Victoria Beckham used a rare US television appearance to defend her parenting and her marriage in the wake of an increasinglypublic feud with her eldest son, Brooklyn Beckham, 27, who has accused his parents of running an 'inauthentic' family life and says he has no intention of reconciling.
Speaking onToday With Jenna & Sheinelleon Tuesday, 21 April, Victoria insisted that she and husband David Beckham 'always put our children first' and lean on a tight family network to get through what she called a 'pretty challenging year.'
On the Today sofa, Victoria did not mention Brooklyn by name and made no reference to Brooklyn's wife, Nicola. Instead, she tried to paint a picture of a united household built around their four children: Brooklyn, Romeo, 23, Cruz, 21, and 14‑year‑old Harper.
'We always put our children first,' she told hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones. 'We love our children so much and have always really focused on protecting our children, but we laugh a lot. David Beckham is really, super funny.'
Pressed on how she had handled a 'public, challenging year', the designer said the couple's strength came from the wider Beckham clan as much as from each other. 'You know, myself and David, we're so close and we have incredible people around us. We're close to my parents and David's parents. We support each other through everything that we do,' she said.
Victoria Beckham, now in her early fifties and nearly three decades into life with the former England captain, leaned heavily on the story of a marriage that has matured rather than fractured under pressure.
'We've grown together. And that's where I feel so blessed. We really have grown together,' she said. 'We support each other. We've both got big dreams. We're both very, very ambitious and we support each other. I want him to be the best version of himself and that's what he wants for me.'
She also suggested that age has shifted her relationship with public scrutiny.
'You genuinely care less about what people think,' she said. 'You accept who you are, you embrace who you are. You make the best of what you've got. You look in the mirror and you go, "OK," you look at what's OK versus focusing on what you don't like.'
Brooklyn's social‑media broadside could hardly have been more different in tone. In his 19 January Instagram Story, he said: '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.'
Source: International Business Times UK
