Sofia Vergara’s Colombian accent has long been part of her signature charm, with plenty of playful jokes being made about her voice on the show that made her a household name, “Modern Family.” But while that was all with Vergara’s permission, not everyone was happy when Ellen DeGeneres repeatedly poked fun at Vergara on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” It all started in 2020 when a Twitter user shared a video of DeGeneres mocking Vergara’s accent. Though the video has since been deleted (plenty still remain on YouTube, though), it created quite the social media firestorm, with some claiming DeGeneres took the joke too far and even suggesting her comments may have been racially motivated.
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“Um this is so uncomfortable to watch being from the same county as sofia vergara. tbh f**k ellen and her racist a*s,” one person hit back, while another tweeted, “Am I the only one that hates and finds offensive the way Ellen treats Sofia Vergara? I hate when Americans make fun of the way people from other countries speak English when they can’t even pronounce a Spanish word properly.” A third commented, “Us bilingual people may struggle with our second language sometimes but we still speak two languages, which is something people like ellen probably could never. the fact that we had to learn a second language just in order to communicate with people in other countries and now actually can is impressive!”
