Now, actress Nicola has offered a candid glimpse into her family life with her billionaire father, Nelson Peltz, and mother, Claudia Heffner Peltz. In a recent interview, Nicola has made her stance abundantly clear, revealing that Brooklyn has been embraced wholeheartedly by her family and has even taken to playing football with her siblings.

She revealed that her parents regard Brooklyn "like another son," and he "loves" playing football with her brothers, in yet another thinly veiled dig at David's illustrious career. Speaking to Elle Espana, Nicola said: "He gets along really well with my brothers; they play soccer together a lot." In another apparent swipe, she remarked: "Brooklyn supports my dreams and is the sweetest when I get too hard on myself. He has the biggest heart in the world." Just last week, Brooklyn once more overlooked his parents and neglected to recognise his Spice Girls mum on Mother's Day.

Instead, he lauded his mother-in-law, Claudia, who had marked her birthday just days earlier. Brooklyn said: "Happy birthday to the best mother-in-law. Love u so much and hope u had the most amazing day."

Brooklyn previously maintained that he didn't want any involvement in his parents' "performative posts" on social media, but as he marked his 27th birthday, his relatives still posted on Instagram to share photographs with him, despite Brooklyn blocking them.

"Brooklyn and Nicola are disheartened that they chose to make public Instagram posts for his birthday," a source revealed. They continued to tell ET: "These are the exact type of performative public actions that Brooklyn has been trying to put an end to, to no avail. Last summer, they issued a legal letter to his parents requesting that any correspondence go through lawyers."

Whilst his family would frequently organise lavish birthday celebrations, Brooklyn spent his day with Nicola, who treated him to a box of doughnuts. Despite his estrangement from his parents and siblings, it's understood that Brooklyn has maintained a relationship with his grandfather, Ted, and his wife, Hilary, with whom he remains in contact.

Taking to Instagram in January, Brooklyn fumed: "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."

He instructed his solicitors to issue a "desist" letter to his parents and to demand that they no longer "tag" him on social media. Brooklyn subsequently blocked his entire family from following him on Instagram. This had been done to 'safeguard his mental health'. A source close to the family's dispute, which began in May, told the Mirror that Brooklyn's mental health came first, adding that the letter was sent to 'protect' the aspiring chef after his "requests to stop" had gone ignored.