At the end of 2020, following years of speaking with a Spanish accent, Hilaria Baldwin came under fire after it was revealed that she actually grew up and attended school in Massachusetts. Although it was previously believed that Baldwin had been raised in Spain, she has since confirmed that she simply spent time there as a child.

Following claims of a fake accent and fake heritage, Baldwin took to her Instagram page to explain. "I am that person that if I've been speaking a lot of Spanish, I tend to mix them, and if I'm speaking a lot of English, then I mix that," she said of her accent (via Glamour). "When I try to work, I try to enunciate a little more, but if I get nervous or upset or something, then I start to mix the two."

While Baldwin's mother and father did move to Spain after retiring, she was already 27 years old at the time. According to Baldwin, her accent developed because her family lives in Spain and growing up, she spoke both Spanish and English. Will this controversy eventually affect Baldwin's earnings and $10 million net worth? Time will tell.