Brooklyn Beckham has made light of his fractured ties with his dad in a new World Cup advert promoting the food delivery app DoorDash.
In a short teaser clip released Monday, Brooklyn — son of British footballing icon David Beckham — is captured watching a match from the comfort of his home, telling the camera: “You’re probably wondering why I’m watching the Fifa World Cup 2026 from home…”
Brooklyn then laughed to himself before saying, “It’s a long story.”
The 27-year-old, dressed in a blue sweater and denim jeans, then slapped a handful of World Cup tickets on his coffee table, next to a DoorDash-branded bag, and sat down. “It’s complicated. More soon,” read the closing text.
Brooklyn appeared to be alluding to the breakdown of his relationship with his parents, David and Victoria, the former Spice Girls singer. In January, Brooklyn made headlines when he released a bombshell statement on Instagram, accusing David and Victoria of “trying endlessly” to “ruin” his relationship with his wife, the actor and heiress Nicola Peltz Beckham.
David and the Beckham family are VIP guests at this year’s World Cup in the U.S. Last week, David was joined by Victoria and their children, apart from Brooklyn, to unveil his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. David was at the Los Angeles Stadium to watch the 4-1 opening game between the United States and Paraguay last week.
The footballer previously earned 115 caps during international appearances for England, which includes 13 World Cup Finals appearances. He spent six seasons with LA Galaxy from 2007 and is the co-owner of Inter Miami.
Elsewhere in the advert, Brooklyn appeared to be leaning into the public discourse about him. The advert’s set featured a burnt oven pizza sitting on a baking tray and a film camera, in a not-so-subtle reference to his pursuits as a chef and professional photographer, which have seen him endlessly mocked online in recent years.
The advert was met with mixed reactions from viewers.
“You’re at home because you divorced your entire family?” said one person, as another said: “When you have to keep having digs at your family to stay relevant.”
“Nope, no one's wondering,” joked another.
Others were more supportive. “Keep doing you Brooklyn,” said one fan. “I’ve got to say he looks happy enough and that’s all that matters,” added another.
Brooklyn claimed in his bombshell post shared in January that his parents have “controlled narratives in the press about our family” and said that “performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.”
He went on to state that he does not “want to reconcile with my family” and said that he was “standing up for myself for the first time in my life.”
The Beckhams have yet to comment directly on Brooklyn’s remarks made in January, and David continued to avoid questions about the relationship rupture when he was interviewed before receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last week.
When Variety asked him about the “vicious” media coverage of “strife” in the Beckham family, the former England captain said the subject was “the one thing that I don’t want to talk about.”
“To be honest, I’m sorry to stop you there, but that’s a private matter,” he said.
In the interview, David made a point to hail his “four incredible kids,” referring to Brooklyn, Romeo, 23, Cruz, 21 and Harper, 14, and said that “family always comes first.”
“That’s our priority, and that’s what makes it work when you’ve been together for so long,” he added. “Our priority will always be our family.”
