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'You have to prove yourself more...' In defence of nepo babies

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Emma Roberts is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of Oscar winner Julia Roberts, but she refuses to accept that her famous relations have helped her career. In fact, the 'American Horror Story' star thinks being a nepo baby is a disadvantage She said: "There's two sides of the coin. People like to say, you have a leg up because you have family in the industry. "But then the other side to that is you have to prove yourself more." Find out what other nepo babies think... (©BANG Showbiz)
The 27-year-old dancer hates the notion that people think she’s having success just because she's Madonna’s daughter. She told Vogue: "People think I’m this talentless rich kid who’s had everything given to her, but I’m not." (©BANG Showbiz)
The 29-year-old model - who recently became a mother to 13-month-old daughter Holland with her music producer boyfriend RAC - hates being compared to her famous parents Alec Baldwin, 66, and Kim Basinger, 70. Appearing on Red Table Talk, she said: "Nothing makes me want to peel my fingernails off more than doing a Basinger Baldwin spread in a magazine and then facing the criticism and the comparisons." (©BANG Showbiz)
‘The Wife’ star, 38, once mused that “nepotism is despised” in his homeland of the UK. Max - who is the son of Jeremy Irons, 75, and Sinead Cusack, 76 - said in 2017: “Nepotism is despised in England, which is a very good thing. I think something to do with the class system. People really look down on nepotism. So yeah, it never really works in your favor – even in this industry.” (©BANG Showbiz)
The ‘Not Fair’ hitmaker - who is the daughter of actor-and-comedian Keith Allen - urged people to stop badgering people like her and focus on the real and much more powerful nepo baby villains of the world. The 39-year-old singer posted on X: “The nepo babies y'all should be worrying about are the ones working for legal firms, the ones working for banks, and the ones working in politics. If we're talking about real world consequences and robbing people of opportunity. But that's none of my business." (©BANG Showbiz)
The ‘Madame Webb’ star, 34, has always found the talk about her career being given a boost by her grandmother Tippi Hedren, 94, and parents Melanie Griffith, 66, and Don Johnson, 74, to be “annoying and boring”. She said while on the Today show: “When that first started I found it to be incredibly annoying and boring. If you’re a journalist, then write about something else. That’s just lame.” (©BANG Showbiz)
'The Idol’ star, 25, explained that being the daughter of Johnny Depp, 61, and Vanessa Paradis, 51, meant that she needed to “work twice as hard” to make it Hollywood and as a model. She told Australian Vogue: "It is obviously a really easy assumption to make to think that I would just have roles landing on my doorstep because of my name, but that’s an idea I’ve always kind of rejected ... I’ve always been under the impression that I have to work twice as hard to prove to people that I’m not just here because it’s easy for me. I feel like you’re not what your name is. If you’re not right for something, they’re not just going to hire you because your name looks good on the post." (©BANG Showbiz)
The Academy Award winner, 53, thinks that as the daughter of actress Blythe Danner, 81, and late producer Bruce Paltrow she had to “work twice as hard and be twice as good” to make it. She said: "As the child of someone, you get access other people don’t have, so the playing field is not level in that way. However, I really do feel that once your foot is in the door, which you unfairly got in, then you almost have to work twice as hard and be twice as good." (©BANG Showbiz)
The ‘Big Little Lies’ star, 35, told GQ that going into acting was “completely normal” for her as the daughter of rocker Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet. But Zoe - whose stepfather is Jason Momoa - also admitted that one of her “deepest insecurities” was people thinking she was only having success because of her famous family. (©BANG Showbiz)
The 28-year-old model thinks that being part of the most famous reality family in the world - which includes Kourtney Kardashian Barker, 45, Kim Kardashian, 43, Khloe Kardashian, 39, and Kylie Jenner, 26 - was not helpful when trying to land bookings with clients such as Chanel and Victoria’s Secret. She said on their reality show ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’: "I went to every single casting and ran all over not only New York City but all over Europe trying to get a job and make my way." ((c) Getty)
The 1975 frontman's parents are comedy actor Tim Healy, 72, and actress Denise Welch, 66, and he says going into entertainment for him is just the same as another child following into their family's business. The singer said: "Right? A lot of the time, if your dad's a doctor, you're a doctor because you grow up in the culture. You know what I mean? So it's like that happens across the board. I grew up in art, so I made art. It is not that complicated." (Photoshot)

Emma Roberts is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of Oscar winner Julia Roberts, but she refuses to accept that her famous relations have helped her career.
In fact, the 'American Horror Story' star thinks being a nepo baby is a disadvantage
She said: "There's two sides of the coin. People like to say, you have a leg up because you have family in the industry.
"But then the other side to that is you have to prove yourself more."
Find out what other nepo babies think...

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