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OPINION - The Beckham feud is being supercharged by a very uncomfortable trope

The Beckham Family Feud™ has evolved, like a tabloid-fuelled Pokémon, from a tale of alleged battling brothers to another ancient paradigm: the warring mother and daughter-in-law.

Sources close to Nicola Peltz-Beckham recently briefed TMZ that she thinks her mother-in-law Victoria Beckham is “toxic” and "narcissistic" — TikTok pop psychology terms du jour — whose crimes allegedly include trying to steal her first dance with Brooklyn Beckham at their wedding and refusing to share a post about her dog sanctuary on Instagram.

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