Just when you thought the nepo baby discourse had come to an end, Gwyneth Paltrow has a few thoughts to share on the term. Paltrow – daughter of Emmy-winning actor Blythe Danner and television producer and director Bruce Paltrow – has never exactly been known for being in touch with the common folk, so you can probably guess where this is going.
“Now there’s this whole nepo baby culture, and judgment that exists around kids of famous people,” the Oscar-winner told Bustle in a recent interview, adding, “There’s nothing wrong with doing or wanting to do what your parents do,” and, “I think it’s kind of an ugly moniker.” Paltrow told the outlet that she hopes her children, Apple and Moses, always feel free to pursue whatever career they want without fear of judgment from others, which is fair enough.
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The last time Paltrow weighed in on nepo babies, she was commenting on Hailey Bieber’s “Nepo Baby” T-shirt, writing on Instagram, “I might need a few of these.” And before the term “nepo baby” entered popular lexicon, she and Bieber talked nepotism on an episode of Bieber’s YouTube channel, “Who’s in My Bathroom”. Per W Magazine, Paltrow said, “I really do feel that once your foot is in the door – which you unfairly got in – then you have to work almost twice as hard and be twice as good because people are ready to pull you down and say you don’t belong there and you’re only there because of your dad or your mom or whatever the case may be.”
One thing about Gwyneth Paltrow, she always stays on-brand.
This article originally appeared on GLAMOUR US.