Maybe you loathe them, envy them or religiously stalk their Instagrams, nepo babies have always been ridiculed for the money and fame that they inherit from their celebrity parents. But we often forget about the embarrassment they bequeath along with the benefits.
In our modern era of cancel-culture, most people can name more celebrities they hate than adore. And the majority of the most hateable celebrities have children, often many. Poor (or rich I guess?) things had no idea what they were getting born into. Whether their parents’ legacies are spoiled by cringey red carpet appearances, countless Youtube apology videos or criminal charges, here’s VALLEY’s list of nepo babies we wouldn’t want to be.
The Diddy Kids
Sean Combs, also known as P. Diddy or Puff Daddy, was once known for his work with industry icons such as Jay Z and The Notorious B.I.G. Now he will be forever remembered for his part in an underground sex trafficking ring and the copious amounts of baby oil found at his compound. Combs has five children, King Combs, Jessie James Combs, Justin Dior Combs, Chance Combs and D’Lila Star Combs. It must have been so cool having a legendary music creative and business mogul as their dad, obviously before only being able to speak with him via supervised prison visits.
Musk Children
Regardless of your political beliefs, we can all agree Elon Musk would be a frustrating and bizarre father to have. If he needs a chainsaw to accompany him on stage, what kind of props would he bring to your middle school sports games? Musk is the biological father to 14 children with several different women. While most of his children are under the ages 9, we look forward to reading all of their memoirs and any future reality TV shows to come.
Logan Paul’s Baby
While Logan Paul’s crimes are much tamer and of a cringier variety, we have still come to the conclusion that being his child would be insufferably embarrassing. In September 2024, Paul welcomed his first child with Nina Agdal, a baby girl named Esme Agdal Paul. She is adorable and so lucky her thumbs are not functional enough for her to Google her dad’s name just yet. We can only imagine that her formula was topped off with a splash of Paul’s Prime energy drink. In her future we picture Uncle Jake shadow boxing at the dinner table and a childhood filled with podcast appearances and whispers of an old Youtube video gone wrong.
There are plenty more nepo babies to name that we pity more than we resent. Let us know which ones we missed @VALLEYmag on X.
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