Nepo baby

Why Zoë Kravitz, Maya Hawke and other Hollywood nepo babies have gotten an (undeserved) bad rap.

Miley Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray, owes her career as much to an inspired rejection of her Disney-approved showbiz cred as to the fact that her godmother is Dolly Parton. You can be both the child of a famous parent and one of the most exciting stars of your generation. Margaret Qualley (mother: Andie McDowell) has been nominated for two Emmys, most recently for her searing performance in “Maid.” The Skarsgard brothers (Alexander, Bill, Gustaf) are proof that charisma may be as genetic as a chiseled jaw. The discourse around “nepo babies” heated up this week with the release of a Vulture package that featured an instantly viral photo illustration of famous progeny — including Lily-Rose Depp (daughter of Johnny) and Dakota Johnson (whose parents are Melanie Griffiths and Don Johnson) — swaddled in cradles. The nepo privilege is real, and it’s important to acknowledge the systems that benefit certain people over others. (An excerpt from that tweet: “omg her mom is Leslie Mann and her dad is a movie director lol.”)

For those who haven't waded into the discourse, a "nepo baby" (short for "nepotism baby") is a the child of a celebrity — or anyone who has power and influence ...

[Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab)] [Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab)] [@literELLY](https://twitter.com/literElly/status/1605198765962534914?s=20&t=SxE0ujlP61yX7qtoxr6DjA) wrote, "I hope no one ever finds out that I'm a nepo baby (inherited mental illness from not just one but both of my parents)." Until then, the internet is going to do what it does best. Shortly after the New York Magazine article was published, Twitter and TikTok users began to satirize the extremely specific and frankly nitpicky nepo-baby categorizations by sharing the advantages and qualities they inherited from their own families. [Euphoria](https://mashable.com/article/euphoria-season-2-finale-flashback-problem) or Hawke in [Stranger Things](https://mashable.com/category/stranger-things), the internet erupts in outrage and self-righteousness over who gets opportunities in the entertainment industry. The highest being "classic nepo babies" who inherit famous family names like Depp and Hawke.

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The nepo baby discourse of 2022 has been a veritable powder keg, and this week, Vulture lit the match. On Monday, the entertainment news site published “How ...

That anonymity, which can turn a work of singular genius into a contextless pile of food atop a nondescript white plate, might be a bitter pill to swallow if you’re used to a life in your family’s limelight. She’s not a “food” nepo baby, per se, but still someone with all the right people in her corner while she’s hustling. It goes on, “Sophie is currently a community journalist for ABC7 in Los Angeles, a position the young reporter secured shortly after graduating from the University of Southern California, with a degree in broadcast and digital journalism.” [painful to watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5DZ7-7ti_g), as he has been a cook for so little time that he hasn’t yet learned to banter while incorporating spices into ground beef. Bobby and Jamie aren’t so much nepo babies; rather, they appear to be somewhat less engaging satellite personalities to their mother’s formidable screen presence, two members of a family restaurant business that enjoyed a solid decade on the small screen. Hunter Fieri can take solace in the fact that he is, at least, 1,000 times more charismatic than Brooklyn Beckham, son of Spice Girl Victoria and soccer star David Beckham. Though Paula has been [all but scrubbed](https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/paulas-home-cooking/recipe-videos-from-paula-deen) from the Food Network’s website following various public controversies, the boys continued to host the odd Baking Championship here and there after their mother’s contract ended in 2013. A few stars on the Food Network, for example, are the children of skilled chefs and restaurateurs—but learning a trade from one’s parents isn’t the same as nepotism. De Laurentiis is the eldest daughter of Italian-American actress Veronica De Laurentiis and Alex De Benedetti, executive producer of Evil Dead II, of all things. At the top are the classic nepo babies, inheritors of famous names and famous features: Dakota Johnson, Maya Hawke, Jack Quaid. Paula, an erstwhile icon of Southern cooking, began her tenure with the Food Network in 2002 with the premiere of Paula’s Home Cooking, a series on which Bobby and Jamie often guested. None of this is anything new—Hollywood has always been replete with A-listers’ progeny entering doors wedged open for them—but TikTok has recently latched onto the phenomenon with such fervor that celebrities are now asked point-blank in interviews how they feel about being deemed so-called nepo babies, and few have provided graceful answers.

Celebrities such as Kate Hudson, Charlie Sheen, and Miley Cyrus can all be classified as 'nepo babies'. What do Lily Collins, Scott Eastwood and Angelina Jolie ...

She is a 'nepo baby'. He has dabbled in numerous careers including photography, social media, modelling, and more recently cooking. On Tuesday, English singer and actor Lily Allen - daughter of an actor and a film producer - tweeted about the concept of 'nepo babies', criticising the focus on the entertainment industry. While nepotism is prolific across businesses and media, the term 'nepo baby' is generally used in relation to the entertainment industry and illustrates the fact that many successful actors and musicians also have parents in the industry. The term 'nepo baby' gained popularity on Twitter and is, the practice of a person being favoured (usually in professional circumstances) due to having a relative in a position of power. Collins, an actor and model, is the daughter of English singer Phil Collins, actor Eastwood is the son of United States actor and director Clint Eastwood and actor Angelina Jolie is the daughter of US actor Jon Voight.

Twitter's obsession with nepotism babies reached new heights on Dec. 19 when a new meme format started dragging fictional nepo babies.

Instead, users began pointing fingers at all the nepo babies the article forgot, and there were more than a few beloved fictional characters caught in the crossfire. But some nepo babies totally get it. “I’m sure the fact that I was Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis’s daughter, and that my mother had been in Psycho—if you’re going to choose between this one and this one, choose the one whose mother was in Psycho...” Curtis said at the time, adding that it would probably help get the movie press. The list definitely had some people, er, select nepo babies, up in arms at first. Nepotism babies have been feeling the heat all 2022 long, but the thermometer was turned all the way up on Dec. The twist here, though, was that people weren’t poking fun at IRL nepo babies like Dakota Johnson or Gigi Hadid, but the best nepo baby memes blew up the spots of so many fictional characters.