They’re the celebrity children scoring big creative breaks. But are their careers – and cheekbones – proof meritocracy is dead?
Alyx, I keep seeing TikToks about “nepo babies”. What is a nepo baby and why do we hate them?
The answer to your first question is easy: nepo is short for “nepotism”. And a baby, in this instance, means the child of someone who’s already successful. You don’t have to be a baby to be a nepo baby. It is an all-ages phrase.
