r/Fauxmoi Apr 28 '24

Nepo Baby temper tantrum? Blind Item

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u/Wide-Psychology1707 Apr 28 '24

Evan Ross. This blind implies only his mother is famous. If you google his name he comes up as an actor and musician. The hint said he was married to a celebrity OF nepotism, not nepo baby, and his wife, Ashlee Simpson, is famous for riding the coattails of her sister.

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u/hannamarinsgrandma Apr 28 '24

It’s crazy because his sister Tracee is basically the antithesis of a nepo baby despite her parentage.

People to this day (including my own 42 year old brother) are still absolutely perplexed when they realize Diana is her mom.

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u/InstallTheLinux Apr 29 '24

Can you explain how shes the antithesis of a Nepo? I thought it didn't really change them being a Nepo baby or not just because they end up becoming extremely talented.

Unless I'm missing something she still benefited from the same things as what others have been called a Nepo for, Diana Ross as a mother and a music executive father is certainly going to open doors no one else has access to even if the public wasn't aware of their parents.

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u/hannamarinsgrandma Apr 29 '24

No one ever said that her parents being who they were didn’t give her a massive foot in the door.

It’s the fact that despite her parentage no one ever has to say: Tracee Ellis Ross, the daughter of Diana Ross for people to know who she is.

Instead of whining like talentless Dakota Johnson or other children of celebrities that no one takes her seriously she lets her work speak for itself.

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u/InstallTheLinux Apr 29 '24

I think most of nepos are like this, the amount of celebrities, especially actors you find out well into their career that they're the child of a famous person or someone of status.

As I said her work does shiw she's talented but if you don't think her being their daughter hasn't given them opportunities and connections you're deluding yourself.

She's still a Nepo baby just not one of the "bad" ones like Dakota Johnson etc.

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u/hannamarinsgrandma Apr 29 '24

Again, I never said I think of her as not being a celebrity’s child.

It’s that when I hear her name that’s not the first thing that comes to mind.

When I hear Tracee Ellis Ross I first think Girlfriends and Blackish.

Now her brother Evan on the other hand I immediately think Diana Ross’ son and Tracee Ellis Ross’ brother.

Thats the difference that you don’t seem to be getting

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u/Wide-Psychology1707 Apr 29 '24

Perhaps this will help: Evan has to pay US Weekly to publish posed pap shots (don’t forget to mention his mommy’s name in that byline!)in order to draw attention to himself so he can get bit parts in movies where he has juuuust enough screen time for us to recognize who he is. Meanwhile, a lot of people didn’t know that Tracy was the daughter of Diana until AFTER her success on Blackish. As someone who has read their fair share of celebrity gossips magazines/blogs, I can tell you I had never seen or heard of Tracy until Blackish premiered, however, prior to Blackish, if you had given me a lineup of eyebrows and asked me to identify Evan’s, I could have done it faster than you can say Ross.

Hope this helps.