I think the hatred of “nepo babies” is massively overplayed. So people who grow up with money behind them have more advantages - who knew! Are we supposed to push the reset button for every new generation? As many on this thread have said, fame often doesn’t come into it - and I’m way more concerned about the Head of Gynaecology’s daughter getting to the top of the list for a medical placement than I am about Chloe Madeley or Bianca Gascgoine getting on some third-rate reality show.
A large number of people on this thread seem to have assumed that celebrity children have taken opportunities that would otherwise have been open to talented unknowns - and have become very aerated about this. Is it really true, though, in most cases? While it’s laughable that Brooklyn Beckham got his book of pathetic photographs published at the age of 18, do you really think the publishers were just dying to produce the work of a super-talented, unknown teen photographer? Of course they weren’t. Yes, Brooklyn Beckham got that opportunity because he was the son of famous parents - but the opportunity only existed in the first place because of that. He didn’t take it from anyone else, and the publishers didn’t offer it because they were scared of the pull of the Beckhams. They wanted to publish the book as much as BB wanted to get it published.
The same goes for the models who are celebrity children. Modelling agencies don’t have limited roles available, turning down stunners in favour of giving “the place” to Amanda Holden’s daughter. A successful modelling agency takes on as many of the best candidates as they can - and if those models don’t get booked, they don’t get paid. The story of “This girl is Liam Gallagher’s daughter!” earns money in itself through the publicity - it’s as valuable to the agency as it is to the model, if not way more so. But you’ll only get booked so many times in a modelling career based on your name.
You can’t control the circumstances you are born into. So why should celebrity children feel obliged to do the whole “ever so ‘umble, guvnor” routine? Even if they do go for “ordinary” jobs, they get criticised if it doesn’t work out perfectly - just look at the digs at Richard Branson’s daughter. Do you really think she was the first person to give up medicine? She was damned if she lived off her father, but has been damned again on this thread for NOT doing that and therefore apparently depriving someone else of their place. What was she supposed to do?
Being born into this kind of privilege might sound great, but it seems like it comes at the price of being told you’re a useless leech if you trade on your name in any way, yet being criticised for not just living off your parents if your attempts at an ordinary job don’t work out.