Having famous parents can be more of a con than a pro... just ask Meghan McCain.
The View co-host, 36, was forced to defend her career during a discussion about nepotism on the daytime talk show, saying she's no longer going to let anyone tarnish her accomplishments.
McCain said she's dealt with claims that she's a "lazy, spoiled brat" her entire life, but says her "work ethic speaks for itself."
Her comments came as she and her fellow co-hosts discussed the upcoming short film The Rightway, starring Hopper Penn, Sean Penn's son, and Brian d'Arcy James.
The film is being directed by Destry Spielberg, Steven Spielberg's daughter, and was written by Owen King, Stephen King's son.
After Whoopi Goldberg shared that people have been criticizing the project as "the height of nepotism", Meghan was asked what she thought of the backlash since she came from "notable stock".
The conservative host replied that it's an "interesting" topic for her to discuss.
"Look, I can only speak for myself, but every single door I've ever walked in my entire life, people automatically assume that you're going to be a lazy, spoiled brat that won't contribute to anything because you have famous parents," said McCain, who is the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain and Cindy McCain.
She went on: "It's something I have dealt with my entire life. I no longer care. I think my work ethics speaks for itself, but I think people think when you have a famous family or a famous parent, everything is just given to you and things are really easy."
Meghan then used Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, as an example of a child with a famous parent, saying that he's "shared his struggles so publicly and vulnerably" to show that "it's not everything that you think it is."
"The majority of the people I know with famous parents have struggled with very serious demons because ... everything you do is going to be compared to what the famous person has done," she said, calling it a "tall order."
"Nobody's going to feel sorry for a person with famous parents, but it really isn't always what people think. In fact, it almost never is," she added.
"I feel bad for these kids trying to just make a movie and I'm sure they got help because of who their parents are, but that doesn't mean the movie's crap."
In addition to the pressures of living up to her famous parents, Meghan previously revealed that she's struggled with "burnout" from work.
