Finally, Brooklyn Beckham’s ex, Hannah Cross, has revealed her time with the Beckham family, and it seems like it was difficult. In a new interview, Hannah admits that the whole experience left her anxious, and looking back, she wishes she had recognized the red flags sooner.Notably, her story takes place right when the headlines are filled with drama between Brooklyn, his wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and his famous parents. Thanks to Hannah’s revelations, what seemed like just another difficult breakup with a celebrity appears to be part of a pattern of much larger family chaos.
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Hannah Cross speaks amidst continuation The Beckham-Peltz feud
For every e! News, Hannah shared that her life changed overnight after she started dating Brooklyn in 2019. She went from growing up on a farm to being on the celebrity scene in London.
“I was only 20 or 21 and had just started modeling. Dating in Brooklyn meant a whole new world of photographers, glitzy events, and all eyes on me,” she explained. There were no instruction manuals for this. If people gave advice, it was difficult to accept it. Sometimes, she kept things to herself and tried to figure them out on her own.“The time I spent with the family caused me a lot of anxiety, honestly,” Hanaa told Hello. “There were a lot of warning signs and things that happened during the relationship that, in hindsight, should have made me think and perhaps end or walk away from the relationship much sooner than I did,” the magazine added in an interview.
The 28-year-old looked back and reflected on how quickly her life changed after she was thrust into the spotlight during her nine-month relationship with Victoria and David’s eldest son.“I was only 20 or 21 when we dated, I had just started modeling, and I had come from living on a farm to moving to London and being thrown into a relationship like this,” Hannah said.“It’s hard to know what’s best to do in this situation,” she continued.
“No one really knew, and I didn’t really know it. It wasn’t very open about it, so it was hard to accept advice from the outside.”In the interview, Hannah wasn’t shy about sharing how she really felt looking back on their relationship, especially amid the public feud between Beckham and Peltz Beckham.“I had this chapter in my life that I wanted to get past,” she said. “It’s hard not to be mentally drawn into that part of my life, especially with all this hostility coming up.
“It’s hard because I don’t look at it as a good time to think.”Hannah admitted it was hard not to cringe mentally. “This is not a time I remember fondly,” she said. After their breakup, she did not get any opposition from Victoria or David. “No one stopped me from speaking out,” she said. “I just wanted to move on and do my own thing.”She added: “I was never pressured or given any warning from them not to talk about it or say anything about the relationship.”
“After that happened, I just wanted to move on and make my own life and my own name.”
Brooklyn Beckham and Hannah Cross: A look back at their relationship
For a while in 2019, Brooklyn and Hannah were everywhere. Their high-profile, fast-paced romance was public, but so was the tension. Most reports agree that it ended after a series of public battles. Their relationship reportedly ended after a series of disagreements and public arguments, marking a relatively sudden breakup.By mid-2019, the couple had separated. Later that same year, Brooklyn moved on, and eventually began a relationship with Nicola Peltz, whom he married in 2022.
The Beckham-Peltz feud: All about it
It all started around Brooklyn and Nicola’s 2022 wedding, which was a lavish, high-profile event, but one that reportedly exposed underlying tensions.But the feud really exploded after Brooklyn dragged out his parents on Instagram, saying they tried to destroy his marriage from the beginning.According to Brooklyn, his parents pressured him to give up the rights to his name before the wedding, which he saw as an attempt to control his life and career.
He also claimed that his mother abandoned the design of Nicola’s wedding dress at the last minute, leaving Nicola scrambling to find a replacement. He said that was just the beginning of the tension.Brooklyn accused her mother, Victoria Beckham, of “hijacking” his first dance with Nicola at the wedding, making him feel embarrassed in front of their guests. He went further, accusing his parents of putting their brand and public image above actual family relationships.
“Brand Beckham comes first,” he wrote.“Family ‘love’ is determined by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and take a family photo.” He made it clear he was done trying to fix things. He said: “I do not want to reconcile with my family. I am not under control, and I am defending myself for the first time in my life.”David Beckham responded on television the next day, while talking about social media and mental health on CNBC’s Squawk Box, where he talked about social media and how kids (even his own) sometimes make mistakes.“Kids are allowed to make mistakes. That’s how they learn,” David said, stressing that he tries to teach them, but sometimes you just have to let them know.Right now, it seems like the Beckham family is divided. Brooklyn stands with Nicola and flaunts their independence. Meanwhile, David and Victoria choose their words carefully and keep things classy.