Posh's worries over Cruz's 10-year age gap with Jackie Apostel - 'She wants to protect her children'
With Cruz Beckham’s older girlfriend looking like she’s got her feet firmly under the Beckham table, a source tells OK! that their 10-year age gap has raised a few eyebrows - including mum Victoria’s. Cruz, who was born in February 2005 in Madrid, has been photographed packing on the PDA with Brazilian singer Jackie Apostel, who at 29 is a decade older than her teenage musician beau.
And things certainly seem to be getting serious for the couple, with the youngest Beckham boy declaring “I love u” on a romantic birthday post for Jackie recently, and Jackie being gifted a very sexy and revealing dress by her potential Spice Girl mother-in-law-to-be. According to our source, while Victoria is fully aware that her four kids - including Cruz’s siblings Brooklyn, 25, Romeo, 22, and 13-year-old Harper - have had to “grow up quicker” than non-celebrity children, she’s also very keen for them to make the most of their young, single days and not rush into anything too serious.
“Although Victoria is pleased that Cruz seems happy in his relationship, she does have some concerns about the age gap and whether her youngest son is ready for that kind of commitment,” they claimed. “She really likes Jackie, and Jackie seems to get on with all the family but Victoria would be lying if she said that her being 10 years older than Cruz isn’t a worry.
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“Cruz is still a teenager whereas Jackie is a fully grown woman who is at a different stage in her life and may want things that Cruz is not quite ready for.”
Cruz, who is believed to putting the final touches on his first solo album, and stunning singer-songwriter Jackie started dating in April after he split from Norwegian musician Bby Ivy, whose real name is Viktoria Reitan.
They’ve been photographed together on numerous occasions, including at a cosy celebratory lunch with Victoria after her successful Paris Fashion Week show a few weeks ago. And earlier this month Cruz took Jackie along to join his mum and little sister watch Inter Miami, which David co-owns, play the New England Revolution at the Chase Stadium in Florida.
However, his relationship breakdown with his ex has also been a hot topic this week as his ex Bby prepares to release a new song called The Breakup, which many believe is about her relationship with Cruz. At the time of their split, Cruz was accused of cheating on Bby with Issey Moloney, one of the UK’s most successful TikTok influencers. While sources at the time claimed the story was “nonsense”, Issey and Bby posted a TikTok video of them together recently with the caption “when he thought u would never find out about each other but now ur besties”, miming to Lilly Allen’s The Fear.
Adding yet more fuel to the fire, 21-year-old Bby is releasing The Breakup on Friday, 25 October, and has told fans the new track is about a guy she was recently dating until she “woke up one day and saw photos of him with some other girl” and when she confronted the mystery ex, “he just didn’t reply”.
The lyrics include: “‘Cause now you’re with her, you’re taking her places, and I’m at the bar seeing different faces…hoping sometime you’ll realise baby you skipped over the breakup”.
Cruz has remained tight-lipped about what really went on, as has often been the case with Brand Beckham. But Cruz’s parents, who married in 2009, are no strangers to rumours of cheating themselves, with the likes of Rebecca Loos, Sarah Marbeck and Danielle Heath all claiming they enjoyed some extra-marital action with the footballer.
Our source claims that with Cruz now already the subject of his own cheating scandal allegations, Victoria is keen for him and Jackie to enjoy their time together before things get even more serious.
He’s also reportedly set to take his first major step into the music industry after spending his younger years trying his hand at modelling and playing football. According to reports, he’s been working with some big names in the studio including Ed Frewett, who has written songs for The Wanted and One Direction, and Wolfgang, the producer responsible for hits from Little Mix and Kylie Minogue.
“Victoria knows her kids have had to grow up quicker than ‘normal’ kids but she wants them to have as much fun as possible before they settle down,” the source said. “She is conscious of being seen as the interfering ‘mother-in-law’ but she has to protect her children and she’s also joked that she doesn’t want it to be Cruz who is the first one to make her a grandma!”
