Some people have suggested that Cruz Beckham is throwing shade at his older brother by sharing a cooking video to social media — something that Brooklyn is famous for doing.
Rumours about friction between Brooklyn Beckham and the rest of the Beckham family have been circulating for some time. After months of speculation, the 27-year-old appeared to address the situation directly in January through a blunt Instagram statement aimed at his parents, David and Victoria Beckham.
“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.”
He continued by accusing them of managing public perception and alleged misinformation, writing:
“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.”
Since then, there’s been growing chatter that the fallout may extend beyond his parents to his brothers as well — Cruz, 21, and Romeo, 23. It’s less clear how things stand with his 14-year-old sister Harper.
Against that backdrop, Cruz has now posted a TikTok that’s prompted plenty of commentary — a cooking clip that some viewers think mirrors the kind of food content Brooklyn is known for.
Set to light, whimsical music, the video shows Cruz putting together what he described as a “cheesy potato soup.”
He captioned the clip: “Wanna see the best cooking video ever? Don’t watch this then.”
The post went up yesterday (March 13) and quickly took off, passing 1,000,000 views and pulling in nearly 2,000 comments.
One person commented: “This is so passive aggressive. I love it!!”
“Who knew the Beckhams had a chef in the family? Go Romeo,” joked another as they purposely named the wrong brother.
“Cruz could you do a video of your photography as well please,” another penned in an apparent swipe at Brooklyn.
A different person added: “Now this is the level of pettiness I can really appreciate.”
In another dig at Brooklyn, somebody asked: “Are you going to stick with this job or going to become a race car driver next or something?”
Cruz replied: “Wrong brother mate.”
Meow.
Representatives for Brooklyn have been contacted for comment.