Hana Cross claims Beckham family caused a 'lot of anxiety' during Brooklyn romance
Brooklyn Beckham's ex-girlfriend Hana Cross has claimed his family caused her "a lot of anxiety" and she doesn't look back on their time together fondly.
Brooklyn Beckham's ex-girlfriend has claimed his family caused her "a lot of anxiety".
Model Hana Cross dated the aspiring chef - who recently spoke out to criticise his famous parents Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham amid their ongoing estragement - for nine months until they separated in 2019 and looking back now, she wishes she'd paid attention to certain "warning signs" and ended their romance sooner.
She told Britain's HELLO! magzine: “My time with the family caused me a lot of anxiety, in all honesty. There were a lot of warning signs and things that happened during the relationship that, in hindsight, should have made me think and maybe end the relationship or walk away from it a lot sooner than I did.
“But I was only 20, 21 when we dated, and I had just started modelling, and I came from living on a farm to moving to London and being thrown into a relationship like that.
"It’s hard to know what’s best to do in that situation. No one really knew, and I didn't, really. It wasn't something that I was super-open about, so advice from outside was hard to take."
Hana admitted she doesn't look back on her time with Brooklyn fondly.
She said: "Since we broke up, which was many years ago now, there's been a lot of press and a lot of talk. I haven't really spoken out about Brooklyn or my time with the family since then; I had that chapter in my life and wanted to move on from it.
“But with the constant press that comes out, and with my name always being linked back into it, it’s hard not to be mentally drawn back into that part of my life, especially with all this feud stuff coming out.
"It's hard because I don't look back on that as a fond time, on reflection."
In a hard-hitting statement earlier this year, Brooklyn sensationally accused his parents of trying to "control the narrative" around their family, attempting to ruin his wedding to wife Nicola Peltz Beckham, and pressuring him "into signing away the rights to [his] name".
While Hana was "shocked" by her former boyfriend's Instagram outburst, she wasn't entirely surprised by the contents of his statement.
She said: “This whole thing that's happened, with Brooklyn coming out and writing the Instagram Stories and his statement – it was a bit shocking to me that he did that. It was a surprise. I guess it shocked his family, too… but it summed up a lot of my own experiences as well and the way that their family as a brand does act.
“But then, nobody knows what's going on behind closed doors. But I do think it's sad that everything had to be put out there on his side, so openly and publicly.”
The model dismissed suggestions she had been told not to speak about Brooklyn or his family by David and Victoria.
She said: "“I want to say, too, that I've never been pressured or received any warning from them not to speak out about it or say anything about the relationship. After it happened, I just wanted to move on and make my own life and my own name for myself."
But Hana hopes Brooklyn reunites with his parents in the future.
She concluded: “In terms of reconciling, I hope that they do, purely because they're a family and I think family is extremely important. I'm sure that whatever happens can be healed over time. That's all I can really say on that.”
