“The current conversation about nepo babies is just designed to try to diminish and denigrate and hurt,” the actress continued. “For the record I have navigated 44 years with the advantages my associated and reflected fame brought me, I don’t pretend there aren’t any, that try to tell me that I have no value on my own.”
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Curtis went on to call the notion that people assume “nepotism babies” automatically are not talented in their own right “curious” in the post.
“It’s curious how we immediately make assumptions and snide remarks that someone related to someone else who is famous in their field for their art, would somehow have no talent whatsoever,” the actress continued. “I have come to learn that is simply not true. I have suited up and shown up for all different kinds of work with thousands of thousands of people and every day I’ve tried to bring integrity and professionalism and love and community and art to my work. I am not alone.”
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“There are many of us. Dedicated to our craft. Proud of our lineage,” Curtis wrote of others in the entertainment industry whose family members are also famous. “Strong in our belief in our right to exist.”
Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis in 1991.
Since the publication of theNew Yorkpiece, many stars have spoken out about the “nepo babies” stigma.
“I woke up this morning missing my motherand wishing she could see the beautiful family that I have, and that her two daughters are well and thriving and for her to enjoy this magical, creative year I’m having, after such a long time in the same industry she loved,” she wrote.
source: people.com
