Stellan Skarsgård Breaks Down Over Son’s Pain—Says Classmates’ ‘Nepo Baby’ Taunts Left Him Isolated.NN
Stellan Skarsgård is shedding light on a heartbreaking situation.
The Swedish actor, 74, revealed how the “nepo baby” label is affecting his son Kolbjörn, 13, in school.
While talking to Vulture, Skarsgård said that the teenager gets “so sad” and is “isolated” from his classmates.
“My 13-year-old, Kolbjörn, the youngest, suffers from that. When his pals at school call him nepo baby, he gets so sad,” the film star explained. “He doesn’t have any friends at school. He gets isolated. Cruel kids — or cruel and ignorant.”
Kolbjörn currently stars on the horror series “Blood Cruise.”
Skarsgård also shared his two cents on the term “nepo baby.”
“They love it on the internet,” he mused. “But it is such a bulls–t thing. Because nobody would hire you, at least not for anything good, if you’re not good enough.”
Skarsgård, meanwhile, has created quite the talented family tree.
The “Good Will Hunting” alum tied the knot with My Skarsgård in 1975 and welcomed six kids: Alexander, Gustaf, Sam, Bill, Eija and Valter.
The two split in 2007. Skarsgård then married Megan Everett in 2009, and the couple are parents to sons Ossian and Kolbjörn.
Alexander, 49, starred in a slew of hit shows and movies, including 2016’s “The Legend of Tarzan,” “Big Little Lies” from 2017 to 2019 and the new Apple TV+ series, “Murderbot.”
“Luckily, we are different in type and age, so there hasn’t been a lot of competition for specific parts,” Gustaf, 44, who starred in “Vikings” from 2013 to 2020, told Sweden’s Schön! magazine in 2018. “There is competition to the point that we can actually make fun of it — we’ll keep scores and laugh about it.”
“At the end of the day, we’re in this industry to have fun,” he added. “We’re a very close family, and we’ve always been supportive of one another.”
Skarsgård also reflected on his talented brood, telling The Daily Beast in 2021: “I’ve had two beautiful wives — and very smart wives — and that’s helped a lot. I’m not going to take much credit for anything.”
Elsewhere during his chat with Vulture, the “Thor” star opened up about living on “overtime” following a devastating stroke he suffered three years ago.
The experience has dramatically changed his outlook on life.
“I feel a little more like I live under the sword now,” he told the outlet. “Because I’ve lived a naughty life. And I’m 74, which is already on overtime.”
“I’m not afraid of dying, but I am afraid of not being capable of living,” the “Dune” star clarified. “That is a fear.”
But as for his many children, there is only one thing the “Sentimental Value” actor is worried about.
“With all my eight kids, there’s one thing I’ve been afraid of every time I have a new kid,” he shared. “Not that they have Down syndrome or they’re autistic … that they’re boring.”
“Luckily, none of them were,” Skarsgård concluded.
