In the Beckham family feud, there’s only one thing people want to see

Wednesday 21 January

In the Beckham family feud, there's only one thing people want to see

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"Release the tapes," is the plea reverberating across social media this week after Brooklyn Peltz Beckham dropped his cataclysmic six-page tell-all about his ongoing feud with his estranged parents, Victoria and David. In a list of serious allegations that includes claims that his parents have controlled him for his entire life, planted stories about him in the press and attempted to bribe him into "signing away the rights" to his name, the meme-minded are more concerned with one thing: Victoria's so-called "inappropriate" dance floor faux-pas at Brooklyn's Palm Beach wedding.

Brooklyn claimed in his explosive post Monday that his mother hijacked his first dance with his wife Nicola Peltz, and proceeded to dance – wait for it – "on" him. The 26-year-old wrote of his mom's moves: "She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everybody. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life." These two sentences have made for pure catnip. First of all, what does "on" mean? And more crucially: where is the video? With no real footage of the mysterious dance routine yet released, the lack of evidence has sparked a full-blown meme frenzy. As of Tuesday, X is awash with GIFs of salacious dances paired with the caption "Victoria hijacking Brooklyn's wedding." There's Miley Cyrus gyrating on her wrecking ball, Real Housewives royalty Lisa Rinna twerking on a table and John Travolta rolling his hips in Saturday Night Fever. Call it boogie-gate. Read more here.

Elsewhere this week, Lydia Spencer-Elliott looks into the rise of the circular relationship – a kind of repeat romance with the same person – after
Frankenstein star Jacob Elordi was spotted this week with his on-again, off-again girlfriend Olivia Jade after breaking up in August last year, rekindling by September, with sources claiming the relationship was "fully over" by October. Find the full piece here.

And if you're utterly obsessed with the Beckham drama, then we've got you covered. Charlotte Cripps has written about why – like Brooklyn – she doesn't want to reconcile with her family; Olivia Petter asks, "Am I the only one feeling sorry for Brooklyn?"

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