Madonna’s ‘nepo baby’ Lourdes Leon was turned away from Thursday’s Marc Jacobs show in New York for arriving after doors closed.
The humiliating incident occurred just two years after Lourdes was named the face of the fashion brand’s spring 2021 campaign.
A viral TikTok posted by the account @mickmicknyc showed Lourdes trying to enter the venue Thursday only to be stopped by security on her way up the stairs.
Voiceover narration at the start of the clip claimed that Lourdes turned up at 6pm on the dot – the precise time the runway show was scheduled to start.
The man she arrived with seen speaking with the guards for over a minute but, but he and Lourdes were repeatedly informed the event was ‘closed.’
Putting their foot down: Madonna’s ‘nepo baby’ Lourdes Leon was turned away from Thursday’s Marc Jacobs show in New York for arriving after doors closed
Oops: The humiliating incident occurred just two years after Lourdes was named the face of the fashion brand’s spring 2021 campaign
Denied: Eventually Lourdes gave up and sloped off, shielding her face with one hand as she headed back into the cold New York night
While Lourdes tried to finagle her way into the show, some bystanders could be heard trying to tell the guards who she was. ‘Let her in, she’s the doll!’ wailed one.
Their efforts reached a fever pitch when they began repeatedly chanting: ‘Let her in!’ only for Lourdes to be rebuffed anyway.
Eventually Lourdes gave up and sloped off, shielding her face with one hand as she headed back into the cold New York night.
She had dressed for the show in a busty denim ensemble complete with a torn-up matching coat that slid fashionably down her arms.
Accessorizing with a denim handbag, she lent herself a touch of added stature by lacing herself into a towering pair of stiletto boots.
Lourdes sharpened her unmistakable features with makeup and let her curtains of luxuriously long black hair fall free over her shoulders.
Held at the historic Park Avenue Armory, the Marc Jacobs show welcomed a guest list that included Emily Ratajkowski, Nicky Hilton Rothschild and Ashley Graham.
Madonna had Lourdes in 1996 with her then-boyfriend Carlos Leon, a fitness trainer who has apparently remained friends with the pop diva.
Moment of truth: A viral TikTok posted by the account @mickmicknyc showed Lourdes trying to enter the venue Thursday only to be stopped by security on her way up the stairs
‘Big drama’: Voiceover narration at the start of the clip claimed that Lourdes turned up at 6pm on the dot – the precise time the runway show was scheduled to start
Lourdes, who often goes by Lola, once spoke to Debi Mazar for Interview magazine and claimed: ‘We don’t get any handouts in my family.’
The showbiz legacy acknowledged: ‘Obviously, I grew up with extreme privilege. There’s no denying that. But I think my mom saw all these other kids of famous people, and she was like: “My kids are not going to be like this.”‘
She added: ‘Also, I feel like if your parents pay for things, then it gives them leverage over you. My mom is such a control freak, and she has controlled me my whole life. I needed to be completely independent from her as soon as I graduated high school.’
Lourdes began her public career as a model but has since followed her mother’s footsteps into music, releasing singles with such names as C***radiction.
She is one of a massive glut of rising starlets with famous parents, from Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp to Andie MacDowell’s daughter Margaret Qualley.
Maude Apatow, whose father is Judd Apatow, and Maya Hawke, whose parents are Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, have shot to fame in recent years as well.
Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber, Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni Klum and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough are also coming up, among others.
The online chatter around ‘nepo babies’ reached a fever pitch in December after New York magazine ran a viral cover story about the phenomenon.
Dakota Johnson, whose parents are Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith and whose grandmother is Hitchcock blonde Tippi Hedren, was one of the faces on the cover.
