David Beckham turned 50 the only way a king should — surrounded by royalty, lit by flashbulbs, and insulated from the people who share his blood. Notably absent from the velvet-draped soirée in Notting Hill? His own son, Brooklyn Beckham, and the heiress-wife, Nicola Peltz.
Sources with sharper tongues than PR filters tell TMZ that Brooklyn, 26, and Nicola, 30, made the pilgrimage to London last week, a gesture that should’ve earned them front-row seats at the family table. Instead, when they asked to see the patriarch before his glittering birthday bash at Core restaurant, they were met with a polite but pointed “no.” Their only shot at a toast? Attending the party with everyone else.
They declined.
Instead, the couple reportedly offered their birthday wishes from afar — the socialite equivalent of phoning it in. This marks yet another cold chapter in what has become a simmering public feud between Brand Beckham and the Peltz-powered faction of its younger heir.
Instagram, that modern-day family scrapbook-slash-knife fight, told the real story. Victoria Beckham posted sun-drenched party pics on Sunday, a carousel of curated intimacy. No Brooklyn. No Nicola. Just a grinning David, sons Romeo (22) and Cruz (20), daughter Harper (13), and the requisite designer girlfriends — Kim Turnbull and Jackie Apostel — posing like they’d just won a champagne war.
The silence from both camps’ PR machines has been deafening. No comment from Brooklyn. No comment from Nicola. No comment from the man himself, who was likely too busy polishing his legacy to deal with domestic turbulence.
But this wasn’t a one-off snub. It’s a pattern.
Brooklyn and Nicola skipped Victoria’s Paris Fashion Week show in March — a cardinal sin in fashion’s holy temple. They were also MIA at Beckham’s first birthday celebration last month at Cipriani Downtown Miami. Two parties, two absences, and not even a whisper of reconciliation.
And the feud may run deeper. Reports surfaced in April that Brooklyn is beefing with brother Romeo — possibly over Romeo’s relationship with Kim Turnbull, who just so happens to be Brooklyn’s ex. If that sounds like a soap opera written by Tom Ford, you’re not alone.
Yet while family drama festers in the wings, the Beckham name continues to draw power like an old London tower plugged into every A-list outlet on both sides of the Atlantic. Tom Cruise, Ana de Armas, Tom Brady — the Core guest list looked like a GQ cover from five years ago.
This is what happens when legacy collides with celebrity. The Beckhams are no longer just a family — they’re a brand. And like any luxury item, not everyone gets invited to the showroom.
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Last modified: May 11, 2025
