Hana Cross, Brooklyn Beckham’s ex, is finally opening up about her time with the Beckham family, and it sounds like it was rough. In a new interview, Hana admits the whole experience left her anxious and, looking back, she wishes she’d caught the red flags sooner.Notably, her story lands right when headlines are filled with drama between Brooklyn, his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham, and his famous parents. Thanks to Hana’s revelation, what seemed like just another rocky celebrity breakup feels like part of a pattern of a much bigger family mess.
Hana Cross speaks out amid ongoing Beckham-Peltz feud
Per E! News, Hana shared that her life changed overnight after she started dating Brooklyn in 2019. She went from growing up on a farm to getting thrown into London’s celebrity scene. “I was only 20 or 21,” she explained, “just starting to model. Dating Brooklyn meant a whole new world of paparazzi, glitzy events, all eyes on me.” There were no guidebooks for that. If people gave advice, it was hard to take. Sometimes, she just kept things to herself and tried to figure it out alone.“My time with the family caused me a lot of anxiety, in all honesty,” Hana told Hello! magazine in an interview, adding, “There were a lot of warning signs and things that happened during the relationship that, in hindsight, should have made me think and maybe end the relationship or walk away from it a lot sooner than I did.”The 28-year-old looked back and reflected on how quickly her life had changed after being thrust into the spotlight during her nine-month relationship with Victoria and David’s eldest son.“I was only 20, 21 when we dated, and I had just started modeling,” Hana said, “and I came from living on a farm to moving to London and being thrown into a relationship like that.”“It’s hard to know what’s best to do in that situation,” she continued. “No one really knew, and I didn’t, really. It wasn’t something that I was super-open about, so advice from outside was hard to take.”In the interview, Hana didn’t shy away from sharing how she really felt while looking back at their relationship, especially amid the public feud between the Beckhams and the Peltz-Beckhams.“I had that chapter in my life and wanted to move on from it,” she said. “It’s hard not to be mentally drawn back into that part of my life, especially with all this feud stuff coming out. It’s hard because I don’t look back on that as a fond time, on reflection.”Hana admitted that it was tough not to get pulled back mentally. “It’s not a time I remember fondly,” she said. After their breakup, though, she never got any pushback from Victoria or David. “No one stopped me from speaking out. I just wanted to move on and do my own thing,” she said.“I’ve never been pressured or received any warning from them not to speak out about it or say anything about the relationship,” she added. “After it happened, I just wanted to move on and make my own life and my own name for myself.”
Brooklyn Beckham and Hana Cross: A look back at their relationship
For a while in 2019, Brooklyn and Hana were everywhere. Their fast-paced, high-profile romance was public, and so was the tension. Most reports agree it ended after a string of public fights. Their relationship reportedly ended after a series of disagreements and public arguments, marking a relatively abrupt breakup.By mid-2019, the couple had split. Later that same year, Brooklyn moved on, eventually beginning a relationship with Nicola Peltz, whom he married in 2022.
The Beckham–Peltz feud: All about it
It all started around Brooklyn and Nicola’s 2022 wedding, which was a lavish, high-profile event, but had reportedly exposed underlying tensions.But the feud really blew up after Brooklyn dragged his parents on Instagram, saying they tried to wreck his marriage from the start.According to Brooklyn, his parents pressured him to sign away rights to his own name before the wedding, which he saw as an attempt to control his life and career. He also claimed his mom bailed on designing Nicola’s wedding dress at the last minute, leaving Nicola scrambling for a replacement. That, he said, was just the beginning of the tension.Brooklyn accused her mother, Victoria Beckham, of “hijacking” his first dance with Nicola at the wedding, leaving him embarrassed in front of their guests. He went even further, accusing his parents of putting their brand and public image above actual family relationships. “Brand Beckham comes first,” he wrote.“Family ‘love’ is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo.” He made it clear he’s done trying to fix things. “I do not want to reconcile with my family. I’m not being controlled, I’m standing up for myself for the first time in my life,” he said.David Beckham responded on TV the next day, while talking about social media and mental health on CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’, talking about social media and how kids (even his) sometimes mess up.“Kids are allowed to make mistakes. That’s how they learn,” David said, stressing he tries to teach them, but sometimes you just have to let them figure it out.For now, the Beckhams seem split. Brooklyn stands with Nicola, showing off their independence. Meanwhile, David and Victoria are choosing their words carefully and keeping things classy.