Boston-born Hilaria Baldwin shares another Spanglish video despite backlash over 'fake' accent

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Hilaria Baldwin has defiantly continued to use her 'fake' Spanish accent in a new Instagram video, days after she raised eyebrows for 'forgetting' the English word for 'onions' in a recent video.

Hilaria, 40, was born Hillary Hayward-Thomas in an upscale neighborhood of Boston, but was exposed four years ago by DailyMail.com for listing her birthplace as Majorca, Spain, on her agency's website. 

While her parents live in Majorca, she grew up in the states and is American - but she often uses a Spanish accent in interviews. 

Despite being called out by fans for her continued use of the accent, the star proved once again that she has no intention of stopping as she posted a clip that showed her speaking in Spanglish with her two-year-old daughter, Ilaria, on Wednesday.

In the video, the mother-of-seven was heard talking to her daughter in Spanish as she asked, 'Cómo te llamas? [What is your name?].'

Revealing that Ilaria likes to refer to herself as 'baby boss' - the animated character famously voiced by Hilaria's husband Alec Baldwin, 66 - the former yoga instructor was heard calling her daughter a 'pretty baby boss' with her signature accent. 

Hilaria Baldwin has defiantly continued to use her Spanish accent in a new Instagram video

It comes days after the star, who was born in Boston, raised eyebrows for 'forgetting' English word for 'onions' in a recent video obtained by DailyMail.com

She wrote in the caption: 'She refers to herself as "baby boss" and this is how the boss applies "yip-stit"… and she is so smushable.'

The new video comes days after DailyMail.com exclusively obtained videos that showed Hilaria seeming to forget how to say the word 'onions' in English as she treated her holiday guests to 'traditional' Spanish tortilla.

She was seen on video saying: 'I learned this from when I was a kid, don't look it up online because you'll learn something different.'

The yogi explained that the secret to her recipe was making sure the potatoes were 'not cut too tiny,' and then turned to her friend and appeared to forget the English word 'onions.'

'My husband hates… cebollas,' Hilaria said with a pause, before her friend quickly reminded her she was looking for the word 'onions.' 

After the video was shared, neuro-hacking biopsychologist Dr. Mary Poffenroth shed light on some reasons why someone might continuously embellish their cultural identity to DailyMail.com.

She explained: 'Some individuals may fake their cultural identity due to a deep-seated uncertainty about their true sense of self.'

'When someone feels their real identity is somehow lacking or inadequate, their limbic system - the emotional processing center of the brain - may drive them to seek out a more "exotic" or interesting cultural persona,' Dr. Poffenroth, who wrote Brave New You, explained. 

Despite being called out by fans for her continued use of the accent, she proved she has no intention of stopping as she posted a sweet clip alongside her daughter Ilaria

In the video, the mother-of-seven is heard talking to her daughter in Spanish as she asked, 'Cómo te llamas? [What is your name?]'

'Though it's not their own, this need to fit into another cultural group can give a sense of self-worth and belonging that they might be lacking in their daily life.'

As to why someone would continue this behavior even after being exposed or discovered, Dr. Poffenroth, who is based in California, said it could be because they 'ignore or discount any evidence or criticism that runs counter to their false cultural narrative,' leading them to 'concentrate only on positive feedback and validation they obtain.' 

'Their conviction in the validity of their chosen identity can be strengthened by this selective attention, thus it becomes challenging for them to accept the truth,' Dr. Poffenroth, who works in the mental health space and investigates how the nervous system and brain shapes mental processes and behavior, added.

Family and child psychologist Caitlin Slavens, based in Canada, also explained: 'Pretending to be from a culture we are not usually comes from a deep desire for acceptance or belonging.' 

'Some feel detached from their identity and think that assimilation will offer them better social and professional opportunities,' she continued, explaining that Hilaria seemingly had 'a deep connection to Spanish culture which was fostered and highly encouraged in childhood.' 

'Once exposed, they may continue the behavior as a way to maximize shame avoidance or preserve the identity they’ve constructed - especially if they’ve linked their self-worth or public persona to the behavior,' the Mama Psychologists founder said.

Back in 2015, the entrepreneur first went viral for seemingly forgetting a simple word in her native tongue while cooking. 

At the time, Hilaria had appeared in a now infamous six-minute segment on the Today Show and made an 'authentic' gazpacho. 

In a now infamous video clip from 2015, Hilaria (left) appeared on a cooking segment for the Today Show where she seemingly forgot the English word for 'cucumber'

Hilaria and Alec Baldwin, 66, married in 2012 and the actor confidently informed talk show host David Letterman that his wife was Spanish during an interview the following year

In reality, she was born in Boston and raised in a five-bed, five-bath house (seen)

The Living Clearly Method author listed the ingredients, and at one point, seemed to forget the English word for 'cucumber.'

'We have tomatoes, we have, um, how do you say in English? Cucumber,' Hilaria said at the time. 

Hilaria and her 30 Rock star husband have also given Spanish names to all their seven children: Carmen Gabriela, 10, Rafael Thomas, 8, Leonardo Angel Charles, 7, Romeo Alejandro David, 6, Eduardo Pao Lucas, 3, Maria Lucia Victoria, 3, and Ilaria Catalina Irena.

In an Instagram video in 2021, Hilaria defended her behavior, claiming that while she was born in Boston, she spent 'some of' her childhood in Spain and 'some' of it in Massachusetts.

'There was a lot of back and forth my entire life,' she said. 'I'm really lucky that I grew up speaking two different languages and I'm trying to raise my kids, so they speak two languages too. 

'And that's something very important to me especially having my family abroad.'

Records show that Hilaria's parents, attorney David Thomas and Harvard Medical School professor Kathryn Hayward, bought a $4 million five-bedroom, five-bath house in Boston's Beacon Hill area in June 1987 when Hilaria was just three and didn't move out until she had turned 28. 

Neighbors there remembered her as a 'very entitled young lady.' What they had no recollection of was any Spanish accent.