Lily Allen Compares 'Nepo Baby' Label to Being Called a 'Karen'
Lily Allen Compares 'Nepo Baby' Label to Being Called a 'Karen': 'Almost Exclusively Used for Women' https://t.co/eovbEoz8JV
- People (@people) May 7, 2024
Lily Allen (daughter to actor Keith Allen) has thoughts on being labeled a "nepo baby."
Allen's brother is actor Alfie Allen of Game of Thrones fame.
She opened up about feeling as though the term "nepo baby" is often used in a sexist manner.
"Nepo babies, I think it’s quite like ‘Karen’, in the sense that it’s just a word that is basically used for women who are taking up space, and we’d rather they didn’t, and they should just go away. I’m called a nepo baby all the time. I actually don’t really mind the nepotism thing, it’s the ‘baby’ that annoys me, it’s like, I’m 40 years old nearly! It’s meant to be infantilizing. Also I think it’s something that is almost exclusively used for women, I don’t think I can even really name any male nepo babies. My brother, for instance, doesn’t get called nepo baby, and I do. I feel like a lot of the time over the past 15, 20 years when I’ve been written about it will always say 'Lily Allen, daughter of Keith Allen' and I don’t see that happening with boys as often as it does with girls."
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