-Today on The View, the panel discussed singer Gracie Abrams acknowledgment that she has benefitted as a “nepo baby,” as she is the daughter of J.J. Abrams and exec Katie McGrath. The question was whether people are too quick to dismiss nepo babies, and as they discussed it, Whoopi was not happy with the term.
-Whoopi went in stating “Let me tell you what being a nepo baby is like. When you say that about somebody, it’s like calling them a DEI hire, It’s like saying you didn’t get this on your own,” Goldberg continued. “This girl has — she’s incredibly talented, and nepo babies, they don’t have a choice who they’re born to!” to which Sunny Hostin immediately agreed.
-She continued “I know my kid doesn’t like being called a nepo baby. What she does, she does on her own,” she said. “She got it. She worked her behind off. And whether she is as successful as me, or not as successful, this is her life. Once they step out of your house, they are going out to do their thing. I get very annoyed with this subject because I don’t like when people don’t give — don’t assume!” she said. “You assumed somebody helped me. You’re assuming that they did this. Don’t make that the question you ask me when I come in.”
