Lily Allen Says Nepo Baby Label Like Being Called A 'Karen' -- 'Almost Exclusively Used For Women'
08.05.2024 - 18:39
/ perezhilton.com
Lily Allen has some thoughts on the nepo baby hot topic.
During Monday’s episode of her Miss Me? podcast, the Smile singer opened up about her head start in the industry — which, yes, she got because of who her dad is. If you didn’t know, she’s the daughter of Keith Allen (above, right, inset), a prolific British actor with a decades-spanning career. From shows like Bodies and The Strip Comic, to big movies like Eddie the Eagle and Kingsman: The Golden Circle, he’s been a mainstay in the UK for decades.
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Lily acknowledges the “nepo” part — she says it absolutely got her foot in the door. But the part she rejects is the “baby” aspect of the label. She told co-host Miquita on the Monday podcast:
Inneresting! This is a take we’ve not heard before! She actually thinks the reductive nature is because the whole concept is sexist! Huh?? She explained:
Well, surely she can think of one…
If you didn’t know, Lily isn’t the only famous offspring Keith raised. Her brother is Alfie Allen from Game of Thrones and John Wick!
But Lily says Alfie doesn’t get hit with the label like she does:
We’d actually counter that argument by saying, yes, it’s true Alfie Allen is not often referred to as the “son of Keith Allen.” But that could be because by the time he got any fame, he had a much more famous relative. We absolutely have heard Alfie referred to as the “brother of Lily Allen” a great many times, especially early on in the GOT days.
Because of the sexism she perceives in the title, she compared it to another, far worse label: Karen:
We can see her point. While there are definitely some male nepo babies out there getting trolled over their parentage — Jack Quaid is