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Meg Ryan Defends Son Jack Quaid Of ‘Nepo Baby’ Label: “That Nepo Stuff Is So Dismissive Of His Work Ethic” (deadline.com)
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[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Never heard of him, but now I'm like "oh Jack Quaid, nepo baby".

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If I were him only thing worse than being called a nepo baby would be my mom coming out publicly to tell people not to call me a nepo baby. That's like further drawing anything to the issue and as embarrassing as a student would be of their parents loudly telling everyone in school to not be bullies.

[–] ZeroCool@feddit.ch 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yep, sounds like the Streisand effect. I've been watching him on The Boys for the last four years and never realized he was Jack Quaid as in Dennis Quaid's kid. And I certainly didn't realize his mother was Meg Ryan.

"Don't call my baby a nepo baby!"

"Wait, the guy from The Boys is Meg Ryan's kid?" lol

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 6 points 7 months ago

Same I know him from The Boys and never thought of him as the nepo baby, but now I'll always be reminded of that. Didn't know he was Meg Ryan's kid either.

[–] Slice@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He's a voice actor/lead on lower decks (animated trek show) I liked him without knowing one of his parents ever got mail... so he holds his own, but privilege is privilege... He's not not a nepo baby.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I keep hearing good things about that show.

[–] Slice@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Badgey is waiting for you, whenever you're ready!

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Have you seen The Boys? He's the lead character of the anti-supes team.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, but now I've got Lower Decks and The Boys on my list.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Boys is really good, but very gritty. It gets more gritty every season too.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

ah OK, thx for the warning I am a bit sensitive. I couldn't finish The Handmaids Tale.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I haven't seen that, so I can't compare. In The Boys there's a lot of gore, and a very dark storyline. As it progresses they delve deeper into scatological imagery.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Deep into the poop you say...crap.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Quite literally at the beginning of... I think it was season 3. I shut it off a couple of times, and eventually just skipped that episode.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

There are few better things than seeing someone's first reaction to that scene