Nepo baby? Emma Roberts claims her famous family have cost her jobs
nme.comAmerican Horror Story and Madame Web star is the daughter of the Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated actor Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, Inherent Vice) and the niece of Julia Roberts.Despite the external attitude that ‘nepo babies’ are able to benefit early in their careers thanks to high-profile contacts, Roberts claims that the opposite may have been true in her case.“I’ve lost more jobs than I’ve gained from being in the business,” she told Flaunt magazine.“People have opinions and sometimes maybe they’re not good opinions of people in your family.
I’ve never gotten a job because of it, I know I definitely have lost a couple of jobs because of it.”It is not the first time Roberts, who is currently starring in Amazon’s Space Cadet, has addressed the issues surrounding the ‘nepo baby’ tag in recent weeks.
In an appearance on the Table For Two podcast last month, she spoke about the difficulty of people assuming she has it easy and ignoring the failures that she has had to endure.“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 said.“That’s why I’m always very open about things I’ve auditioned for and haven’t gotten the part for.
Read more on nme.com
