Brooklyn Beckham accused of 'rage-baiting' fans in divisive cooking video

Brooklyn Beckham has left TikTok users seriously baffled over his latest cooking creation after appearing to use seawater to boil his pasta.

Last week, the 27-year-old aspiring chef reposted an old video of himself making tomato pasta.

“Of course we get some pasta water,” the eldest child of David and Victoria Beckham said, before dunking the pot into the sea off a boat and filling it with seawater.

He then held up the pot for the camera before getting on with the rest of the dish.

Brooklyn then diced up some yellow and red tomatoes, added oil and salt to a pan, then poured over his own Cloud23 hot sauce.

The pasta was boiled in the seawater before being added to the pan.

Brooklyn later sat down with another chef to try the finished dish, topped with cheese, with both appearing to enjoy it.

He captioned the clip 'Tomato pasta' with two red heart emojis.

After catching light of the cooking clip, fans and critics alike rushed to the comments to share their thoughts.

"Gross. Takes seawater from the engine where oil and chemicals leak through. Boiling seawater doesn’t kill chemical pollutants, heavy metals, and all toxins," declared one TikTok user.

A second chimed in: "Pasta water with a hint of burnt boat fuel, please sir."

"There’s no way this is serious," slammed a third as a fourth questioned: "Is this ragebait?"

And a final critic worried: "Isn’t the ocean water dirty?"

Some fans, on the other hand, were far less pressed.

"Why the hate to this boy that is only cooking?" wondered one as a second hit out: "Why are y'all so evil to him???"

A third defended: "I see a lot of hate but Brooklyn literally living the dream just cooking everyday on a yacht with his billionaire wife isn't a bad life at all."

"He’s authentic and doing what he loves; can ppl chill," urged another.

And a final TikTok user echoed: "Why so much hate? Relax, damn."

Brooklyn appeared to have originally posted the video back in 2025 with the Guardian reporting at the time that whil boiling pasta and rice in seawater is 'common among seafaring folk', the general consensus is that it’s 'too salty'.

With that said, boiling pure seawater for pasta can be unsafe due to chemical pollutants, heavy metals, and heat-stable toxins that boiling cannot remove.

And, even if filtered and boiled to kill bacteria, pure ocean water is roughly 3.5% saline, which is over three times saltier than ideal pasta water, making the food intensely salty.

Tyla has reached out to Brooklyn Beckham's representatives for comment.