- by foxnews
- 18 Mar 2025
Hilaria Baldwin admitted she never got used to the backlash after facing public scrutiny following her heritage scandal five years ago.
Baldwin claimed she was born in Mallorca and raised in Boston. She said on a podcast in April 2020, that she moved to the U.S. when she was 19-years-old to attend NYU. However, social media sleuths later uncovered the truth that she was born and raised in the states, and may have spent time in Spain with her family.
Hilaria has since apologized for the confusion, and admitted in an Instagram post at the time that "culture, languages, sexual orientations, religions [and] political beliefs" are "allow[ed] to be fluid."
She admitted on her reality show that the backlash never got easier, but she's found different ways to block the public out of her mind.
"Being in, the spotlight, as people like to call it. People say, 'Oh, don't you get used to it?' No, you don't get used to it," she said.
Baldwin says she adapted to challenges throughout her life, thanks to her multi-cultural influences.
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Baldwin, 41, compared her bilingual mannerisms to "code-switching."
"They say that it's like communication, if you ever talk to a really old person who cannot hear, and I'm gonna emphasize, I'm gonna speak slower," she said. "And you're not even really thinking about it. You just start to do it.
"It's gonna be great. You're a winner," Alec told Hilaria as she was speaking with the reporter.
"Oh my God. When I'm talking, you're not talking," Hilaria replied. "No. When I'm talking, you're not talking."
Alec apologized before Hilaria added, "This is why we'll have to just cut him out of the show."
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