Victoria Beckham reflects on public life after son Brooklyn beef
Victoria Beckham has addressed the public scrutiny surrounding her family’s estrangement from son Brooklyn, saying she learned long ago to tune out the noise, and insisting she and David have always put their children first.
Speaking at a Time100 panel on Wednesday, the fashion designer, 51, was asked about the relentless commentary surrounding her personal life.
“I learned a long time ago to really not listen to the noise, not focus on the noise. Someone’s always going to have something to say. I just don’t pay attention to it if that makes any sense,” she said.
She added with a wry touch: “Someone else will deal with it. I don’t want to know. That’s how I handle it, I suppose.”
She also put the current wave of attention in context. “This has been happening since I was 20. So it’s been going on for a long time.”
She was warm about the support she receives from her husband of nearly thirty years.
“I have an incredible husband who supports me enormously. We’re always there for each other,” she said of David Beckham.
The comments come just days after Victoria’s first TV interview since Brooklyn, 27, posted a scathing statement on Instagram in January in which he declared he had no desire to reconcile with his family.
Appearing on Today on Tuesday, Victoria said the same thing she has said consistently throughout the public fallout.
“We always put our children first. We love our children so much and we’ve always really focused on protecting our children.”
She had also broken her silence earlier this month in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, telling the outlet that all she and David have “ever tried to do” was “protect and love” their four children.
“I think that we’ve always, we love our children so much. We’ve always tried to be the best parents that we can be.”
Brooklyn is said to have begun distancing himself from the Beckhams after his April 2022 wedding to Nicola Peltz, with Page Six reporting last summer that he had gone “no contact” with his family.
His January Instagram statement brought the feud fully into public view.
