Romeo Beckham made his Met Gala debut yesterday – but there was no awkward reunion with his estranged brother Brooklyn, who skipped the event.
Fans were anticipating that the Beckham brothers would both be in attendance at the prestigious fashion event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
However, it was only Romeo, 23, who graced the steps of the Met, with Brooklyn absent for the second year in a row.
In 2024, Brooklyn attended the event solo while his wife Nicola Peltz spent quality time with her late grandmother, who was unwell at the time.
The couple had attended together every year from 2021.
But this year it was Romeo’s turn to take the spotlight as he was invited by British heritage brand, Burberry.
Romeo Beckham made his Met Gala debut yesterday in an all-black suit with leather accents
This year it was Romeo’s turn to take the spotlight as he was invited to the night by British heritage brand, Burberry, which Rosie Huntington-Whiteley also wore, having worked with chief creative officer Daniel Lee, left
Brooklyn last attended the gala with Nicola in 2023
Romeo made a splash during his debut appearance alongside supermodel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who is an ambassador for the brand.
They were joined on the red carpet by chief creative officer of Burberry, Daniel Lee.
Romeo cut a cool figure in a double-breasted jacket with leather lapels, teamed with a matching shirt and tie in the same fabric.
Rosie wore a dark brown Burberry dress that cinched in the middle to emphasize her minuscule waist.
The ruched skirt clung to her frame and featured a thigh-high slit at the front, while she accessorised the look with a sparkling silver necklace and matching earrings.
Romeo was no doubt relieved to dodge the awkward red carpet encounter, as the brothers haven’t spoken for more than a year amid a family feud.
Shortly after his appearance, Romeo received a show of support from his brother Cruz, 21, who posted a picture of his appearance on his Instagram story.
Sharing a screen grab of Romeo stood next to Rosie with the Rascal Flatts song, Life Is A Highway, he wrote: ‘There he is’
Romeo was in New York at the weekend where he attended one of the pre-parties for the event, which is one of Brooklyn’s favourite of the year.
In the lead up to the event, it was not known if Brooklyn and his wife were attending and neither posted on Instagram over the weekend.
Shortly after his appearance, Romeo received a show of support from his brother Cruz who posted a picture of his appearance on his Instagram story
Romeo cut a cool figure in a double-breasted jacket with leather lapels, teamed with a matching shirt and tie
In 2024, Brooklyn attended the event solo while Nicola spent quality time with her late grandmother
Romeo was no doubt relieved to dodge the awkward red carpet encounter, as the brothers haven’t spoken for more than a year amid a family feud
Expectedly, Brooklyn remained silent as his siblings rushed to social media to wish their dad David a happy 51st birthday on Saturday.
In January the wannabe chef announced his disassociation from his famous family – declaring he was no longer part of ‘Brand Beckham’ and insisting his parents and their other children Romeo, Cruz, and Harper, 14, are ‘performative’.
In an apparent dig at Brooklyn, his siblings joined their mum Victoria to surprise David on his big day with a joint and very unlikely family gift, chickens.
Posh, 52, shared a clip on Instagram of the former footballer as he met the birds for the first time and settled them into their coop on the grounds of the family’s £15million Cotswolds estate.
In the sun-soaked video David wore a cowboy hat as he removed his new feathery friends from their boxes with a huge smile on his face
From behind the camera Victoria gushed: ‘It’s David’s birthday and this is me and the kids bought him, from the boys, they’re so pretty!’
She captioned the post: ‘Happy Birthday, we love you so much!!’
Romeo also took to Instagram with a sweet tribute as he shared two childhood snaps with his dad.
He penned: ‘Happy birthday dad, love you so much, thank u for everything you do,’ and described him as ‘My best mate’.
David’s youngest son Cruz shared two snaps to his Instagram Story showing him and his dad on a yacht as he wrote: ‘Happy birthday I love you xxx.’
Harper followed her brothers with a sweet post that read: ‘Happy birthday to the best daddy in the whole world.
Romeo made a splash during his debut appearance alongside Rosie, who is an ambassador for Burberry
After the event, Romeo headed to an after party with his girlfriend Kim Turnbull
He swapped his suit for a silk shirt and leather trousers while Kim opted for capris
‘I honestly could never ask for a better role model too, you are always here for me and I will always be here for you too anytime anywhere have the best day ever, you deserve everything.’
David was previously gifted chickens as a Christmas present by his wife before setting up a hen pen for the new animals on their sprawling estate.
It comes shortly after Victoria addressed the feud with Brooklyn directly for the first time after his explosive statement about their estrangement.
She said: ‘I think that we’ve always… We love our children so much. 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.’
David and Victoria haven’t spoken to Brooklyn since last May, when he and Nicola snubbed the former footballer’s 50th birthday celebrations.
Brooklyn and Nicola’s lawyers wrote to the Beckhams’ legal team demanding that they only converse through them.
Shortly before Christmas, Brooklyn blocked his parents on Instagram and in January he posted a brutal six-page letter on the social media platform.
He claimed David and Victoria had controlled him for most of his life, tried to split him and Nicola up and left him embarrassed when his mother danced ‘inappropriately’ with him during his first dance at his wedding in 2022.
Speaking about all four of her children earlier in the interview, Victoria added that ‘being a parent of young adult children and adult children, gosh, I mean, it’s very different from having little children’.
‘I think that we’re trying to do the best we can,’ she said, adding that the negative press in the past three months has not affected her fashion and beauty business.
‘I think that ultimately people are buying my product because the product is really good. I don’t think they’re buying my eyeliner just because it’s me,’ she said.
