Brooklyn Beckham’s assertion that his mother Victoria withdrew from creating Nicola Peltz’s wedding gown at the last minute appears to conflict with earlier statements from the bride’s stylist.
In his explosive Instagram statement released last night, the 26-year-old claimed: “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.”
However, Hollywood stylist Leslie Fremar, who works with stars including Demi Moore and Charlize Theron, told Vogue that the Valentino dress Nicola ultimately wore took a full year to create.
Ms Fremar made two visits to Valentino’s Rome headquarters to work with creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli, followed by two fittings with Nicola in the United States.
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“It was the ultimate couture experience,” Ms Fremar said. “The simplicity of it was magnificent.”
Nicola addressed the dress controversy in multiple interviews following the April 2022 wedding, offering her own account of events.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, she insisted there was no family feud and expressed genuine enthusiasm about wearing Victoria’s creation.
“I really, really wanted to wear it, and I thought it was so beautiful that Brooklyn’s mum got to make that for me,” she said.
David and Victoria Beckham have come under fire by son Brooklyn
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GETTYIn a separate interview with Grazia USA, the actress revealed she had been left waiting after initial discussions about the design.
“We connected to start designing the dress, and then a few days went by, and I didn’t hear anything. Victoria called my mum and said her atelier couldn’t make it,” Nicola explained.
She subsequently travelled to Valentino’s atelier to begin work on her replacement gown.
Brooklyn’s statement extended far beyond the dress dispute, levelling numerous accusations against his parents regarding their behaviour around the wedding.
Brooklyn Beckham spoke out after months of speculation about a Beckham family feud
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He alleged Victoria labelled him “evil” during planning because he and Nicola chose to seat their grandmothers at their table rather than with other family members.
“Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours,” he wrote.
The eldest Beckham son also claimed his mother took over what was meant to be his first dance with his bride.
“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,” Brooklyn stated. “She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone.”
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INSTAGRAMHe added that family members told him the night before the ceremony that Nicola was “not blood” and “not family.”
Friends of David and Victoria have told The Sun that both parents were left “floored” by their son’s accusations, though the couple has not publicly responded.
David, 50, was photographed appearing relaxed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as the fallout continued.
Brooklyn’s claim that his brothers were instructed to attack him on social media before blocking him last summer was disputed by Cruz.
“My mum and dad would never unfollow their son,” Cruz wrote at the time. “Let’s get the facts right. They woke up blocked… as did I.”
In his statement, Brooklyn made clear he has no interest in mending relations with his family.
“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,” he declared.