Are the Beckhams and Ramsays at war? As Victoria is pictured looking stony-faced at Gordon’s Netflix launch, insiders tell KATIE HIND that the chef’s comments about Brooklyn feud have ruffled feathers
It was the night that saw most of Gordon Ramsay’s brood come together in a show of unity and celebration; a much-needed antidote to the bad feeling caused by the fallout with new son-in-law Adam Peaty’s family.
That bitter volley of words, which had cast a dark cloud over Holly and Adam’s wedding just after Christmas, all seemed in the past, as Gordon and Tana posed for photos with the newlyweds at a launch party to promote the celebrity chef’s new Netflix series.
Joining the throng was their close friend Victoria Beckham, who arrived without husband David or any of their children, to support the Ramsays at Gordon’s Mayfair restaurant, Lucky Cat. But as she posed with Gordon and Tana, Victoria could barely raise a weak smile but remained stony-faced the rest of the night.
In fact, as one observer mused, it was reminiscent of the Spice Girls days when Posh’s sullen pout was a trademark.
Although I’m assured a good time was had by all, Victoria’s stony face may have been caused by the elephant in the room – Gordon’s interview to promote his fly‑on-the-wall documentary, Being Gordon Ramsay, released two days before the lavish launch party.
A man not known for his diplomacy or restraint, Gordon had opened up about his friends’ ongoing feud with their eldest son, Brooklyn.
The families have been close for more than 20 years, having first connected when David Beckham hired Ramsay for his 2006 World Cup party, and the relationship strengthened when both clans lived in Los Angeles.
Ramsay watched Brooklyn grow up, was a guest at his 2022 Palm Beach wedding to Nicola Peltz, and obviously the chef has a few opinions about the eldest Beckham boy, 26, and the way he has jettisoned his family after their epic falling out. The feud, Gordon said, was born out of Brooklyn’s ‘infatuation’ with Nicola, and he urged the wannabe chef to ‘remember where he came from’.
Gordon Ramsay with Victoria Beckham and his wife Tana Ramsay. The families have been close for more than 20 years, having first connected when David Beckham hired Ramsay for his 2006 World Cup party
Ramsay watched Brooklyn Beckham (left) grow up and was a guest at his 2022 Palm Beach wedding to Nicola Peltz (right). The celebrity chef said the feud was born out of Brooklyn’s ‘infatuation’ with Nicola and urged him to ‘remember where he came from’
In his no-holds-barred interview, the 59-year-old father of six went on: ‘He’s desperate to forge his own way and I respect that from him. It’s such a good thing to do.
‘But remember where you came from. Honestly, one day you’re not going to have your mum and dad, and you need to understand that. That penny will drop.’
Not surprisingly, the comments prompted much anger from Brooklyn, who made his feelings clear in a language that Gen Z are familiar with: unfollowing Gordon on Instagram.
It was quite the move, and one that will have left Gordon bewildered, especially as he had been supporting Brooklyn in his aspiring cookery career. Gordon also confessed that they have been in touch recently – something those who know Brooklyn say he would have taken a very dim view of.
And now I’m told even Brooklyn’s harshest critics are stunned at Gordon’s decision to wade into this sensitive territory, especially as David and Victoria have kept a dignified silence on the matter.
One source said: ‘It’s hard to feel sorry for Brooklyn, the things he has done to his parents have been pretty rotten. But he has found himself in the strange position of being spoken about as a tool to promote Gordon’s Netflix show.
‘Gordon is nearly 60 and took a pop at a kid he has known since he was a toddler. David and Victoria haven’t spoken on the issue and they never will – and then Gordon wades in.
‘He has got a point. He has seen his best friends David and Victoria go through hell. Perhaps that’s why he did it, or maybe he thought he was helping the situation.’
But if Posh’s demeanour at the launch party was anything to go by, the help wasn’t appreciated at all. It seems to have barricaded shut the last few remaining channels of communication between Brooklyn and his UK roots.
Brooklyn (front, centre) with Gordon Ramsay’s children Holly Ramsay (right) and Jack Ramsay (left). Brooklyn has since unfollowed his two childhood besties
The Beckham family in 2023 before a feud broke out between Brooklyn (second from right) and his wife Nicola Peltz (far right) and the rest of the family. David and Victoria’s camp have blamed Nicola for the fractured relationship with their son
Victoria and Nicola in February 2024. According to conflicting accounts, Victoria had originally planned to make Nicola’s wedding dress, but pulled out ‘at the 11th hour’ according to Brooklyn, something his mum has always denied
Because Gordon wasn’t alone in being snubbed by Brooklyn – he has also now unfollowed his childhood besties, twins Jack and Holly Ramsay, with whom he grew up.
While there has been a definite cooling of their friendship – Brooklyn chose not to invite Jack to his and Nicola’s vow renewal last summer and snubbed Holly’s wedding – it is the first time he has made his feelings clear on the Ramsays.
‘Brooklyn, Jack and Holly did so much together as kids. Brooklyn adored them, there is so much shared history. That all seems to be a thing of the past now, but it all feels quite sad.
‘Brooklyn must have had his reasons for making the stand but it’s another connection with his old life that has gone.’
It has been a torrid time for the Beckhams since last spring when Brooklyn and Nicola failed to attend any of David’s 50th birthday celebrations. Their absence prompted a huge fallout and press briefing war, as David and Victoria camp blamed Nicola for the fractured relationship with their son.
As the row escalated, Brooklyn and Nicola got their lawyers from legal firm Schillings to demand his parents no longer contact them – unless through legal correspondence.
And the final nail in the coffin came in January when Brooklyn wrote a six-page letter, which he naturally posted on Instagram, to eviscerate his parents, accusing them of controlling him and trying to ruin his relationship with Nicola. David, 50, and Victoria, 51, ‘would give anything’ for some kind of relationship with their son, I’m told.
Perhaps that’s why some in the Ramsay/Beckham circles are stunned at Gordon’s decision to stir the pot, given his own family issues, which hardly cast him as an expert on the subject of familial disharmony.
Holly Ramsay and Olympian Adam Peaty on their wedding day. Gordon’s own feud with son-in-law Peaty’s family is far from resolved, and is nearly as bitter as that of the Beckhams
‘It feels like Gordon should get his own house in order before he starts commenting on others,’ a source tells me.
Indeed, his own feud with son-in-law Adam Peaty’s family is far from resolved, and is nearly as bitter as that of the Beckhams.
The Ramsay fallout also seems to have been sparked by a dress.
According to conflicting accounts, Victoria had originally planned to make Nicola’s wedding dress, but pulled out ‘at the 11th hour’ (according to Brooklyn), something his mum has always denied.
Holly, meanwhile, reportedly caused bad feeling when she objected to Adam’s mother, Caroline’s, outfit for her wedding, saying it wouldn’t fit with the theme.
In the end, the only member of Adam’s family at the big day was his sister, Bethany.
The snub left Caroline ‘absolutely distraught’, while Gordon poked fun at the situation in his father of the bride speech at the swanky Kin House in the Cotswolds, upsetting the Peaty family even more.
Observers commented: ‘Brooklyn will argue that his fallout with his parents is his business, not Gordon’s.’
If the celeb chef’s intention was to raise his show’s profile, it seems to have worked, dropping on Netflix this week to much fanfare. The six-part series follows the star on his most challenging project yet – opening five culinary experiences in London’s second-tallest skyscraper, 22 Bishopsgate. Made by his own production company, Studio Ramsay, it has got mixed reviews despite its huge publicity drive.
So while Gordon may have got the headlines he appeared to so desperately want, what now for the Ramsays and the Beckhams?
‘Nothing would phase either couple these days,’ says an industry source. ‘They’ve all been through it and always been there for one another.’
‘But there is definitely a sense that Gordon’s comments weren’t exactly helpful and it is a bit strange that he did it.’
