by Ellen DurneyBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Staff CONTENT WARNING: This post discusses emotional and physical abuse, as well as substance misuse. In the unlikely event that you missed it, Brooklyn Beckham recently exploded our timelines by airing his grievances with his famous parents, David and Victoria Beckham, in a scathing 821-word statement posted to his Instagram Story. And the public drama is so monumentally messy that it's giving the Kardashians a run for their money. Jeff Spicer / Getty Images If you need a full explainer of the Beckham feud, all the info you need is right here! Naturally, the chaos got me thinking about other big family dramas in the celebrity world, and as it turns out, there are loads - tons of which you've probably forgotten about, too. So, without further ado, here's a detailed roundup of some horrifically messy and super sad times that celebs aired their family drama with the world. 1. DEMI MOORE AND HER DAUGHTERS Around the time of her 2011 separation from ex-husband Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore broke her 20-year sobriety and began abusing substances, leading to a near-death experience at a party in 2012. In her 2019 memoir, Inside Out, Demi wrote about this difficult time in her life and explained how it destroyed her relationship with her three daughters: Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah, whom she shares with her first husband, Bruce Willis. L. Cohen / Getty Images "The girls were angry I'd become so dependent on Ashton," Demi wrote. "I was addicted to him, is the best way I can put it, and I did all the things that addicts do. I prioritized my addiction over my needs and the needs of my family." The rift became so bad that Scout and Tallulah didn't speak to their mom for three years, while Rumer would check in with Demi occasionally when friends of the family would express concern for her well-being. Sylvain Gaboury / Getty Images During a 2019 appearance on Red Table Talk alongside Rumer and Demi, Tallulah explained her side of the estrangement, saying: "She relapsed when I was nine, and no one in our family spoke about it...
There were many years of saying she was sober and she wasn't, and we couldn't trust it." In the same interview, Rumer said that her mom's focus on Ashton made her and her sisters feel that they weren't "enough." To this, Demi agreed that her codependency on Ashton was "more devastating" than her substance abuse, because it took her away from her kids "emotionally." Facebook Watch Demi went to rehab in 2012 to seek treatment for addiction and an eating disorder. Demi and her daughters are thankfully in a great place now, with the actor saying in 2021 that the 2020 lockdowns served as valuable bonding time for the family. Lila Seeley / Getty Images 2. MACAULAY CULKIN AND HIS DAD During his child-acting career throughout the '80s and '90s, Macaulay was managed by his father, Kit Culkin. Starting in the early 2000s, the Home Alone star has claimed that Kit was "abusive" and would physically harm him, his siblings, and his mom, Patricia Brentrup. "He beat our spirits down...
You really just had to be there to see what kind of a man he was," Macaulay told New York magazine back in 2001. Ron Galella / Getty Images After Patricia and Kit split in 1995, Macaulay gained control of his earnings to help his mom financially. In the legal battle, Kit denied claims of physical abuse. After Kit's name was removed from Macaulay's trust fund, he abandoned the custody trial. Kit and Macaulay have been estranged ever since, and the now-45-year-old actor has maintained his abuse claims, making it clear that a reconciliation is not on the cards. Steve Granitz / Getty Images "I haven't spoken to him in about 30-something years," the actor said on the Sibling Revelry podcast in April 2025. "Oh, he deserves it, too. He's a man who - he had seven kids, and now he has four grandkids. And, none of them want anything to do with him." Amy Sussman / Getty Images 3. SHANNA MOAKLER AND HER KIDS Since Travis Barker began publicly dating Kourtney Kardashian in 2021, Travis's ex-wife, Shanna Moakler, has made numerous allegations about the Kardashian family and how they apparently "destroyed" her relationship with her kids, Landon and Alabama Barker. "The Kardashians are buying my kids Prada every other day," she told Us Weekly back in 2021. "They're going on lavish trips. They're doing all these things...I don't think it's great when they put a wedge in between their biological mother." Bryan Steffy / Getty Images Alabama and Landon have publicly suggested that Shanna hasn't always been the best mom to them, with Landon once describing her as an "absent parent." Alabama also bashed Shanna via Instagram Stories in 2021, asking fans to "stop painting her out to be an amazing mom." In 2024, the family feud reached new heights when Shanna appeared on the Dumb Blonde podcast and accused Kourtney and Travis of "parental alienation," as well as branding the Kardashian family as "disgusting." Giving a direct callout to