Lily Allen: Nepo baby term is 'sexist' because it's 'almost exclusively used for women'
by Tina Campbell
May 07, 2024
1 minute
Lily Allen has hit out at being labeled a “nepo baby”, claiming it’s sexist.
The term refers to celebrities who are deemed to have had a leg up thanks to being the off-spring of famous parents.
The singer, says she is called a nepo baby “all the time”, but her issue isn’t the just the constant association with her famous parent.Laying bare her grievance with the issue on her Miss Me? podcast, the Smile hit-maker explained the term is “infantilising” and compared it to women getting called “Karen”, because it’s used exclusively for women.
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