The artist handled the situation with surprise and pride
Jamie Lee Curtis, the star of Crazy Friday, caused a stir yesterday, February 26, during the night of the SAG Awards: where she was crowned Best Supporting Actress in a Movie for her participation in Everything Everywhere All at Once, however, the famous could not say goodbye to the moment without generating controversy, since she made fun of being a "no baby", but what does it mean?
Recently, Curtis has become a target of criticism from users on social networks for being related to the term, which has also tried to discredit other celebrities such as Maude Apatow, Dakota Johnson, Zoe Kravitz, and Lily-Rose Depp. , to name a few.
It turns out that during the award, the legendary artist handled the situation with surprise and pride, so in her speech, she made reference to her parents' immigrant heritage and their rise through the ranks of Hollywood as actors and said: "I know you look at me and you think 'Nepo baby', and I get it!"
Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh were two artists from the 90s who managed to position themselves within the industry. Jamie's father was a well-known hunk whose role has been linked to films like With Skirts and Crazy, Blackmail on Broadway, as well as Fugitives, and even had the opportunity to work with Marilyn Monroe, while Leigh earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in Psycho and won a Golden Globe.
Privilege or talent, what is the factor that has led young artists to become Hollywood stars? The term "Nepo baby" has caught the eye of hundreds of curious readers who are looking for the meaning of the word, since the cover of an international medium gave a lot to talk about, in recent months, because behind the headline are the photographs of renowned actors.
It turns out that The New York Times was given the task of analyzing some figures from the entertainment world who have easily entered into big projects.
Although sometimes the industry tends to sell the image of stars who develop in the world of cinema from scratch, as any ordinary person would, in reality, they maintain a relationship with someone of privilege, hence the term "Nepo baby" or baby of nepotism in Spanish.
Although privilege is installed both in the workplace and in other areas of life, in Hollywood it is causing controversy because young fans are realizing that the person they see on screen is not there essentially for their talent but for their talent. for the inheritance of his parents.
Nepotism means preference or favoritism that one person has to employ another.
The article, which came out on January 21, 2022, makes a comparison between the system that royal or wealthy families have used throughout history and how it works in entertainment.
In this sense, the new generations are also finding out that celebrities are the children of successful personalities, such is the case of Kristen Stewart, who is a relative of the director and television producer, John Stewart, and the Australian screenwriter, Jules Mann- Stewart or Euphoria star Maude Apatow, whose parents are also big players in the industry.
The same happens with the actress of Emily in Paris, Lily Collins, who is the daughter of singer Phil Collins, or the daughter of Johnny Depp.
