In a new interview, the 22-year-old 'Babylon' star explained that after watching AppleTV's 'The Supermodels', she was 'starstruck' by her own supermodel mother.
- Feb 14, 2024
AceShowbiz - Kaia Gerber always knew that her mom Cindy Crawford was famous, but it wasn't until last year that she realized how "iconic" she is. In a new interview with WSJ. Magazine, the "Babylon" star explained that after watching AppleTV's "The Supermodels", she was "starstruck" by her own mother.
"I was starstruck in front of her after," the 22-year-old recalled seeing her mother in action during the docu-series. "I was like, 'I didn't realize. I knew you were iconic, but ...' I didn't understand when I was younger. What she made of her career, there wasn't really someone's footsteps to follow. And I thought it was so cool that she always had that ambition, and she did things where people told her, 'This will ruin your career. Don't do this.' And she trusted her instincts."
During the sit-down, Kaia also opened up about how her parents encourage her amid the "Nepo Baby" label. "They never, ever let it dictate what they did or didn't do. It never controlled our life," she shared. "As a kid, if I wanted to go pick out a Christmas tree, we're going to pick out a Christmas tree. And maybe there would be paparazzi pictures. But my parents would never be like, ''Oh, no, I don't want to do that.' "
"I can actually ask my parents advice on career things, on business things," Kaia said. "That's very rare to have parents who are in the same industry or career as you, whose advice you actually can trust."
"I don't think it's a topic that will go away, so I've clearly reached a point of acceptance,” she added. "I personally am very aware of all the wonderful things it has done for me, and I would never, ever say anything negative about it because that is my truth about it."
