Emma Roberts Hits Back at Nepo Baby Criticism, Says People Don't See the Rejection

Emma Roberts is sharing her thoughts on the “nepo baby” discourse.

The 33-year-old actress, who is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of actress Julia Roberts, is currently promoting her new movie Space Cadet, out next week on Prime Video.

Emma was just spotted in a white dress while heading into an interview for CBS Mornings on Wednesday (June 26) in New York City.

In a new interview for the Table For Two podcast with Bruce Bozzi, Emma talked about being a member of a famous family.

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“I think there’s two sides of the coin,” Emma said. “People like to say, you know, you have a leg up because you have family in the industry. But then the other side to that is, you have to prove yourself more. Also, if people don’t have good experiences with other people in your family, then you’ll never get a chance.”

She continued, “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.’ I always joke, ‘Why is no one calling out George Clooney for being a nepo baby? [His aunt] Rosemary Clooney was an icon.’ 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 added that the general public “only see your wins, because they only see when you’re on the poster of a movie—they don’t see all the rejection along the way. That’s why I’m always very open about things I’ve auditioned for and haven’t gotten the part for.”

Emma is also talking about the possibility of doing another superhero movie.