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

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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.

Nepotism happens everywhere. It's just that with celebrities' kids it's more obvious because it's in the media
This is very true and I was going to say the same.
I work for a local authority and out of a team of 26 nine are related in some way. I'm not saying they got the job because mum is the manager but when interviewing for jobs lthough they may not necessarily know the questions being asked they would be able to point them in the right direction.
Same with media, they will know which contacts to use, also thatlife is the child's normal life and celebrity friends and contacts are people that they are used to being around.

There's are so many famous children from famous parents and it's not a new thing either. Look at Hollywood with the Fonda's, that's now at grandchild level!

Sorry Mamie Gummer, autocorrect error

If you were the child of a famous person and were always in the media how can you live a normal life with a normal job. It would be so hard to do, so instead you do the only thing you know what to do and that's be famous yourself.

@BlackCatSleeping wow, I had no idea that's who Theon Greyjoy was played by!!!! He played that part so well.

Dont talk to me about the dyers talentless wankers-

Brooklyn beckham is not a model nmor a photographer noone would look twice if he changed his name

I think Duncan Jones is a good example of someone who absolutely does not trade off his name. And he is totally brilliant. He's obviously in a very different field to his dad but possibly had access to influential people when he started out? Who knows. But I watch his films because he i so talented. My son insisted I should watch "Moon" and I had no idea who the director was, just that it was an incredible piece of work.

Brooklyn Beckham on the other hand.....

I watched celebrity x factor last night and I felt so sorry for Hayley Hasselhoff.

Simon Cowell banging on about her Dad and she was there just to sing on her own merit.

DS is at university with Jack Ramsey and he is absolutely nothing like the carefully contrived person he was on that programme, apparently

@coconutpie

Yes, I thought he did great. I was a little surprised they cast him, but he obviously really worked hard on the role.

If you are good at something and make your living from it, eg Chris Eubanks son is a professional boxer, then that's different from your famous parents opening doors for you.

It does still open doors. People would have been queuing up to work with him because of his name.

Kids of rich parents are privileged because of their parents' money and possibly connections in an industry. For the kids of famous people you can add the privilege of people wanting to be associated with a famous name. Eubanks Jr may be a talented boxer in his own right but it's the difference between a flower that blooms on its own in poor conditions, and one that has been tended and nurtured carefully since it was a seed. (That's rather poetic for me!)

I always think of Aaron Spelling's daughter who loved to tell the story that she auditioned for Beverly Hills 90210 under a fake name and got the part all on her own merit. No Tori, they all knew what the boss' daughter looked like...

Woody Cook, son of Norman (Fat Boy Slim), and Zoe Ball is on The Circle on C4. Seems like a nice enough lad but there's something different about him to all the other contestants. He doesn't seem to be playing to win and openly admits that he's there for the experience. The prize money is £50,000 which for all the others (and most people) is a life changing amount. I'm guessing it's not the case for him.

You can't underestimate the potency of star power. I went to school with the grandson of a household name 60's footballer. You could tell he was walking behind you because of the way people reacted. Not just kids, but teachers, dinner ladies, parents. They were giddy around him, it was a brag that their kids went to the same school/they worked at the same school. He was expected to become a famous footballer too. He's an estate agent now, but people still flock to him because of the famous name.

Cometothinkofit. you will see from my other posts I said its more the people that actually say they have have no help and obviously have!

Jane Seymour's interview about working on the Sinbad film with Taryn Power is hysterical. She (Power) didn't keep her hair how it was set, wandered off set, never knew her lines, and generally didn't give a toss, because she never wanted to be an actor.

Yanbu. But then, this country's socio-economic history is steeped in people being rich and famous simply because of their family name and history.

The worst was Kendall Jenner who said she had to work harder than other models to get where she was because of who her family were!

The model thing does my head in. Anais Gallagher, in what universe would she have been signed to a modelling agency if her parents were not famous. Lottie Moss, ok she's not bad looking but not top model looks IMO. And Kate Moss's daughter is apparantly a model now too despite only being about 15.

It's natural isn't it, at least in the English-speaking world. The vast majority of kids still tend to go into things related to what their parents did, because they are exposed to that world, and get help into it. The tendency is getting worse at the moment: those outside the tribal worlds/ family businesses don't get a chance (and then get told how crap we are for not getting the chances). Unfortunately for celebrities, that world involves being famous at the rest of us, and lots and lots of money.

And Kate Moss's daughter is apparantly a model now too despite only being about 15.

A year older than her Mum's first topless beach shoot.

The model ones are, on the most part, laughable. I can't believe either of the Hadid girls are model material .
There are children of actors who are good in their own right, but obviously had the connections for parts.
You don't tend to hear about those who just go and a get a normal job though, Bruce Springsteen has a son who has just became a firefighter in New Jersey.

I can see how the children of the rich(not just famous) can get ahead in some of these industries, such as Brooklyn Beckham becoming a photographer. Most school /uni leavers can't afford to fanny about on photoshoots and the like as they need to earn a crust and get a real job.

On the one hand I do sometimes eye-roll when you hear of the child of a celebrity becoming successful.
On the other hand why wouldn't you give your kid a foot in the door whether it's a Saturday job in Tesco or modelling contract.

The worst was Kendall Jenner who said she had to work harder than other models to get where she was because of who her family were!

That's hilarious. I also had a good laugh a few months back when there was so much talk about Kylie Jenner being totally self made. She has certainly built a really good business, and I have no doubt she has worked hard and deserves success as a business owner. But it's a little bit naive to think that her family background didn't help, even if it wasn't in the form of cold hard cash. And, even more importantly, people from wealthy backgrounds can afford to take the chance with businesses because they know that if it all goes belly up they are likely to be able to at the very least go back home to mum and dad for dinner if they are hungry. It's a very different experience from looking at your meagre savings and knowing that if you invest in something and it fails and you owe money to suppliers, you might actually be looking at not being able to feed yourself.

@CloudsCanLookLikeSheep snails came to mind when I read this thread title too. And Keith Richards daughter.

On the fence here.

On the one had, I get a bit irked that people who are related to someone famous, get a back-door in, a leg up, or whatever you want to call it, as it seems very unfair on people who are not fortunate enough to know - or be related to - someone famous.

On the other hand, it's understandable that they want to be in the business, as they have grown up in a family who is in it, and they sometimes do have talent - not always, but sometimes.

If I was related to someone famous, and I wanted to be in TV or in a TV programme or film, and the makers of the show/film offered me a chance based on my famous uncle or cousin or whatever, I wouldn't think 'oh I won't take it because other people - who are not in the industry already - have worked so hard to make it.' I would jump at the chance.

There is also the other side of the coin. When someone is very famous, respected, successful etc, with an illustrious career; their offspring or siblings are expected to make it too, and be as good. And if they're not, they get lambasted for not only being mediocre, but also for 'living off their famous relative's name!' Must be hard for someone to live in the shadow of their famous relative(s.)

It's still hard to have tolerance for people (related to famous people,) who seem to have a relatively successful career, when they have no talent at ALL, and nothing whatsoever to offer (like Kelly and Jack Osborne, the Kardashians, and Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, the Beckhams children, etc,) when there are genuinely talented, hard-working people who never ever get a break, and probably never will.

Another thing that boils my piss, is this suggestion that Kylie fucking Jenner is the youngest self-made billionaire. No she fucking isn't! She rode on the coat tails of her family, and used their money to advance her 'career.' Just fuck off with this 'youngest ever self made billionaire'^ bollocks.

As for Lily Allen. She is OK, but not particularly very talented. A bit average IMO. She would never have made it without having a famous father (and stepfather,) not in a million years.

Even Stella McCartney is pretty talented, but I still feel she would never have made it if she had not had a hugely famous father.

Angelina Jolie, Sean Pertwee, Charlie Sheen, and the Fondas, and the Redgraves and Richardsons etc would all probably have made it anyway, but some people would never have made it without their famous connections. Willow and Jayden Smith are examples of those who no-one would give the time of day if they weren't Will Smith's children. They have zero talent.

I think the people who DO have a famous relative will do well if they are genuinely talented. But the ones who have nothing to offer, will become mildly famous, but won't have much of a career, (or last long in it,) if they are talentless. They will just end up on reality TV.