Beckham Christmas Video Feels Like A Not-So-Subtle Message To Brooklyn

The Moment

Nothing says “happy holidays” like a little light family drama wrapped in sequins and Barbra Streisand.

On Christmas Day in the U.K. (Boxing Day coverage picked it up), Victoria and David Beckham posted a video of themselves slow-dancing at their Cotswolds home to Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb’s Guilty. The lyric blasting in the background, as shared in Victoria’s caption and clips: “We’ve got nothing to be sorry for.”

Victoria joked in the caption that she and David were giving their “very best Barry and Barbra,” signing it off with kisses and tagging her husband. Cute, right?

Well, the timing is doing a lot of heavy lifting. The video landed just as a new round of reports claimed eldest son Brooklyn Beckham wants his parents to apologize to him and his wife, actress and heiress Nicola Peltz Beckham, amid a long-rumored family rift, according to a Daily Mail US piece on December 26, 2025.

While the Beckhams posted cozy Christmas snaps with their other kids and parents in the Cotswolds, Brooklyn was nowhere to be seen. Instead, he appeared to be in the U.S. with Nicola’s family, sharing his own social media post calling Nicola his “everything.”

So, was the Streisand moment just festive nostalgia, or the classiest subtweet in pop culture history?

The Take

I’ll say it: this felt less like a random song choice and more like a polite British middle finger wrapped in a disco ball.

There’s picking any old Christmas track, and then there’s choosing Guilty, zooming in on the line “we’ve got nothing to be sorry for,” and posting it smack in the middle of headlines about your son allegedly wanting an apology. That’s not subtle; that’s carefully curated.

Victoria has always communicated in outfits and captions more than press releases. Remember, this is the woman who built an entire reinvention off the phrase “VB” and a little black dress. If she wanted this to not look like a message, she could’ve gone with All I Want for Christmas Is You and called it a night.

Instead, we get: glamorous parents, romantic dancing, and a lyric that basically screams, “We’re good over here.” Brooklyn, meanwhile, is posting about how Nicola is his entire world and, per reporting, has allegedly blocked or unfollowed some family members on Instagram. It’s like watching two group chats silently argue through their Stories.

Here’s the thing, though: for all the drama, this also looks like two parents drawing a boundary. Your adult son spends Christmas with his in-laws? Totally normal. Your adult son supposedly wants a grand public apology tour? That’s where it gets murky-and very, very Hollywood.

To me, the dance reads like the Beckhams saying: We love our life, we love our kids, we’re not groveling on the internet. It’s the celebrity version of when your friend swears she’s “totally fine” while posting the most curated, unbothered vacation photos you’ve ever seen.

Receipts

Confirmed:

• Victoria Beckham shared a video on Instagram of her and David dancing to Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb’s Guilty, with the lyric “we’ve got nothing to be sorry for” clearly audible and referenced in her playful caption (Victoria Beckham, Instagram, December 25, 2025).
• Photos posted by Victoria and David show a family Christmas at their Cotswolds home, including their other children and parents, but not Brooklyn (Victoria Beckham and David Beckham, Instagram, December 24-26, 2025).
• Brooklyn Beckham shared U.S.-based holiday content with wife Nicola Peltz Beckham and her family and publicly referred to Nicola as his “everything” in a festive post (Brooklyn Beckham, Instagram, December 25, 2025).
• Daily Mail US reported on December 26, 2025, that Brooklyn spent Christmas with Nicola’s family in the U.S. and highlighted his absence from the Beckham family celebration in the U.K.

Unverified / Reported Only:

• The claim that Brooklyn wants his parents to apologize to him and Nicola comes from unnamed “sources” quoted in coverage; there has been no on-the-record public statement from Brooklyn, Nicola, Victoria, or David about any specific apology demand.
• Reports that Brooklyn has blocked or unfollowed some family members on Instagram have been widely repeated but rely on social media sleuthing and anonymous sources, not official confirmation.
• The idea that the Guilty dance was explicitly aimed at Brooklyn is interpretation-neither Victoria nor David have said the video was directed at anyone.

Victoria and David Beckham’s brave face at Christmas amid Brooklyn feudhttps://t.co/T1we3Mmav5 pic.twitter.com/EEDdaGxK39

— Mirror Celeb (@MirrorCeleb) December 24, 2025

Backstory (For Casual Readers)

If you’re only vaguely aware that “the Beckhams are fighting with someone,” here’s the quick version. David (global football star) and Victoria (Posh Spice turned fashion designer) have three sons and a daughter. Their eldest, Brooklyn, married Nicola Peltz-an actress from a very wealthy American family-in a lavish 2022 wedding. Ever since, tabloids and social media have buzzed about tension between Nicola and Victoria, sparked by everything from wedding dress drama to where the couple spends holidays. None of the main players have sat down and fully spelled out a feud, but small moves-who follows whom, who shows up in family photos, whose captions sound pointed-keep the narrative alive.

What’s Next

Do I think this ends with some big televised “family summit”? No. These are image-conscious, brand-savvy people on all sides. What’s more likely:

• More curated posts: Watch upcoming birthdays and New Year’s posts. If Brooklyn appears in any Beckham family content-or they in his-that will be read as a thaw.
• Careful comments in interviews: If any of them do a major magazine cover or talk show in 2026, listen for phrases like “families go through things” or “we’re in a good place now.” That’s celebrity code for: yes, there was tension; no, we’re not giving you the full tea.
• Silence as a strategy: There’s also a decent chance the Beckhams simply never address the reported feud directly, letting the Instagram grid do the talking while they focus on fashion lines, documentaries, and brand deals.

At the end of the day, this is a famous family navigating the same in-law and grown-kid issues a lot of people do-just with better lighting, better music cues, and an audience of millions.

Sources: Victoria Beckham, Instagram posts and video, December 24-26, 2025; David Beckham, Instagram posts, December 24-26, 2025; Daily Mail US reporting, December 26, 2025; Brooklyn Beckham, Instagram posts, December 25, 2025.

Over to you: When adult kids marry and start their own traditions, do you think parents should push for reconciliation publicly, stay silent, or quietly draw boundaries like the Beckhams seem to be doing?