GRACE HAYDEN has hit back at “nepo baby” claims.
The broadcaster, 24, is enjoying an incredible rise – impressing across different sports.
Grace has worked in cricket, her dad Matthew having played in more than 100 tests for , as well as racing, motorsports, tennis .
While refusing to shy away from having a famous dad, Grace insists that she has put in the graft to be successful.
Speaking to Daily Telegraph Australia , she said: “People want to throw in whatever they want to throw at me.
“But I definitely know I do the work. I do the hard yards and it’s a lot of research.
“I came into this life being Matthew Hayden’s daughter.
“I definitely wrestled with it when I was younger when people would say I only made a sports team because I was ‘Matthew Hayden’s daughter’ or I only did something because I was ‘Matthew Hayden’s daughter’.
“But I got really good advice from someone who said, ‘You need to learn to embrace that, because you are proud of it.’
“And at the end of the day, I’m so proud of my dad and mum, for what they’ve achieved together.”
Grace has built a huge social media fanbase in her own right, boasting more than 750,000 Instagram followers.
And she first caught the eye of TV chiefs aged just 19.
Hayden revealed: “They were interviewing for a job as a roving fashion reporter in Melbourne for the races carnival.
“I went through the whole interview process. I was up against six other girls.
“They said to me, ‘You know what? We’re going to take a risk and we’re going to go with a girl that’s green, and throw you in the deep end.’”
