Victoria Beckham wants family headlines to stop amid Brooklyn rift

Victoria Beckham said she wants the headlines about her family to stop as a public rift with her eldest son, Brooklyn Beckham, continues to play out amid the release of her Netflix documentary. The fashion designer made the remarks in a recent interview, while Brooklyn, 26, declined to comment about the series at a New York event he was hosting this month, underscoring the ongoing tensions that have kept him and his wife, Nicola Peltz, largely apart from recent family occasions.

Victoria, 51, told an interviewer that seeing her children's names in headlines is "so horrible" and stressed that communication with her children is important to her and her husband, David Beckham. At a London screening and premiere for the three‑part documentary earlier this month, she acknowledged all four children by name, even as Brooklyn was not present. She also described the filmmaking process as emotionally revealing, saying it led her to reflect on her journey and the support around her.

Brooklyn, who has been building a culinary and consumer brand, was in New York hosting a charity food event when a reporter asked him about his mother's series. He did not respond and walked into the venue,...