‘Too much free time': Brooklyn Beckham's vow renewal doesn't go down well
The couple, no strangers to being called 'out of touch,' recommitted to each other in a private celebration at the Peltz family estate just outside of New York City and it has already become a controversial event.
The pair re-said their vows fresh from a European vacation – although it's unclear if either of them actually had 9-5 work to take a break from.
Once they'd said 'I do' all over again, they both separately flocked to social media to share photos from their intimate vow renewal.
It quickly became very clear that none of Brooklyn's close family were in attendance.
Brooklyn's siblings and parents are all on vacation together in Europe, Posh Spice was AWOL but Nicola's billionaire gang was front and centre.
This has certainly done nothing to squash rumours that Brooklyn has fallen out with his famous family – a rumour that been plaguing the 26-year-old since he tied the knot three years ago.
It was spotlighted by the fact that Nicola opted not to wear one of Victoria Beckman's designs on her wedding day.
For their vow renewal Nicola continued to not wear a Victoria Beckham design and instead paid homage to her own mother.
She wore a repurposed version of her mum's wedding dress from 1985. She even added a tiara.
On Instagram, Brooklyn shared their new wedding photos, captioning them, 'Forever my girl.' In another post, he wrote, 'My only love', but their lovefest didn't go down well on social media.
In fact, their vow renewals raised eyebrows for two separate reasons. Firstly, people are not fond of the grand display of wealth during a cost of living crisis.
'Just a bunch of rich kids wondering what to do with their parent's money and excessive free time,' one claimed.
'It is a gratuitous display of wealth. A completely unnecessary event,' another argued.
'When you're rich and have too much free time on your hands,' someone else joked.
'Renewed vows already? I think they need jobs,' one said.
'This is so cringe and desperate,' someone else said.
'Too much money and too much time. No goals and nothing else better to do,' one noted.
If people weren't fuming over what some claimed was an 'unnecessary' second wedding, they were stunned that the 26-year-old would have a second wedding with none of his immediate family in attendance.
'Heartbreaking for his parents,' one wrote, while another called it 'spiteful' and someone else declared it to be 'awful behaviour'.
'Such an embarrassment. What are you doing?' another asked.
Yet another social media user went as far to claim the photos looked 'staged' and said the vow renewal looked like a thinly veiled attempt to 'piss off' his parents.
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