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Nicola Peltz shared a pointed message on Thursday amid her and husband Brooklyn Beckham’s ongoing feud with his famous family.
The billionaire heiress, 31, and aspiring chef, 26, are at the heart of an acrimonious divide that has resulted in them snubbing all significant family celebrations over recent months, including his father David’s milestone 50th birthday.
Likewise, Brooklyn’s relations, including mum Victoria, 51, and his siblings were not invited to his marriage renewal ceremony in New York’s Westchester County on August 2.
Following her in-laws winning support of the UK pubic amid the spat, Nicola posted a gushing Instagram tribute to her own ‘devoted’ mother Claudia Heffner Peltz, 70, declaring ‘there is truly no one like you’.
The former model married billionaire investor Nelson Peltz in 1985 and together share Nicola, Matthew, 37, Will, 35, Brad, 32, Brittany, 28, Diesel, 30, as well as twins Zachary and Gregory, 21. Nelson has two other children from his first marriage.
Alongside black and white snaps of mother and daughter embracing, Nicola penned: ‘I love you mom, so so much.
‘I don’t know what i would do in life without your love. thank you for being you, the most beautiful human inside and out, there is truly no one like you.’
The widening rift has had a notable impact across social media, where Brooklyn makes an income through online cooking tutorials and the continuing promotion of his hot sauce brand, Cloud 23.
While the influencer still commands an impressive 16 million followers on Instagram, the decision to cut ties with his immediate family is understood to have lost him an average 188 followers a day over the last month.
Not so his parents, whose already prodigious following on the social media platform – David boasts 88.5 million followers to Victoria’s 33.4 million – has dramatically risen by an average 2,633 a day.
A source for Ace.com, who collate the day-to-day figures, told The Sun: ‘Follower trends show where audience attention and engagement sit.
‘The data points to a notable divergence in public sentiment.’
David and Victoria, as well as Brooklyn’s brothers Romeo and Cruz, were not part of the 200 strong guest-list at his ‘second’ wedding ceremony, which took place at the Peltz estate in Westchester County, New York.
Brooklyn’s 14-year-old sister Harper, his grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles were also absent on the day.
‘Victoria’s heart is breaking behind closed doors,’ a source told The Mirror. ‘Brooklyn is her firstborn and she’s worried she’s never going to get him back.
‘Seeing him and Nicola renew their vows without her and David was tough. They have missed out on some big family moments already and Victoria is afraid that the longer this goes on, the less chance there is of it being resolved.’
The Daily Mail revealed that relations between the Beckhams broke down so completely last summer that at one point, Brooklyn asked his parents to contact him only via their respective lawyers, Schillings and Harbottle & Lewis.
One source told the Daily Mail: ‘David was told to speak to them via Schillings. That was the only way for them to communicate.’
It’s understood that Brooklyn doesn’t want his parents to contact him directly, 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.
However, Brooklyn still remains in regular contact with both sets of grandparents.
An insider told The Sun: ‘Brooklyn absolutely adores them, and knows how much pain this is causing everyone. So he has reached out in his own time, but tried to keep it low-key so as not to drag them into it.
‘Brooklyn is navigating this soul-crushing family feud as best he can but it isn’t easy on anyone. Nicola remains his absolute rock.’
