Nicola Peltz's billionaire father Nelson Peltz speaks out amid the Beckham family feud

Nicola Peltz's billionaire father Nelson Peltz has broken his silence amid the Beckham family feud.His daughter, 31, and son-in-law Brooklyn Beckham, 26,made international headlines recently after he released a lengthy statement full of accusations against his parents David and Victoria Beckham and confirming his estrangement from them.Now, Nelson, 83, has touched on the subject while sitting down during the WSJ Invest Live event in the US this week."Have my family been in the press lately?" he quipped."I haven't noticed that at all."...My advice is stay the hell out of the press, how much good did that do! My daughter and the Beckhams are a whole other story. That's not for coverage here today."He did go on to speak about their marriage.READ MORE: Dress hire company reveals the worst returns they've ever seenREAD MORE: A billionaire dad and model mother: Inside Nicola Peltz's family lifeREAD MORE: Abbie Chatfield's boyfriend Adam Hyde receives death threats"My daughter is great, my son-in-law Brooklyn is great and I look forward to them having a long and happy marriage together," he sweetly added.Nelson, according to Forbes, is worth a cool $US1.6 billion (approx $2.3 billion). In comparison, David and Victoria Beckham have a combined net worth of £500 million ($980 million), according to The Sunday Times Rich List.The businessman founded investment firm Trian Fund Management, and reportedly only recently stepped down as the non-executive chairperson of fast food giant Wendy's.Nelson, who hails from Brooklyn, New York, but has a sprawling $US372 million mansion (a reported worth) in Palm Beach, Florida, has been described by US media as an "activist investor".According to reports, he previously had shares in Disney. Nicola appears extremely close to her father.For a daily dose of 9honey, subscribe to our newsletter here.Brooklyn recently stunned the world by confirming his estrangement from his famous family and parents David and Victoria Beckham in a statement.It contained bombshell allegations against his footballer father and Spice Girl mother and claims about the way they've allegedly treated his wife, American actress Nicola Peltz Beckham, 31.In his statement, which has made international headlines, Brooklyn asserted that he does "not want to reconcile with [his] family"."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," he wrote, with the statement being posted on Instagram.In one part, Brooklyn claimed that at his wedding, Victoria "hijacked" his first dance with Nicola and claimed his mother "danced very inappropriately on me".FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.