{"id":2211598,"date":"2024-04-02T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zooey-deschanel-hits-back-at-nepo-baby-claims\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T16:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:45:24","slug":"zooey-deschanel-hits-back-at-nepo-baby-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zooey-deschanel-hits-back-at-nepo-baby-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Zooey Deschanel Responds to Allegations of Nepotism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzooey-deschanel-hits-back-at-nepo-baby-claims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Zooey Deschanel recently\u2064 addressed accusations of\u2063 nepotism in Hollywood due to her family&#8217;s\u200b background in the industry. In a\u2063 podcast interview, she\u200d emphasized her own \u200ctalent and hard\u2063 work, denying that her parents&#8217; successful careers influenced her\u2062 opportunities. \u2064Deschanel highlighted the creative support she received from her\u2062 family, including acting advice from\u2062 her mother and filmmaking discussions with her father, illustrating their integral role in her journey.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/zooey-deschanel-offers-her-wisdom-about-food-its-chase-stephens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zooey Deschanel<\/a> hit back at \u201cnepo baby\u201d claims \u2014 and was dragged online for it because she has an Oscar-nominated cinematographer for a father and both her mother and sister are actresses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the 44-year-old actress\u2019 appearance on \u201cThe School of Greatness\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z9qpo0Qfuh8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">podcast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, she denied that getting work in the TV and movie industry had anything to do with her parents, other than creatively<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In the past she\u2019s been called a \u201cnepo baby,\u201d which is a term for someone who gets work in Hollywood because of nepotism, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/tv\/news\/zooey-deschanel-nepo-baby-caleb-b2521546.html\">Independent<\/a> noted. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy mom is an actor and my dad is a cinematographer and a director,\u201d Deschanel said. \u201cI can\u2019t possibly emphasize enough how much creative help I had from my family unit. My dad is a great creative mind and such a talented person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s funny because people be like, \u2018Oh, nepotism,\u2019 I\u2019m like no. My dad\u2019s a DP [director of photography, another term for cinematographer],\u201d she added. \u201cNo one\u2019s getting jobs because their dad\u2019s a DP. It\u2019s definitely not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy mom is a great actor and is so nurturing,\u201d the actress continued. \u201cMy mom would coach me when I didn\u2019t have an acting coach, she would help me, read lines with me. She\u2019d be so supportive. I would have so many great discussions about film and filmmaking with my dad. They both would help me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u201cNew Girl\u201d star said that her dad would also give her great direction and read lines with her. She said having a family involved in the business gave her an automatic \u201ccommunity\u201d that would help her. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Zooey Deschanel on being called a nepo baby<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father is a cinematographer \u2026 no one is getting jobs because [of that]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her dad is a 6X Oscar nominee and her mother is an actress <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tLDSPOgaTR\">pic.twitter.com\/tLDSPOgaTR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Culture Crave \ud83c\udf7f (@CultureCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CultureCrave\/status\/1774695328002056596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deschanel\u2019s father has been nominated for six Academy Awards for his cinematography work in legendary films like \u201cThe Patriot,\u201d \u201cThe Passion of the Christ,\u201d \u201cThe Right Stuff,\u201d and \u201cThe Natural.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u201cElf\u201d star\u2019s mother is \u201cTwin Peaks\u201d star Mary Jo Deschanel (formerly Weir) and her sister is Emily Deschanel \u2014 who has appeared in movies like \u201cSpider-Man 2\u201d and \u201cIt Could Happen To You.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shortly after the interview surfaced, people took to X and mocked the actress with memes and comments suggesting she definitely did have a leg up because of her parents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIn Zooey Deschanel\u2019s case (having an Oscar-nominated cinematographer and an actor for parents, plus an older sister who\u2019s also a very successful actor) you just gotta accept the Nepo Baby label and keep it moving,\u201d one person <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BostonJerry\/status\/1774826087861600743?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cAny arguing or indignation is gonna backfire.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StefanDelara\/status\/1774917044636389815?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>, \u201cI would like to congratulate Zooey Deschanel on her role as the new punching bag on this topic for the foreseeable future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While a third <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoamerAKACaI\/status\/1774803081953194045?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> sarcastically, \u201cOkay you f***ers. Leave her alone. I am serious. I am not having you bully this nepo baby. I draw the line at Zooey Deschanel!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zooey Deschanel faced criticism after addressing &#8220;nepo baby&#8221; allegations, given her family&#8217;s Hollywood ties. In a podcast appearance on &#8220;The School of Greatness,&#8221; the 44-year-old actress refuted claims of leveraging her connections for career opportunities, emphasizing her own merit and dedication in the industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2211599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Zoey-Deschanel.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/Zoey-Deschanel.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}