Nepo Babies are the symbol of our broken meritocracy

I just don't like when people that come from excessive privilege try to lecture everyone else on how to overcome hardships and hard work.

Nepotism Babies love to say their parents got them in the room, but their "talent" kept them there. Getting in the room is THE point. Everyone struggling wants to be in THE ROOM.

Lena Dunham and Kim Kardashian were the most annoying ones. It’s not just denying nepotism helped them, but the defensiveness and outright snarky remarks about it. Kim K telling people to “get off your ass and work” is an insult to everyone who doesn’t have the same privileges she has.

The Kardashian children pretending like they built themselves up from the ground is the joke of the century.

My big issue with nepo babies really is just when they try to deny that it helped their careers at all because that denial continues to peddle the idea that anyone can make it in Hollywood if they work hard enough and a lot of people throw away their whole lives trying to get their big break. I wish nepo babies would just be open and honest like Jamie Lee Curtis.

But getting your foot in the door is the HARDEST part! People come to L.A. and spend YEARS trying to find a legit agent who can get them to real, PAYING auditions. That's not a small thing.

The craziest thing is that most celebrities are "nepo babies". The most known ones are the children of great actors, but even the ones who are not from a 'dynasty' have a parent/relative that is connected to the industry in some way. It's very strange to see a real outsider triumph as a celebrity.

If I'm being brutally honest, when I first saw Maude Apatow in film I had no idea who she was but I do remember wondering how this nice, but normal looking, averagely talented actress managed to stand out from the crowd to snag such a big role. This is how I feel about most nepo babies. Some are genuinely exceptional, but the vast majority are given a pass for just being ordinarily good at their jobs, in way that just wouldn't cut it for normal people going after the same thing. They don't just get the door opened for them, they get to play by an easier set of rules and we should be speaking out about that.

I have to agree on Jane Fonda she has always used her privilege to speak out where less connected people would be afraid to. She was ahead of her time on the Vietnam war, feminism , civil rights etc

I assume for a lot of people the big problem comes when they don’t acknowledge their privilege or if they’re talentless. Like you can excuse a talented cognisant nepo baby cos fair enough but the ones who either are lacking in talent or are convinced they somehow made it on their own… It’s usually them I’ve seen people take issue with. I think most people would admit if they had a famous well connected dad they’d be milking the hell out of that cow

As someone who works in the film industry, I'm so against nepo babies. Hollywood is becoming even more of a gatekeeping community which is tragic because acting, directing, etc...is an art and there is legit talent out there that doesn't come from producers/actors kids that will and can be the next big thing the next talent to create such an amazing profession yet we fall back to nepo babies. I can't agree with it, regardless of there "talent" they are literally taking a spot away form someone who has worked for it way more than they can even imagine.

Being French, I used to admire (and, I admit, be a bit proud of) Lea Seydoux. At such a young age, what a career ! She was even a James Bond girl. Then, I learnt that she was from two of the richest French families, grand-daughter of the CEO of Pathe (a French leading company in cinema), linked to several celebrities and businessmen/women. And I was like "oh...of course".

I think back to how most of the top 10 students in my public high school, after graduating college in 2009 (some of them 2008) immediately were clearing 6 figure salaries working for big social media companies as engineers during the big social media & technology boom of the 2000s… all of them in high school had computers and technology NO ONE else could afford. This gave them the time and resources to hone their technological skills, which gave them a leg up in getting into elite colleges, and were able to get very high paying jobs in Silicone Valley. Money buys success in more ways than we realize.

Entertainment wise, it doesn’t bother me if they create great art. But knowing actual trust fund babies hasn’t always been pleasant. The entitlement and obliviousness is disturbing.

I love how they mentioned George Bush Jr, who literally became president for 2 terms only cause his dad was president. A lot of our leaders and politicians are nepo babies

I'm surprised Lily Collins escaped the crosshairs of this video. As the lead actress on Emily in Paris and daughter of singer Phil Collins. And Jane Fonda is awesome in her own right despite being a nepo baby.

People only hate nepo babies who are 1) mediocre and 2) deny it helped them. If you are talented, are considered the epitome of eurocentric beauty, admit your privileges and/or do philanthropic stuff... then people are fine with it. Very surprising Angelina Jolie isn't mentioned. 👀

so glad you picked this topic. I've been noticing nepotism all around, not just in entertainment. Glad to have a discussion about it!

The irony of Woody Allen’s son doing an investigation on Harvey Weinstein 😭

The issue is that so many people who are talented but lack resources are looked over. Nepotism babies hate acknowledging that they were born on 3rd base and are speed racing towards home base. While other equally as talented people struggling to get past the dugout.