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Gordon Ramsay has urged Brooklyn Beckham to 'remember where he came from' and believes the influencer's 'infatuation' with Nicola Peltz has led to his very public decision to cut ties with his immediate family.
The celebrity chef has spoken out for the first time about the ongoing feud that has seen close friends David and Victoria Beckham become increasingly estranged from the eldest son.
Now based in the United States with actress wife Peltz - the daughter of billionaire businessman and investor Nelson Peltz - Brooklyn recently outlined his desire to distance himself from his family in a six page Instagram statement, filled with lurid allegations.
These include the incredible claim that Victoria hijacked his first wedding dance with Peltz and 'danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone' - an allegation Ramsay, who attended the wedding, has dismissed.
And the chef, 59, believes the 'penny will soon drop' for the influencer, with whom he maintains a strong bond, and insists both David and Victoria have been outstanding parents to Brooklyn and his three siblings.
'Brooklyn and I have messaged a little bit, our relationship is solid. I love him – his heart is incredible,' he told The Sun.
Gordon Ramsay has urged Brooklyn Beckham to 'remember where he came from' and believes the influencer's 'infatuation' with Nicola Peltz has led to his very public decision to cut ties with his immediate family
Ramsay believes the 'penny will soon drop' for the influencer, with whom he maintains a strong bond, and insists both David and Victoria have been outstanding parents to Brooklyn
'But it’s hard, isn’t it, when you’re infatuated? Love is blind. It’s easy to get up on that rollercoaster, and get carried away. But it will come back.
'I’ve seen first-hand just how good parents they are. David as a dad is just incredible. They’ve both put so much energy into their kids, and I know just how many times they’ve got Brooklyn out of the s***.
'I think it’s going to be a matter of time before Brooklyn takes a good look at himself and understands just what his parents mean to him.'
Ramsay, himself a father of five with wife Tana, also advised the Los Angeles based influencer to 'remember' where he came from.
'He’s desperate to forge his own way, and I respect that from him. It’s such a good thing to do,' he said.
'But remember where you came from. And honestly, one day you’re not going to have your mum and dad, and you need to understand that. That penny will drop.'
A long-time friend of former Manchester United and England midfielder David and his fashion designer wife, Ramsay and his family were among 500 guests as Brooklyn exchanged vows with Peltz at her family's sprawling Miami compound in 2022.
But he refutes the influencer's claim that his mother was responsible for publicly embarrassing him and leaving his wife in floods of tears by forcing her out of a pre-arranged wedding dance at their lavish reception.
The Ramsay and Beckham families have enjoyed a long, enduring friendship (L-R: Jack Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay, Matilda Ramsay, Tana Ramsay, David Beckham, Brooklyn Beckham and Megan Ramsay in 2019)
The chef remains adamant that close friend David will eventually find a way to build bridges with his eldest son, who remains in the United States with his actress wife
Brooklyn Beckham's statement in full
I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed.
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. For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.
Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they'll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.
My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn't stopped. My mum cancelled making Nicola's dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress.
Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children.
They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated. My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since.
During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me "evil" because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola's Naunni at our table, because they both didn't have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent 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've received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders.
Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last Summer.
My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead.
She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.
My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we've tried to come together as one. My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable.
Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad's birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him. He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner.
When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn't invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled 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 decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it's at the expense of our professional obligations.
We've gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show 'our perfect family.' But the one time my wife asked for my mum's support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum 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 stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared.
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 peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.
Ramsay says Brooklyn's decision to walk away from his family has resulted in Victoria developing a closer bond with his wife, Tana (pictured in 2016)
'We were there at the wedding,' he recalled. 'There was nothing salacious. There was nothing inappropriate. Everyone was having fun, having a dance.'
Rubbishing persistent rumours that Victoria danced inappropriately - a subject that went viral following the release of Brooklyn's statement - he added: 'No! Nothing of the sort. It was fun.
'I haven’t seen any of the memes, I heard about them of course, but Victoria’s got a great sense of humour. She’s great.
'She’s right to be upset, but she can bat that other s*** away in a heartbeat.'
Meanwhile, the chef remains adamant that close friend David will eventually find a way to build bridges with his eldest son, whose decision to walk away from his family has resulted in Victoria developing a closer bond with Ramsay's wife.
'Time’s going to be the best healer, and David will absolutely get that relationship back on track,' he said.
'Victoria and Tana have spoken a lot. They are probably closer than ever – they’re like two peas in a pod, those two. She has offered lots of support.'
'David as a dad is just incredible. They’ve both put so much energy into their kids, and I know just how many times they’ve got Brooklyn out of the s***' (pictured in 2009)
Addressing social media followers in January, Brooklyn claimed his parents had tried to sabotage his marriage and have always prioritised public branding over their family relationships.
'For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family,' he wrote in six pages of text, shared on Instagram.
'The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.'
He added: 'Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they´ll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.'
Unlike his three younger siblings, Brooklyn did not appear in his mother's recent Netflix docuseries, nor did he show up at the October premiere as he and Peltz had for the London premiere of his father's docuseries in 2023.
Brooklyn and his wife also missed David's 50th birthday celebrations last May, and were notably absent at Windsor Castle for the former footballer's long awaited investiture on November 4.
Many of the grievances described in the Instagram stories stem from the Peltz-Beckham wedding in Florida. He accused his mother of bailing at the last minute on designing Peltz's wedding dress, and said she "hijacked" the first dance he was supposed to have with his wife to music performed by Marc Anthony.
'She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone,' Brooklyn wrote. 'I´ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life.'
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