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David Tennant confesses to being a 'nepo baby' after TV minister father helped kick off his award winning career - following stepson Ty also being slapped with the label

In the 1980s the late reverent, who passed away aged 78 in 2016, co-presented religious programmes including That's The Spirit on Scottish television.

David Tennant has confessed that he is a ‘ nepo baby ’ after admitting his late TV minister dad used his contacts to get him in the door of his first telly job. The Doctor who actor, 53, whose adopted son Ty has also been branded with the label on account of his famous family, admitted that the connections his father Sandy Macdonald had in broadcasting came in handy when he started out in acting. David Tennant, 53, has confessed that he is a ‘ nepo baby ’ after admitting his late TV minister dad used his contacts to get him in the door of his first telly job

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