By Solé Scott
Editor in Chief
photo | New York Magazine
A photo illustration made by Joe Darrow
The end is near as nepo babies take over the world and cause irreversible damage to industries.
Hollywood is overflowing with children of the rich and famous who lack passion and creativity.
There are no more new, organic celebrities.
We can place the blame on the Kardashian-Jenner clan for that.
The Kardashians’ claim to fame was Kim’s orchestrated sex tape leak with Ray J.
In March of 2007, the sex tape released, and by October of that same year, Keeping Up With the Kardashians premiered on E!
To this day I still don’t know what their talents are.
I refuse to keep up with Kim’s changing careers from reality TV star, to game creator, to her KKW empire, to Skims, to being a lawyer and now acting in Ryan Murphy shows and getting her own drama scripted show.
Do not even get me started on Kendall Jenner as she was handed her career being the highest paid model since 2017.
Kendall being a model and not having to audition for her position is gross.
In 2018 Kendall made headlines after she said, “Since the beginning, we’ve been super selective about what shows I would do. I was never one of those girls who would do like 30 shows a season or whatever the f— those girls do. More power to ’em.”
I saw on X that Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s daughter Sunday Rose walked Paris Fashion Week for the first time at the age of 16.
Rose walked for the fashion house Miu Miu and had the distinct privilege of opening the show.
This was a slap in the face to all other models who work relentlessly to audition to the point where most models live check to check and are struggling with mental health issues.
Now, this is not a complete bashing of nepo babies.
There are some with natural talent such as Whitney Houston, Drew Barrymore, Miley Cyrus, Willow Smith, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Mariska Hargitay to name a few.
Yet, there is a shift where celebrities are all related or connected in some way.
We are far from the days when a famous person from a small town in the Midwest makes it big on their own.
As a society, we are losing recipes on authenticity.
Children of the rich and famous need to make it on their own and acknowledge their privileged background.
Lastly, nepo babies should stop pretending they struggle like the rest of society who work without handouts to make sure there is a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs and food on the table; it’s insulting.
