Brooklyn Beckham has accused his mother, Victoria, of ‘taking over’ his and Nicola Peltz’s first dance at their wedding, behaving in a manner he deemed ‘highly inappropriate.’
In an Instagram post on Monday, the 26-year-old, who is the oldest child of Victoria and David Beckham, made startling revelations about his 2022 wedding, adding new fuel to the family’s ongoing discord.
Brooklyn expressed feeling ’embarrassed’ as his mother, 51, interrupted his dance with his bride, insisting on dancing with him instead.
Despite the couple’s plans for an intimate dance, Victoria allegedly chose to dance ‘inappropriately’ with her son in front of their 500 attendees.
He wrote, “My mother commandeered the first dance with my wife, which we had carefully planned weeks ahead to a special love song.”
“At our wedding, Marc Anthony summoned me to the stage, where our romantic dance was scheduled, but instead, my mother was there, ready to dance with me,” he added.
Brooklyn Beckham has claimed mum Victoria ‘hijacked’ his and wife Nicola Peltz’s first dance and acted ‘very inappropriately’ towards him (pictured at their 2025 vow renewal)
The eldest son of Victoria and David, 26, took to Instagram with an explosive statement on Monday (Victoria pictured in her mother-of-the-groom gown)
He continued: ‘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’.
Daily Mail have contacted Victoria Beckham’s representatives for comment.
Brooklyn and Nicola wed in April 2022 in a lavish £3.5M wedding at the Peltz family estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
They then renewed their wedding vows in August 2025 with Brooklyn’s parents and siblings not invited to the ceremony in New York’s Westchester County.
Elsewhere in his statement Brooklyn claimed that his parents had been ‘trying endlessly’ to ruin his relationship with Nicola since before their wedding.
‘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.
Brooklyn said he was left ‘humiliated’ after his mum, 51, stopped him from dancing with his new wife, insisting he take to the floor with her instead (pictured with Nicola in 2025)
But while the newlyweds planned a very romantic perfomance, Victoria reportledy chose to dance ‘very inappropriately on her son’ in front of their 500 guests (pictured 2019)
‘My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since.
He went on: ‘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.”‘
Nicola previously claimed that her mother-in-law blanked her for days after offering to design her wedding dress – before blowing the bride’s plans out of the water and saying her studio couldn’t make actually make the gown.
The heiress sported a stunning couture Valentino dress when she tied the knot however she claims the initial plan was for her to wear a specially-made dress designed by his mother Victoria.
The devastating news left Nicola stumped – since her stylist Leslie Fremar and mother Claudia were also set to join the design dream team. The plan was shot down in a call between Victoria and Nicola’s mom.
In a bombshell interview with Grazia USA in 2022, she revealed: ‘We connected to start designing the dress, and then a few days went by and I didn’t hear anything. Victoria called my mom and said her atelier couldn’t make it.’
Elsewhere in his statement Brooklyn claimed that his parents had been ‘trying endlessly’ to ruin his relationship with Nicola since before their wedding (pictured 2020)
He wrote: ‘I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private’
Brooklyn claimed: ‘The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was “not blood” and “not family”
‘My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we’ve tried to come together as one’, he continued
‘The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life’, he went on
Doting husband Brooklyn made his position clear amid the family feud, telling the publication that Nicola is his ‘number one priority’ and that they ‘have each other’s back 100 per cent’.
Nicola, the daughter of New York billionaire Nelson Peltz, attempted to set the record straight as she explained: ‘I was planning on wearing Victoria’s wedding dress and I was truly so excited to be able to wear a design that my future mother-in-law created.
‘I thought that was so beautiful and such a beautiful story.’
Following the revelations from Victoria that she couldn’t make her daughter-in-law’s dress, Nicola recalled: ‘So, I spoke to my mom and Leslie, and I was like, “Well, unfortunately, this can’t happen, so what’s the next step?”
‘I’ve been a fan of Valentino and their couture for so long. I was really lucky to be able to travel to [the atelier] to try on the dress. That’s really what happened.’
The wedding dress drama was bolstered by the fact that Victoria not only wore her own dress design on the day – but four of her dearest friends and her own mother attended the nuptials wearing her designs.
Eva Longoria, Nadia Ferreria, Zanna Roberts Rassi, and Romeo’s then-girlfriend Mia Regan all wore gorgeous VB gowns to Brooklyn and Nicola’s big day.
