Emma Roberts Hits Back at Nepo Baby Criticism, Says People Don't See the Rejection
justjared.comEmma Roberts is sharing her thoughts on the “nepo baby” discourse. The 33-year-old actress, who is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of actress Julia Roberts, is currently promoting her new movie Space Cadet, out next week on Prime Video. Emma was just spotted in a white dress while heading into an interview for CBS Mornings on Wednesday (June 26) in New York City.
In a new interview for the Table For Two podcast with Bruce Bozzi, Emma talked about being a member of a famous family. Keep reading to find out more… “I think there’s two sides of the coin,” Emma said. “People like to say, you know, you have a leg up because you have family in the industry.
But then the other side to that is, you have to prove yourself more. Also, if people don’t have good experiences with other people in your family, then you’ll never get a chance.” She continued, “Everybody loves the kind of overnight-success story.
And so if you’re kind of not the girl from the middle of nowhere that broke into Hollywood, there’s kind of an eye roll of like, ‘Well, your dad was this.’ I always joke, ‘Why is no one calling out George Clooney for being a nepo baby? [His aunt] Rosemary Clooney was an icon.’ I feel like young girls get it harder with the nepo-baby thing.
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