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Nepo babies -- aka kids of the rich and famous. Obviously, their careers majorly benefit from their parents’ influence. The NYT said Gen Z is all about them these days -- but has serious mixed feelings about it

There really are so many nepo babies in entertainment these days! Cracked.com listed a few, including Tracee Ellis Ross, Maya Hawke, Sam Levinson, and more

Vox said people are obsessed with nepo babies because they symbolize the lie of American meritocracy -- and that makes us feel some feelings

The Face: Yup. We especially hate on nepo babies when they pretend they don’t come from privilege and just “worked hard”. We know they’re lying to us

So are there good nepo babies? Glamour Magazine thinks so. Or at least, the ones that are actually talented make us less mad

Vulture said that, oddly enough, we’re usually more forgiving of the many-generationed nepo babies -- and the ones with dead parents

This independent Op: Sure, there are ways to be a good nepo baby. But Brooklyn Beckham seems to be ignoring all of them -- he’s the poster child for terrible nepo babies

WaPo: Different nepo babies react differently to the criticisms. But they’re all very aware of how it plays into their image

Elle: Some celebs don’t think the nepo baby hate is fair. For example, Gwyneth Paltrow thinks nepo babies “have to work twice as hard” to be taken seriously

Lily Allen also defended nepo babies, reported BuzzFeed. She said they’re being “somewhat scapegoated” and that the bigger issue is wealth inequality in general

Maude Apatow told Net-a-Porter that being called a “nepo baby” makes her “sad”, but she does understand it

And a Bloomberg Op thinks nepotism is good, actually. It makes total sense for people to follow in their parents’ footsteps, and can even be good for society

Culture-whisper wouldn’t go *that* far. Nepotism isn’t great -- but neither is the internet’s obsession with naming-and-shaming. Why don’t they spend their time uplifting self-made stars instead?

And Pierce Brosnan’s sons told People Magazine that their approach is to just recognize their privilege and be “grateful for our blessings”