Brooklyn Peltz Beckham has just gone nuclear on Instagram, saying he does not want to reconcile with his parents and accusing David and Victoria of humiliating him at his own wedding and trying to tank his relationship with Nicola. With that in mind, it feels very necessary to revisit the Palm Beach wedding tea — because a lot of what he’s now alleging publicly is exactly what people were whispering about back in 2022.
Here’s the key wedding‑day gossip you may have missed.
The dress that went missing
When Brooklyn and Nicola got married at her family’s Palm Beach estate in April 2022, everyone assumed the bride would do the ultimate daughter‑in‑law move and walk down the aisle in Victoria Beckham’s namesake brand. Instead, Nicola wore a custom Valentino Haute Couture gown with a dramatic train, lace gloves and a “something blue” message stitched inside from her mum, while VB was nowhere to be seen on the dress tag.
That decision became instant rumour fuel. Months later, Nicola explained that the original plan really was to wear a VB design, but that she was told “a few months down the line” that Victoria’s atelier “couldn’t do it”, so she had to choose another dress. She told Variety she “really, really wanted” to wear Victoria’s gown and that it “makes [her] sad” when people insist she never intended to, calling that “just not true”.
Ironically, in that same interview, Brooklyn commented on the rumours saying that they were exaggerated. “I’ve learned they’re always going to try to write stuff like that. They’re always going to try and put people down. But everyone gets along, which is good,” he said.
A Peltz family source later claimed Victoria rang Nicola’s mum, Claudia, to say she wouldn’t be making the dress after all, and that Nicola was “painted as a brat” for choosing Valentino.
In his new post, Brooklyn basically backs Nicola’s side, alleging his mum cancelled the dress “at the last minute” and left them scrambling. For him, the drama over a gown wasn’t just fashion politics — it was the first sign that the day was not going to be the love‑bubble they’d imagined.
The first dance that wasn’t
If the dress was the pre‑wedding tension, the reception is where it all allegedly blew up. According to multiple reports, Marc Anthony — a close Beckham family friend who performed as a gift — was meant to sing for Brooklyn and Nicola’s romantic first dance. Instead, PEOPLE and other outlets like Deuxmoi say he called Brooklyn to the stage and then announced: “The most beautiful woman in the room tonight, come on up… Victoria Beckham!” before launching into a tribute as Victoria joined her son on the dance floor.
Sources told PEOPLE the room went dead quiet, with one insider saying “you could hear a pin drop” as everyone realised the supposed first‑dance moment had just been commandeered. Nicola reportedly “ran from the room crying” and later felt her mother‑in‑law had “ruined her wedding”, unable to understand why she’d step into a moment that had been planned for the couple.
At the time, reps for Victoria, David and Marc Anthony didn’t comment. Now, Brooklyn has publicly described the same scene from his perspective, saying his mum “hijacked” the first dance that had been arranged “weeks in advance” to a romantic song and “danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone”, leaving him “humiliated”. He’s even said that part of the motivation for a later vow renewal was to create “new memories” of their wedding day that weren’t tied to that anxiety.
The “not blood, not family” whispers
Brooklyn’s statement doesn’t just talk about awkward choreography; he also alleges there were comments made about Nicola that cut a lot deeper. In recounting the lead‑up and the wedding itself, he claims members of his family made it clear that Nicola was “not blood” and “not family”, which he frames as part of a broader pattern of her being treated like an outsider while the Beckham brand stayed tightly controlled.
A Peltz‑side source previously told PEOPLE that Nicola felt she was being unfairly vilified over the dress and general wedding politics, saying she had regularly worn Victoria’s designs and supported the brand before the big day. On the flip side, another insider closer to the Beckhams insisted the dress story was “far from the truth” and that the family had “tried so hard with Nicola”, suggesting they’re hurt by the way this narrative has evolved.
The wedding planner chaos that led to a documentary
The vibes around the wedding weren’t just tense inside the family; the planning itself was so chaotic it spawned two lawsuits and a whole documentary. Initially, celebrity planner Preston Bailey spent around 11 months on the job before stepping away six weeks before the wedding, later telling Page Six he’d “overcommitted” and “couldn’t deliver to the quality I was used to.” He stressed there was “no bad blood” with Nicola and called her “great to work with”.
Enter Miami‑based planners Nicole Braghin and Arianna Grijalba of Plan Design Events, who were hired six weeks out — and then fired nine days later.
Nicola’s billionaire dad Nelson Peltz later sued them in December 2022, claiming they didn’t return his US$159,000 (around AUD$230,000) deposit and alleging in court documents that, during those nine days, they had “failed to book a single new wedding vendor” or finalise existing agreements. The planners hit back with a countersuit alleging breach of contract, arguing their nine days of work justified keeping the money and accusing Nelson of being a “billionaire bully”, while also supplying around 150 pages of texts and emails.
Those receipts form the backbone of the documentary Peltz Beckhams vs The Wedding Planners, which looks at whether the couple were caught in a “shit show” or whether Nicola was a “bridezilla”. An expert in the doco describes Nicola as a “nightmare bride” who was allegedly obsessed with the celebrity guest list and brought “total carnage” to the planning. By September 2023, though, both lawsuits were dismissed after the parties reached a confidential settlement, with a joint statement to PEOPLE confirming the matter had been resolved.
You unfortunately can’t watch the doco in Australia, but if we ever get our hands on it, we will 100 per cent update this article.
The guest list and the phone ban
Because it was still a mega‑watt celebrity wedding, there was plenty of lighter‑grade tea floating around at the time too. Reports out of Palm Beach said around 500 guests turned up, including Gordon Ramsay, Serena and Venus Williams, Eva Longoria and Marc Anthony, plus a heavy helping of billionaires and Beckham family friends. Phones were reportedly confiscated at the door, with the couple selling exclusive photo rights to Vogue, so most of what the public saw were carefully curated black‑and‑white images and stylised spreads rather than random party Stories.
There was even chatter about who didn’t show up. UK papers reported that Prince William and Catherine declined an invite, allegedly citing security concerns despite their long‑standing friendship with David and Victoria. At the time, it all just registered as standard rich‑people‑wedding trivia. Now, with Brooklyn accusing his parents of “controlling narratives” and staging “performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships” throughout his life, even the controlled guest list and strict photo rules feel a bit more loaded.
The wedding as the official turning point
For a while, everyone involved tried to insist it was all fine. Nicola told The Times: “It’s not a feud! I keep seeing everywhere that word, ‘feud, feud, feud!?’ I mean, maybe they picked up on something? And now they’re labelling it feud?”
But Brooklyn’s 2026 statement takes all those wedding rumours — about the gown, the dance, the vibe — and threads them directly into his decision to go no‑contact. He now says his parents have “been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding”, that he and Nicola have been “consistently disrespected”, and that what fans saw on Instagram from that weekend didn’t match how it felt to be in the middle of it. In other words: the Palm Beach spectacle wasn’t just a lavish party — it was, from his view, the beginning of the end.
Thankfully, the couple later had a vow renewal ceremony to mark three years of marriage, complete with another big party and a fresh set of memories that weren’t competing with guest‑list politics or reception drama.
With no Beckhams in sight this time around, you’d hope the only tears were the happy, champagne‑fuelled kind, and that the night was blissfully free of unexpected dance‑floor cameos and last‑minute dress chaos.
Brooklyn hoped the renewal would help “create new memories of [their] wedding day that bring [them] joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment”.
Lead image: Getty / Vogue via Instagram / Brooklyn Beckham)
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