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Arwa Mahdawi

Lots of things in life are sexist – but the phrase ‘nepo baby’ isn’t one of them

Lily-Rose Depp.
Lily-Rose Depp. Photograph: Mark Blinch/Reuters

WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH

Hear that? It’s the sound of some very upset nepo babies. A “nepo baby”, for those wondering what I’m talking about, is online slang for a celebrity who comes from a famous family. Which, by the way, seems to be every other person in the entertainment industry. The phrase, which isn’t necessarily an insult, has become popular, and some nepo babies are starting to feel somewhat attacked by the term. In the last few weeks a number of celebrity offspring, including Madonna’s eldest daughter and Zoe Kravitz, have given interviews where they’ve claimed that they haven’t reallllllly benefited from having famous parents but, even if they had, that’s fine because there is nepotism in every industry.

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