Hilaria Baldwins Odd Response to Accent Controversy

Hilaria Baldwin was recently able to make light of the 'fake' accent controversy that has followed her since 2020.

The 42-year-old reality star and wife of Alec Baldwin attended a Valentine's-themed lunch for Gurus magazine on Monday, joined by 12-year-old daughter Carmen. 

According to Page Six, Gurus founder Derek Warburton poked fun at Baldwin while thanking guests for attending the soiree.

When she reportedly returned the sentiment, saying 'thank you' with a Spanish inflection, Warburton joked, 'I love you, whatever accent they think you use.'

And the mom-of-seven laughed at the jab along with the rest of the attendees.

Notable names including The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Sutton Stracke, designer Nicole Miller, former America’s Next Top Model judge Nolé Marin, and publicist Anna Rothschild were in the building. 

Baldwin, who grew up in Boston, ignited a storm of criticism when she started speaking with a Spanish accent several years ago. 

Hilaria Baldwin was recently able to make light of the 'fake' accent controversy that has followed her since 2020

It came as she attended a Valentine's-themed lunch for Gurus magazine, where founder Derek Warburton made a playful jab about her now-famous Spanish inflection

She defended herself in an Instagram video at the time, explaining, 'I spent some of my childhood in Boston, some of my childhood in Spain.'

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And later, in her 2025 memoir Manual Not Included, she claimed that her fluctuating accent is due to ADHD and dyslexia.

She wrote that her 'brain just works differently.'

'And these [diagnoses] greatly impact my speech, my reading, my listening, my focus, my memory and my self-confidence,' she elaborated.

She also addressed confusion about how she identifies as Spanish even though she was born and raised in Boston.

The yoga instructor attributed her accent to being neurodivergent.

She referenced her 2015 appearance on the Today show, in which she forgot how to say cucumber in English, and blamed her 'processing differences.'

Baldwin was joined by 12-year-old daughter Carmen

Notable names including The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Sutton Stracke (far right) and designer Nicole Miller (far left) were at the event

Warburton reportedly joked, 'I love you, whatever accent they think you use,' eliciting a laugh from Baldwin

She said she did not discuss 'any of this publicly' until her book was written.

'I have a brain that is one part English, one part Spanish, seven dollops of mom brain, and a heavy pour of distraction,' she penned.

'If only you knew how loud it is in my brain at any given moment,' she continued.

'I just existed in a land where sometimes I spoke one language and sometimes I spoke another, sometimes I mixed them and got mixed up, and I never talked about my processing differences.'

The star insisted: 'I can really succeed in the right environments and tasks.' 

The Baldwins tied the knot in 2012 and in addition to Carmen, they share Rafael, 10, Leonardo, nine, Romeo, seven, Eduardo, five, Maria, four and Ilaria, three. 

The former Saturday Night Live star also shares 30-year-old daughter Ireland Baldwin with ex-wife Kim Basinger.