklyn asked his parents David and Victoria to contact him only via his lawyers.
It was also claimed that despite his feud with his parents, he has been in regular contact with four family members – both sets of his grandparents.
However despite their apparent estrangement, Brooklyn channelled his dad as he was spotted cruising through West Hollywood on a motorbike.
Brooklyn was driving a Harley Davidson Chopper motorcycle, featuring a fluffy seat, as he peered out from behind an orange-tinted visor.
The snaps were reminiscent of one of Brooklyn’s dad David riding his $60,000 custom-built Harley-Davidson Knucklehead motorbike – which he was first seen on in 2013.
Slight differences came in the form of the helmet, as Brooklyn wore a $850 Hedon helmet cruiser while David’s was a bobber.
Brooklyn faced backlash last summer when, unlike his safety-conscious father, he was seen cruising residential streets with his helmet visor up and attempting to blow wife Nicola Peltz a kiss while riding one-handed.
Worryingly, a second video suggested he’d even made an artful attempt at filming himself while riding at speed through the leafy Los Angeles neighbourhood.
It’s not the first time Brooklyn has copied his dad, most notably with his impressive tattoo collection, with Brooklyn’s ship tattoo inspired by David’s own inking.
There’s one thing that will forever bond David and Brooklyn – their shared love of tattoos – with the duo having a combined 200 between them.
Many of the inkings have been inspired by their love of family, with David sporting his children’s names on his back as well as a ’99’ on his little finger to mark the year of Brooklyn’s birth and his marriage to Victoria.
However, amid the ongoing feud which has since brought the celebrity offspring and his parents apart, a recent shoot for Glamour magazine revealed that Brooklyn has savagely chosen to cover up the tattoo tribute to Victoria.
It was this week revealed that Brooklyn instructed his parents to only contact him through lawyers.
There was an exchange of legal letters between son and parents – or rather, between their respective legal teams at Schillings and Harbottle & Lewis.
Brooklyn said he didn’t want his parents to contact him, or make public statements about him on social media.
There was no legal action between them – and no legal basis for the letter, which was simply a request.
But it followed what Brooklyn considered to be a series of ‘nasty’ briefings about his wife Nicola, including the suggestion that he was a ‘hostage’ being ‘controlled’ by his wife.
This week, publicists and friends on both sides refused to discuss the matter, still hoping that things will calm down and be resolved.
However one source said: ‘David was told to speak to them via Schillings. That was the only way for them to communicate.’
Elsewhere Cruz gave his estranged brother a run for his money as he tried his hand at cooking.
Taking to Instagram, Cruz shared a video of himself grilling steak of his dad David’s Big Green Grill.
Cruz’s foray into grilling came just one day after his estranged brother Brooklyn shared his latest cooking video.
The aspiring chef, 26, did not respond to the reports he told his parents to contact him through lawyers when he took to social media shortly afterwards, instead uploading a video of himself cooking lobster mac and cheese.
In the clip, Brooklyn looked in good spirits as he demonstrated how to peel and boil a lobster before displaying it over a pot of macaroni.
The former photographer also plugged his Cloud 23 hot sauce by wearing one of the brand’s baseball caps in the video.
Brooklyn’s wife Nicola Peltz also took to Instagram to share a snap of Brooklyn cooking for her in the kitchen.
The couple’s posts followed reports that David made a last ditch attempt to build bridges with his estranged son by reaching out to Brooklyn and his wife.
The former Manchester United and England footballer was finally made a knight of the realm by King Charles in October, but Brooklyn and Nicola were notably absent as he accepted the honour.
Sir David is understood to have given Brooklyn an opportunity to join them at Windsor Castle for the investiture, while also reaching out to Nicola to invite her to his late night dinner in west London.
Yet they declined, and the former midfielder’s three remaining children, his parents Ted and Sandra and fashion designer wife Lady Victoria were left to attend the Berkshire ceremony and its subsequent after-party, held at Gordon Ramsay‘s Chelsea restaurant, without them.
The occasion was the latest major family event missed by Brooklyn and Nicola over the course of the year, with the couple previously skipping Sir David’s milestone 50th birthday celebration and the red carpet launch of his mother’s new Netflix show.
