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That’s an example of a parasocial interaction, which can progress into a parasocial relationship—typically defined as a one-sided social and emotional connection developed with fictional characters or celebrities._  by [Moises Mendez](https://time.com/author/moises-mendez-ii/)  ## Moises Mendez Oct 18, 2023 9:44 PM UTC  Gwyneth Paltrow attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gwyneth Paltrow attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art.Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage  by [Moises Mendez](https://time.com/author/moises-mendez-ii/)  ## Moises Mendez Oct 18, 2023 9:44 PM UTC The discourse surrounding nepotism, specifically the role of nepo babies in Hollywood, is never-ending, fueled by the celebrities who wade into it. Gwyneth Paltrow, famously a nepo baby herself, is the latest to do so: in an interview[ with _Bustle_](https://www.bustle.com/beauty/gwyneth-paltrow-good-clean-goop-interview) published Wednesday, the 51-year-old actor and Goop founder called the term nepo baby “an ugly moniker.” Speaking about her 19-year-old daughter Apple Martin, Paltrow said the “whole nepo baby culture” has created a “judgment that exists around kids of famous people.” “She just wants to be a kid and be at school and learn,” she said. “But there’s nothing wrong with doing or wanting to do what your parents do.” ### More From TIME Paltrow continued: “Nobody rips on a kid who’s like, ‘I want to be a doctor like my dad and granddad.’ The truth is if you grow up in a house with a lot of artists and people making art and music, that's what you know, the same way that if you grow up in a house with law, the discussions around the table are about the nuances of whatever particular law the parents practice." The term nepo baby has been a contentious one in Hollywood for years and was brought to a fever pitch by [_New York Magazine_’s 2022 story](https://nymag.com/press/2022/12/extremely-overanalyzing-hollywoods-nepo-baby-boom.html) tracking the well-connected children of stars. In March, Sofia Coppola’s teenage daughter, Romy Mars, stirred the ongoing conversation when she [uploaded a TikTok](https://time.com/6265320/sofia-coppola-daughter-tiktok/) about being grounded because she tried to charter a helicopter to get dinner with a friend on her dad’s credit card—and sharing she actually wasn't allowed to have social media because her parents "don’t want me to be a nepotism kid." Many celebrity nepo babies have espoused Paltrow’s point of view over the years, from [Zoe Kravitz](https://www.gq.com/story/zoe-kravitz-men-of-the-year-cover-2022) to [Drew Barrymore](https://www.buzzfeed.com/mhoodwilson/nepo-baby-celebrity-responses). Kate Hudson, the daughter of Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, made a similar argument to [_The Independent_](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/kate-hudson-interview-glass-onion-knives-out-b2250000.html) in a 2022 interview. “I look at my kids and we’re a storytelling family. It’s definitely in our blood," she said. 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