Self-acknowledged “nepo baby” Hailey Bieber says she’s no longer particularly close with her famous family , the Baldwins, as she gets ready to forge her own brood. The 27-year-old model and expectant mom’s remarks were made to W Magazine last month, but didn’t see the light of day Tuesday. The Summer Issue, covered by Bieber and her baby bump, comes just weeks after uncle Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial was dismissed .
“I’m not super close with my family at this point in my life because I feel like I’m very independent,” said the Rhode beauty brand founder. “I’m my own individual now, and I’ve built my own family.” Despite the advantageous beginnings afforded her by her maiden name , Bieber — the wife of pop star Justin and daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin — told the magazine that she “had a fairly normal childhood” growing up in Nyack, N.
Y. “Obviously, I come from the family that I come from, and I always recognized that that was different,” said Bieber, whose celebrity extends to her YouTube channel . “But when I look back on my childhood and how I grew up, I have very fond, beautiful memories.
” Bieber, who went by Baldwin until tying the knot in 2019 , signaled that she made a go of it on her own once she started modeling as a teen, noting she “had to learn how to live on my own and pay bills. “That pushed me into adulthood kind of quickly, when most of my friends were just leaving for college,” said Bieber, who last ye.