{"id":240563,"date":"2026-05-16T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/16\/lexi-jones-feels-minimised-when-reminded-of-being-david-bowies-daughter\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T06:00:09","slug":"lexi-jones-feels-minimised-when-reminded-of-being-david-bowies-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/16\/lexi-jones-feels-minimised-when-reminded-of-being-david-bowies-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Lexi Jones feels &#8216;minimised&#8217; when reminded of being David Bowie&#8217;s daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-05-16\" datetime=\"1778911209\" pubdate=\"\">16 May 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Lexi Jones has a &#8220;very weird feeling&#8221; when people tell her not to forget she is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/david-bowie\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,david-bowie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Bowie<\/a>&#8216;s daughter.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Lexi Jones&#8217; dad David Bowie<\/p>\n<p>Although the singer understands the comment is made with &#8220;good intentions&#8221;, Lexi feels it &#8220;minimises&#8221; her, and she wants to be known for her own work instead of being related to her music legend dad, who died after a secret battle with liver cancer in January 2016 at the age of 69.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday (14.05.26), the 25-year-old star took to her Instagram Stories and penned: &#8220;It&#8217;s a very weird feeling when people try to comfort me and say, &#8216;Don&#8217;t forget who you are, you&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/david-bowie\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,david-bowie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Bowie<\/a>&#8216;s daughter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know it&#8217;s said with good intentions, and I hear it quite often, but it always lands strangely with me. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d rather be reminded of who I am than who I&#8217;m related to. Who I am is not based on him. And if you really sit with that sentence for a second, even if it comes from a good place, it can feel like it minimises me as an entire individual. Like I&#8217;m being reminded of someone else before I&#8217;m being reminded of myself.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I just wanted to say that because I&#8217;ve thought about it for a long time, and I hope it makes sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nLexi &#8211; who the rock icon and his widow, supermodel Iman, 70, welcomed into the world in August 2000 &#8211; previously insisted that she is &#8220;not a copy&#8221; of the Heroes hitmaker after being criticised for trying to replicate David&#8217;s success on her debut album Xandri.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn April 2025, the star launched a defiant message to haters, with a poem titled &#8220;DAVID BOWIE&#8217;S DAUGHTER&#8221;, and posted it to Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\nIt read: &#8220;DAVID BOWIE&#8217;S DAUGHTER. That gets your attention ay?<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m the daughter of a legend, but I&#8217;m more than just his name.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;They see the blood, they hear the sound yet fail to see me, don&#8217;t feel the same.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;They compare me to his heights, like I&#8217;m supposed to reach his light, but I&#8217;m not here to chase what&#8217;s already been done by loving what I do, I feel I&#8217;ve already won.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Some like what I have made, others laugh at how I move, yet they want me to carry on a legacy, but that&#8217;s never been my truth.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m not a copy, not a shadow, I&#8217;m just a girl that&#8217;s as confused at you, never thought I was good at much, never thought it was worth it to pursue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe singer &#8211; real name Alexandria Jones &#8211; has said the trolling has made her feel &#8220;constantly despaired&#8221; but she will not let the haters get in the way of following her musical dreams.<\/p>\n<p>\nLexi&#8217;s poem continued: &#8220;I&#8217;m not trying to be that someone, that all love and admire, so I&#8217;m creating my own rhythm, letting my true self show.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;But nobody knows how it may feel to be constantly despaired, then finally just saying, &#8216;F*** it,&#8217; then being all around compared.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;But I&#8217;ll keep moving, keep doing me even when the world is hard to please, I&#8217;m not trying to fill his shoes, I&#8217;m just trying to find my own peace. 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