
There is no doubt the Beckham family are superstars – not just in their native UK, but all over the world.
Former footballer David and his popstar-turned-fashion-designer wife Victoria and their four children are paparazzi favourites, so it would only make sense the partners of their three eldest children also become fodder for the press.
While the eldest of the Beckham brood, Brooklyn, and his wife Nicola Peltz are today seemingly estranged from his family, it is Jackie Apostel the girlfriend of third child Cruz, who is filling the hole in their family.
So who is the songwriter girlfriend of the second-youngest Beckham?
Musical past
According to a biography on the Montreux Jazz Festival, held in Switzerland each July, Apostel was born to German and Brazilian parents and has spent time living in both countries.
The Daily Mail reported last year she was born in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo and her mother was from Brazil while her dad was German.
She is said to have started playing piano at age two and later studied poetry and acting before deciding to devote herself to songwriting, specialising in pop and rock genres.
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She lived in the US for a period, but had to “abruptly leave” before heading to Brazil, where she began working in partnership with Warner Chappell Brazil, described on its website as a global track publishing company of Warner track Group and home to a wide array of songwriters.
There she wrote songs in both English and Portuguese “for big names in the track industry”.
She was also an musician in her own right, releasing the seven-track album The Reformation in 2020.
This was followed by The Reformation: B Side in 2021 which included another 12 tracks.
According to her Montreux Jazz Festival bio, the first album “surpassed one million plays”.
But her Spotify bio says Apostel was never chasing fame as an musician, and only released her own songs “to get them heard and open doors for what she really wanted to do, which was craft songs behind the scenes and give them a life bigger than what she could ever offer”.
“Jackie no longer releases songs as a singer, stating in 2019 that although she had fun with the creative and visual aspects of it, being an musician was never something she wanted or aimed for,” her Spotify bio said.
“She today writes for singers of all genres, including Latin market heavy hitters, pop and hip hop and movie soundtracks.”
It also said previous reports she was once part of a mami band – which was repeated in a 2024 The Daily Mail article – were false, and this was part of a “fictitious group put together for one fashion brand advertisement to promote their line of clothing”.
“This was not a real track band or project. Jackie has never been part of any actual group,” it said.
According to Spotify, Apostel has a publishing discount with Promised Land Records, a London-based independent record label and publishing house.
Earlier this year, it took to X to promote a song Apostel had written, called Leave It.
Since becoming one half of a Beckham coupling, Apostel has set her self up as somewhere of an influencer for Victoria Beckham’s eponymous fashion and beauty brands, as well as Brazilian company Sol de Janeiro and Dior Beauty.
How did Jackie Apostel and Cruz Beckham meet?
Apostel reportedly first met Cruz Beckham when they both attended the Glastonbury Festival in June 2024, just one month after he was spotted out and about in Los Angeles with Norwegian musician bby ivy.
At the time, Beckham had turned 19 four months earlier while Apostel was reportedly 28.
Like Apostel, the youngest of the Beckham boys is a musician who released his first song, a Christmas tune, when he was just 11.
His Instagram page is littered with photos and videos of him performing both alone and with a band.
Cruz reportedly had a contract with TaP track Management, which represents pop acts including Dua Lipa, but has since moved to track management company C3, which works with more independent artists.
Weeks after that first meeting in Glastonbury, the two were photographed in London’s Mayfair on a date.
By September, they travelled to Paris Fashion Week, where they were photographed a number of times.
They went Instagram-official a month later when Cruz shared a birthday tribute to his girlfriend on his Instagram Stories, writing “I love you” over a photo of Apostel.
In February 2025, Apostel travelled to Fort Lauderdale in Florida with the Beckham clan for a football match between Inter Miami CF – which is part-owned by Beckham – and New York City FC, where she was pictured in the stands with Cruz and other members of the family, including his siblings Romeo and Harper.
By March, they were back in Paris, where they were pictured strolling hand in hand and attending the womenswear show featuring Victoria Beckham’s new collection.
The following month, they were pictured on the sidelines of a Los Angeles Kings ice hockey match, and in May they took in the Bob Dylan: Point Blank exhibition at London’s Halcyon Gallery.
Despite the age gap, the Beckhams clearly support their youngest son’s relationship, having invited Apostel to a number of high profile events in the past year, including David Beckham’s 50th birthday bashes.
Apostel has also worn Victoria Beckham gowns on a number of occasions including March and in April for David’s 50th birthday event in Miami.
Both times, she showed her appreciation to Victoria publicly on Instagram.
At David’s London’s birthday bash, the Apostel and Cruz even took to the stage for a duet of one of Beckham senior’s favourite songs, Islands in the Stream.
Then just this week, the couple returned to the city of love for Paris Fashion Week, where they were on hand to support Cruz’s designer mum Victoria when she showcased her new designs during a Paris Fashion Week show on October 3.
The couple was pictured leaving their hotel along with David, Romeo and Harper.
Victoria even shared photos of Apostel with the family on her Instagram account both after the Paris Fashion Week show and at the the premiere of the Netflix documentary, Victoria Beckham.
And there is further evidence she has the family’s approval, with Victoria and Romeo commenting adoringly on Apostel’s Instagram posts and professing their love for Cruz’s girlfriend of just over a year.
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Age gap criticism
The couple’s nine-age difference has been the subject of much debate since the two first stepped out when he was 19 and she was 28.
But the matter came to a head earlier this week following Victoria Beckham’s Instagram post, in which she thanked her family for their support during Paris Fashion Week.
”Why is a 29-year-old dating a 20[-year-old],” an Instagram user asked in reference to the couple. “That’s just weird.”
Apostel wrote back, “Because he’s kind, funny, smart, caring, driven, mature, talented, loyal, and also quite handsome,” she replied.
But her clap back is unlikely to silence the critics.
Following another Victoria Beckham Instagram post after her Netflix show’s debut, another commented on the couple’s age difference, writing, “She’s turning 30 and dating a 20 year old. Very strange”.
The same commenter went on to add, “20-year-olds are not even developed mentally… [I] don’t see what a 30-year-old woman would want with a boy.”
But it seems this loved-up couple are ignoring the detractors and having his famous family in their corner will certainly help them navigate any negative publicity.
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