Comedian Katherine Ryan has launched a fierce and uncompromising attack on Brooklyn Beckham, branding him an “ungrateful nepo baby” as she publicly backed his parents David Beckham and Victoria Beckham amid the family’s escalating feud.
Speaking on her podcast Telling Everybody Everything, Katherine said she was firmly “on David and Victoria’s side,” insisting Brooklyn needs to “grow up a little bit” after his explosive social-media statement accusing his parents of control, humiliation and trying to ruin his marriage.
Brooklyn, 26, recently claimed he felt “never more uncomfortable or humiliated” than when his mother allegedly “hijacked” his first dance at his 2022 wedding to actress Nicola Peltz. He also revealed he has not spoken to his parents or siblings for more than a year, alleging Victoria once called him “evil” over seating arrangements.
But Katherine, herself a mother of four, showed little sympathy. She described the Beckhams as “an absolute dynasty family, almost like royalty,” arguing that Brooklyn has enjoyed extraordinary privilege while failing to show basic gratitude. In her words, his parents are not abusers, they publicly say kind things about him and have repeatedly given him opportunities, something many young people could only dream of.
She went on to suggest that many celebrity offspring struggle when they realise they may never match their parents’ success — and that Brooklyn fits that pattern. Pointing to his career, Katherine said every venture, from his £1million fashion deal to his costly lockdown cooking show, was fuelled by the Beckham name. Even his brief stints in modelling and photography, she argued, were driven by fame rather than raw talent, adding bluntly that she sees “none of the gratitude” in his recent posts.
Katherine also dismissed Brooklyn’s claim that Victoria abandoned designing Nicola’s wedding dress at the “eleventh hour,” noting that the Valentino gown had reportedly involved a year of planning, multiple fittings and trips to Rome. “How is that last minute?” she asked, openly questioning the credibility of his version of events.
Equally scathing was her response to Brooklyn’s allegation that Victoria danced on him “inappropriately” during the first dance. Katherine said it sounded like a misunderstanding, pointing out that mother-son dances are traditional and that emotional moments are inevitable when a first child gets married. Being humiliated by that, she argued, showed thin skin rather than trauma.
She stressed that Brooklyn appears not to understand what real abuse looks like, saying that while his feelings are his own lived experience, publicly framing family conflict in such extreme terms trivialises genuine trauma. Katherine also criticised his reported decision to send a legal letter demanding his parents stop tagging him on social media, accusing him of demanding privacy in the most performative way possible.
While acknowledging that Brooklyn may want authenticity and distance, Katherine said he cannot ask for privacy while escalating the drama publicly. She urged him to show grace, reminding listeners that David and Victoria raised their children under relentless media scrutiny, dealing with paparazzi from the moment Brooklyn was born.
Her final message was blunt: Brooklyn can step back, set boundaries and build his own life — but he cannot “have his cake and eat it too” by publicly attacking his parents while demanding peace behind the scenes.