Before we begin to describe why the “Nepo Baby” conversation is personal to Jamie Lee Curtis, I just want to mention that nepo – or nepotism if we want to get fancy – is used to describe an individual who receives favors based on the people they know rather than on merit.
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And now to get to the reason the topic hits home for Curtis; she’s actually the child of movie stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. Think Jaden Smith, but older.
Jamie Lee Curtis – Weighs In On the “Nepo Baby” Conversation
Let a “nepo baby” tell you why it’s wrong to assume that nepo babies don’t have any real value on their own. On Friday, the 64-year-old actress shared two cute snaps of herself with her famous parents and bragged that she’s the “OG nepo baby“.
“I have been a professional actress since I was 19 years old so that makes me an OG Nepo Baby,” Curtis began in her caption. “I’ve never understood, nor will I, what qualities got me hired that day, but since my first two lines on Quincy as a contract player at Universal Studios to this last spectacular creative year some 44 years later, there’s not a day in my professional life that goes by without my being reminded that I am the daughter of movie stars.”
“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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Jamie Lee Curtis Calls It “Curious” People Would Assume She Has No Talents Of Her Own
If you’re one of those people who think that the so-called “nepotism babies” don’t have anything of value to offer to the roles they’re privileged to have, then know that Curtis wants you to stop thinking so.
“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.”
She rounded up by saying that other stars in the entertainment industry with famous parents like her have a “right to exist”. She also advised people to be “kind” in their choice of words.
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