Brooklyn Joseph Peltz Beckham[1] (born 4 March 1999) is an English socialite and former model. He is the eldest son of former footballer David Beckham and fashion designer Victoria Beckham.
Early life
Beckham was born at the Portland Hospital in London, the son of David Beckham and Victoria Beckham (née Adams). It is reported that he was named Brooklyn because Victoria had found out about her pregnancy within Brooklyn, New York City. However, according to his mother's 2001 autobiography, Learning to Fly, she and her husband simply liked the name. His mother recalled it was only after choosing the name they "realised how appropriate it was because it was in New York that she found out she was pregnant and where David came after the World Cup."[2]
At the age of 15, Beckham worked weekend shifts at a coffee shop in West London.[8] He played in the Arsenal F.C. Academy, but left in 2015 after not receiving a scholarship.[9]
In 2016, at the age of 16, Beckham photographed a campaign for Burberry BRIT, starring models Ben Rees, Carvell Conduah, Eliza Thomas, Liv Mason Pearson and Maddie Demaine.[12][13][14] Beckham's hiring for the campaign was met with criticism by several prominent photographers. Chris Floyd called Burberry's decision to employ Beckham a "devaluation of photography" and "sheer nepotism", while fashion photographer Jon Gorrigan called it an example of "a bit of injustice in a lot of areas" of the industry.[15]
Photography
In 2017, Beckham announced that he would pursue a photography degree at Parsons School of Design at the New School in New York.[16] He failed to complete the first year of the four year course and subsequently abandoned his degree.[17] Beckham's first book of photography, entitled What I See, was published in June 2017. Critical reactions were negative.[18] A handful of leaked photographs became the focus of ridicule on Twitter, with users lampooning the "terrible photographs and even worse captions".[19] However, Random House, Beckham's publisher, defended the book as reflecting the interests of his teenage fan base.[20] Beckham returned to the UK and in 2019 interned for British photographer Rankin.[21]
Cooking
In 2021, it was revealed that Beckham was to try his hand at becoming a professional chef. His online video series Cookin' With Brooklyn attracted criticism when it was revealed that it took 62 professionals to create each episode, at a reported cost of $100,000 per episode.[22] Critics also pointed out that Beckham has no real professional experience or training.[23][24]
After confirming their relationship on Instagram in January 2020, Beckham announced his engagement to American actress Nicola Peltz on 11 July 2020.[30][31] The couple were married on 9 April 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida in a Jewish ceremony (his great-grandfather was Jewish and Peltz's father is Jewish).[32][33][34][35][36] The couple has shared on multiple occasions their close friendship with American actress and singer Selena Gomez.[37]
He has a Hebrew tattoo of a line from the Song of Songs on his left arm: "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine".[38][39]
^"Brooklyn Beckham, Nicola Peltz marry in Jewish wedding". Times of Israel. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022. Both Beckham and Peltz have Jewish heritage through their fathers....although Nelson's wife, former model Claudia Heffner, never converted to Judaism, he is a "devout Jew."
