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Kaia Gerber Embraces “Nepo Baby” Tag, Calls Out Thin Fashion

8/12/2026

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Kaia Gerber Embraces

Kaia Gerber said she embraces the “nepo baby” label, works harder, and criticized misogynistic body-image and dating slurs.
She stars in Ryan Murphy’s FX thriller The Shards, which premiered on July 27 at the SVA Theatre.
Gerber confirmed she is dating actor Lewis Pullman, son of Bill Pullman, and called it her most mature relationship.

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Gerber slams thinness

Gerber said the “Ozempic era” fuels today’s ultra-thin fashion cycle in Vogue’s September issue.
She contrasted the 1990s “heroin chic” trend, epitomized by Kate Moss, with today’s extreme thinness.
Crawford argued fashion celebrates extremes and said models, including herself, were simply thin girls.
Gerber promoted a gold navel piercing with Uni underwear and noted her father Rande Gerber’s former modeling and Casamigos co-founder background.

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Kaia Gerber Embraces

Kaia Gerber said she embraces the “nepo baby” label, works harder, and criticized misogynistic body-image and dating slurs.
She stars in Ryan Murphy’s FX thriller The Shards, which premiered on July 27 at the SVA Theatre.
Gerber confirmed she is dating actor Lewis Pullman, son of Bill Pullman, and called it her most mature relationship.

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