Hilaria Baldwin 'always' desired to be 'considered Spanish,' former dance partner claims

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

Out of pocket. Alec Baldwin announced that he is taking a break from Twitter after the scandal surrounding his wife, Hilaria Baldwin.

Love comes first. Alec Baldwin paid tribute to his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, on her birthday after she was accused of faking her Spanish accent and background last month.

Baldwin and husband Alec Baldwin, 62, have been holed up in their Hamptons mansion during the ordeal and are reportedly “very upset” over the scandal.

Alec Baldwin is doing his best to keep his embattled wife Hilaria Baldwin in high spirits despite the onslaught of criticism she's received over the past week for allegedly "pretending" to be Spanish. The yoga expert, 36, is at the center of a scandal after it was revealed that she was actually born and raised in Boston, not Spain as she has implied.

Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, are doing their best to deal with the recent uproar over her heritage.A source tells ET that the couple and their family are «very upset» that Hilaria's identity and background «are being questioned,» following social media claims that she has exaggerated her connection to Spain. The Baldwins are parents to five kids, Carmen, 7, Rafael, 5, Leonardo, 4, Romeo, 2, and Eduardo, 3 months.«Hilaria is such a soft-spoken, kind, caring and loving person, and

Hilaria Baldwin's recent scandal involving her claims to her heritage and connection to Spain. The 57-year-old brother of Alec Baldwin, Hilaria's husband, spoke in an interview with last Tuesday, which was published over the weekend. “This is probably an awkward and embarrassing time for Alec and Hilaria,” Billy said at the time.

Billy Baldwin is sticking up for his sister-in-law Hilaria after allegations that the wife of his brother, Alec Baldwin, had been faking her Spanish accent and heritage.

Billy Baldwin is standing by sister-in-law Hilaria Baldwin amid accusations she lied about her Spanish heritage and accent.The actor, 57, and his wife, Chynna Phillips, sat down with The New York Post‘s Page Six on Tuesday, December 29, via FaceTime to talk about the drama.

Even the people from Hilaria Baldwin‘s past who like her can’t defend her on this!

Hilaria Baldwin was always a Spanish-wannabe — but she really put her foot in her mouth when she changed her name from Hillary, her old dance partner says.“The whole ‘Hilaria’ thing is hilarious to me,” Alexander Rechits, who competitively danced with the now-embattled yoga-bending celeb from 2006 to 2009, told the New York Times.

Alec Baldwin's public temper has one of his wife's critics afraid for her safety.

It’s fitting that the most tragic year in recent memory ended on a comedic note with Hilaria Baldwin’s heritage scandal, but the Massachusetts native certainly isn’t laughing about it.

There’s a special satisfaction that comes from watching these Hilaria Baldwin Spanish accent videos, as they all but confirm what social media users believe is a decades-long ruse by Alec Baldwin’s wife pretending to be Spanish.

As if this scandal couldn’t get weirder, it seems that even Hilaria Baldwin and Alec’s wedding had Spanish appropriation baked into its theme. Hilaria—who was born Hillary Thomas-Hayward in Boston, Massachusetts—incorporated her self-proclaimed Spanish “culture” into her June 2012 wedding to the 30 Rock actor with readings in both Spanish and English, a flamenco hand fan, and a veil reminiscent of a Spanish mantilla.

Hilaria Baldwin isn’t backing down amid backlash over her rumored appropriation of Spanish culture.The 36-year-old wellness guru recently came under fire on social media after a Twitter user exposed her alleged “decade-long grift where she impersonates a Spanish person.” Baldwin was born in Boston to parents David L. Thomas Jr. and Dr.