Chloe Madeley was the latest star to join the conversation about nepotism and branded the term 'nepo baby' a 'dirty word'.
who is the daughter of TV presenters Richard Madeley and , is a personal trainer and TV personality. Last year, she starred in ITV's At Home With the Madeley's about her and her family. She also appeared alongside her father on Pointless Celebrities, Small Fortune and many more programmes.
Her first role was presenting a few episodes of Big Brother's Big Mouth in 2008. She also appeared as a reporter on her parents' talk show. Chloe played third on in 2011 and placed fifth on The Jump in 2015. The star, who transitioned her career into health and fitness, recently sat down for a chat with star on her So Wrong, It's Right podcast.
During their chat, she opened up about how she feels about the term 'nepo baby' - a term used to describe people who may have gained opportunities in a certain field due to their familial connections. She said: "This whole nepotism, nepo baby, it's such a dirty word, and actually, people don't realise how hard that is to hear about yourself.
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"Actually, it's very common - whether your family works in law or if they work in medicine or if they work in entertainment - that you naturally follow their footsteps because that's the you know and that's the world you're kind of educated in. My parents have nothing to do with health and fitness, and you can't say that it's nepotistic.
"But what I can say is that because of my career in television, I had a built-in audience on social media and that makes doing whatever you go into next easier. But I can tell you now, for any of those kids of famous people who've kind of done what I've done, the most miserable times of my life when I was in the spotlight. And the happiest times of my life are when it's just been me in my gym on my own."
TV personality Olivia sided with Chloe on the topic and questioned why people got annoyed by nepotism. She said: "People don't choose their parents, what do you want them to do, sit at home and knit?" Chloe did agree that being a "nepo baby" had a few perks and said she believes her large media following is partly due to who her parents are.
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