Meg Ryan shares rare update on her adopted daughter Daisy, 20, - after defending her actor son Jack against nepo baby criticism

Meg Ryan has shared a rare update on her adopted daughter Daisy as she spoke in a candid new interview. 

The Hollywood star, 63, adopted Daisy from China in 2006. She also shares biological son Jack Quaid, 32, with ex-husband actor Dennis Quaid, 70.

The former couple welcomed Jack in 1992. They were married for 10 years, before finalizing their divorce in 2001.

Five years later Meg went on to adopt Daisy, who was born in 2004.

Speaking sweetly about her relationship during an interview with The Sunday Times she said: 'I always thought I'd adopt, and at various points I was on the brink of it.

'But it was particular to Daisy, I guess. I don't know how events conspired to bring us together, but it was perfect.'

She also told how right now Daisy is studying English literature at a college near New York City but that she dreams of one day studying in Bath in England. 

During the interview Meg would not talk about her son Jack, 32, - who is an actor after following in his parents footsteps.  

She has previously spoken about him in a 2023 interview with Glamour where she hit back at nepo baby claims.  

Meg said: 'You don't wish it on anyone. It's too hard and it's too weird. Jack is really talented. He's more of a natural than I'll ever be.'

'That nepo stuff is so dismissive of his work ethic, his gifts and how sensitive he is to the idea of his privilege,' Ryan previously shared.

Last year the Sleepless in Seattle star gushed about her kids, telling People, 'I have two of the greatest kids. 

'They are hilarious, they're smart, they are kind, they're interested in other people, they're curious about the world. I feel like both of them make the world a little better, and I just feel so proud of them.'

'It is a joy to me to know both of them,' the doting mom added.

Daisy started college last year. At the time Meg shared she was visiting her daughter 'probably more than I should' and going on hours-long drives just to see Daisy on her college campus, if only just to share a cup of coffee together. 

She also admitted that she was strict as a parent, and that Daisy didn't have a phone 'until she was 15.'

'She really is somebody who has a lot of different interests and she's a great reader and she, at least, has a memory of the phone not being everything,' she told People.

While Daisy is still getting her education, Jack has followed his into his famous parents' footsteps as an actor.

He made his acting debut in 2012's The Hunger Games. He has also starred on Oppenheimer, Logan Lucky, and TV series The Boys.

In July, Jack admitted he has no problem owning up to the 'nepo baby' label despite Meg previously defending him amid the claims, and acknowledged that being a Hollywood offspring has put him in a 'privileged' position.

'I am an immensely privileged person, was able to get representation pretty early on, and that's more than half the battle,' Jack told the Daily Beast.

'I knew the door was open for me in a lot of ways that it's just not for a lot of actors. And I've just tried to work as hard as I possibly can to prove that I deserve to walk through that door.'

Jack also said he was aware of his privilege when he's up for a role in a romantic comedy, considering his mom Meg is the 'undisputed Queen of Rom-Coms.'

'So if that's in the rom-com space, it's got to be different enough, and I need to work my a** off,' he told the outlet.

Meg shot to stardom in the 1980s, playing the female love interest in hit movies like the original Top Gun and When Harry Met Sally.

As the years went on, she became inextricably identified with romantic comedies, with her best-known films including Sleepless In Seattle and You've Got Mail.