Millionaire influencer and aspiring chef Brooklyn Beckham has made a surprising admission: he says he hasn't worked in five years. The 27-year-old son of Sir David and Victoria Beckham, whose combined wealth is estimated at around £1.185 billion, spoke at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Monday.
Brooklyn's Career Journey
Brooklyn, whose individual net worth is thought to be around $10 million (£7.48 million), has tried various careers over the years, including photography and modeling. However, he is now deeply committed to his hot sauce brand, Cloud23, which he launched in 2024.
During a panel titled From Passion to Product: Building a Culinary Brand That Sticks, Brooklyn revealed: 'Four years ago I was trying to work out what I wanted to do with my life, what I wanted to do for work. Basically my wife and I got really drunk in our apartment while making hot sauce. I watched a short little video on how to make it and the next day I tried it again. I really wanted to see what I could create.'
Cloud23 Hot Sauce Brand
The high-end organic sauce brand launched exclusively at Whole Foods in the US and is now available at Erewhon, Amazon, and Planet Organic. Its two flavors – hot habanero and sweet jalapeño – retail for £15 each. Brooklyn also shared: 'I'm always calling the CEO on Sunday at 10pm with a crazy idea of what direction we might go in or a condiment idea. I'll call with a ridiculous idea. I can come across as annoying sometimes.'
Past Controversies
Brooklyn has previously faced criticism for his enthusiastic culinary videos on social media, including one where he made almond milk with 'enough vanilla extract to kill a man' and another featuring 'raw' beef as part of a 'Michelin-style' Sunday roast. His past series Cookin' With Brooklyn also raised eyebrows in 2022 when it was reported that an eight-minute episode, in which he made a bagel sandwich with coleslaw, a hash brown, and fried sea bream, had a crew of 62 people and cost $100,000 (£74.8k) to produce.
Family Feud
Brooklyn has been in the headlines this year mostly for the feud between him and his parents. He confirmed the rift in an explosive statement on Instagram in January, after he and his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham were noticeably absent from milestone family events, including celebrations for David's 50th birthday and his knighthood ceremony. None of the Beckhams were invited to Brooklyn and Nicola's vow renewal ceremony last summer either.
He accused his parents of 'controlling' him and always putting 'Brand Beckham' first, while declaring that he now was 'standing up' for himself and did 'not want to reconcile' with them. He also accused his family of having tried 'endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding', before claiming his mum was 'dancing inappropriately' on him during what was meant to be the first dance with his new wife.
Victoria Beckham's Response
While David and Victoria have largely stayed tight-lipped over the fallout, the 52-year-old former Spice Girl made a veiled allusion to the parenting of Brooklyn and his siblings – Romeo, 23, Cruz, 21, and Harper, 14 – when discussing the family's commercial empire on Emma Grede's podcast Aspire in May. She said: 'When David and I first met, it was never our intention to start a brand. People talk about "Brand Beckham" – that has happened so organically.' She insisted that 'Brand Beckham' was 'never something that we even discussed', and acknowledged how her children have factored in their businesses, saying she was 'never pushy'.
Victoria added: 'Our children have had a very different upbringing to myself and David and I think the world is also a very different place now to what it was when they were younger. We've always tried to protect the children as much as we can, we've always been very close.'
