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Salma Hayek is issuing a reaction to Alec Baldwin‘s wife Hilaria Baldwin‘s heritage scandal.

If you don’t remember, Hilaria came under fire a few weeks ago for misrepresenting her heritage and adopting a Spanish accent. She was actually born in Boston, Massachusetts, but many believed she was born in Mallorca, Spain due to interview articles and a bio on her own agency’s website.

“Oh my God. That is crazy,” Hayek said of all the controversy. “Like, you know what, because a lot of my friends ask me, ‘Oh, did you hear about this? Oh my God ….’ We all lie a little bit. She makes my friend happy,” Salma told Andy Cohen on SiriusXM’s “Andy Cohen Live.” Alec and Salma became friends after working together on 30 Rock.

“She’s a good, she fooled me,” she added. “And you know, I don’t care. She, I’m sorry. I know I don’t mean to betray or hurt anybody’s feelings. And I don’t know if it’s right or if it’s wrong and I don’t, I’m not gonna judge somebody just because of that one thing.”

Salma added, “I feel honored that somebody wants to be, their alter ego it’s to be like something that is similar to my roots. It makes me feel proud that people are inspired because you know, I am Mexican Lebanese, but my grandparents, my ancestors on my mother’s side are Spanish. I think she’s smart to want to be Spanish. We’re cool.”

Salma added it was all “bizarre,” but said, “She’s not, not a bad person, not a bad person, a good person, a good mother and a good wife. She makes my friend happy. She’s very kind to me. And that’s all I care about.”

Alec Baldwin is making a seemingly temporary change amid his wife Hilaria Baldwin‘s heritage scandal.

If you missed the news, a Twitter thread went viral a few weeks ago in which she was accused of a “decade long grift where she impersonates a Spanish person.” Video clips of her speaking in a Spanish accent have been spreading around the internet and her speaking engagement bio used to say she was born in Mallorca, Spain. She responded to all of these allegations and gave her version of the events again.

Well, this week, Alec took to Twitter to make an announcement. He’s leaving Twitter amid all the scandal and the talk about his wife.

Alec Baldwin celebrated his wife Hilaria Baldwin‘s birthday in a recent Instagram post.

“Happy birthday to the love of my life,” Alec wrote on Tuesday (January 5). “To the only person in the world who brings me joy and peace every day.” He shared a photo of him and Hilaria with their five children, calling her, “The person who is my home. My everything.”

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Hilaria may miss Alec‘s post as she recently announced that she would be taking a “long” break from social media. The 37-year old has been embroiled in controversy after a Twitter thread accusing her of a “decade long grift where she impersonates a Spanish person” went viral. She addressed the speculation regarding her heritage and accent in a recent tell-all interview.

Alec defended his wife in a 10 minute long video uploaded to his Instagram. His daughter, Ireland Baldwin, also posted a message of support, calling the accusations “sad” and “pathetic” in an Instagram story.

Hilaria Baldwin, the wife of Alec Baldwin, has been involved in a major controversy regarding her heritage, her accent, her real name, and more.

If you missed it, recently, a Twitter thread went viral in which she was accused of a “decade long grift where she impersonates a Spanish person.” Video clips of her speaking in a Spanish accent have been spreading around the internet and her speaking engagement bio used to say she was born in Mallorca, Spain.

It was also discovered that her birth name is actually Hillary Hayward-Thomas and she was born in Boston, Massachusetts and went to high school in the area as well.

Now, Hilaria is giving a tell-all interview where she is answering some of the questions you likely have about this entire controversy.

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Ireland Baldwin has written a lengthy note to her followers explaining a few things amid the controversy surrounding Hilaria Baldwin, her step mother.

If you don’t know, Ireland is the daughter of Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin, and grew up in the public eye with a ton of speculation.

“I moved out of a major city with the intention of escaping the public eye in a small but significant way. I couldn’t take a deep breath in Los Angeles and was dealing with a great deal of anxiety that I didn’t know how to manage. Stories come out about my family members that often times are fabricated or blown out of proportion. I’ve spent so much time getting worked up and upset seeing people dig into my parent’s divorce and relationship history, into my past having visited a mental rehabilitation facility, and so many PRIVATE ordeals made public. That’s the thing I can say that most of you don’t understand… what it’s like to have your family’s private affairs aired out and analyzed by millions of strangers,” Ireland wrote in a note on Instagram.

She added, “Now the purpose of this isn’t to ask for any kind of sympathy… I simply want to point out a couple things.”

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A big change has been made to Hilaria Baldwin‘s official bio on her agency’s webpage dedicated to her work.

Previously, the 36-year-old’s bio read, “Baldwin was born in Mallorca, Spain and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.” Now, this line has been completely scrubbed from CAA’s website. Many pointed to this line in her bio as part of a bigger “grift” to make it appear as if she has ties to the European country.

If you don’t know, Hilaria has been involved in a ton of controversy surrounding her heritage and an apparent fake accent.

It has been discovered that Hilaria was born in Boston, Massachusetts as “Hillary Hayward-Thomas,” but many are pointing to interviews where she apparently claimed to be from Spain. There are also numerous videos of her speaking with a Spanish accent, while there are other videos where she seems to have no Spanish accent. There’s a now infamous video involving her confusion over the word “cucumber” that has also been addressed.

Find out what her husband Alec Baldwin had to say about the controversy in a lengthy statement.

Alec Baldwin has released a nearly 10 minute long video that seems to be a defense of his wife Hilaria Baldwin amid the allegations that she has faked her heritage and her accent. Hilaria was born in Boston, Massachusetts as “Hillary Hayward-Thomas,” but many are pointing to interviews where she apparently claimed to be from Spain. There are also numerous videos of her speaking with a Spanish accent.

“A bit about me. I’ve seen chatter online questioning my identity and culture. This is something I take very seriously, and for those who are asking— I’ll reiterate my story, as I’ve done many times before. I was born in Boston and grew up spending time with my family between Massachusetts and Spain. My parents and sibling live in Spain and I chose to live here, in the USA. We celebrate both cultures in our home—Alec and I are raising our children bilingual, just as I was raised. This is very important to me. I understand that my story is a little different, but it is mine, and I’m very proud of it,” Hilaria said.

Alec‘s video started off as a place where he expressed his dismay over Facebook as a social media platform. The video morphed into him speaking about negativity and things being said about people in his life that he loves. He never mentions Hilaria by name in the video.

“We live in a world now where we’re hidden behind the anonymity of social media. People feel that they can say anything. They can say anything. They probably would like to do anything if they weren’t at risk of getting caught and going to prison,” Alec said. “Because they can’t do that, because that involves real commitment to do something, to express those feelings, they say things, no profile picture very often, sometimes yes, no identifying features there, hidden behind the anonymity of social media, they want to just shoot it all over you and spray it all over you, their venom and their hate.”

“And you have to consider the source. There’s things that have been said lately about people that I love, that I care about deeply, which are ridiculous. I mean, just ridiculous,” he continued.

Meanwhile, Alec‘s oldest daughter Ireland spoke to the controversy as well and even explained Hilaria‘s infamous cucumber moment.

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