Kate Beckinsale, a famous actress and mother of two, is speaking out against the tabloids. Her reasoning is simple: the press’s obsession with famous children is dangerous.
In a video on Instagram, the Underworld star says the media’s hyper-focus on what is commonly attributed to children of famous parents, namely nepo babies, is ‘disgusting’ and claims they are being punished for simply being born into a famous family.
“There are a lot of famous people whose parents were also in the industry, whether it’s Ben Stiller – all kinds of people – and we all got away with it.”
“But now being born to a famous person is the biggest crime you could ever commit.”
She says societies in the US and Britain have failed to protect children. “And if you’re stupid, brainwashed and idiotic, you’re going to think this is a champagne problem and you’re going to cry on a yacht.”
She continues: “But what this really says is how much we have failed our children in virtually all of our countries, but especially in America and Britain, where we have the resources to do so much better.”
Beckinsale’s fiery speech gave vent to her frustration as a parent of a single child. She shares a daughter, Lily Mo Sheen, with former partner Michael Sheen, whom she dated from 1995 to 2003.
