Lily Allen Compares 'Nepo Baby' Label to Being Called a 'Karen': 'Almost Exclusively Used for Women'

"My brother, for instance, doesn’t get called nepo baby, and I do," said the British pop singer of her brother, Alfie, on her 'Miss Me' podcast

Lily Allen has thoughts on being labeled a "nepo baby."

On the May 6 episode of her Miss Me podcast, the British pop singer — who's daughter to actor Keith Allen — opened up about feeling as though the term "nepo baby" is often used in a sexist manner.

"Nepo babies, I think it’s quite like ‘Karen’, in the sense that it’s just a word that is basically used for women who are taking up space, and we’d rather they didn’t, and they should just go away," Lily, 39, told her cohost, Miquita Oliver.

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"I’m called a nepo baby all the time," said the "F--- You" musician. "I actually don’t really mind the nepotism thing, it’s the ‘baby’ that annoys me, it’s like, I’m 40 years old nearly!"

"It’s meant to be infantilizing," added Lily. "Also I think it’s something that is almost exclusively used for women, I don’t think I can even really name any male nepo babies."

"My brother, for instance, doesn’t get called nepo baby, and I do," continued the "Hard Out Here" singer, who's brother to actor Alfie Allen of Game of Thrones fame.

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Lily explained that she's often found herself tied to their father in the media. "I feel like a lot of the time over the past 15, 20 years when I’ve been written about it will always say 'Lily Allen, daughter of Keith Allen' and I don’t see that happening with boys as often as it does with girls," she said.

The star, who's married to actor David Harbour, claimed famous women are generally written about with an explanation of "what it really was that put them" on the map.

"There’s an element of truth to it," said Lily. "I grew up in a certain class bracket, I grew up in and amongst people that worked in media, and I don’t think I’ve ever really disputed that."

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When "nepo baby" discourse first became widespread online in 2022, the "Not Fair" performer took to X (formerly Twitter) and spoke about the concept.

"The nepo babies y’all should be worrying about are the ones working for legal firms,the ones working for banks,and the ones working in politics, If we’re talking about real world consequences and robbing people of opportunity. BUT that’s none of my business," wrote Lily at the time.

"And before you come at me for being a nepo baby myself, I will be the first to tell you that I literally deserve nothing," she added.

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