Travis Bacon, the son of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, has said he now embraces being called a “nepo baby” and finds the label funny.
The 37-year-old musician spoke on the podcast Nepo, Baby!, hosted by Jake Robards and Emily Wachtel, in an episode recorded on 5 November.
“I think at this point I just sort of embrace the term and I think it’s funny,” he said.
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He suggested the debate has become less meaningful over time. “It doesn’t even matter whether you’re a Nepo Baby or not a Nepo baby,” he said.
Bacon also made the point that the public only sees one side of life for the children of famous parents.
Audiences get the “highlight reels”, he said, and miss the rejection and pressure that come with it. He added: “We don’t get to choose our parents.”
Bacon has built his own career in music. He is known for his work with the industrial metal band Contracult, and also works as a film composer.
His younger sister, actress Sosie Bacon, 34, has made peace with the term as well.
Known for Smile, Smile 2, Scream and HBO’s Mare of Easttown, she has said the label no longer bothers her. “It doesn’t define how I feel about what I’ve accomplished anymore,” she said.
Their parents, Kevin Bacon, 68, and Kyra Sedgwick, 61, have been married since 1988 and are among Hollywood’s longest-standing couples.
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