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On April 20, a post on X featuring photos of 16 prominent “nepo babies” went mega-viral, reigniting the never-ending nepotism debate.

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Lily-Rose Depp, the daughter of Johnny Depp and singer Vanessa Paradis, was included in the post.

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As well as Ray Nicholson, the son of actors Jack Nicholson and Rebecca Broussard.

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Two of Stellan Skarsgård’s sons — Bill and Alexander Skarsgård — were featured.

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As was Margaret Qualley, the daughter of actor Andie MacDowell and former model Paul J. Qualley.

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Maude Apatow, daughter of esteemed Hollywood director Judd Apatow and actor Leslie Mann, was also included in the post.

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Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip Seymour Hoffman, was featured.

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And so was Dennis Quaid’s son, Jack Quaid.

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Denzel Washington’s son, John David Washington, was included, too.

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As well as Dakota Johnson, who is the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith.

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Sosie Bacon, the daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, was featured.

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So was Zoë Kravitz, whose famous parents are actor Lisa Bonet and musician Lenny Kravitz.

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Lewis Pullman, the son of Bill Pullman, was included as well.

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And so was Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn’s son Wyatt Russell.

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Maya Hawke, the daughter of Hollywood stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, was featured in the post.

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And Odessa A’zion, daughter of actor Pamela Adlon and movie director Felix Adlon, was the final actor included.

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The original tweet suggested that all the actors mentioned are talented, and several people agreed. However, because it’s the internet, it wasn’t long at all before other users shared their contrasting opinions. “there’s like maybe 3 good actors here,” one person wrote. “Half these actors, esp Dakota Johnson, can’t even act to save their life. It is bad,” said another.

One person suggested that the Skarsgård brothers, Margaret, and Lily-Rose were the only examples of “talents.”

Another person wrote, “excluding Kravitz and the Skarsgårds, unfortunately there's no one among them who delivers 'very good' acting, all of them are average or below-average performances.”

“you can count on the fingers of one hand those who really have talent,” one translated tweet read.

One person said, “none of these people would make into industry if they didn't have connections.” Someone else disagreed, “i didn’t know half the list were nepo babies, that means they made it by their actions & acting.”

Amid the discourse, many people pointed out the lack of diversity among the actors featured in the post. “the fact there is barely any nonwhite actors here shows one of the main issues with nepotism,” one user wrote, while someone else echoed, “90% of these ppl are white and yt ppl are like ‘there’s definitely nothing we see wrong with nepotism’.”

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