David Beckham Makes 1st Comments After Son Brooklyn's Epic Family Smackdown

Brooklyn Beckham stunned Beckham fans and the celebrity world when he unleashed on his parents, David and Victoria Beckham, in an extraordinary smackdown on Instagram.

Brooklyn attempted to explain the rift between himself, his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham, and the rest of the Beckham family. The post, which Brooklyn shared on his Instagram story, included several accusations about his famous parents. Now, soccer legend David Beckham has made his first comments since Brooklyn's post, although they did not explicitly mention his son.

David Beckham Spoke About the 'Power of Social Media' & Kids Making 'Mistakes'

David Beckham's comments weren't explicitly about Brooklyn, but he referenced both social media and his kids, so people are drawing a possible connection.

"I have always spoken about social media and the power of social media. For the good and for the bad," Beckham said on CNBC on January 20. "The bad we've talked about with what kids can access these days, it can be dangerous."

He added: "What I have found personally, especially with my kids as well, use it for the right reasons," he continued. "I've been able to use my platform and my following for UNICEF. And it has been the biggest tool to make people aware of what’s going on around the world for children."

Beckham also referenced his kids making "mistakes." He has two other sons and a daughter.

"I've tried to do the same with my children, to educate them," Beckham added. "They make mistakes, but children are allowed to make mistakes. That is how they learn. That is what I try to teach my kids. You sometimes have to let them make those mistakes as well."

Brooklyn Beckham's Full Statement

What did Brooklyn write and allege? Here's his statement and accusations, in full:

"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 op 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.

Victoria Beckham has not made public comment since the post.

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