Is there really a Beckham family feud? Full timeline of events explained
8 May 2025, 15:26
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham's failure to attend David Beckham's 50th birthday party sparked speculation that rumours of a 'feud' within the family might be more than rumours.
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When David Beckham celebrated his 50th birthday over the weekend of May 3 with a lavish party, surrounded by his family - wife Victoria Beckham (51), sons Romeo (22) and Cruz (20) and daughter Harper (13) - many fans were quick to notice that his eldest son, Brooklyn Beckham (26) and his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham (30) were not in attendance.
Around the same time, there were reports that there was an on-going feud amongst the Beckham family over Romeo's new girlfriend Kim Turnbull, who has previously been connected to Brooklyn, as well as on-going tension between Nicola and her mother-in-law Victoria, which dates back to the Peltz-Beckham wedding day.
This was not the first family event that Brooklyn and Nicola have missed this year, with the pair choosing to attend Coachella over Victoria's birthday celebrations back in April 2025. These missed events, as well as social media silence on significant days for the family have lead many fans to speculate that rumours of a feud could be accurate.
According to reports (from TMZ) there is an on-going feud between the family, which is said to have some connection to Romeo's romance with girlfriend Kim Turnbull, who used to be connected to Brooklyn when they were teenagers. However, the fallout isn't said to be from feelings or jealousy from Brooklyn, but instead a fear over Turnbull’s 'intentions' with Romeo.
But what is really going on between the Beckham family? Why didn't Brooklyn go to David's birthday? And is it really all over Romeo's girlfriend Kim? Here's what we know so far.
Romeo Beckham and Kim Turnbull go public (December 2024)
Romeo Beckham went public with his romance with model and DJ Kim Turnbull in December 2024, when he posted a selection of pictures with her on his Instagram as he marked the New Year.
Following this, Romeo continued to share romantic declarations of love for his girlfriend in the coming months, sharing pictures from holidays together.q
Kim also started spending time with the Beckham family in the following weeks and months, being pictured with Romeo's sister, Harper, as well as dad David, mum Victoria and brother, Cruz. Brooklyn and his wife Nicola, however, did not appear in any of these pictures.
Romeo says Brooklyn 'never dated' Kim (April 2025)
In April 2025, Romeo appeared to shut down the speculation that Kim was in fact Brooklyn's ex-girlfriend.
In a now deleted comment on Instagram, Romeo reportedly responded to a question from a fan, which read: "It's appropriate to date your brother's ex too? Cool." He replied: "Brooklyn and Kim never dated," before apparently removing the comment.
Brooklyn and Kim did hang out when they were teens, up until around 2017, but they never confirmed that they were romantically together.
Brooklyn and Nicola miss Victoria's birthday (April 2025)
On 17th April 2025, Victoria Beckham celebrated her 51st birthday with her friends and family, however, her eldest son Brooklyn and his wife Nicola were no where to be seen in the family pictures. It appeared Nicola and Brooklyn didn't make the family celebrations as they were sharing pictures from Coachella.
Meanwhile, on social media - while David, Cruz and Romeo shared tributes to Victoria to mark her birthday - Brooklyn and Nicola remained silent.
Brooklyn and Nicola's wedding anniversary is ignored (April 2025)
Speculation that there were issues going on behind the scenes continued to grow when, on 9th April, no one from the family publicly marked Brooklyn and Nicola's third wedding anniversary.
Like it did on Victoria's birthday, sweet posts and tributes remembering the special occasion remained missing from David, Victoria, Romeo and Cruz's social accounts.
Brooklyn and Nicola miss David's 50th birthday party (May 2025)
While things haven't appeared to be smooth-sailing for the Beckhams, it was always assumed that Brooklyn and Nicola would attend the milestone birthday celebrations for David as he turned 50-years-old.
On 3rd May, the Beckhams celebrated at three Michelin-star restaurant Core in Kensington with their family and celebrity friends, however, Brooklyn and Nicola were again no where to be seen.
In pictures from the event, Victoria, David and Harper posed with Romeo and his girlfriend Kim, as well as Cruz and his girlfriend Jackie. While it looked like the party was a huge success, people were quick to notice the shocking absence.
What made things even worse was the fact that Brooklyn failed to acknowledge his dad's birthday on social media completely.
David says he 'missed' Brooklyn (May 2025)
Prior to his lavish birthday celebrations, David Beckham took his sons Cruz and Romeo on a fishing trip, sharing pictures from the holiday on his social media the day after his party.
Next to a picture of himself and his sons, David wrote: "6 months ago planned a trip with my boys at the start of last week to camp and fish for my 50th was so much fun."
In another post, he posed alongside Cruz and Romeo, adding a comment: "You were missed @brooklynpeltzbeckham."
