The once very public and close friendship between Selena Gomez, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Brooklyn Beckham has become noticeably quiet. Fans have watched the trio, who once jokingly called themselves a “throuple,” drift apart on social media, missing each other’s major life events and sparking widespread speculation about a fallout.
The change became impossible to ignore in the second half of 2025. In August, Brooklyn and Nicola held a private vow renewal ceremony in Florida with fewer than 20 guests. Their once-close friend Selena Gomez was not in attendance. The following month, in September 2025, Selena married music producer Benny Blanco in a Santa Barbara ceremony attended by A-list friends. Brooklyn and Nicola were also not on the guest list.
This mutual absence from landmark celebrations marked a stark contrast to the inseparable trio the world saw throughout 2023, leading fans to scour the internet for clues about what happened.
The Social Media Silence That Sparked Speculation
The evidence of a cooled friendship is primarily written in the quiet spaces of Instagram. Not long ago, their accounts were a showcase of the bond. They posted about girls’ night sleepovers, shared luxury vacation photos, and wrote public birthday tributes to each other. In January 2023, Selena herself leaned into their dynamic, captioning a photo with the couple, “Fine call us a throuple #foreverplusone”.
By 2025, that dynamic had vanished. Fans observed that Brooklyn and Nicola transitioned from liking nearly all of Selena’s posts to becoming “silent followers”. This silence continued through significant moments. Selena did not publicly acknowledge the couple’s third wedding anniversary in April 2025. Similarly, when Nicola posted tributes to her late grandmother, Selena, who previously offered supportive comments, did not engage.
Nicola’s most recent post featuring Selena was from Benny Blanco’s birthday party in March 2024, and Selena’s last post with Nicola was in a photo dump from December 2024. This gradual fade from each other’s digital lives has been the biggest catalyst for fan theories.
Conflicting Reports: Drifting Apart Versus a “Betrayal”
So, what does the reporting say? Insiders speaking to different outlets have presented two different pictures of the situation. A source close to the Peltz Beckhams pushed back strongly against the idea of a feud in late 2025.
“There’s no bad blood,” a source told People magazine. “Relationships evolve, and it’s true they’re not as close as they once were, but there wasn’t any one thing that happened.” The same source explained that Selena not attending the vow renewal and the couple missing her wedding was not due to tension, but rather scheduling and shifting priorities.
This narrative suggests a natural, peaceful drifting apart as lives and focuses change. However, other reports have painted a different story. A source told The Sun that Selena and Benny had deliberately distanced themselves, with Selena reportedly feeling “betrayed” after being cut off by the couple. This report described Nicola as acting like a “diva,” which allegedly caused Selena and Benny to grow tired of the friendship.
Another insider suggested Selena now sympathizes with the Beckham parents’ position. “Selena really understands how his [Brooklyn’s] parents feel, she just doesn’t get how they [Brooklyn and Nicola] could be so cruel,” the source claimed.
A Pattern of Public Fallouts for Nicola Peltz Beckham
The scrutiny of Nicola’s friendship with Selena comes as she finds herself at the center of multiple public disputes. Her most explosive current conflict is with her in-laws, David and Victoria Beckham. In January 2026, Brooklyn posted a lengthy statement on Instagram accusing his parents of years of mistreatment, trying to sabotage his relationship, and creating humiliating moments at their wedding, such as Victoria allegedly hijacking the mother-son dance.
This very public family feud has brought Nicola’s other past fallouts back into the spotlight. Her former celebrity hair colorist, Justin Anderson, has been one of her most vocal critics. He worked with her during the 2014 press tour for Transformers: Age of Extinction and has repeatedly spoken out against her character in the years since.
On a podcast in 2019 and in subsequent social media posts, Anderson called Nicola “the worst of the worst,” a “monster,” and “not good energy.” He stated, “I can say with my full chest, not good energy, bad news bears”.
Sources close to Nicola have countered that Anderson was fired from the Transformers job after a bleaching mishap that allegedly caused her hair to “fall out in the sink”. Her social relationships have also faced scrutiny. During her past relationship with Anwar Hadid from 2017 to 2018, rumors swirled that it caused tension between Anwar and his family, including his mother Yolanda Hadid. Yolanda is said to have reached out to Victoria Beckham amid the current feud, with fans drawing parallels between the two mothers’ experiences.
Nicola has also faced legal disputes, including a lawsuit her father filed against two of her wedding planners in 2022, which was settled in September 2023. More recently, in 2024, she filed a lawsuit against a dog groomer following the death of her dog, Nala.
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The Beckham Family Rift as a Backdrop
The speculation about Selena and Nicola’s friendship cannot be separated from the larger, ongoing drama between Brooklyn, Nicola, and the Beckham family. Brooklyn’s January 2026 statement was a definitive confirmation of years of rumored tension. He claimed Victoria “canceled making Nicola’s dress” at the last minute before their 2022 wedding, forcing a scramble for a Valentino gown.
The couple’s decision to hold a small, family-exclusive vow renewal in August 2025 was framed by Brooklyn as an attempt to “create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment”. This intense and very public battle with one of the world’s most famous families has undoubtedly changed Brooklyn and Nicola’s social landscape and consumed their attention.
While insiders maintain there is no direct link between this feud and the cooling with Selena, the timing of the friendships fade coincides with the period when Beckham family tensions were reportedly at their peak. The current situation leaves the status of the “throuple” uncertain. No direct messages or comments from Selena, Nicola, or Brooklyn have addressed the rumors. The evidence remains in what is no longer seen: the joint vacations, the supportive comments, and the presence at each other’s most important days. Whether this is a permanent split or a private friendship that has simply stepped out of the public eye is a question only they can answer.
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