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Kids of famous people saying they are famous in their own right!

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Belledan1 · 13/10/2019 11:47

It really drives me mad. You are obviously mainly famous or successful because of connections. I know some are them are talented but surely connections of parents help. David Hasslehoff's daughter has said it. Kelly Osborne, Lilly Allen and loads more.

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Iamthewombat · 17/10/2019 09:59

I don’t know what his parents are at. Is it because they are deluded about themselves that they include their kids in these ludicrous, self-aggrandising announcements?

Victoria: HAUTE COUTURIER and TOP BUSINESSWOMAN.

Brooklyn: TOP PHOTOGRAPHER and HEART THROB.

Romeo: TOP MODEL and TENNIS PRODIGY.

Cruz: ROCK STAR (didn’t he record some crap single which failed to trouble the charts?)

Harper: CUTEST AND MOST LOVABLE CHILD EVER BORN.

Can’t they see that they have turned themselves into a laughing stock?

Atalune · 17/10/2019 10:32

Those pics of abbey Clancy looking smouldering and sexy with her little girl are just bizarre.

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Skinnychip · 17/10/2019 13:09

Cacacoisfarraige

I was only reporting what i read and added the word allegedly as i was dubious about it! (Probably written by their own pr)

Cacacoisfarraige · 17/10/2019 13:39

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Potnoodledoo · 18/10/2019 08:13

Iris Law,is a model,She landed a campaign with Burberry.Nothing to do with her parents then.

Iamthewombat · 18/10/2019 09:33

Jude Law has scattered his seed far and wide, so that’s British acting and modelling taken care of for the next 25 years.

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SerenDippitty · 18/10/2019 09:55

There are exceptions, Toby Stephens is a brilliant actor but I had no idea he was Maggie Smith’s son until I googled him. Toby Jones, son of Freddie, is also a great actor.

Iamthewombat · 18/10/2019 10:14

It’s not about whether they are brilliant actors, which is subjective, but about whether they were advantages over other brilliant actors because their parents gave them a helping hand.

Acting is not that hard, you know. Despite all the nonsense we have to listen to about the craft and method acting etc. It’s not like being a cardio thoracic surgeon or a tax barrister.

I certainly knew that Toby Stephens was Maggie Smith’s son: I’ve read enough features over the years where he was saying, ‘yes but it was HARDER for me to make it because my parents are in the business’ (bollocks).

Iamthewombat · 18/10/2019 10:20

*advantaged, not advantages. Flipping auto correct.

RuffleCrow · 18/10/2019 11:45

I'm not sure Jude Law would necessarily have good looking sons. He's so feminine looking he really needs a more masuline looking woman to balance out his features a bit in their offspring. Otherwise it all gets a bit bland and pasty.

MarshaBradyo · 18/10/2019 13:09

It’s interesting how the children of look so comprehensively like their parents but there’s that something is missing. Being ridiculously good looking is a rare streak that is mostly chance and luck.

Zoe Kravitz is beautiful and I do think Lily Depp is even if she doesn’t have the height.

PapayaCoconut · 18/10/2019 13:33

I have zero respect for Abbey Clancy, staying with her disgusting husband after he cheated on her with a sixteen year old "prostitute". (Not sure what to call the poor girl. As if you can make the choice to go into prostitution when you're sixteen...)

Toitoitoi · 18/10/2019 13:37

YABVU.

Potnoodledoo · 18/10/2019 13:56

There are exceptions, Toby Stephens is a brilliant actor but I had no idea he was Maggie Smith’s son until I googled him. Toby Jones, son of Freddie, is also a great actor.

Yes his father is Freddie Jones "Sandy" from Emmerdale.I had no idea he has famous parents.So it can be done.

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JaimeBronde · 18/10/2019 15:51

I must put my contact lenses in Cacaco as I read that as Judy Finnegan's tennis camp........now that would be interesting perhaps Richard Madeley as the umpire Grin

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cakeisalwaystheanswer · 18/10/2019 15:59

With tennis there's nowhere to hide, the statistics are public information on the web for all to see. Romeo is currently ranked the 813rd player in his age group for the county (Middx) and 1,669 in the country. Tennis "prodigy" indeed, lets hope the modeling is going better.

Why do they pretend? Why can't they just have normal children?

BobbyNewport · 18/10/2019 16:02

Brendan Gleeson’s children have all gone into acting and forged successful roles (maybe surpassing their dads)

The Skarsgard kids have been successful as well. I suppose we'll never know whether they would have got as far without 'the name' though. It does help them to have a modicum of talent but they will also have gotten a leg up due to connections.

EntropyRising · 18/10/2019 16:05

With tennis there's nowhere to hide, the statistics are public information on the web for all to see. Romeo is currently ranked the 813rd player in his age group for the county (Middx) and 1,669 in the country. Tennis "prodigy" indeed, lets hope the modeling is going better.

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IcedPurple · 18/10/2019 16:07

Also Rory Kinear is another fantastic actor, probably more famous than his dad Roy

Maybe, but how many other 'fantastic' actors are driving delivery vans or working in Primark because they didn't have a famous dad and didn't go to Oxford?

IcedPurple · 18/10/2019 16:09

There are exceptions, Toby Stephens is a brilliant actor but I had no idea he was Maggie Smith’s son until I googled him.

You or I may not know who his mother was, but you can be certain that casting agents, directors, etc. knew perfectly well who she was.

Same with Duncan Jones. I think he deserves a lot of respect for playing down his family background but again, whatever he chose to call himself, the people who counted will have known exactly who he and his father were.

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