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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Sombr Strongly Rejects the Nepo Baby Label · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Particularly in the world of entertainment, the term nepo baby
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  Speaker 2: is thrown around a lot.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, crash course for anybody who hasn't heard it. It's
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  Speaker 3: somebody born into privilege who gets a job often, an
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  Speaker 3: entertainment career because of mostly famous or successful parents with
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  Speaker 3: the connections to help. A baby of nepotism.
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  Speaker 1: And exactly who qualifies to be labeled a nepo baby
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  Speaker 1: is what Sombra is taking issue with.
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  Speaker 2: It started floating around in comments on social on posts
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  Speaker 2: about him by Somber that he was a nepo baby
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  Speaker 2: due to his parents who are rumored to have major
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  Speaker 2: connections in the music industry.
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  Speaker 4: Somber was like, who are you hearing this from?
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  Speaker 3: Somber's dad was a musician, but not really big time
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  Speaker 3: before he became an events producer for HIV and AIDS organizations.
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  Speaker 3: And he tells Elle it's incredibly insane to think his
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  Speaker 3: parents helped him land a record deal or that they
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  Speaker 3: could have even done so.
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  Speaker 1: And he wouldn't change a thing about them. He will
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  Speaker 1: forever respect his dad and his mom. He's so proud
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  Speaker 1: that they devoted their life to something so incredibly important.
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  Speaker 2: He's like, how is my dad devoting his life to
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  Speaker 2: fight AIDS somehow the way I became a pop star?
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  Speaker 4: Anyway, my body's already out now. That's direct from Hollywood.