Jack Keating has opened up about the difficulty of dealing with his parents Ronan Keating and Yvonne Connolly's divorce as a child in the public eye.
Speaking to Phoenix Chi Brown, the daughter of Spice Girl Mel B, on Channel 4's new documentary about nepo babies, I’m A Nepo Baby and Faked My Art Career | UNTOLD, Jack shared the pros and cons of being born into a family with notable connections and how that has helped and hindered his life.
Phoenix and Jack have known one another since they were children, when Ronan and Mel B both worked together as judges on Australian X Factor.
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Jack shared that it was very difficult to have to deal with the divorce on a personal level all while coping with the stresses that come with fame.
"Going through those crappy moments, like when my parents got divorced. Going through those tough moments, you're in the limelight. It wasn't great," he said.
"When they first got divorced I think I was 13 or 14, and there was paparazzi outside the door every day, couldn't leave the house for two weeks. You almost feel like other people's property."
Ronan and Yvonne tied the knot in 1998 but divorced in 2012 after he admitted to having an affair with a dancer from his tour.
The former couple share kids Jack, Missy and Ali.
Ronan has since re-married and had two children with Storm Keating.
Yvonne has happily been in a relationship with cinematographer John Conroy for a number of years.
Jack also shared that while having a famous family member can aid you in various industries, he feels that when it comes to radio, you have to prove yourself beyond a family name.
"It's radio, if you were crap on air they wouldn't put you on," said Jack, who started working with radio station Spin 1038 this year.
"Being a nepo baby, it can get you in the right places and meetings and through the right doors, but if you're not funny, if you're not charismatic you're going to last a day or two and get caught out pretty quickly."
Jack, who has had a stint on Love Island in the past, joked about the moment he realised that his family was famous.
"When I was really young we flew a lot on private jets to certain places. Another time we got on a normal British Airways (plane), and I was like 'Dad, why are there other people on our plane right now?'"
"My Dad was like 'shut up!' He was like, 'right , you're cut off, back to normal life for you,'" he joked.
Jack is now a father himself, to one-year-old daughter Maya.
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