The world is going crazy for nepo babies right now, and while many celebrities (looking at your Kate Hudson – thank you, Sky News UK) don’t care about the label, some will be on the verge of being upset to be given such a title. Yep, we’re talking about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They will have you believe that they became famous in their own right. But, while they did to a certain extent, they got their wealth and were pushed into the media by their families’ fame. It had nothing to do them personally.
For those unaware, a nepotism baby (or nepo baby) rode the coattails of their famous parent or relative to enter the same or similar field of work. Famous examples include Miley and Noah Cyrus (daughters of Billy Ray Cyrus), Lily-Rose Depp (daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis), Scott Eastwood (son of Clint Eastwood) and Jason Reitman (son of Ivan Reitman).
Classic Nepo Babies
Harry and Meghan are classic examples of the nepo baby. The Duke of Sussex is the son of the King of England and his first wife, the late Diana, Princess of Wales. Meghan, however, is more subtle in the category as her dad was a renowned lighting director who won Emmy Awards.
Everyone in the British Royal Family is a nepo baby to some degree, as their parents were all famous. However, they don’t go around flaunting their wealth and doing disgraceful interviews. Anyway, Harry is milking his connection to his family because he has no zero talent. Meghan is draining his bank amount faster than he’s probably able to keep track of it.
Well-Documented Nepotism
Meghan got her start in Hollywood because of her dad. Then, she mooched off her first husband, Trevor Engelson. She dumped him when he wouldn’t give her what she wanted, leading roles in his projects. This is not my opinion. It’s well-documented, as Tom Bower confirmed in his book, Revenge.
All Harry and, by extension, Meghan have is shitting on their families. Meghan sold Harry this fantastic story of how she was a Hollywood mover and shaker when all she did on Suits was prance around in her underwear and have fake sex with Patrick J Adams. Sure, she changed small things in the script that no one cared about, but no one knew her name outside the Toronto social scene.
How she managed to snag membership to Soho House is beyond me. Anyway, you have to be very influential to become well-known. Meghan is good at manipulating a situation, as we’re seeing currently with Harry following her lead on everything. However, what she fails to take into consideration, and by extension, so does Harry, is that they’re leaving open a chasm so large that people will look into their claims.
This is why the Megxiteer community was started, calling out Meghan and Harry’s lies and deceit, which they claim is “their truth.” Any person with a brain knows it’s their way of escaping criticism. So why do they want to escape being criticised? Because they want to be seen as doing good in the world.
What Most Nepo Babies Don’t Do
Harry and Meghan are probably shaking in their boots right now to be labelled like the more famous offspring of Hollywood. As I said earlier in the piece. A lot of the newer generation of Hollywood doesn’t care. Kate Hudson certainly doesn’t. And apparently, neither does Maya Hawke, the daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. In her eyes, you might stuff up, but that is for you need to fix, not your famous relatives.
Maya’s right in that regard. Her parents didn’t force her to become an actor. She wanted to act, so that is what she did. Just because she carries the same last name as her father doesn’t mean she’s milking off his fame or that of her mother.
Harry milks his mother’s memory every chance he is given. He clings to being known as “Diana’s boy” far too much. The entire world, even the most casual royal observer, knows who Diana was. He doesn’t need to keep going on about it. Despite not being the brightest tool in the shed, he (thanks to Meghan) thinks the world is incompetent and foolish. Does the world know that his mum was world-famous? Ah… yeah. We know, H. Let it go already.
A lot of nepo babies don’t care that their parents are famous. For some, it’s a generational thing. One example is Melanie Griffith. She is a nepo baby. Her mother is Tippi Hedren. Melanie has three children. Her eldest daughter is Dakota Johnson, whose father is Don Johnson. Her youngest daughter is Stella Banderas, whose dad is Antonio Banderas.
Why Harry And Meghan Cannot Rise Above Their Nepo Baby Statuses
In conclusion, Harry needs the validation of being Diana, Princess of Wales’s son. Why? Because it’s the only exciting part about him. As for Meghan, she needs to wave her husband around like a trophy for all of her rivals, which every woman in the world, that she bagged a prince and they didn’t.
Having royal links allows Harry and Meghan to live in luxury and get business deals they wouldn’t get otherwise if they were just Harry Mountbatten-Windsor and Meghan Markle.
