Brooklyn Beckham shocked viewers with a new DoorDash ad that teases the FIFA World Cup 2026 and makes a dig at his soccer-star father. Family insiders say David and Victoria see it as an “attack” and a “cash grab” amid their ongoing public estrangement fight.
Brooklyn Beckham appeared at home in a new DoorDash ad on Monday—and instead of keeping the peace with his famous family, he turned the situation into the joke.
In the short clip, the aspiring chef says: “You’re probably wondering why I’m watching the FIFA World Cup 2026 from home… It’s a long story.” He then laughs, tosses a pile of tickets onto a table, stands up, and the on-screen caption reads: “It’s complicated. More soon.”
The FIFA tie-in wasn’t the only thing that raised eyebrows. The ad also “totally dissed” his soccer star dad, per the way viewers reacted to the moment. And it arrives with an extra layer of heat for anyone following the Beckham fallout.
The watch featured above a stack of unopened letters is described in the piece as a $335. 000 designer watch that David Beckham gifted him. The timing is also pointed to as particularly brutal: the article notes that Brooklyn’s younger sister Harper was photographed leaving a letter outside his LA home. in a move Brooklyn believes was staged.
Inside the family, the mood is reportedly far from amused. A source close to the Beckhams told The US Sun on Monday that the ad was an “attack.” The source said: “To do an ad based on estrangement from family as if it’s a joke when his family is devastated and sister and grandparents are inconsolable… It just seems a tad hypocritical from someone claiming to want peace and privacy and [then] trying to cash in on it all.”.
The same source argued that Brooklyn is pitching the fallout while profiting from the very legacy he’s distancing himself from. They added: “He says he wants nothing to do with his family. but is now trading off them by using one of his footballing father’s legacies — the World Cup — as an advertising selling point.”.
Another pushback in the statement is aimed at the idea that this is “double standards” rather than independence. The source said Brooklyn “is absolutely entitled to go and make his own money — his parents laud such ambition. ” but taking “the mick out of a deep-rooted. heartbreaking family situation is not the one.”.
One detail cuts through all of it: Brooklyn has already taken legal action to urge his parents to stop talking to and about him. He doesn’t want them mentioning him on social media, and the article says they “finally seem to be getting the hang of that.”
Now, with the DoorDash campaign and its teasing “It’s complicated. More soon” message, the question for the family—and for viewers—is whether Brooklyn is truly looking for privacy, or if he’s willing to monetize the feud instead.
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DoorDash really out here roasting people now? Lol
So it’s like a World Cup ad and also a family shade thing?? I don’t get why they’re all fighting publicly when they could just not talk. Also $335k watch… yeah that screams “peace and privacy” right?
Wait who staged what? Like the sister leaving a letter? People act like PR can’t be anything but evil but also everyone loves drama. Brooklyn’s probably just using whatever sells, and the parents are doing their own thing too. I’m sure it’s complicated but cmon, an ad is an ad.
This whole thing is a cash grab like they said, because DoorDash ads are never this deep. But also I saw somewhere else that it’s actually David who started the letters or whatever, so who knows. The article keeps saying “estrangement fight” and “grandparents inconsolable” and then there’s a designer watch screenshot? Make it make sense. If Brooklyn wants peace then stop joking about it and stop referencing his dad’s World Cup stuff—unless that’s allowed when you’re the one making money.