One of the stand-out claims in Brooklyn Beckham’s bombshell statement on Monday was that his mother, Victoria Beckham, was set to design Nicola Peltz’s wedding dress until she pulled out “at the eleventh hour.”
But despite this, Nicola ended up with a beautiful gown designed by the late fashion legend Valentino Garavani, a process which saw the American actress flying to Rome to design it.
In a resurfaced clip from an interview with Elle, Nicola called the entire process was “a dream” detailing that she and her whole family headed to the holy city for the occasion. “My favourite outfit I’ve ever worn is my wedding dress. I got to go to Rome, and design it with everyone at Valentino; it was just a dream.
“My dad took me with my brother, and my mum and Brooklyn, but then my dad and Brooklyn did something else obviously because they couldn’t go into the fitting. Just being able to go to Rome and go to a new place that I’d never been and design a dress with my mum, it was just like magic.”
In the comments section fans were debating about how the story relates to Brooklyn’s statement. Some were left confused as the process didn’t appear to be something that could happen at the last minute.
“So thought [the dress] was VB and then let her down this clearly states otherwise[…]” one fan commented.” A second speculated: “It was already mentioned in their Vogue interview that her Valentino dress was carefully planned and took a long time to create. She even traveled to Rome for fittings, so the whole process was very detailed and thoughtful. It definitely wasn’t a last-minute decision.”
Meanwhile, others jumped to Nicola’s defense, saying that it’s very likely she had more than one dress which Victoria could have been involved in. “So what if she had two wedding dresses for the first wedding? Lots of brides do that. And Posh’’s dress didn’t work out.” A second replied: “She more than likely had more than one dress!”
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While the truth about the dress is yet to be revealed, one claim in Brooklyn’s statement that has been explained is the truth behind the “hijacked” wedding dance.
Brooklyn wrote: “My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. 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 instead.
“She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I’ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life.”
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Appearing on This Morning on Friday, DJ Fat Tony who attended the three-day wedding, said: “There was no slutdropping, there was no black cat PVC catsuits, there was no Spice Girl action.
“What it was, was – and why I said it was inappropriate as well – was because it was the timing. What happened was, basically, Marc Anthony was performing on stage, he then called Brooklyn onto stage.
He continued: “Brooklyn went onto the stage, and the next minute everyone’s expecting it to be Nicola to go up and do the first dance, and then Marc asked for the most beautiful woman in the room to come to the stage – and then he says, ‘Victoria, come to the stage.’
“So Victoria is by the stage, she goes onto the stage, and of course at that point Brooklyn is literally devastated because he thought he was going to do his first dance with his wife, then Nicola leaves the room crying her eyes out.
“Brooklyn is stuck there on stage, and they do this dance, and Marc Anthony says ‘put your hands on your mother’s hips’ and it was a Latin thing, and the whole situation was really awkward for everyone in the room.”
I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed.
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.
For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into. Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they’ll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.
My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn’t stopped. 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. My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since. 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.’ Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I’ve received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders. Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last Summer. My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. 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 instead. 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.
My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we’ve tried to come together as one. My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable.
Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad’s birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him. He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner. When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn’t invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all.
My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. Family “love” is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it’s at the expense of our professional obligations. We’ve gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show ‘our perfect family’. But the one time my wife asked for my mum’s support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused.
The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared. I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief.
My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.
