Nepo Baby Was Just the Start: Inside the Expanding Nepo Universe

Una nueva generación de hijos de las estrellas de Hollywood invade nuestras pantallas. Se trata del clásico nepotismo, si bien amplificado y comentado ahora a través de las redes sociales.

by ALAINA DEMOPOULOS

PEOPLE Are all nepo babies really created equal? Should Timothée Chalamet, whose uncle Rodman Flender directed Leprechaun1 2, appear on nepo baby listicles that include stars with actually famous family, such as Lily-Rose Depp, Hailey (Baldwin) Bieber, or Sofia Coppola? Outing supposed nepo babies is one of social media’s favourite parlour games2, and it only grew more popular after becoming the subject of a 2022 New York magazine cover. Dynasties have existed since the dawn3 of the star system, but younger generations are more willing4 to count an Oscar-winning father or supermodel mother as a strike against5 an up-and-comer6. Sometimes, there are debates over the title’s true definition, as we see with Chalamet or Billie Eilish, whose mom is a television actor and indie screenwriter. But there is a certain category…

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