Lily Allen says 'Nepo baby' is 'sexist' because term is only used for women: ... trends now
The term 'nepo baby' is sexist because women get called it but men do not, Lily Allen has claimed.
The hitmaker and daughter of well-known actor Keith Allen hit out at the phrase, saying she gets called it 'all the time' while her brother, actor Alfie, avoids it.
The Smile singer, 39, added that the jibe was 'infantilising' and compared it to the insult 'Karen' - because it is used to target women.
She told her Miss Me? podcast: 'Nepo babies, I think its quite like "Karen", in the sense that it's just a word that is basically used for women who are taking up space and we'd rather they didn't and they should just go away.'
Allen and her Game of Thrones actor brother Alfie are the children of comedian Keith Allen, who has made scores of appearances on the big screen, as well as penning the lyrics for football anthem Vindaloo.
Lily and father Keith launch her 'Lily Loves' range at New Look on Oxford Street in 2007
Lily and her brother Alfie celebrate a go-karting victory with their dad for a TV show in 1994
Lily poses for photographers upon arrival at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards 2023
Lily Allen attends a Pre-BAFTA party at exclusive London club 5 Hertford Street in February
Allen said she has no problem with nepotism being criticised - and even admitted there was 'some truth' to it - but took issue with the term 'baby'.
She said: 'I'm called a nepo baby all the time.
'I actually don't really mind the nepotism thing, it's the "baby" that annoys me, it's like: I'm 40 years old nearly!
'It's meant to be infantilising.
'Also I think it's something that is almost exclusively used for women, I don't think I can even really name any male nepo babies.
'My brother, for instance, he doesn't get called
