Nicola Peltz was reportedly extremely “controlling” with ex-boyfriend Anwar Hadid, and his family remains relieved the former couple have called it quits.
Anwar, who was 17 at the time, began dating Peltz in 2016, before dating her current husband, Brooklyn Beckham.
The Daily Mail reported Friday that the then-22-year-old Transformers: Age of Extinction actress would “fall for” him because he “wanted to have his time to himself and be a priority.”
The newspaper claimed that the Hadids believed that Mr. Peltz had “taken advantage” of the much younger model.
The family reportedly “still talks about her and how he’s better off without her.”
Representatives for Mr. Peltz and Mr. Hadid, the younger brother of models Gigi and Bella, did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
The pair broke up in 2018 after dating for two years, and Peltz began dating LANY’s Paul Klein before starting dating Beckham in late 2019.
Peltz, 31, and the Cooking with Brooklyn star, who is also five years younger, got engaged in July 2020 and walked down the aisle in Florida in April 2022.
The star-studded wedding was in the headlines last year after reports of tensions between the bride and her mother-in-law, Victoria Beckham, and rumors of their separation.
On Monday, Brooklyn accused Victoria, 51, and her father, David Beckham, of being “controlling” parents who tried to “ruin” her relationship with Peltz.
As celebrities choose sides, Anwar’s sister Alana Hadid slammed Peltz in a scathing comment on Instagram.
Mr. Peltz, 40, claimed he “doesn’t want privacy” and has “tried to be famous for 10 years.”
She also targeted Brooklyn, 26, writing: “All I need to know is to end my eight-paragraph rant about my family’s dirty laundry with ‘All we want is privacy.'”
Justin Anderson, Peltz’s former hairstylist, also criticized Brooklyn’s wife, calling her a “bad apple.”
“Brooklyn’s wife was one of the worst ‘celebrities’ I’ve ever worked with. That’s her. We all know the Beckham family is really close,” he wrote.
Despite the backlash, Brooklyn and Peltz reportedly have no regrets about making their family feud public.
According to The Sun, the pair, who put on a united front on a walk in Malibu, Calif., on Wednesday, said they were “glad they did it.”
David and Victoria were previously ordered to only communicate with Brooklyn through their lawyers, but have yet to directly address the drama.
