When Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s 16-year-old daughter Sunday Rose made her runway debut for MiuMiu, it didn’t get the impressive reception the brand was hoping for.
The teenager’s ‘trampling’ went viral on TikTok, with commenters criticizing her style, saying she looked like a ‘petulant girl’ and calling for brands to give opportunities to promising models, rather than young people whose only qualification is having parents. famous. .
Her mother Nicole is said to be encouraging her on Sunday to “forge her own path” and not look at any criticism on social media, but I fear this could be the wrong advice.
Why would anyone want their child to be known as a nepo child? Those much-maligned and talented celebrity offspring who are generally dead-eyed and posturing at the opening of an envelope near you?
It is true that their lives may seem golden; unlimited opportunities that were handed to them on a plate along with their already silver spoon. However, the path from a co-ed boarding school to acting in his parents’ films can be difficult.
With their vanity projects criticized, they tend to be discovered, swallowed up and spit out into fame on a proxy gravy train where you are only required to be a pale imitation of the real thing, and who really wants that?
Nicole Kidman has offered some harsh advice to her teenage daughter after she was branded a ‘nepo-baby’ and savagely attacked on her catwalk debut.
Sunday Rose, 16, received a barrage of spiteful comments suggesting she find a new career after opening the Miu Miu Paris Womenswear Spring/Summer 2025 show.
Kaia Gerber is another who has followed her mother’s example, having obtained a dress that she wore to the 1993 Oscars.
Take the Gallagher brood for example. Oasis fans were still stuck in the ticket queue for next summer’s much-hyped reunion concerts when Liam’s sons, Lennon and Gene, and Noel’s daughter, Anais, emerged to seize the moment at Music Week. London fashion.
Complete with the obligatory goofy pout, Gene Gallagher (opening act for Oasis’ 2025 tour) turned up at the Burberry show looking like a cut-price Liam tribute act; proof that, despite all the open doors, the nepo world is a closed case: soulless, unpleasant and often quite sad.
For all the arrogance and wearing their nepo credentials as a badge of honor, isn’t it a joke to them?
Where’s the real reward in trying to channel your dad’s rebellious Mancunian working class act when you’re a former private school pupil living in north London?
Of course, Gallagher junior isn’t the only one. There are many more whose currency is based on channeling their parents’ heyday.
Take Kaia Gerber, Cindy Crawford’s model daughter, with a penchant for recreating her mother’s iconic ’90s outfits on the red carpet.
Molly Moorish-Gallagher, Lennon Gallagher, Anais Gallagher and Gene Gallagher attend the Burberry Summer 2025 show during London Fashion Week this year.
Gene is set to support Oasis on their sold-out tour after reuniting the feuding brothers (Liam and Gene pictured in February 2018)
Anais, 24, daughter of Noel Gallagher, has racked up a long list of accolades, from model to fashion editor, but she has no definitive career.
At the premiere of her new film, Shell, (Me Neither) in Toronto last month, the model and actress wore a version of the Hervé Leger long bodycon dress that Crawford wore to the 1993 Oscars.
He is not big or particularly intelligent; it simply serves as a familiar but less starry time warp, the only real reminder being how Nepo’s generation 2.0 is much shorter than the originals.
Elizabeth Hurley’s model son Damian is equally inspired by mom and capitalizes on that association, with his luscious locks and love of lip gloss.
The actor who appeared in The Royal’s starring Liz Hurley and director of Strictly Confidential also starring Liz Hurley couldn’t resist recreating mom’s famous Versace safety-pin dress with a fitting version.
Of course, it’s not really their fault. The thirst for ’90s nostalgia has given these run-of-the-mill scions of those who came of age in the era of Brit-pop, supermodels, spice mania and cool Britannia a free pass to the pop culture they love. a good legacy.
While UK broadcasting royalty like the Dimblebys and big name actors like the Redgraves can attest to multi-generational talent, this is somewhat removed from the current nepo-verse that is unaffected by meritocracy.
While Damian has yet to don the iconic safety-pin dress that made Elizabeth a household name (right), he paid homage to the outfit while attending a makeup launch event in 2019 (left).
They are a mother and son duo who are famous for their extremely close bond, but fans will be surprised to know that Elizabeth Hurley and her son Damian even share clothes.
No one seems to care how good or bad you are, how unprepared or unskilled you are, there is always a television station and an editor willing to sign this off with stardust, elevate what is often little more than a hobby or a treat with a book and television. deal.
That’s why it’s pretty common for the usual suspects to have racked up so many careers at such a young age.
Anais Gallagher’s crisp CV confirms the usual clique; author, model, photographer and even fashion editor for Tatler magazine, all at the tender age of 24.
Multi-talented scholars or a reflection of easy opportunities and a low boredom threshold?
All of this is in stark contrast to the more single-minded approach that fueled his parents’ original success.
From a young David Beckham practicing his free kick for hours to Gordon Ramsey’s hard work and Marco Pierre White’s long hours in the kitchen – it took a lot of work and application to reap the rewards.
Is it any surprise that the next generation, often pulled in similar directions but with a safety net of trust funds and no real risks or consequences, is a little less motivated?
In this world, there’s little sign of honing your craft, rising through the ranks, or God forbid doing an apprenticeship, unless it’s with celebrity-friendly photographer Rankin and you’re Brooklyn Beckham on the photography phase circa 2019. about to release a book of his snaps.
The 25-year-old has been a model, chef and brand ambassador ever since, as well as selling his new range of savory sauces at posh supermarket chain Wholefoods with mum, dad and siblings in tow.
The Beckham clan was out in full force as they headed to Wholefoods in London to celebrate the launch of the new Brooklyn business.
Part of the blame must fall on the parents, seemingly hell-bent on expanding their brand and their own ubiquity to the next generation, however flimsy the foundations are that leave their loved ones quite exposed in the process.
Cue this week’s social media tumult over Sunday-Rose Urban Kidman’s surly, stomping runway debut at Paris Fashion Week.
The precise job description of Gordon Ramsay’s daughter Tilly remained a moot point when she took part in Strictly Come Dancing.
Plus, do we really need Jamie Oliver’s mini-me son Buddy making cheese toasties on his new BBC show? How about we let someone without all the parental privileges take a look for once instead of this tired obsession with keeping it in the family?
The world of the nepo boy is a brilliant, fast and free pass to the world of celebrities and their riches, but the flip side is evident.
Never feeling that true satisfaction that comes from a little hard work done by yourself and having your raison d’être rest on the (often faded) relevance of your famous family isn’t much to write home about.