Maggie Baird has shut down suggestions that her daughter, Billie Eilish, is a "nepo baby." In an interview for Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year issue, Maggie addressed claims that Billie benefited from nepotism in the entertainment industry, stemming from a resurfaced clip of Maggie appearing in a '90s episode of Friends.
Some critics have pointed to Maggie's past acting work as proof that Billie’s success was due to family connections. However, Maggie, 65, refuted the claims, sharing that her career was far from glamorous.
"I think it's hilarious," Maggie said, smiling. "Because that came out, and it was like, 'Oh, Billie is a nepo baby.' And I'm like, 'Did you know that I got that episode of Friends because I was about to lose my health insurance?'"
Maggie, who married actor Patrick O'Connell in 1995, emphasized that she and her husband, while working actors, never had the kind of influence that could have given Billie or her brother Finneas, a songwriter and music producer, an advantage.
"My husband and I are working-class actors. We eked out a meagre living, and it afforded us a lot of time with our kids, which was awesome. But the industry is primarily people like us... So, when all of this happened to our kids, we'd never been on that side of it," she explained, referring to the whirlwind success of Billie and Finneas.
Maggie also highlighted that many creative people in the industry, like herself and Patrick, live fulfilling but modest lives, unlike the high-profile success that Billie and Finneas have achieved. "People don't really understand there's a whole industry of people who are creative and they're working and they're struggling... but that's a very different life than on this side of the door where you're suddenly playing in this different arena," she added.
Despite their massive success, Maggie noted that family life remains important for both Billie and Finneas. "You step onstage in front of 100,000 people, and that's an hour and a half, and then the rest of the time you're at the dinner table and your brother is giving you s**t. The family part is the part that keeps it sane," she concluded.
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