Ireland Baldwin, 30, is Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger’s daughter as you know. She lives a quiet life in Oregon with her boyfriend, musician RAC, and their daughter Holland, who turns three in May. She’s occasionally spoken about her dad Alec’s marriage to Hilaria, but she’s not hustling or chasing fame. I think she summed up her personality well in a 2022 interview when she said “I smoke weed, I eat good food and I mind my own business.” (That reminds me of this earworm song from Patrice Roberts.) Ireland is getting coverage for a recent video she posted to Instagram in which she laid out the rules for nepo babies. Most of the rules are pretty straightforward, but the last one seems personal. Here’s what she said and the video is below.
If you’re going to be a nepo baby, there are rules that we all have to follow.
Rule number one, stop denying it. You can’t deny who you are, okay? You make us look really silly when you take all that credit, so stop.
Rule number two, if you have one famous parent, you can cry once a day. If you have two famous parents, you can cry as much as you. It’s unlimited.
Rule number three, if you are going to buy a present for your parents with your parents’ money, you have to lie. You cannot let them know. You have to tell them you are buying them a gift with a residual check that you received from a Canadian Lifetime film that you did years ago and they wouldn’t remember or they wouldn’t have seen it.
Rule number four, when you’re talking about your upbringing, make sure you come off relatable, okay? Say things like, ‘I rode the bus in middle school.’ Don’t say things like, ‘Man, I used to go to Disneyland all the time as a kid and we got a VIP tour guide and we were able to bring 30 people. I don’t understand why it’s so expensive now.’
Last but not least, rule number five, you must date at least one person in your lifetime whose entire family is devastated. I mean, distraught that you two broke up. Not because they give a shit about you, but because they were your parents’ biggest fans more than they let on.
She has two famous parents so I hope she’s doing ok and not crying daily. Overall these are reasonable, helpful rules, particularly rule #1 which should be in the title of the nepo baby handbook. I’m looking at you – Gwyneth Paltrow, Dakota Johnson and Patrick Schwarzenegger. Nepo babies who have read this handbook I just made up include Maya Hawke, Bryce Dallas Howard and Domhnall Gleeson.
So which ex with the obsessed family is she referring to in her last rule? Who’s Dated Who says Ireland dated Slater Trout from 2012-2014, Angel Haze in 2014-2015 and Corey Harper in 2018-2021 before she met her current partner. I’m voting for Harper, just based on his Instagram followers and the more recent timeline of when she dated him.
Also the “buy parents a gift with their money” rule sounds so much like one of the plot points on Wonder Man. (I loved that series so much I’ll probably watch it again.) It’s the thought that counts, not where they got the money. I’m on the nepo’s side with that one.
I’m surprised more nepo babies don’t just find a normal partner and live out of the spotlight. I’m glad she’s doing well. Her parents were cray.
It is less annoying when they’re humble about it–there’s no way we could ever know how you would have done without your famous parent, but its a fact that you had them.
Lewis Pullman handled this in a decent way on TMZ last weekend.
Why does anybody chase fame? Now double that answer and think of a world where fame is the most important thing, where civilians are just lackeys and Mom and Dad are too busy/self-absorbed to notice the kids much.
My guess, that’s all. Doesn’t apply to Liza Minnelli-level talent. Someone like that would succeed in show biz without the extra boost.
Wonder Man is good and I’m not even a Marvel person. But yeah, NP’s, just own it. And try to hype up and work with actors who aren’t also nepo babies.
Ha you all know I love her comment about stop denying it!!! That’s the most annoying thing. no one is saying you don’t have talent. no one is saying you would not have been successful anyway. It’s just that your chances at being successful would be greatly diminished without your parents. Just own it and accept it.
Drew Barrymore wasn’t cast in ET just because she was adorable. she was cast bc she was the goddaughter of Steven spielberg. and that’s fine! that’s how it works sometimes (a lot of the time.)
She has a great sense of humor. I like her.
Agreed.