Brooklyn Beckham is proving he has quite a way with words as his bombshell remarks about his familial relationships continue to cause havoc for his parents, Victoria and David Beckham.
Since he released his statement earlier this month, which claimed his parents were "controlling" and that he had no intentions of reconciliation with them or his wider family, the budding hot sauce founder's advice to his little sister, Harper Seven, has resurfaced.
The siblings' relationship was famously close before Brooklyn shared his version of events in the ongoing feud between himself, his wife Nicola Peltz and his mum and dad. However, it is unclear how the eldest Beckham son's actions will affect his bond with his only sister.
Harper, 14, has been placed firmly in the middle as she is the only child still living under her parents' roof and has shown her unwavering support for her other siblings and her mum, Victoria, 51, in the wake of the comments.
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As the family works to protect their close-knit reputation, words of wisdom shared by Brooklyn in March 2025 have taken on a whole new meaning. Speaking with the Daily Mail ahead of his Formula E race in Miami, the 26-year-old shared the one piece of advice he would offer his teenage sibling.
He said at the time: "I just tell her, find that one thing that you love and just put your head down, don’t listen to anyone."
Harper and Brooklyn Beckham have a famously close bond and are regularly pictured out and about together
Brooklyn and Harper's 'close' relationship
As the pair navigated an extraordinary life in the spotlight, being the children of an ex-footballer and former Spice Girl, they adopted a special older-brother, younger-sister relationship.
Brooklyn was famously protective of Harper as she grew up, and his wife Nicola was also especially close to her sister-in-law, sharing sweet messages on her social media in celebration of the teen's birthday, which read: "Happy birthday Harper. We love u x".
Regularly pictured walking hand-in-hand, the sibling duo were also spotted sitting front row together at their mum's fashion shows and attending family gatherings side-by-side.
Brooklyn and his wife have spoken highly of Harper in the past
How Brooklyn's comments could damage the entire family
Sharing such intimate details of his family's issues online not only affected his personal relationships with Harper, but it also affected his entire family dynamic in a big way.
Peter Barrett is a partner at specialist reputation management advisers Maltin PR, who made their name helping high-net-worth individuals and companies manage media scrutiny during disputes, litigation, or other reputational challenges. He explained to HELLO! the potential effect of Brooklyn's words.
Brooklyn's word could do a lot of damage to both his family and their brand
The expert said: "Brooklyn’s statement is extraordinary and deeply damaging for Brand Beckham. The allegations do two things: first, they lift the veil to shine an embarrassing light on the inner workings of the family and its commercial operation. But worse, they cut to the heart of something that resonates with every reader and every fan: the role of a mother and a father in a child’s life."
He continued: "There are two sides to every story, but the family must tread carefully. The world is now watching how two parents respond to their son. Any attempt to hit back hard, including via potential comments from proxy third-parties close to the family, is high risk. They must think long-term and compassionately."
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.
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The teenager and the hot sauce brand Cloud23 founder were famously close before Brooklyn's bombshell allegations that catapulted the family's private affairs into the public spotlight
