The conversation segues into the authenticity of her Spanish origins while husband and wife bicker about a prenuptial agreement.
“Let’s talk slower, let’s talk slower,” Alec tells his impassioned wife.
“Youre speaking English in a Spanish cadence which is always perilous for me.
Hilaria Baldwin.Credit:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Slow down, I cant understand you.”
The screen then cuts to montages of past headlines questioning Hilaria’s accent.
“I was raised bilingual,” says Hilaria.
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“My family, all my nuclear family, now lives over in Spain.
I want to teach my kids pride in speaking more than one language.
I think growing up and speaking two languages is extremely special.
When I mix the two, that makes me normal.”
But my family, my friends, my community .
speak multiple languages, have belonging in multiple places.
Thats called being human."
She doubled down on her origins, stating that she was raised in both Boston and Spain.
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