Emma Roberts Says Women Face More Nepo Baby Criticism, Points to George Clooney

Emma Roberts is weighing in on the nepo child debate … saying girls face the criticism greater than males do — and pointing to one in every of Hollywood’s largest stars to make her level.

The actress sat down for a dialog about her well-known household on the podcast “Table for Two” launched Tuesday … and he or she says she thinks the controversy’s unfair — particularly for the ladies with A-list household timber.

Roberts — her dad Eric‘s an actor and aunt is freaking Julia Roberts  — says she feels younger girls get attacked greater than younger males for his or her nepo child standing … simply take George Clooney, she says.

Emma says, “I always joke, ‘Why is no one calling out George Clooney for being a nepo baby? [His aunt] Rosemary Clooney was an icon.'”

Yep, even one in every of H’wooden’s greatest and brightest fell off the nepo child tree … George’s aunt was a singer and actress who appeared alongside Bing Crosby in “White Christmas.” She and George even acted in an episode of “ER” collectively again within the day.

Emma’s not throwing shade at George right here FWIW … including she does not suppose anybody ought to catch flak for chasing their goals. She’s simply pointing to the dearth of dialog round guys like him as proof of sexism across the matter.

BTW Emma additionally explains within the interview that family members within the enterprise do not all the time work out as deliberate … ‘trigger whereas cozy friendships could result in roles, a producer with a grudge in opposition to celeb kin might be an on the spot disqualifier.