Find out what Dakota Johnson, daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, thinks about the debate regarding “Nepo Babies” aka famous children who follow in their parents’ footsteps.
Dakota Johnson really wants to be eliminated from the “Nepo Baby” story.
In fact, the never-ending debate surrounding famous families is exactly what made the Fifty Shades of Gray star, daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, want to join Saturday Night Live Nepo Baby while hosting program in January.
“When it first started, I found it extremely annoying,” Dakota said on the Feb. 7 episode of Today about the debate that erupted on social media a few years ago amid the rise of many celebrity kids. and boring”. has become an adult.
Calling the issue “lame”, the 34-year-old added: “So, given the opportunity to make fun of it, I took it.”
After all, the sketch shows Please Don’t Destroy members Martin Herlihy and John Higgins—whose respective fathers are famous comedy writer Tim Herlihy and producer Steve Higgins—and Dakota fighting for catharsis. Nepo Baby’s final offense.
But while she’s joking about her family’s collections, she’s been open about forging her own path in Hollywood. The Madame Web star recalls how she was cut off financially after high school after she chose to follow in her parents’ acting footsteps instead of going to college.
“He cut me off,” Dakota said of her father. “He said if you go to college, you still get benefits. And I thought, ‘Wow, I’m going to be an actress.’ So he said, ‘Okay, you’re on your own.
So, she turned to modeling to earn rent while pursuing acting. “I definitely enjoy those moments when I can’t afford groceries and things like that and need to ask my mom for help,” she said. “She’s a good person.”
Don previously shared insight into the college ultimatum he gave his children. (In addition to Dakota, his only child with Melanie, he is also dad to Jesse Wayne Johnson, 41, Atherton Grace Johnson, 24, Jasper Breckinridge Johnson, 21, and Deacon James Johnson, 17.)
“We had a rule in the family that if you stayed in school, you had to keep getting paid,” alumnus Nash Bridges noted on Late Night With Seth Meyers in 2021. “And by the end of junior year study, I went to her school and I said, ‘Um, so do you want to visit some universities or something like that?’ And she said, ‘Oh, no, I’m not going to college.’ And I said, ‘Okay, you know what that means, you’re not going to get paid anymore, and how are you going to manage?’ And she said, ‘Don’t worry about it.'”
But as Don revealed, Dakota’s dedication quickly paid off when three weeks later, she landed a role in David Fincher’s 2010 film The Social Network. And five years later, she made her debut in the Fifty Shades of Gray trilogy, marking her breakthrough role.
“And the rest is,” Don said, “we might say movie history.”
Dakota Johnson
“When it first started, I found it extremely annoying and boring,” the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson said on the February 7, 2024, episode of Today about the “Nepo Baby” debate.
Calling the issue “lame,” the Fifty Shades of Gray star added, “So given the opportunity to make fun of it, I jumped at it” — referring to an SNL sketch that mocked the controversy. controversy she was involved in last month while hosting the show. Shows.
