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While defending herself against the term ‘nepo baby’ (basically meaning a child of nepotism), Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow uncorked a truly absurd rationale that completely ignored the requirements, merits, and general existence of medical school.
According to the 51-year-old Paltrow — daughter of late director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner — following in your parents’ footsteps as an actor is no different than when the children of doctors choose to do the same thing.
This, of course, ignores the entire premise of medical school, which puts hopeful doctors through years of rigorous study in order to pursue the career, testing their intelligence and determination at every turn.
“I think it’s kind of an ugly moniker,” Paltrow said of the term ‘nepo baby’, which first rose to popularity back in 2022.
“Now there’s this whole nepo baby culture, and judgment that exists around kids of famous people. Nobody rips on a kid who’s like, ‘I want to be a doctor like my dad and granddad,'” she told Bustle.
Paltrow’s daughter whom she had with Coldplay singer Chris Martin, famously named Apple, is now 19 years old and has taken up a career in fashion. She’s also currently a student at Vanderbilt University, where she joined the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
As for Paltrow, who won an Oscar for Best Actress back in the late 90s for her role in Shakespeare in Love, it’s been quite a few years since we’ve seen her on the big screen, hasn’t appeared in a major studio film since 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
She instead has been focusing on her lifestyle and wellness brand ‘goop’, which currently has a valuation of about a quarter of a billion dollars.