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David Beckham was every inch the proud father as he left his youngest son Cruz’s Manchester show on Wednesday.

The former footballer, 50, beamed as he departed The Deaf Institute after watching Cruz, 21, take to the stage with his band The Breakers.

Just hours earlier, David, Victoria, Cruz and Romeo offered a public olive branch to Brooklyn with Instagram posts to mark his 27th birthday – six weeks after he made his bombshell statement stating he had no wishes to reconcile with his family.

David cut a casual figure in a cream beanie as he joined Manchester United star Nicky Butt and his best friend David Gardner for the gig.

Cruz’s girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30, who has been travelling around the UK with the band, was also seen leaving.

Jackie, who is also a singer, cut a stylish figure in a furry brown jacket and denim jeans.

David Beckham was every inch the proud father as he left his youngest son Cruz’s Manchester show on Wednesday

Cruz, 21, took to the stage with his band The Breakers and appeared in high spirits as he left

Meanwhile, Victoria and their son Romeo gave the show a miss as they are over in Paris for the city’s Fashion Week.

David and Victoria reportedly ‘want to draw a line’ under the heartbreaking feud with Brooklyn.

Sharing childhood photos of Brooklyn, David used his childhood nickname for his son, Buster, as he wrote ’27 today. Happy Birthday Bust. We love you x’

Minutes later Victoria shared the same photo and wrote ‘happy birthday Brooklyn, we love you so much’. She then uploaded a photo of herself laughing with her son with a string of love hearts.

Cruz, meanwhile, shared a sweet throwback of Brooklyn holding him as a baby and wrote: ‘I love you’.

Sources said: ‘They can rise above the attacks and see the bigger picture which is that they will love their son no matter what. They love him unconditionally, and will always do.

‘It’s not just David and Victoria being forced to reach out this way, his three aunts posted too.

‘It just goes to show that everyone wishes him the best, and everyone is prepared to draw a line under everything as they love and care for him so much’, a pal told The Mirror.

Cruz’s girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30, who has been travelling around the UK with him, was also seen leaving

Jackie, who is also a singer, cut a stylish figure in a furry brown jacket and denim jeans

Just hours earlier, David, Victoria and Cruz offered a public olive branch to Brooklyn with Instagram posts to mark his 27th birthday

Last week, Cruz told how his girlfriend Jackie is the woman behind his success. Alongside a snap of the beauty, he penned: ‘I don’t think anybody understands how much Jackie does’

Daid stopped to take a selfie with an enthusiastic fan

The tour has been a big moment for Cruz, who has been working up to his sold out gigs following the release of his single, For Your Love

Former Manchester United star Nicky Butt (left) and David’s best friend David Gardner (right) also showed up for the gig

Cruz shared a sweet throwback of Brooklyn holding him as a baby and wrote: ‘I love you’ as he marked his sibling’s birthday

Victoria and David Beckham ‘want to draw a line’ under the heartbreaking feud with their son Brooklyn

Six weeks after Brooklyn shared his bombshell statement severing all ties with his family, David offered a public olive branch with two Instagram posts to mark his eldest son’s birthday

The couple offered a public olive branch with Instagram posts to mark their eldest son’s 27th birthday on Wednesday

Despite his bombshell statement that he shared over six weeks ago, friends say his parents ‘continue to love Brooklyn no matter what’

Brooklyn’s brother Romeo, 23, posted another childhood throwback snap on Wednesday afternoon, but didn’t include a caption

The friend added it is ‘still desperately sad that the only way they could communicate was via social media’.

Daily Mail has contacted The Beckhams’ representatives for comment.

Brooklyn’s brother Romeo posted his own childhood throwback snap with his sibling on Wednesday afternoon, but didn’t include a caption.

His grandparents – Ted and Hilary Beckham – also posted pictures in honour of Brooklyn’s birthday and included photos of his wife Nicola.

Alongside the snaps, they wrote: ‘Happy birthday Brooklyn. Hope you have a fabulous day. With love from Grandad and Hilary.’

Cruz, the youngest son of David and Victoria, kicked off his UK tour last Wednesday and has been steadily stepping into the spotlight in his own right.

Last week, Cruz told how his girlfriend Jackie is the woman behind his success.

Alongside a snap of the beauty, he penned: ‘I don’t think anybody understands how much Jackie does for us.

‘Throughout these last few years Jackie has connected the band, connected teams, constantly making sure s**t gets done, none of this would be happening without her.

‘Just a little appreciation post for the fifth member of the breakers. She is the driving force of the band. She has gone overboard with making sure content all of you see is the best of the best.

‘Jackie we are forever grateful for you and I hope you know, we appreciate you more than you can imagine.’

The tour has been a big moment for Cruz, who has been working up to his sold out gigs following the release of his single, For Your Love.

The couple have been dating since 2024, after they were first spotted together at Glastonbury.

Cruz announced his debut headline show with The Breakers at The Courtyard Theatre in London on March 27, which sold out in a matter of minutes.

He followed up the announcement with a full UK and EU tour, kicking off in Birmingham on February 25, before journeying to Cardiff, Bristol, Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, Southampton, Brighton, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin, before culminating in three nights in London at The Courtyard Theatre.

Cruz recently released the music video for his new single For Your Love.

The Stone Roses inspired clip is a huge ode to his family as brother Romeo gets a namecheck, they film in his father David’s favourite pie and mash restaurant and even his grandad Tony Adams gets a cameo.

For Your Love follows his debut single Optics released in October last year alongside Lick The Toad, marking the beginning of Cruz’s music career.

The video features Cruz alongside his band The Breakers, formed of Dan Ewins, Telmo Seixas and Dario Scotti, and features a cameo from his grandad Tony – Victoria’s mum.

Brooklyn Beckham’s statement in full

I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed.

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. For my entire life, my parents have controlled narratives in the press about our family. The performative social media posts, family events and inauthentic relationships have been a fixture of the life I was born into.

Recently, I have seen with my own eyes the lengths that they’ll go through to place countless lies in the media, mostly at the expense of innocent people, to preserve their own facade. But I believe the truth always comes out.

My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn’t stopped. My mum cancelled making Nicola’s dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress.

Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children.

They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated. My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since.

During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me “evil” because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola’s Naunni at our table, because they both didn’t have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours.

The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was “not blood” and “not family.” Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I’ve received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders.

Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last Summer.

My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead.

She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I’ve never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.

My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we’ve tried to come together as one. My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable.

Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad’s birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him. He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner.

When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn’t invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all.

My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. 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 opp, even if it’s at the expense of our professional obligations.

We’ve gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show ‘our perfect family.’ But the one time my wife asked for my mum’s support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused.

The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared.

I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief. 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.

David Beckham proudly supports Cruz at his Manchester gig after extending an olive branch to estranged son Brooklyn on his 27th birthday

Brooklyn Beckham’s statement in full

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