Yes, y’all, Allison Williams knows she’s a nepo baby!
03.01.2023 - 00:07 / perezhilton.com
It’s the controversy of the year: nepo babies!
Throughout the last few weeks, social media has been in a heated back-and-forth over nepotism in Hollywood — you know, celebs who gained fame with the help of their already very notable parents. While many of them are super talented in their own right (!!!), it’s still been frustrating for fans (and other hopeful artists) to see the stars refuse to own up to their privilege — even when called out on it!
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The topic got so crazy, many of those born and bred by entertainment icons became the face of New York Magazine’s December cover story, “Year of the Nepo Baby.” Ch-ch-check it out (below)!
But, look, nepotism is NOT a new thing. It’s been happening for decades in pretty much every industry. So much so, we bet you don’t even realize some of your favorite stars are actually nepo babies! It’s time for a deep dive to get you caught up (below)!
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1 Nicolas Cage 2 Mariska Hargitay 3 Zoey Deutch 4 Gwyneth Paltrow 5 Timothée Chalamet 6 Lily Collins 7 Robert Downey Jr. 8 Angelina Jolie 9 Rashida Jones 10 Lenny Kravitz Nicolas CageNicolas Cage has an impressive résumé — but it makes so much sense when you check out the accomplishments of his family! The 58-year-old National Treasure star comes from parents August Coppola and Joy Vogelsang. You probably recognize the last name Coppola. August was an author, film executive, and advocate for the arts, whose siblings were also media personalities (such as The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola). Meanwhile, Joy was a dancer and choreographer.
And get this: Nicolas literally changed his name to avoid comparisons to his father early on in
Yes, y’all, Allison Williams knows she’s a nepo baby!
need to stop . One certified nepo baby who seems to understand this is Hailey Bieber, daughter of Stephen Baldwin and wife of , who recently wore her privilege with pride. On January 6, was recently photographed in Los Angeles wearing a white baby tee with the controversial phrase screen-printed on the chest. She paired the crop top with a pair of straight-leg jeans, edgy black oxford shoes, and a black shoulder bag, proving the most fashion-forward way to fend off nepotism accusations is to simply acknowledge them.Even since New York Magazine declared 2022 the “,” the discourse surrounding Hollywood legacies had become inescapable, with everyone from to playing defense.
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These star families are busting at the seams!! And no, we’re not just talking about Nick Cannon‘s procreating ways. LOLz!
Turning up the heat! Stars’ love lives were on fire this year when it came to headline-making hookups, including Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, Pete Davidson and Emily Ratajkowski, Gigi Hadid and Leonardo DiCaprio and many more.
Parting ways. Celebrities such as Cameron Diaz and Rick Moranis rose to stardom in Hollywood — only to leave their acting careers in the past.
Kate Hudson and Jamie Lee Curtis are the latest Hollywood actors to weigh in on the topic of the “nepo baby,” a topic rekindled this month by a New York magazine cover story (and much more devoted to the topic) about the phenomena of the children of famous actors who follow in their parents’ footsteps.
If you’re not terminally online, on Twitter, or part of The Cut Industrial Culture Complex, you may not have heard about the current “Nepo Baby” discourse online. The shortest version to not insult those who find it pervasive and obvious, is the New York Mag wrote a “The Year of the Nepo Baby” “exposé” (infographic basically with some quizzes and articles) detailing those famous celebrities that are the children of other well-known celebrities.