“I wasn’t growing up afraid financially, and that’s the biggest deal,” the singer said.

Gracie Abrams understands nepotism discourse about her, admits Hollywood parents provided ‘a safety net’: ‘I get it’

"I wasn't growing up afraid financially, and that's the biggest deal," the singer said.

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- Gracie Abrams said that she recognizes that her parents' success in Hollywood provided "a safety net" for her musical career.

- The singer said that she was "lucky to grow up with" a "vocabulary" that helped her navigate show business.

- However, Abrams warned against people who "cash in" on "abject cruelty" online.

Gracie Abrams understands why people bring her up in conversations about nepotism.

The "I Love You, I'm Sorry" singer, who is the daughter of *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* filmmaker J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot co-CEO Katie McGrath, shared her perspective on nepotism during an interview with *The New York Times*' *Popcast*.

"The nepo stuff is obviously in the discourse, appropriately," Abrams said, acknowledging that her parents' lifestyles permitted her to pursue her artistic inclinations. "I think about the privilege there, and it's like, I had a safety net, and that allowed me the ability to experiment, and concentrate, and I had the gift of time to dedicate to doing this thing I loved. I wasn't growing up afraid financially, and that's the biggest deal."

J.J. Abrams and Gracie Abrams.

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Beyond her family's general financial comfort, Abrams also recognizes that her parents' success in Hollywood gave her a leg up. "The specific household that I was born into, with my parents both having worked in the entertainment industry for as long as I've been alive," she began before acknowledging that "the way that you overhear your family talking about anything, like at the dinner table or in the car on the way to school, there is just this vocabulary that I was so lucky to grow up with."

She added, "When I see people pointing that out, it's like: I get it, hardcore. The jokes and things, I also understand. I'm like, 'Go crazy.'"

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Abrams also said that she has a handle on "the tone of the internet," but admitted that overwhelming negativity directed toward her can be difficult to swallow.

"It is funny when it overwhelms the things you actually want to see [online]," she said. "Because my name is my name, your algorithm is just naturally being like — you're being like force fed. And there are some days where I'm laughing just as hard as the person posting it. And there's other times where like — we're all people. That can't feel good."

Gracie Abrams in March at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

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Abrams is concerned for her haters. "I'm fascinated [that] these days, there's just like abject cruelty floating," she said. "And I think when people decide to kind of cash in on that, I worry for their hearts sometimes."

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She added, "I have a suspicion that people who either enjoy or just spend their time that way on the internet, the likelihood of them not getting support elsewhere is quite high."

The singer emphasized her gratitude for the positivity that she receives from fans and loved ones. "I feel very lucky doing what I'm lucky enough to do today," she said. "I feel support when I'm playing a show, or when I'm with my friends."

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