A celebrity family feud, a blunt TV chef, and the 2026 version of slamming a door: the Instagram unfollow.
Brooklyn Beckham didn’t issue a statement, call a lawyer, or sit down for a tell-all. He just did the one thing everyone under 30 understands as a declaration of war: he unfollowed Gordon Ramsay.
On its face, it’s petty. Underneath, it’s a masterclass in what happens when older family friends start doing public commentary on very private wounds.
The Moment
According to Page Six, Brooklyn Beckham has unfollowed Gordon Ramsay on social media after the famously fiery chef weighed in on the ongoing Beckham family feud in a new interview.
Ramsay still follows Brooklyn on Instagram, but as the Daily Mail first noted, Brooklyn quietly pulled the plug on his end after Ramsay told the UK tabloid The Sun that Brooklyn is “infatuated” with his wife Nicola Peltz and suggested “love is blind.”
In that same interview, quoted by Page Six, Ramsay called the situation “difficult,” said Brooklyn is “desperate to stand on his own two feet,” and then delivered a parental gut punch: remember where you came from, one day you won’t have your mum and dad, and you need to understand that.
Ramsay also defended Brooklyn’s parents, David and Victoria Beckham, saying Victoria is “upset, and with every right to be upset” over the feud. The rift escalated after Brooklyn publicly claimed his mother “danced inappropriately” with him at his 2022 Palm Beach wedding to Peltz – a claim Victoria has not publicly addressed in detail.
Reps for both Brooklyn and Ramsay did not immediately respond to requests for comment, per Page Six. Translation: everybody’s talking around each other, but not to each other – at least not in public.
The Take
Let’s be honest: unfollowing someone is the digital version of moving their Christmas card to the back of the fridge. It doesn’t end a relationship, but it sends a message.
And the message here seems pretty clear: Brooklyn is done with being publicly parented by a 58-year-old family friend who wears a microphone for a living.
Ramsay’s comments weren’t coming from nowhere. He’s known the Beckhams for years, attended the wedding, and by his own words has watched how much David loves Brooklyn “24/7, seven days a week.” That reads like a man who’s actually been in the room, not just scrolling from the sidelines.
But there’s a line between being a family friend and playing a family commentator. Once you start analyzing someone’s marriage and loyalty in the press, calling them “infatuated,” warning them to remember their parents before it’s too late, you’re not just giving advice. You’re writing a narrative, and you know it’s going to be picked up, clipped, and amplified.
Old-school loyalty says: keep it in the living room. Modern celebrity culture says: sell it to the tabloids.
Brooklyn, at 26, is right in that messy middle space: adult enough to be called out in public, young enough that everyone still talks about him like a kid who doesn’t know better. Ramsay paints him as blinded by love and desperate for independence, which might be true, but it’s also incredibly loaded coming from a powerful older man on a media platform.
And here’s the cultural rub: this is what happens when generations clash over boundaries. For Gen X and Boomers, the instinct is: “I’m worried about you, so I’ll say it loud and in print.” For Millennials and Gen Z, it’s: “You went public with my private pain? Cool, now I control my feed – and you’re off it.”
The result is a weirdly modern standoff. Ramsay gets to look like the tough-love truth teller defending the Beckhams. Brooklyn gets to quietly signal: you don’t get access to my life if you turn my life into content.
Is the unfollow a bit dramatic? Of course. But so is airing decades of family tension via carefully curated quotes and teary interviews. At this point, everyone’s performing – Brooklyn just chose the silent performance.
Receipts
Confirmed:
- Page Six reports that Brooklyn Beckham has unfollowed Gordon Ramsay on social media, while Ramsay still follows Brooklyn (published Feb. 15, 2026).
- The Daily Mail is cited as the first outlet to note the unfollow and connect it to Ramsay’s recent public comments.
- In an interview with The Sun, as quoted by Page Six, Ramsay said Brooklyn is “infatuated,” that “love is blind,” and described the feud as a “difficult situation.”
- Ramsay also said Brooklyn is “desperate to stand on his own two feet” and urged him to remember his parents because “one day you’re not going to have your mum and dad.”
- Ramsay defended David and Victoria Beckham, saying Victoria is “upset, and with every right to be upset,” and praised David’s constant love for Brooklyn.
- Brooklyn previously claimed his mother “danced inappropriately” with him at his 2022 wedding to Nicola Peltz, as reported in a prior Page Six story.
Unverified / Framed as Opinion or Allegation:
- That Brooklyn is “blinded” by love for Nicola Peltz – Ramsay’s personal interpretation, not a fact that can be proven.
- Any specific details about what “inappropriate” dancing allegedly occurred at the wedding – these remain Brooklyn’s claims, not independently confirmed behavior.
- The inner emotional state of Victoria, David, or Brooklyn, beyond what has been quoted on record.
Backstory (For the Casual Reader)
If you’ve only half-watched this drama from the sidelines, here’s the quick rewind.
Brooklyn Beckham – eldest son of global soccer icon David Beckham and former Spice Girl turned designer Victoria Beckham – married actress and heiress Nicola Peltz in a lavish Palm Beach ceremony in 2022. What should’ve been a glossy, united-front moment turned into gossip catnip: rumors of tension between Nicola and Victoria, questions about wedding details, and later, Brooklyn’s own comments about his mother’s allegedly “inappropriate” dancing at the reception.
Through it all, Gordon Ramsay has been more than just a celebrity acquaintance. The Beckhams and Ramsays have been close for years, their kids growing up in overlapping circles of money, fame, and Michelin-starred dinners. So when Ramsay publicly sided with David and Victoria and poked at Brooklyn’s judgment, it hit different. This wasn’t some random talking head; this was the family friend calling you out in front of the whole neighborhood.
Now we’re here: the feud has moved from wedding whispers to social media strategy. Brooklyn’s unfollow may not fix a single real-life wound – but in the celebrity ecosystem, it’s a loud little signal that he’s choosing his wife, his independence, and his own narrative, even if it means icing out the family’s favorite chef.
Where Do You Land?
Do you think Gordon Ramsay was being a caring truth teller by speaking out about Brooklyn and the family feud – or should longtime family friends keep their tough love off the record and out of the headlines?
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