Ten years ago, David Beckham hit back at those who criticised him for kissing his daughter on the lips.

But on Thursday night, Harper Beckham, 13, dodged her dad’s attempts to give her a peck whilst at his launch party for Hugo Boss.

Supported by his whole family, David Beckham, 49, celebrated his bodywear  collection with BOSS at Lightroom in London.

His wife Victoria, 50, sons Romeo, 22, and Cruz, 19, as well as Harper were in attendance.

A new video posted by Paris Match shows the hilarious moment the doting father tried to get a kiss from his daughter whilst on the dancefloor.

Jokingy pouting his lips, he smiles and leans in towards Harper but she quickly leans back and dodges him.

Giggling and smiling together, he goes in for another attempt, but she offers her cheek instead in a sweet moment.

The hilarious moment Harper Beckham, 13, dodged dad David’s kisses appeared in a new Instagram video on Friday after he hit defiantly defended himself for kissing her on the lips 

Jokingy pouting his lips, he smiles and leans in towards Harper but she quickly leans back and dodges him

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Giggling and smiling together, he goes in for another attempt, but she offers her cheek instead

The scene is a world away from when David defiantly stood up to critics who said kissing his daughter on the lips was odd.

Posting on Instagram when Harper was five years old, he posted another picture doing the same thing in 2018, 2019 and another in 2023.

Now after turning thirteen last July, it seems Harper is not so keen anymore.  

While many had branded the pictures at the time’beautiful’ and a depiction of the ‘close bond’ he has with Harper, David was also hit with a barrage of negative comments as others claimed the post had been ‘disgusting’.

Defending his display of affection, he said during a Facebook Live in 2017 that he kisses all of his children on the lips.

‘I kiss all my kids on the lips,’ he said.

‘Brooklyn maybe not. Brooklyn is 18, so he might find that a little strange, but I’m very affectionate with the kids.

‘It’s how I was brought up – and Victoria – and it’s how we are with our children.

‘We want to show our kids love and we protect them, look after them and support them. Having children is the most special thing in the world.’

Harper wore a dress from her mother’s collection at her father’s party on Thursday. 

David previously defended his display of affection and said during a Facebook Live in 2017 that he kisses all of his children on the lips

David was also seen kissing on Harper on the lips after she gave him a makeover in 2023

Posh and Becks were joined by their sons Romeo, 22, Cruz, 19, and daughter Harper, 13, as they posed for a family snap inside the party (Kim Turnbull, Romeo, Victoria, David, Harper, Cruz and Jackie L-R)

Harper wore a dress from her mother’s collection for the event 

Cruz’s girlfriend Jack Apostel – who is ten years older than him – wore head to toe Victoria Beckham too in a white suit and red lace underwear.

David’s lookalike son Romeo was also joined by his new girlfriend Kim Turnbull at the star-studded event.

Noticeably missing from the clan was David and Victoria’s eldest son Brooklyn, 25, and his wife Nicola Peltz Beckham, 30.

While Gordon Ramsay, 58, and his wife Tana, 50, were also in attendance at the bash to support their close friend.

The family danced the night away on the dance floor to Amy Winehouses’ Valerie and the party continued into the early hours of the morning at Marylebone’s Chiltern Firehouse where James Corden, 46, and Halle Berry, 58, were in attendance.