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Amanda Holden whinging about her daughter being called a nepo baby

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 30/09/2025 10:11

Amanda Holden's daughter is now a model

Amanda is whinging saying that no-one should call her a nepo baby, she earned her modelling contract by herself

The kid is a nepo baby sorry 😭😭😭 - but what's so wrong with that?!

Just own it. Amanda bringing attention to it has just made it worse imo

Yanbu - the kid is a nepo baby
Yabu - the kid isnt a nepo baby and achieved this contract all by herself, no-one should ever call her a nepo baby ever!

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Foolsgold74 · 30/09/2025 12:59

whynotwhatknot · 30/09/2025 12:21

stuck up cow who got her break from being married to les dennis

jack quaid embraces that hes a nepo baby instead of moaning own it

Well ain't you a charmer. Jesus christ, the misogyny is appalling on this thread. In fact, I'm going to report it. The level of viciousness is off the scale.

HRchatter · 30/09/2025 13:00

She is a lovely girl, but she’s no prettier than my daughter.
Personally, I was aiming a little bit higher for my Girl though than being a clothes horse 🐴

BettyTurpinPies · 30/09/2025 13:02

@CatHairEveryWhereNow , you could probably get someone on to a course with the right contacts. It certainly happened in my day.
You couldn't get someone useless on but you could probably get a near miss on.
Post-degree,the contacts matter. Who is the secret barrister?

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 30/09/2025 13:03

Foolsgold74 · 30/09/2025 11:50

Don't lower yourself to this point, where you're commenting on the looks of a young girl. Sometimes, it really is better to say nothing at all.

If you’re a model, you’re literally selling your looks.

People will comment on that.

If you want to be judged on your brains, use them.

Foolsgold74 · 30/09/2025 13:04

Scout2016 · 30/09/2025 12:26

If I were an absolute talent vacuum like Amanda I would be counting my lucky stars I was still being employed, not grumbling about being able to give my child a leg up thanks to it. Most people would love to be able to help give their kid a head start. Then as a PP indicated, they sink or swim on merit, a la Brooklyn.
Amanda and Alesha sat judging other people's talent is just a piss take.

(I don't know enough about Louis to comment on whether he can dance or not, before anyone says I'm just slagging the women. I'm prepared to believe he is winging it too!)

Alesha was a successful pop star but you just keep on, "slagging the women off".

Foolsgold74 · 30/09/2025 13:05

OnlyMabelInTheBuilding · 30/09/2025 13:03

If you’re a model, you’re literally selling your looks.

People will comment on that.

If you want to be judged on your brains, use them.

It's not compulsory to comment though, particularly on young women at the start of their journey. There's enough misogyny in the world and people attacking women...don't add to it.

Cherrytree86 · 30/09/2025 13:05

HRchatter · 30/09/2025 13:00

She is a lovely girl, but she’s no prettier than my daughter.
Personally, I was aiming a little bit higher for my Girl though than being a clothes horse 🐴

@HRchatter

are you not biased though??

FallingIntoAutumn · 30/09/2025 13:06

of course she’s a nepo baby, much better to own it. Toby Tarrant owns it in a hilarious way.

dh is a tradesman. He went into it as he was around the business because of his dad being in the same trade. Made contacts, got work experience. His grandad was also in the same trade. All technically nepotism. When your around the business you make contacts, you live and breathe it accidentally. Our kids know all sorts about the trade as a result, because of the overheard conversations etc. its not a bad thing, but it does give you a head start

PersistentRain · 30/09/2025 13:08

She just doesn’t look like a model, and I would say a lot of models aren’t traditionally beautiful/pretty.

whynotwhatknot · 30/09/2025 13:09

Foolsgold74 · 30/09/2025 12:59

Well ain't you a charmer. Jesus christ, the misogyny is appalling on this thread. In fact, I'm going to report it. The level of viciousness is off the scale.

🙄 ok

nam3c4ang3 · 30/09/2025 13:09

Of course she is 😂 I like AH but she is a bit silly to say she’s not…

mumofoneAloneandwell · 30/09/2025 13:11

BettyTurpinPies · 30/09/2025 13:02

@CatHairEveryWhereNow , you could probably get someone on to a course with the right contacts. It certainly happened in my day.
You couldn't get someone useless on but you could probably get a near miss on.
Post-degree,the contacts matter. Who is the secret barrister?

Who is the secret barrister, do people know yet? 😄👀👀

Gosh I havent been on twitter for so long, I forgot all about him

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BettyTurpinPies · 30/09/2025 13:12

@FallingIntoAutumn , your DH's case isn't nepotism.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 30/09/2025 13:13

FallingIntoAutumn · 30/09/2025 13:06

of course she’s a nepo baby, much better to own it. Toby Tarrant owns it in a hilarious way.

dh is a tradesman. He went into it as he was around the business because of his dad being in the same trade. Made contacts, got work experience. His grandad was also in the same trade. All technically nepotism. When your around the business you make contacts, you live and breathe it accidentally. Our kids know all sorts about the trade as a result, because of the overheard conversations etc. its not a bad thing, but it does give you a head start

This is it, and I bet the granddad is so proud of what he gave to his family!

Nothing wrong with it, but if the grandad started telling the world his opinion on nepotism, unprovoked, people would raise an eyebrow 😄

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 30/09/2025 13:14

I'd love to be a nepo baby, me

Still waiting on Madonna to come to England and adopt me 😪, fingers crossed it happens soon 😌

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Gofaster2023 · 30/09/2025 13:22

I think there is quite a lot of negativity here. My great grandma was an artist, my grandpa was an artist, my mum was an artist. (I mean, think greetings cards - we're not famous! ) im not an artist but I have it as a side line thing and have had some shows. Its nothing to do with my family but more that I.have inherited quite a lot of artistic genes so i can draw and paint quite easily. She's pretty. Shes inherited pretty genes. Why the hell wouldnt she use that?

Bloozie · 30/09/2025 13:22

Deffo a nepo baby. She's very pretty, but not model pretty.

Crinkle77 · 30/09/2025 13:23

Foolsgold74 · 30/09/2025 12:59

Well ain't you a charmer. Jesus christ, the misogyny is appalling on this thread. In fact, I'm going to report it. The level of viciousness is off the scale.

Yep, nasty horrible thread.

Driftingawaynow · 30/09/2025 13:25

How tall is she? Looks like she is about the same height as her mum (5’4” ish?) in which case no, she wouldn't get proper modelling work.

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 30/09/2025 13:26

But they can say their child isn't a nepo baby, they might even believe it, but as there's no control group they can't say for certain. Unless they've also got a child who has never been seen with them, whose name is not known to the public and who was adopted and brought up by another family who has had a similar degree of success, they can never say for definite that their child has had no advantages because of its parents.

CharlieKirkRIP · 30/09/2025 13:26

The daughter is attractive but not so attractive as to become a model on her own merit. The association with her famous mother is the only reason she will be hired to model.

Gofaster2023 · 30/09/2025 13:27

Bloozie

Take that up with the person who had the remit and chose to hire her. Honestly what a nasty thread.

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 30/09/2025 13:30

Absentosaur · 30/09/2025 11:29

A lot of people who marry for wealth / fame, suffer for the cause £££££££. Sex workers, almost, some call them.

I probably would shag Les Dennis for all the money she has now... but it would take some very large glasses of vino....

FeliciaFancybottom · 30/09/2025 13:37

Gofaster2023 · 30/09/2025 13:22

I think there is quite a lot of negativity here. My great grandma was an artist, my grandpa was an artist, my mum was an artist. (I mean, think greetings cards - we're not famous! ) im not an artist but I have it as a side line thing and have had some shows. Its nothing to do with my family but more that I.have inherited quite a lot of artistic genes so i can draw and paint quite easily. She's pretty. Shes inherited pretty genes. Why the hell wouldnt she use that?

One of these things is really not like the other. Do people not understand what nepotism is?

MidnightMeltdown · 30/09/2025 13:37

Definitely a nepo baby. She’s not even attractive imo. She’s got a piggy face. Amanda Holden wasn’t attractive when she was young either (i.e. before money!).

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