Soap star Ryan Thomas shares Scarlett with Tina O’Brien but insists his daughter isn’t ‘getting a free ride’
Ryan Thomas insisted his ‘nepo baby’ daughter Scarlett ‘won’t be getting a free ride’ as he discussed her role on Waterloo Road. The 40-year-old actor shares Scarlett with Coronation Street star Tina O’Brien, with Scarlett also having Love Island’s Scott Thomas and Emmerdale’s Adam Thomas as her uncles.
Scarlett has been a hit on BBC’s Waterloo Road and even has almost 150,000 followers on social media where she updates fans on her life. Speaking in a new interview, her father Ryan said of her TV role: “She worked damn hard to get that job, and people need to recognise that she’s a talented girl – she’s up against other people and she’s not getting a free ride.”
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He added to The Sun : “She has to go through the same process as everyone else – it was between her and somebody else. It wasn’t like, ‘This is a Thomas, she’s going to get this job’.”
Back in April, Scarlett hit back at the ‘nepo baby’ claims with a short video on TikTok.
The daughter of the soap star took to her social media page to share a carefree video of herself riding the passenger seat of a convertible car in the sunshine as she lip-synced to the 1977 hit song Easy by Commodores.
In the clip, She wore oversized sunglasses, and gold hoop earrings and rocked an off-the-shoulder jumper. Over the clip, Scarlett typed out a comment she receives from trolls, which is: “You only got these opportunities because of your family.”
In response, Scarlett wrote: “God forbid a girl takes the chances she gets.” Fans shared their support for the teen in the comment section, with one user writing: “Girl it’s jealousy! You enjoy every bit of it.”
Another said: “You have talent, regardless of your family.” One fan posted: “God forbid a girl who has opportunities and doesn’t waste them.”
Scarlett also has a large legion of fans on social media who love her content, which includes behind-the-scenes clips of her life with her famous family.
Experts in the industry believed she would be able to bag a cool £2million from her content before she turns 18.
PR expert Lynn Carratt told The Sun: “It’s clear they’re a close-knit family who understand how to use social media effectively to build their careers. They capitalise on TikTok trends, and each member is talented in their own right.
“From a PR perspective, the family TikTok videos are an excellent platform for displaying the family’s talent to a huge audience.”
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Source: Mirror
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