Brooklyn Beckham’s self imposed estrangement from his parents may well be ongoing, but the influencer’s wife suggested her own family dynamic is stronger than ever while paying tribute to her mum over the weekend.
Brooklyn has persevered with a bitter separation from his immediate family – parents David and Victoria, brothers Romeo and Cruz and sister Harper – following the release of a combative six-page Instagram statement in February.
But Nicola Peltz ensured her own mum was awarded the highest compliment by comparing her to God while celebrating Mother’s Day in the United States on Sunday.
Taking to Instagram, the actress, 32, shared a childhood photo of herself and her mother, model Claudia Heffner, she wrote: ‘Happy Mother’s Day to my everything.’
In a second post, she added: ‘My mom is a gift from God.’
The tribute inevitably drew further attention to her husband, who elected to ignore his own mother – the latest in a series of snubs that have also included his father’s milestone 50th birthday celebration last May and subsequent investiture at Windsor Castle.
Brooklyn Beckham’s self imposed estrangement from his parents may well be ongoing, but the influencer’s wife suggested her own family dynamic is stronger than ever over the weekend
Conversely, David and Victoria disregarded their estranged son’s requests to be distanced from their family by including him in their own Mother’s Day celebrations.
On Sunday, the US and Australia marked Mother’s Day, during which David shared a post branding his wife ‘the best mum’, before Victoria took to Instagram to share a sweet image of the gifts her husband had bestowed upon her.
Victoria shared a picture of a stunning bouquet of white roses placed on a table at their Holland Park home in west London alongside a set of five casts of babies’ hands and feet.
In 2011, ahead of the arrival of Harper, it was reported that the couple were making gold-plated casts of her hands and feet by London company First Impressions, using kits costing £1,000 at the time.
Brooklyn announced a desire to distance himself from his family in January – insisting he was no longer part of ‘Brand Beckham’ and claiming his parents were ‘performative’ as well as accusing Victoria of ‘dancing inappropriately’ at his wedding.
Brooklyn now shares an endless stream of adoration for his in-laws – Nicola’s parents, Nelson Peltz, 83, and former model Claudia, 71.
On Friday, Nicola appeared to take another swipe at the Beckhams amid their ongoing feud as she took to Instagram with a cosy snap.
Taking to social media, she posted a photo of herself and Brooklyn alongside her billionaire parents Nelson and Claudia.
She captioned the snap: ‘My whole heart and world in one photo’.
During a recent appearance on Emma Grede’s Aspire podcast, fashion designer Victoria said building their £500million empire known as ‘Brand Beckham’ was ‘never their intention’ and insisted she wasn’t a ‘pushy parent’.
Nicola Peltz ensured her own mum was awarded the highest compliment by comparing her to God while celebrating Mother’s Day in the United States on Sunday
Nicola frequently dedicates Instagram posts to her parents and husband Brooklyn (pictured)
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During the interview, Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Emma asked the former Spice Girl about how she decides what ‘remains personal’ and what is part of Brand Beckham.
The line of questioning appeared to allude to Brooklyn’s scathing six-page statement, in which he claimed he had been ‘controlled’ by his parents for most of his life with ‘performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships’.
Victoria said: ‘When David and I first met it was never our intention to start a brand. People talk about “Brand Beckham” – that has happened so organically. When I first met David, I mean he was a Brylcreem boy.
‘So David was Adidas and Brylcreem and Pepsi and I was in the Spice Girls and that’s where I learnt so much about how to build a brand and marketing.
‘While he was doing Brylcreem and Adidas, the Spice Girls were doing Walkers crisps, Pepsi, Chupa Chups lollies, deodorant.
On Sunday, Victoria shared a picture of a stunning bouquet of white roses placed on a table at their Holland Park home in west London alongside a set of five casts of babies’ hands and feet
‘Do you know? True story, my mother still has a Spice Girls’ pizza in her oven. That pizza’s been in the freezer for thirty odd years. So when, people talk about “Brand Beckham”, that was never something that we even discussed.’
Victoria insisted as their success grew, they remained focused on their separate projects, with David working on building his football club Inter Miami, while she created her fashion and beauty empire.
She continued: ‘We don’t have any deals together. David does what David does, I do what I do.
‘That’s the way it’s always been. We have very different interests. I think it was the outside world that really talked about Brand Beckham, that’s never really how we saw it.
‘We’re just doing what we do.’
