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This video is brought to you by Storyblocks, who is your daddy and what does he do? That’s the question young celebrities are facing after the recent internet discourse about Nepo Babies – the fun name given to the children of the famous and successful. Thanks to New York Magazine’s extensive investigation, a bunch of young entertainers were exposed for their genetic connections to famous Elders or at least to Industry insiders. Well, plenty of these celebs have forged real careers, arguably with help from their parents, while others with seemingly no marketable skills have ended up headlining varieties young Hollywood issue.
Nepo babies aren’t exclusive to the Arts either. The Fallout from the feud between the families of United States men’s national soccer team manager Greg Burhalter and his former International teammate and best man at his wedding Claudio Reyna has highlighted the extent to which youngsters with successful parents run riot in American soccer. Meanwhile, LeBron James’s son Bronnie James, a promising high school player, has been hyped as an NBA Prospect since he was nine.
Now, I could go on, but I’ll be honest: I don’t get the sense that you all like sports, but maybe I’m wrong. So please let me know in the comments if we’re wrong and you love sports, and if so, which sports do you love?
Now, while Nepo babies have recently captivated the internet, this isn’t anything new. Nepotism and entertainment, as New York Magazine notes, dates back to two of the first movie stars, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Senior, whose son Douglas Jr managed to eke out a decent career despite not being as talented as his folks. Vaudeville families also became a pipeline into early Hollywood for comedians like Buster Keaton, who got to start performing with his parents at age three. The star power of celebrities’ spawn sometimes extends back multiple Generations. Dakota Johnson’s mother is Melanie Griffith, whose own mother was Tippi Hedron. This predates modern times; the Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi’s dad was a painter, and don’t get me started on the likes of Pieter Brugal the Younger. Same with music: Johann Sebastian Box whole family was comprised of composers, and more recently, Nora Jones and Jacob Dillon both come from elite musical stock.
In short, people have been helping their children succeed in their trade since as long as there have been trades. So why have the children of the Rich and Famous captured the Zeitgeist right now? Is there something about this cultural moment that makes us so primed to hate on youngsters who inherit their parents’ looks, talents, and/or connections? Let’s find out in this Wisecrack Edition: why we hate Nepo babies.