Emma Roberts says ‘nepo baby’ criticism ignores “all the rejection along the way”

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American Horror Story star Emma Roberts has opened up about the perception of her as a ‘nepo baby’.While promoting her upcoming film, Space Cadet, she made an appearance on the Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi podcast, where discussed the ‘nepo baby’ title (Roberts’ aunt is Julia Roberts, and her father is actor, Eric Roberts), as well as claiming fans don’t see the failures that go on behind the scenes.“That’s the thing that I always talk about — people kind of only see your wins because they only see when you’re on the poster of a movie.

They don’t see all the rejection along the way,” she told host Bozzi.“That’s why I’m always very open about things I’ve auditioned for and haven’t gotten the part for.

I think it’s important to talk about – otherwise people just think everything’s been so great and linear and easy, and no, it’s not at all.

But of course it looks like that to the outside perspective or to the naked eye.”A post shared by Bruce Bozzi (@brucebozzi)Roberts, who got her first role at nine years old in 2001’s Blow, has starred in films like Wild Child and Nancy Drew, and more recently appeared alongside Kim Kardashian in American Horror Story.Touching on her family connections, she said: “I think there’s two sides of the coin.