The Tangled Life Alec Baldwin Made For Himself

Alec Baldwin isn’t the only Baldwin getting the masses talking. His second wife, Hilaria Baldwin, had made some headlines of her own — her most controversial one surrounding questions about the authenticity of her lineage. The yoga instructor took to Instagram in late 2020 to reply to concerns over her allegedly falsified Spanish descent and seemingly alternating accent in two since-deleted videos.

“I was born in Boston and grew up spending time with my family between Massachusetts and Spain,” her first caption read in part (via People). “My parents and sibling live in Spain and I chose to live here, in the U.S.A.” Hilaria added, “When I was growing up, in this country, I would use the name Hillary, and in Spain, I would use Hilaria, and my family, my parents, call me Hilaria. … Ethnically I’m a mix of many, many things; culturally, I grew up with the two cultures.”

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A number of details appeared to invalidate Hilaria’s origin story in the eyes of social media sleuths. For instance, a now-deleted Creative Arts Agency bio initially implied that her birthplace was Mallorca, Spain, per Page Six. Similarly, she’d suggested on a later-removed interview on the “#MomTruths” podcast that, as an NYU alum, she moved to the United States in her late teens. Even more confusing, Hilaria’s granddad David L. Thomas Sr.’s obituary seemingly placed her ancestry in Massachusetts. Hilaria later shared in another since-deleted Instagram post, “At this point I’m starting to think I’m being attacked for who I am and no answer is the right answer.”