Hollywood star George Clooney has a very famous aunt that fans seen to have forgotten about (Picture: Rex)
It has taken until 2024 for some people to clock that George Clooney is a classic Hollywood nepo baby, and it’s his millennial nepo colleague Emma Roberts who has shared the reminder.
Emma, 33, is famously the daughter of prolific actor Eric Roberts, 68, who was Oscar-nominated for Runaway Train in the 1980s and has appeared in The Dark Knight, as well as the niece of Hollywood superstar Julia Roberts, 56.
However, the Wild Child actress argued in a new interview that she feels women get a tougher time when they have famous connections in the industry compared to men – jokingly citing the director and Gravity actor as her example.
‘Everybody loves the kind of overnight-success story. And so if you’re kind of not the girl from the middle of nowhere that broke into Hollywood, there’s kind of an eye roll of like, “Well, your dad was this”,’ the actress shared.
‘I always joke, “Why is no one calling out George Clooney for being a nepo baby? [His aunt] Rosemary Clooney was an icon”,’ she pointed out on the Table for Two podcast.
‘I feel like young girls get it harder with the nepo baby thing. Like, I don’t really see people calling out sons of famous actors, not that they should be called out.’
Emma Roberts, niece to Julia Roberts and daughter of actor Eric Roberts, argued that women who are classed as nepo babies seem to be more openly criticised about it than men (Picture: Getty)
She used George Clooney as her example (Picture: Kristin Callahan/Rex/Shutterstock)
George’s aunt Rosemary Clooney was an iconic singer who also appeared in a few Hollywood films (Picture: Everett/Rex/Shutterstock)
Emma’s reference to George having a famous aunt was clearly news to many as confused fans picked up on the quote and shared their confusion online.
‘George Clooney is a nepo baby?’ asked one fan on X, while @deronworld admitted: ‘I was today years old when I learned that George Clooney was a nepo baby. I also recently learned that Tony Goldwyn is also a nepo baby.’
‘This is how I find out George Clooney is a nepo baby,’ admitted @gabrielach899 as she absorbed Emma’s comments.
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‘My favourite part of this post is people insisting that George Clooney isn’t a nepo baby because he’s from Kentucky…’ @munson_jo posted as others agreed with the actress’s argument.
‘To be honest this is a reaaaalllly good point. If you want to hear people talk about George Clooney being a nepo baby you’re gonna have to talk to generation X,’ tweeted @_edbrella.
‘It makes me [mad] that Zoomers are always giving George Clooney the nepo baby pass,’ added @flibbradigibbet.
Rosemary with co-stars Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye in a scene from White Christmas (Picture: Paramount/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock)
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Source:: Metro
