Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones has declared the phrase “nepo baby” is “horrific”, saying: “These kids didn’t ask to be born into this.”<\/p>\n
The term refers to children of famous parents perceived to have achieved riches and success off their parents’ backs.<\/p>\n
The 56-year-old actress, married to Kirk Douglas’ son Michael Douglas, has two children – Dylan and Carys – who have both followed their parents into showbiz.<\/p>\n
Dylan, she said, was pursuing acting while Carys was interested in directing. She told The Sunday Times they were “plugging away”.<\/p>\n
“You have to go with your dreams, your passion,” Zeta-Jones said.<\/p>\n
“It’s hard for them to forge a way forward on their own.<\/p>\n
“This horrific phrase ‘nepo baby’ is horrible because these kids didn’t ask to be born into this, they’re finding their own way in life.<\/p>\n
“But they love it, and they’re good.<\/p>\n
“Otherwise, Michael and I would be the first to go, ‘you know what? Maybe law school looks really good’.”<\/p>\n
Zeta-Jones’ big break came when she landed a West End role in 42nd Street in 1987, becoming a household name in the UK in 1991 when she starred in ITV hit The Darling Buds Of May with Only Fools and Horses legend David Jason.<\/p>\n
She has since become a global superstar, with roles in The Mask Of Zorro, Entrapment, Traffic and 2002’s adaptation of Chicago.<\/p>\n
“I had a sniff of the joy of being in the theatre so young,” she said.<\/p>\n
“I went, ‘I want to do this. I can’t imagine going through school and A-Levels in Swansea.'”<\/p>\n
Zeta-Jones met Romancing The Stone star Douglas, 81, at France’s Deauville Film Festival, in August 1998.<\/p>\n
With a 25-year age gap between them, they were engaged a year later, marrying at The Plaza hotel in New York in 2000.<\/p>\n
Dylan was born in 2000 and Carys in 2003.<\/p>\n
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