Mel B’s daughter has stated that nepo infants like her have by no means confronted a lot hate as they do now.
Phoenix Brown, writing within the Radio Instances, warned “the term has increasingly toxic connotations” however questioned why that was.
“Even when nepo babies are great at their job – and many are – they face a backlash fuelled by misunderstanding, jealousy or resentment,” she stated.
She acknowledged that “having Mel B as my mum has opened a few doors” in her personal profession throughout the world of leisure.
However she additionally highlighted the rising anger lately “almost to the point of obsession” on social media with nepo infants.
She added: “The issue has never before sparked so much hate or become so febrile and poisonous.”
Ms Brown, whose mum was well-known for Spice Ladies hits like 2 turn out to be 1 and Wannabe, additionally requested whether or not “nepo babies [were] taking the flak for wider inequality in society?”
A nepo child, brief for nepotism child, is outlined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “a person who gains success or opportunities through familial connections”.
New York Journal known as 2022 “The Year of the Nepo Baby” highlighting the variety of well-known “actors, singers, directors who just happen to be the children of actors, singers, directors”.
This included the likes of Will Smith’s son Jaden Smith and Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp in addition to Brits like Lily Collins (daughter of pop star/actor Phil) and Lily and Alfie Allen (kids of actor/comic Keith Allen).
For a Channel 4 documentary she introduced about nepo infants, Phoenix Brown stated that of the “90 so-called nepo children” she reached out to, just one, the son of Boyzone star Ronan Keating, agreed to talk on digicam.
“Nepo babies must acknowledge that we’re handed opportunities faster than most people,” she stated.
She continued: “As my mum says in the documentary, she came from a working-class background and had no one to open doors for her. I wouldn’t have the life that I have if it wasn’t for the hard work that she put into her own career. To not respect that would be silly.”
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Phoenix Brown. Pic: David Fisher/Shutterstock
However she additionally stated that there have been downsides to rising up a nepo child, together with dealing with hate and having her mother and father’ personal lives within the press.
