Nicola Peltz dealt fresh blow amid Victoria Beckham family drama as new TV show blasted by critics

The career setback arrives at a particularly difficult moment, coming just days after her husband, Brooklyn Beckham, launched a scathing six-page Instagram attack on his parents, Sir David and Lady Victoria.

The billionaire's daughter, whose father Nelson Peltz once described her as a "world-famous actress" in legal documents, now finds herself at the centre of both a critical panning and an intensifying family rift that has gripped public attention.

In one particularly cutting review, Metro awarded the series just a single star, declaring in the review that "Ryan Murphy's offensive new TV show is nearly unwatchable."

The review went on: "Having seen the trailer and read the list of guest stars - Meghan Trainor! Bella Hadid! Nicola Peltz Beckham! - I expected nonsense. But I was not prepared for the endurance challenge that was soldiering through these 11 episodes."

The Independent dismissed the production as "flashy yet vacant," criticising its reliance on glossy visuals over compelling storytelling.

Several critics have accused the 11-episode series of borrowing heavily from the acclaimed Demi Moore film The Substance, with reviewers noting excessive sex and violence throughout.

The Independent labelled the show "not a patch" on the films it clearly imitates, whilst the Irish Independent simply dismissed it as "muck."

This isn't the first time Ms Peltz-Beckham has found herself batting against negative reviews in her career.

Her acting debut came aged 11 in the festive comedy Deck the Halls, which holds a mere six per cent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Subsequent appearances in The Last Airbender, derided by some as an "abomination of cinema," and Transformers: Age of Extinction, which critics dismissed as "all hype and no hope," failed to establish her credentials.

Her 2024 directorial debut Lola attracted particular scorn, with critics branding it a "vanity project" after the heiress cast herself as a destitute teenage stripper despite her privileged background.

Viewers accused the film of being "poverty porn," with one Instagram user writing: "I wish rich people like yourself would stay away from trying to tell stories like this... You have no idea what this character's reality is like."

The bruising reviews arrive as the Beckham family feud continues to escalate following Brooklyn's explosive social media outburst on Monday evening.

The 26-year-old aspiring photographer accused his mother of cancelling Ms Peltz-Beckham's wedding dress "at the eleventh hour" and claimed Victoria "hijacked" his first dance by dancing "inappropriately" on him before 500 guests.

He also alleged his parents pressured him to sign away rights to his name, stating he had been "controlled by a family that values public promotion above all else."

Insiders reported the attack left Victoria "devastated" and "on the floor in pieces."

Yet whilst Ms Peltz-Beckham faces critical humiliation, her mother-in-law appears to be enjoying unexpected success, with her 2001 single Not Such An Innocent Girl surging to number one on the iTunes chart following a fan-led campaign.