Brooklyn wrote on Instagram: “I have been silent for years and have done everything to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press and have left me with no choice but to speak for myself and only tell the truth about some of the lies that have been printed.
“I will not reconcile with my family. I will not be controlled, I will stand up for myself for the first time in my life. All my life my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family.
“The performative posts on social media, family events and fake relationships have been a staple of the life I was born into. Lately I have seen with my own eyes the lengths they will go to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to maintain their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.
“My parents have tried endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding and it hasn’t stopped. My mom canceled making Nicola’s dress at the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to find a new dress ASAP.
“Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and tried to bribe me to sign over the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife and our future children. They were adamant that I sign before my wedding date because then the terms of the agreement would be initiated.
“My holdout affected payday and they’ve never treated me the same way since. During the wedding planning, my mom went so far as to call me “evil” because Nicola and I chose to include my nanny Sandra and Nicolas Naunni at our table because they both didn’t have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables right next 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 have received endless attacks from my parents, both private and public, sent to the press at their behest.
“Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media before ultimately blocking me out of nowhere last summer.
“My mom hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been scheduled weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage where the schedule was for my romantic dance with my wife, but instead my mom waited to dance with me instead. She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone.
“I have never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories from our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.
“My wife has been consistently ignored by my family, no matter how hard we’ve tried to come together as one. My mother has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly meant to make us both uncomfortable.
“Despite this, we still traveled to London for my father’s birthday and were turned away for a week while we waited in our hotel room and tried to schedule quality time with him. He refused all our attempts unless it was for his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras on every corner.
“When he finally agreed to see me, it was on the condition that Nicola wasn’t invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family went 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 determined by how much you post on social media or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo, even if it’s at the expense of our professional obligations.”
“For years, we’ve gone out of our way to show up and support at every fashion show, party, and press event to show ‘our perfect family!’” But the one time my wife asked for my mom’s support in rescuing displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mom 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 I stepped away from my family, that anxiety is gone. 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 is peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.”
