Jamie Lee Curtis wades into 'nepo baby' row as she slams 'snide remarks' and 'hurt'

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Hollywood due to her "movie star" parents Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.This comes in the wake of the New York Magazine's controversial nepotism-themed cover, featuring Zoe Kravitz, Maya Hawke and Dakota Johnson.As the nepotism cover dominates the news, Jamie has broken her silence on her own family situation.She admitted in a lengthy Instagram post that there's "not a day" in her professional life that goes by without being reminded that she is the "daughter of movie stars".She wrote in view of her 4.7 million followers: "I have been a professional actress since I was 19 years old so that makes me an OG Nepo Baby."I've never understood, nor will I, what qualities got me hired that day, but since my first two lines on Quincy as a contract player at Universal Studios to this last spectacular creative year some 44 years later, there's not a day in my professional life that goes by without my being reminded that I am the daughter of movie stars."The current conversation about nepo babies is just designed to try to diminish and denigrate and hurt."Jamie then looked into detail about her own experiences as a nepo baby due to her famous parents.She continued: "For the record, I have navigated 44 years with the advantages my associated and reflected fame brought me, I don't pretend there aren't any, that try to tell me that I have no value on my own."It's curious how we immediately make assumptions and snide remarks that someone related to someone else who is famous in their field for their art, would somehow have no talent whatsoever."I have come to learn that is simply not true.

I have suited up and shown up for all different kinds of work with thousands of thousands of people and every day I've tried to bring integrity and.