Ben Stiller Says the Term 'Nepo Baby' Is a 'Selling Point'

During a recent appearance on “ The Howard Stern Show ,” Ben Stiller gave his thoughts on the term “nepo baby,” which describes children of celebrity parents who become famous themselves. Stiller, who recently immortalized the life of his own famous parents in his documentary “Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost,” said he considers the moniker more of a “selling point” than a put-down.

“I think it’s kind of like that Brat Pack thing, right? New York Magazine, they coined a phrase, and then it just became a thing,” Stiller said. “But it’s always been what it is, in humanity and life. It’s like, you buy a violin, a Stradivarius or whatever, it’s been in the family for hundreds of years. That’s a selling point.”

Stiller added that he does understand there are “other arguments to be made ab