Nicola Peltz and Victoria Beckham haven’t always been the best of friends, and one ‘obsessive’ move from Brooklyn’s wife has set the duo back even further after years of drama
Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham are more detached from his family than ever, after years of tense relations. The couple got married in 2022, but it hasn’t always been an easy ride for them – particularly due to Nicola’s rumoured beef with Victoria Beckham from Day One of the relationship.
Nicola, 30, and Victoria, 51, are said to have fallen out dramatically during the wedding planning process, when David Beckham’s wife found it “difficult” to take a back seat as the Peltz family took control of the nuptials. Things came to a head with huge drama surrounding Nicola’s wedding dress, which was originally supposed to be designed by Victoria. When fans were shocked to see Nicola in Valentino couture instead, she suggested that her mother-in-law was actually the one to let her down.
She explained: “Well, I was planning on wearing Victoria’s wedding dress. I was truly so excited to be able to wear a design that my future mother-in-law created. 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.”
This isn’t the only time fashion has seemed to divide Nicola and Victoria, and one other outfit choice made by the heiress is said by insiders to be the strangest move she’s made to send a coded message to Brooklyn’s mum.
In February 2024, Nicola was photographed wearing a blue and white Dolce & Gabbana biker jacket, while holding onto Brooklyn’s hand during a day out. The unique jacket easily caught the eye, and fans quickly recognised it as exactly the same piece that Victoria had worn in the terraces of Old Trafford as she watched Manchester United be crowned Premier League champions in 2001.
At first it was assumed that the jacket might be a sign of Victoria’s acceptance, with Vogue theorising that Nicola had been “granted access to her mother-in-law’s personal archive of noughties fashion”. This turned out not to be the case, and sources close to the Beckham family say that Victoria did not give her nod of approval.
One source claimed: “If not obsessive, it was definitely the most bizarre behaviour especially given relations weren’t the greatest anyway in the wake of the wedding.”
According to friends of Nicola, her own mum bought her the jacket in September 2023 “not knowing Victoria had worn it”. Despite it being one of Victoria’s most iconic looks, Nicola is said to have thought it might be a way to get closer to the fashion designer.
“Nicola. however. did recognise the jacket and thought it was sweet to wear something her mother-in-law had worn,” her pal said. “Nicola has only ever attempted to be close to the Beckhams as she’s close with her own family.”
Victoria appeared to return the copy-cat behaviour last month when she sported a custom corset for her 51st birthday – and the corset was originally designed for Nicola. Nicola wore the corset at the premiere of her film Lola last year, and in April 2024, she shared a throwback photo with Victoria to mark her 50th birthday, writing, “Happy Birthday to my beautiful MIL.” This year, Brooklyn and Nicola didn’t publicly mark his mum’s birthday at all despite Victoria calling out Nicola with the reworn garment.
Despite the cryptic behaviour between Nicola and her in-laws, a source has insisted the Beckham family are “keen to heal the rift” between them, and that David has reached out to Brooklyn and will “fly out to see him” if he has to.
“They are going to put this fire out; David has said that he wants the dust to settle and for everyone to talk when emotions have settled down,” an insider told Hello!.
The same insider claimed Nicola hasn’t shown “respect towards the family” since joining the family. They explained: “Tensions rose at their wedding and that situation has continued; Victoria and Nicola don’t really get along. Over the past few months, Nicola has been causing things to fester and everyone to fall out.”
Source: Mirror
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