Watch: Nicola Peltz Beckham Shares Cryptic Post Amid David Beckham, Victoria Beckham FeudCredit Nicola Peltz Beckham with husband Brooklyn Peltz Beckham's unwillingness to continue bending it like Beckham. "The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards," he wrote in a six-part Instagram Stories statement Jan. 19, finally addressing the increasingly evident rift between him and parents Victoria Beckham and David Beckham. Instead, the 26-year-old insisted, "I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life." As a member of what he called "Brand Beckham," alongside siblings Romeo Beckham, 23, Cruz Beckham, 20, and Harper Beckham, 14, it was the onetime photographer's job to "drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it's at the expense of our professional obligations." But nearly four years into his union with the Transformers: Age of Extinction actress, 31, he is done with the requisite press appearances and the forced smiles meant to hide any behind-the-scenes feelings. As he summed up in his statement, "My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family." (E! News has reached out to David and Victoria's reps for comment.)photosBrooklyn Beckham & Nicola Peltz: Romance RewindHappily ensconced with his bride in their $16 million Beverly Hills estate, "I do not want to reconcile with my family," he insisted. "I'm not being controlled, I'm standing up for myself for the first time in my life." As such, added the founder of hot sauce brand Cloud 23, he's no longer experiencing the intense pang of anxiety he endured for much of his life. "I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose," he wrote, "and have found peace and relief." As for the source of that newfound bliss, meet the actress he's dubbed his "soulmate," the woman who had him asserting in their 2020 engagement announcement, "I promise to be the best husband and the best daddy one day."Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for VogueWho is Nicola Peltz Beckham? Though Nicola wasn't born famous like her future husband-the son of Spice Girls' Victoria and soccer icon David-she was still brought up in a winning squad. The founder of Trian Fund Management, a multi-billion dollar firm that turns a profit investing in underperforming companies, dad Nelson Peltz has an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion, per Forbes, also working as the director for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp and Unilever and the non-executive chairman of Wendy's. Model mom Claudia Heffner Peltz, meanwhile, posed for L'Oreal, Calvin Klein, Chanel, and Revlon, before turning her focus to family and philanthropy with the Nelson and Claudia Peltz Family Foundation. Raised in Westchester County, N.Y., with seven siblings (plus Nelson's two kids from his first marriage to Cynthia Abrams), Nicola swears her family didn't really, really, really wanna be famous. "I come from a hockey family," she explained to Grazia. "All my brothers play hockey and my parents are, I guess, anti-Hollywood." As for her siblings, including fellow actor Will Peltz, "I'll always be the baby in the family," she told Interview Magazine in 2014. "I'm the youngest sister, but growing up with so many boys, it makes you tough."What films has Nicola Peltz Beckham acted in? Though the self-described tomboy played hockey like her brothers, she set her sights on a new goal before graduating middle school. Acting "was truthfully the only class I really enjoyed when I went to school," she told Grazia. So when a modeling go-see led to a meeting with a New York City manager, "I begged for my life." As Nicola recounted, "She was like, 'Have you done anything?' I was like, 'No.' She was like, 'Commercials? Do you sing? Do you dance?' I was like, 'Nope, not good at that.' It was a hard sell, but here I am. Acting has definitely been in my bones since I was 10; it's my first love." A job at Manhattan Theatre Club led to roles in 2010's The Last Airbender, 2014's Transformers: Age of Extinction and 2020's Holidate, plus a 14-episode arc as Bradley Martin in A&E's Bates Motel. Currently, Nicola-who made her directorial debut with 2024's Lola, also writing the screenplay and starring in the drama-is appearing in Ryan Murphy's latest effort, The Beauty. How did Nicola Peltz Beckham and Brooklyn Peltz Beckham meet? To hear Brooklyn tell it, he knew immediately that he wanted Nicola to be his lover. Though they were each dating other people when they crossed paths at Coachella in 2017, "I was instantly drawn to her," he recounted to Glamour last year. "She was gorgeous, obviously, but it was her warmth and energy that stuck with me. Even though it was a blink-and-you-miss-it moment, I never forgot it." So when the actress (previously linked to Justin Bieber and Anwar Hadid) enlisted his help getting a pal into Leonardo DiCaprio's 2019 Halloween bash, "He didn't hesitate," she shared. "Two days later, we