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Brooklyn Beckham’s controversial ad has sparked plenty of debate online, with viewers quickly spotting telling details in the short video.
When it first came out, many people agreed that the eldest son of David and Victoria had taken a very public dig at his parents in the new World Cup advert for food delivery service DoorDash.
The 27-year-old was seen smirking in the advert as he said: ‘You’re probably wondering why I’m watching the FIFA World Cup 2026 from home… It’s a long story.’
Brooklyn — who has been estranged from his family for more than a year –then throws his football tickets onto a table, which shows a stack of unopened letters, a camera, and a silver watch.
The words: ‘It’s complicated. More soon.’ then appear on screen.
Fans were quick to notice ‘clues’ visible on the tabletop alongside the tickets, speculating they were not-so-subtly coded references to the ongoing feud between Brooklyn and his family.
A silver men’s watch was thought by some to be the Patek Philippe Nautilus watch gifted to him by his father, which has been much discussed in recent months as Brooklyn is still often seen wearing the £220,000 timepiece despite the rift.
Beneath the watch, a stack of unopened letters can be seen on the table, which is pretty conspicuous timing given that Harper Beckham – Brooklyn’s younger sister – was seen outside the LA house owned by Brooklyn and his wife last Friday, trying to hand-deliver him a letter.
The couple’s representatives immediately issued a statement, saying the pair were in New York at the time so not home to answer the door: ‘That photographers were in place as the letter was hand delivered says it all – this was choreographed for the cameras.’
The Beckham family camp immediately responded, with a source stating that: ‘[It] is incredibly sad that this horrible accusation is being leveled at an innocent young girl who just desperately misses her brother.’
Fans weren’t done there when it came to picking apart the ad, with viewers pointing out that the snow globe on the table at the beginning of the ad would be a remarkable coincidence, given Victoria’s huge snow globe collection was made public in her Netflix documentary series Victoria Beckham.
One Instagram commenter simply wrote, ‘tasteless,’ while another posted, ‘This is so, so bad. Watch that his father gave him on top of all those unopened letters—it sends a public message.’
Brooklyn has not been seen with his family at events over the past year, including the premiere of Victoria’s Netflix documentary, David’s knighting ceremony, and, most recently, the Hollywood Walk of Fame event, which was also attended by Tom Cruise.
Ahead of David’s ceremony, the footballer shut down a question in Variety about his family life.
He told the publication: ‘To be honest, I’m sorry to stop you there, but that’s a private matter. That’s the one thing that I don’t want to talk about.’
Although he further reflected: ‘Every day there’s a mountain to climb. I’ve got a life where I’m very busy with what I do.
‘I’ve got four grown kids, the businesses, the club in Miami, but I always want to achieve more. I’ve been like that from a very young age; I was like that as a player and I’ll always be like that. I’ll continue to strive for more.’
In January, Brooklyn made clear that he had no interest in making amends with his family.
‘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,’ he said in a lengthy diatribe against them.