“I bumped into an interview of a so-called ‘nepo baby’ or whatever y’all call it,” Ceretti wrote on an Instagram story,later shared by fashion news accountDiet Prada.”I have many nepo baby friends whom I respect,but I can’t stand listening to you compare yourself to me. I was not born on a comfy sexy pillow with a view. I know it’s not your fault,but please,appreciate and know the place you came from.”
The comments follow a recent interview inEllemagazine with Chanel ambassador Lily-Rose Depp,daughter of actor Johnny Depp and French singer and former Chanel model Vanessa Paradis.
“The internet seems to care a lot about that kind of stuff,” Lily-Rose said. “People are going to have preconceived ideas about you or how you got there,and I can definitely say that nothing is going to get you the part except for being right for the part.”
While Lily-Rose is the assumed target of Ceretti’s comments,Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber,Kim Kardashian’s sister Kendall Jenner and sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid,who found fame following their mother Yolanda’s appearance on theReal Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2012,all qualify as nepo models.
The appearance of Prince Felix of Denmark on the runway for Dior,Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni on the cover ofHarper’s BazaarGermany’s April issue,and Eve Jobs,daughter of Apple founder Steve,in Louis Vuitton’s latest advertising campaign,has helped drive more than 70 million views of the hashtag #nepobaby on the social media platform TikTok.
Ceretti’s comments were supported by Egyptian-born Sudanese-American Anok Yai,the second black model to open a Prada show,after Naomi Campbell.