Celebrity families explain what it's like watching their siblings become famous

Celebrity siblings share their thoughts on watching their rise to fame…

1. Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning's sister, Dakota Fanning, gained fame as an actress at a young age. Looking back, Elle admits that it was a crazy experience watching Dakota's career soar. She says that wherever they went, there were fans, and sometimes they even tried to stir things up.

“If anyone saw Dakota, it was a vicious circle,” she told Porter. “I wasn't recognized, but I was part of the madness. I was yelling, 'Dakota! Dakota!', trying to make it happen. I was the worst.”

2. Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, says watching her sisters become famous inspired her to continue her education. As a child, she had the opportunity to star in her sisters' projects, but she didn't see it as anything special, and in fact, decided to retire when she was just 10 years old.

“Their fame made me determined to study more. I wanted to be an actor but I didn't want to work under 18,” she told The Guardian. “My parents made me write a list of pros and cons, and the cons just kept piling up. So I thought I'd just keep acting as a hobby until I was older, because I felt pressured and I thought people would say, 'Oh, it's nepotism.' I decided that as long as I was confident and worked hard, I wouldn't just get what was given to me and no one could take that away from me.”

3. Linda Lopez

Jennifer Lopez's sister, Linda Lopez, says it's been an amazing experience watching her sister become famous all over the world. After Jennifer opened a restaurant in Los Angeles in the early 2000s, the media attention was something she never expected.

“I went to her restaurant opening in Pasadena… I walked in with my boyfriend. As we walked into the restaurant… there was a barricade set up across the street with a bunch of people behind it. People were drawing pictures of Jen. Hand-drawn pictures of Jen. Holding up signs and yelling. I walked past and for some reason it made me laugh. I can't believe people are there to see my dopey sister Jen who used to run around the house in her underwear when I was little,” Linda said on Twitter. The Oprah Show.

4. Austin Swift

Taylor Swift's brother, Austin Swift, has been by her side every step of the way as she rose to fame, and seeing her perform at everything from local events to stadiums, he says he was impressed with her work ethic, which influenced who he wanted to be in life.

“[I] “She was there performing at karaoke competitions and in the corners of parties with the same enthusiasm that she is performing in front of stadiums full of fans now,” Austin told WHO. “Seeing that example, how much work goes into it, how much time it takes… that will always remain the foundation of who I am and who I want to be,” he told People.

5. Bella Hadid

Bella Hadid admits that watching her sister Gigi Hadid become a supermodel brought some of her deepest insecurities to the surface. In the media, people often compared the sisters, making Bella feel like she wasn't as good as Gigi, which led to anxiety, depression, body image struggles and eating disorders.

“I was the ugly sister. I was brunette. I wasn't as cool as Gigi, I wasn't as outgoing. That's just what people said about me. And unfortunately, when you hear it over and over again, you start to believe it,” she told Vogue. “But over the years I became a good actress. I had a really big smile, a really strong face. I always felt like I had to prove something.”

6. Noah Cyrus

Noah Cyrus also said that watching her sister get famous made her feel like she wasn't enough. Her sister's fame led her to not go to a regular school and she became the target of cyberbullying. People who approached her didn't know her name, they just called her “Miley's sister.” Looking back, she said she would often hide in her room with the lights off, which was the only place she felt safe.

“Being part of a public family was really hard and I struggled with it a little bit because it wasn't my first choice,” she told Rolling Stone. “It was hard when people would come up to me and ask, 'Are you Miley Cyrus' sister?' or 'Are you Hannah Montana's sister?' I didn't like it and it kind of took away from my identity for a long time.”

7. Kieran Culkin

When Kieran Culkin's brother, Macaulay Culkin, became one of the world's most famous child actors in the early '90s, Kieran just felt sorry for him – even as a child he watched Macaulay rise to fame and realised how difficult it must have been, knowing people were following them around and eavesdropping on their conversations.

“Poor guy,” Kieran told Esquire magazine, “He was so young and trying to come to terms with the reality of that level of fame. Even as a kid I remember thinking, 'That's too bad for him.'”

8. Gemma Styles

Harry Styles' sister, Gemma Styles, has watched her brother grow from high school student to superstar overnight. She was his guardian during his childhood and X-Factor Over the next few days, she watched as he quickly gained a huge, enthusiastic fanbase.

“It's a strange experience having your own little brother run away to become a pop star,” she wrote in an article for AnOther magazine. “One of the things I've learned from Harry's success is that suddenly he's seen not as a normal person, but as a celebrity 'thing' born when the cameras are pointed at him. People pick up bits and pieces about his life, whether they're shared immediately or not, and try to understand where this creature with the hair and silver boots came from.”

9. Doniya Malik

Zayn Malik's sister, Doniya Malik, also witnessed her brother rise to fame overnight. X-FactorDoniya said it was a strange experience at first, but she eventually got used to her brother being known around the world.

“When I first started, I think I was 18, it all felt surreal and strange. Over time I got used to it. [but] “Yeah, it's overwhelming. It doesn't really feel real. I never thought my brother would be in the biggest boy band in the world. You just have to accept it,” she told BBC Asia Network.

10. Phineas

Finneas frequently collaborates with his sister, Billie Eilish, but he says watching her become famous made him realize he didn't want to be as famous as her, adding that he's grateful to be able to live with a degree of anonymity.

“Billy plays arenas and stuff, and her day-to-day life is a lot harder than mine. I can walk down the street, go into the grocery store, sit in a coffee shop, do whatever, without a care in the world,” Finneas said. Song Story Podcast. “I know a lot of people want to be famous, but I don't want to be any more famous than I am now. I think it would be such a pain… I can go to parties, but I don't want the paparazzi to follow me home.”

11. Franklin Jonas

Franklin Jonas is the youngest brother of Nick, Joe, and Kevin Jonas, and although he was still a child when his brothers became famous, he didn't like the attention their stardom brought him. Looking back, fans affectionately dubbed him “Bonus Jonas,” but Franklin says he hated the nickname and felt it took away from his identity. On top of that, as he grew older and his brothers became more famous, he began to receive more hateful comments online.

“A lot of it was like, 'If you ever feel forgotten, remember this guy,' or 'Frankie Jonas is a talentless piece of trash.' … Seeing all this stuff became kind of self-harming… It became a really serious issue for me. A lot of it perpetuated the idea that I was just a meme. I was this joke and my whole identity to people was 'adjacent.' It really affected me and how I viewed the world and how I felt about myself,” Frankie told Bustle.

12. Toby Sebastian

Florence Pugh's brother, Toby Sebastian, was by her side throughout her rise to fame. They both started their acting careers around the same time, so Toby says his experience of her stardom was gradual, so it wasn't a huge surprise when Florence became an A-list celebrity.

“I'm used to it and things happen gradually so it's nothing new for me. When you're successful in this industry you get fame, people recognise you and so on, it's a given,” Toby told Metro.co.uk. “I don't experience that on a day-to-day basis but she puts her all into everything she does. I don't know anyone more professional than her and I've never met anyone more professional than her in every way.”

13. Solange

As Beyoncé's younger sister, Solange has witnessed her sister's rise to superstardom. Solange says she felt immense pride watching her sister become famous and took advantage of learning from a “master class” like Beyoncé. As her sister rose to fame, Solange learned the importance of being involved in every aspect of her career, from lyrics to stage design to choreography.

“I think it's an interesting thing to go through, especially when you see them doing the same thing in every aspect of their work. Society brands them as control freaks, or obsessive women, or people who can't trust their team or delegate tasks to others, and that's just not true,” she told Interview magazine.

She continued, “There's no way to be successful without my team and all the pieces that make it happen, but I have a very unique and clear vision for how I want to represent myself, my body, my voice and my perspective, and I'm not afraid to say it.”