Stellan Skarsgård reveals that his 13-year-old son, Kolbjörn, faces bullying for being labeled a "nepo baby."
When it comes to coping with bullies, Stellan Skarsgård desires his son to be an amazing trooper. The Mamma Mia star and his ex-wife are parents to actors Alexander Skarsgård, 49, and Bill Skarsgård, 35. My Skarsgård thought about how his and his wife Megan Everett's 13-year-old youngest son, Kolbjörn, being made fun of for having a well-known father.
“My 13-year-old, Kolbjörn, the youngest, suffers from that,” in an interview that was published on October 22, Stellan informed Vulture. “When his pals at school call him nepo baby, he gets so sad. He doesn’t have any friends at school. He gets isolated. Cruel kids—or cruel and ignorant. They love it on the internet.”
Stellan continued by saying that it is "such a bulls--t thing" to assume Kolbjörn, who presently stars in the Swedish TV series Blood Cruise, has profited by being a nepo baby.
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As he clarified, " Because nobody would hire you, at least not for anything good, if you’re not good enough.”
Also, the 74-year-old father of Gustaf Skarsgård, 44, Sam Skarsgård, 42, Eija Skarsgård, 33, and Valter Skarsgård, 30 with My, as well as son Ossian, 16, with Megan, acknowledges that he is not particularly worried about getting involved in his children's careers. “I didn’t recommend them for anything.”
Actually, Stellan feels that his children's success as actors makes him more deserving of the title.
“I consider myself a nepo daddy,” he clarified, “because I get so much goodwill and maybe jobs because of them.”
The Dune actor has mostly been preoccupied with one area of his kids' lives, aside from the family company.
“With all my eight kids, there’s one thing I’ve been afraid of every time I have a new kid,” he went on. “Not that they have Down syndrome or they’re autistic—that they’re boring. Luckily, none of them were.”
Stellan added that he and his children have a "very good relationship," but that they "do not have to put me on a pedestal" simply because he is their father.
“They have no respect for me just because I’m their father. Because that’s bulls--t,” he stated. “I don’t demand respect for being a father. I demand respect for a good idea or if I do something well or if I create something for them.”
