Hilaria Baldwin's Former Dance Partner Says It Was 'Always Her Desire' to be Considered Spanish

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.

 they’re the victims in her Spanish heritage debacle — whining that the scandal has been “a lot for her,” a new report says.The clueless celebrity couple is “very upset” that her cultural identity and background even “are being questioned” and remain “deeply affected” by the controversy, a source told “Entertainment Tonight.““Hilaria is such a soft-spoken, kind, caring and loving person, and the harassment and hate that she has been receiving on social media has been a lot for her,” the source

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

The View co-host Sunny Hostin weighed in on Hilaria Baldwin‘s cultural appropriation scandal, accusing the yoga influencer of faking her Spanish roots to “make herself more exotic and successful.” The drama erupted at the end of December, when Twitter user @LeniBriscoe revealed that Hilaria, who speaks with a Spanish accent and frequently references her family in Mallorca, was actually born Hillary in Boston to American parents.

Hilaria Baldwin‘s sister-in-law has her back!

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.

In the wake of the controversy surrounding Hilaria Baldwin’s Spanish heritage, a blog post written by her father about the culture’s impact on his life has resurfaced.

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

Hilaria Baldwin‘s former dance partner spoke out amid controversy over the star’s Spanish heritage and accent. Alex Rechits, who danced with the Living Clearly Method author for three years, said he found the drama “hilarious.”The professional dancer told The New York Times that during his time as her dance partner, from 2006 to 2009, he knew Baldwin, 36, as Hilary Hayward-Thomas.

Hilaria Baldwin's former dance partner is weighing in on the ongoing scandal surrounding her heritage.

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.

Hilaria Baldwin‘s former dance partner is speaking out amid her ongoing heritage scandal. In Baldwin’s recent New York Times interview, Alexander Rechits, who danced competitively with the mom of five from 2006 to 2009, explains why her post-2009 name change from Hillary Hayward-Thomas to Hilaria is “hilarious” to him.

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesIn Boston we call it a “cucum-BAH.” This was my gut-check response to the Hilaria Baldwin drama that unfolded this past week, an event comprising themes ranging from cultural appropriation to canned phony accents and lingual disparities—“How do you say in English…cucumber?”—to blatant, old-fashioned mendacity. Pandemic lockdown ennui aside, it might seem pointless to unpack this social media soap opera any more than we collectively already have.

Spanish-accent scandal said in a new interview that the popular yoga guru should “own what she did” — and called her claims of being born in Spain “offensive and wrong.”The woman, who started a thread Monday under @LeniBriscoe that questioned Baldwin’s claim she was born in Mallorca, told the Daily Mail that she has few regrets about being behind the brouhaha.“People were asking me don’t you have anything better to do and the answer is: no I don’t,” she told the news outlet on condition of

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.