Don't call my Joe a nepo baby, says Amanda Abbington - as son, 19, she shares with Martin Freeman lands major role in new Stephen King series 'all on his own'

Don't call my Joe a nepo baby, says Amanda Abbington - as son, 19, she shares with Martin Freeman lands major role in new Stephen King series 'all on his own'

Amanda Abbington and ex husband Martin Freeman have insisted their son Joe is 'not a nepo baby', as the Strictly star demanded 'he got it all on his own'.

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