Emma Roberts is mocked for claiming her famous family hurt her career

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Here we are again. A rich young star, Emma RobertsShe claims that her famous relatives not only did not help her career, but actually made her life more difficult.

For those who don’t know Emma Roberts, she is the 33-year-old daughter of Oscar nominee Eric Roberts, who has more than 700 roles on his resume, niece of Oscar winner Julia Roberts and actress Lisa Roberts Gillan, stepdaughter of actress Eliza Roberts, granddaughter of acting teacher Betty Lou Bredemus, step-granddaughter of successful screenwriters David Rayfiel and Lila Garrett, and stepdaughter of Kelly Nickels, bassist of the bands Faster Pussycat and LA Guns.

With a family so heavily involved in acting and screenwriting, and the fact that Emma Roberts spent a lot of time on the sets of her Aunt Julia’s films, it would be hard to find anyone who had an easier path to success in Hollywood.

Emma Roberts, however, sees things differently.

“I have lost more jobs than I have gained through being in the industry,” Roberts claimed in the latest edition of Flaunt Magazine. “People have opinions and sometimes they may not be good opinions about the people in your family.

“I never got a job because of it, but I know I definitely lost a few jobs because of it.”

Needless to say, and rightly so, Emma Roberts’ comments about her family’s influence on her acting career have not gone down particularly well on social media.

“Sure. The fact is that 99.9% of people applying for similar positions would never get the opportunity, so they wouldn’t even have a chance to ‘prove’ themselves,” says another comment“It’s a kind of fake, selfish, narcissistic illusion that they use to ease their conscience, if they have one.”

“She doesn’t understand that she probably wouldn’t have even gotten this chance without her parents,” said another commented.

“The fact that she has the opportunity to prove herself is the part where she is privileged,” another commentator wrote.

“Boo, damn it,” another person replied.

Well, Maya Hawke probably agrees.