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By LUCY MURGATROYD, TV REPORTER

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Lisa Riley has claimed that she understands how the Beckhams feel because she and her partner 'are a brand too' during Tuesday's episode of Loose Women. 

The soap star, who is best known for playing Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale, appeared on the show alongside Kaye Adams, 63, Janet Street Porter, 79, and Oti Mabuse, 35, to chat about the latest newsworthy topics. 

The Beckham drama has been on everyone's lips and of course, the Loose ladies discussed the oldest sibling's bombshell Instagram statement that he released on Monday. 

Brooklyn, 26, launched an extraordinary attack on his famous family, accusing his parents David, 50, and Victoria, 51, of 'controlling' him and explained that he has no wishes to reconcile with his family.

Kaye asked the panel: 'It's difficult for us to relate in the business aspect of this, but from a family aspect, and those tensions between in-laws, do you relate?' 

Lisa, who appeared on I'm A Celebrity last year, said: 'Yeah for me, I wanted to approve, and I wanted Al's mum to really approve of me. Completely. I really wanted her...'

Lisa Riley has claimed that she understands how the Beckhams feel because she and her partner 'are a brand too' during Tuesday's episode of the ITV show

Lisa Riley has claimed that she understands how the Beckhams feel because she and her partner 'are a brand too' during Tuesday's episode of the ITV show

The soap star, who is best known for playing Mandy Dingle in ITV's Emmerdale, appeared on the show alongside Kaye Adams, 63, Janet Street Porter, 79, and Oti Mabuse, 35, to chat about the latest newsworthy topics

The soap star, who is best known for playing Mandy Dingle in ITV's Emmerdale, appeared on the show alongside Kaye Adams, 63, Janet Street Porter, 79, and Oti Mabuse, 35, to chat about the latest newsworthy topics 

The Beckham drama has been on everyone's lips and of course, the Loose ladies discussed the oldest sibling's bombshell Instagram statement that he released on Monday

The Beckham drama has been on everyone's lips and of course, the Loose ladies discussed the oldest sibling's bombshell Instagram statement that he released on Monday

Kaye asked: 'Well, did she?'

'No, I can't cook, so I'm not a very good wife in what she wanted,' Lisa replied.

Lisa has been with partner Al since 2014 and they got engaged four years later.

She continued: 'But I do my own laundry. I think you want to be loved and liked, and I think she grew to think she's quite funny, she makes her son really happy. 

'I think you're right [pointing at Oti], it's a hard thing to crack through.

'I love the fact now, that my dad, obviously all the terrible relationships I had before, and my mum and dad having to pick up the pieces. Now I sit with my dad and he loves the fact I'm happy 12 years in with Al. 

'I've found someone that's not going to do me over, again, we are a brand because we work on television. 

'Al doesn't want to be front and centre all the time, that's my job, but it does come with what we do. 

Kaye asked the panel: 'It's difficult for us to relate in the business aspect of this, but from a family aspect, and those tensions between in-laws, do you relate?'

Kaye asked the panel: 'It's difficult for us to relate in the business aspect of this, but from a family aspect, and those tensions between in-laws, do you relate?'

Lisa, who appeared on I'm A Celebrity last year, said: 'Yeah for me, I wanted to approve, and I wanted Al's mum to really approve of me. Completely. I really wanted her...'

Lisa, who appeared on I'm A Celebrity last year, said: 'Yeah for me, I wanted to approve, and I wanted Al's mum to really approve of me. Completely. I really wanted her...'

'Having dad applaud that, and see how happy I am, makes me feel better.' 

Those watching at home took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their confusion over the comment that she had her partner are also a 'brand'.

'I’ve heard some corkers in my time, but Mandy from Emmerdale saying she understand the Beckhams’ position because she and her husband are a brand too, really takes the biscuit.'

'Eh???…..'

'This is gold.' 

'Pls.'

Meanwhile others rushed to Instagram to share how excited they were about seeing her back on the ITV show. 

'Brilliant to see you back on the panel.'

Many rushed to social media to share their thoughts on Lisa's comment, as well as how happy they were to see her on their screen again

Many rushed to social media to share their thoughts on Lisa's comment, as well as how happy they were to see her on their screen again

'You were amazing today.'

'You were great on loose women today Lisa.'

On Monday Brooklyn claimed mum Victoria 'hijacked' his and wife Nicola Peltz's first dance, insisting he take to the floor with her instead, leaving him 'humiliated'.

He penned: 'My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. 

'In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead'.  

He continued: 'She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment'.

The Daily Mail have contacted Victoria Beckham's representatives for comment at the time.  

Brooklyn and Nicola wed in April 2022 in a lavish £3.5M wedding at the Peltz family estate in Palm Beach, Florida. 

They then renewed their wedding vows in August 2025 with Brooklyn's parents and siblings not invited to the ceremony in New York's Westchester County.

Elsewhere in his statement Brooklyn claimed that his parents had been 'trying endlessly' to ruin his relationship with Nicola since before their wedding. 

'My mum cancelled making Nicola's dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress. 

'Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children. 

'They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated.  

'My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since.'

He went on: 'During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me "evil" because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola's Naunni at our table, because they both didn't have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours.

'The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was "not blood" and "not family."'

Elsewhere in the episode Lisa opened up about her fertility struggles.  

Kaye revealed that it has been reported that abortions are at a record high in England and Wales, which led the panel to speak openly about topics surrounding it, including contraception. 

This led Lisa to say: 'I've spoken a lot, about me personally, being a catholic, it drummed into us, you don't use contraception and you don't have sex before marriage. 

'That was in my head a lot, then later in life, career, I did chose my career, apps weren't available then to look at your cycle, I waited... waited... found the right person in Al, when it came to the time of trying, I couldn't fall pregnant.

'I would have given everything in my life to have had a child.

'I look now at your happiness [Oti] and the baby, and you have got that career. It's amazing. 

Lisa Riley opened up about her fertility struggles while appearing on Tuesday's episode of Loose Women

Lisa Riley opened up about her fertility struggles while appearing on Tuesday's episode of Loose Women

'I wasn't that lucky, I tried everything until the point where Al turned to me and he literally said "You have to stop all the IVF treatment because it's diminishing you, it's taking your personality away, you're trying to hard".

'Sometimes in life, it's not meant to be. I have to sit with you girls here today knowing that.  

'However I am very lucky, because I am a family unit. My nephew and my niece, they are a big part of me. 

'I say they are now my jigsaw, but what I do know, when I couldn't get pregnant, feeling so rubbish in myself, and I've said this a lot, I felt like a jigsaw with a missing piece.'

Janet asked: 'You felt diminished?'  

'Yeah I did, I felt really diminished,' Lisa replied. 

'There's still times at work now where I struggle when conversations are very that way.'

Loose Women airs weekdays from 12:30pm on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX. 

Brooklyn Beckham's statement in full

I have been silent for years and made every effort to keep these matters private. Unfortunately, my parents and their team have continued to go to the press, leaving me with no choice but to speak for myself and tell the truth about only some of the lies that have been printed.

I do not want to reconcile with my family. I'm not being controlled, I'm standing up for myself for the first time in my life. 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.

My parents have been trying endlessly to ruin my relationship since before my wedding, and it hasn't stopped. My mum cancelled making Nicola's dress in the eleventh hour despite how excited she was to wear her design, forcing her to urgently find a new dress. 

Weeks before our big day, my parents repeatedly pressured and attempted to bribe me into signing away the rights to my name, which would have affected me, my wife, and our future children.

They were adamant on me signing before my wedding date because then the terms of the deal would be initiated. My holdout affected the payday, and they have never treated me the same since. 

During the wedding planning, my mum went so far as to call me "evil" because Nicola and I chose to include my Nanny Sandra, and Nicola's Naunni at our table, because they both didn't have their husbands. Both of our parents had their own tables equally adjacent to ours.

The night before our wedding, members of my family told me that Nicola was "not blood" and "not family." Since the moment I started standing up for myself with my family, I've received endless attacks from my parents, both privately and publicly, that were sent to the press on their orders.

Even my brothers were sent to attack me on social media, before they ultimately blocked me out of nowhere this last Summer. 

My mum hijacked my first dance with my wife, which had been planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song. In front of our 500 wedding guests, Marc Anthony called me to the stage, where in the schedule was planned to be my romantic dance with my wife but instead my mum was waiting to dance with me instead. 

She danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone. I've never felt more uncomfortable or humiliated in my entire life. We wanted to renew our vows so we could create new memories of our wedding day that bring us joy and happiness, not anxiety and embarrassment.

My wife has been consistently disrespected by my family, no matter how hard we've tried to come together as one. My mum has repeatedly invited women from my past into our lives in ways that were clearly intended to make us both uncomfortable.

Despite this, we still travelled to London for my dad's birthday and were rejected for a week as we waited in our hotel room trying to plan quality time with him. He refused all of our attempts, unless it was at his big birthday party with a hundred guests and cameras at every corner.

When he finally agreed to see me, it was under the condition that Nicola wasn't invited. It was a slap in the face. Later, when my family travelled to LA, they refused to see me at all.

My family values public promotion and endorsements above all else. Brand Beckham comes first. Family "love" is decided by how much you post on social media, or how quickly you drop everything to show up and pose for a family photo opp, even if it's at the expense of our professional obligations.

We've gone out of our way for years to show up and support at every fashion show, every party, and every press activity to show 'our perfect family.' But the one time my wife asked for my mum's support to save displaced dogs during the LA fires, my mum refused.

The narrative that my wife controls me is completely backwards. I have been controlled by my parents for most of my life. I grew up with overwhelming anxiety. For the first time in my life, since stepping away from my family, that anxiety has disappeared.

I wake up every morning grateful for the life I chose, and have found peace and relief. My wife and I do not want a life shaped by image, press, or manipulation. All we want peace, privacy and happiness for us and our future family.

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