Well, well, well. Looks like we've got another scandalous case of cultural grifting. This time the offender is Hilaria Baldwin, who was once known as Hillary Hayward-Thomas until she met her current husband, actor Alec Baldwin. For nearly a decade, Hilaria Baldwin has self-identified as Spanish, claiming that she was born in Mallorca and often appeared on talk shows with a vaguely Spanish accent. In one Today Show video, she even pretends to forget the English word for 'cucumber.' How you say...cringe?
The truth came out on December 21st when @lenibriscoe shared their research in a series of tweets showing all the cringey times Baldwin cosplayed as a Spanish person. In reality, Baldwin was born in Boston to American parents, who were also born and raised in Massachusetts but moved to Spain in 2011. A handful of Baldwin's old classmates came forward claiming that she didn't have the accent back at Cambridge School of Weston. The Twitter thread quickly blew up and has since been referenced in a number of publications. The jig is up Hilaria, or should we say, Hillary. When will the Rachel Dolezals and Jessica Krugs of the world ever learn?
We've collected some of the most hilari-ous tweets and takes on the whole Hilaria saga. Sometimes you just gotta laugh at these crazy ass rich people.
In all the chaos please do not forget what’s most important this holiday season, that when asked by a magazine what her favorite Spanish language song from her childhood she sings to her children, Hilaria Baldwin (née Hillary Hayward-Thomas) listed “Ave Maria,” which is Latin.
— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) December 28, 2020
She literally switches between the 2 accents. #hilariabaldwin
— Gabsxo (@Gabsxo3) December 28, 2020
https://t.co/MP6ajtza8s
Hilaria Baldwin needs to take this whole mess to the Red Table...or as she would say, the Mesa Roja.
— Julia Young (@okjulia) December 28, 2020
Hillary and Hilaria pic.twitter.com/wH9cRLT2Lv
— reid (@thereidfeed) December 28, 2020
haven’t watched the Hilaria video but in my mind she’s like “I apologithe”
— JP (@jpbrammer) December 28, 2020
This Hilaria Baldwin tea has me gagging!!!
— PREPper Ann (@SlutFromDee90s) December 27, 2020
It reminds me when Erika confronted Dorit on #rhobh about her faux accent pic.twitter.com/aANDvcPwGc
No one:
— Donald (@ItsPrimaDonald) December 27, 2020
Hilaria Baldwin from Massachusetts: pic.twitter.com/0qx0HesPJD
the beauty of the Hilaria Baldwin is we all know a boring American girl who decided she was actually “European”
— Molly Lambert 🦔 (@mollylambert) December 27, 2020
Watched the latest Hilaria vid, and she is absolutely trying to subtly phase the fake accent out, which I believe is the rare Reverse Madonna.
— Louis Peitzman (@LouisPeitzman) December 27, 2020
feel free to ignore any hilaria baldwin take that does not boil down to “this is extremely funny”
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) December 28, 2020
I just want to thank the universe for this whole Hilaria Baldwin thing. It's been a real fucking mess of a year and we deserve this.
— Jill Twiss (@jilltwiss) December 27, 2020
Hilaria Baldwin's 2020:
— Con Seanery (@darthshizzius) December 27, 2020
How it started. How it's going. pic.twitter.com/BgVcdhOx1w
Raise your hand if you didn’t know who didn’t know who Hilaria Baldwin was til yesterday pic.twitter.com/pgqaXpoOm5
— 🖤. (@MsPackyetti) December 28, 2020
Me, unable to stop reading about Hilaria Baldwin: pic.twitter.com/Rens9ko1wR
— jordyn volk (@jordynvolk) December 27, 2020
wait you’re telling me hilaria baldwin’s name is just hilary
— vampire workday (@imbobswaget) December 25, 2020
Hilaria Baldwin watching the #RHOP Reunion: pic.twitter.com/6k8aLFyEBE
— Donald (@ItsPrimaDonald) December 28, 2020
My only question for @hilariabaldwin pic.twitter.com/67S6iR06qI
— Chelsea Green Card (@wwf___diva) December 28, 2020
What do you do if your spouse doesn’t care about the Hilaria Baldwin scandal?
— Adam Roberts (@amateurgourmet) December 27, 2020
Hilaria Baldwin’s not from Spain?! #hilariabaldwin pic.twitter.com/dbp7tLz4Oa
— Sheridan Pierce (@sheridan_pierce) December 28, 2020
Your girl, Hilaria, La Flamenca, setting the record straight.
— Suni Reyes (@SuniReyes) December 28, 2020
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#2020 #anotherone #hilariabaldwin#hilary #hilarious #parody #spain #boston #comedyforthepeople pic.twitter.com/KaawBJyfRi
Here’s Hilaria Baldwin in a 2012 IG photo wearing an España jersey with the caption “in case there was any question about mi cultura upbringing” pic.twitter.com/GSjWXE42jc
— Sophie Ross (@SophRossss) December 28, 2020
Yo Hilaria
— Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. (@clapifyoulikeme) December 28, 2020
Tú Hilarias
Él/ella/usted Hilaria
Nosotros/as Hilariamos
Vosotros/as Hilariais
Ellos/ellas/ustedes Hilarian
Hilaria Baldwin’s fake accent radicalized me
— Carey O'Donnell (@ecareyo) December 27, 2020