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Only her dad is Lebanese. I think kind of similar to Shakira. |
Are all Mexican people faking their accents or just her? |
But isn’t her dad’s family from Mexico and of Lebanese descent? What you’re saying is that Americans of Irish descent are Irish with American citizenship. And then would that mean that Black people are Africans (even though they don’t know their country of origin) with American citizenship? |
And isn’t it like *so weird* that we’re all pretending to have American accents just because we’re from America |
Not ALL of us. Case in point - Hillary Lynn Hayward Thomas. Aka Hilaria Tomás Baaaaadwinito |
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The Salma Hayek accent thing and Hilary Baldwin are extremely different.
Salma was born in and grew up in Mexico. Also, her dad is Lebanese but had been in Mexico a long time, was a well known businessman and politician there. It's not like he'd just immigrated from Lebanon when she was born. Her mom is Spanish, not Lebanese. Salma attended a private Catholic school in the US from 12-18, but she spent holidays and summers in Mexico with her family. She went to a Mexican university. She then started her career in Mexico and all her early roles were in Mexican telenovelas and films, all Spanish-speaking. It was only once she was fairly successful in Mexican cinema that she got her first Hollywood roles and wound up immigrating to the US. I am fairly certain that Salma has made an effort to retain her accent after years of living in the US. Yes, it is part of her brand and there are good financial reasons to retain it. This is SUPER common in Hollywood and not restricted to someone from Mexico. Matthew McConaughey has intentionally maintained his accent. So has Jodi Foster. Tina Fey has a very recognizable way of speaking that includes some Pennsylvania vowels and pronunciations. All of these people recognize their voice is part of their public persona and even though they have spent years living among people who do NOT talk like that, they've held onto their accents. My dad is Texan but hasn't lived there in 50 years. He still has a Texas accent. But Hilary did not naturally develop a Spanish accent growing up in Spain. She has an American accent because she grew up in Boston, and then she decided, as an adult, to adopt a Spanish accent and change her name to Hilaria. She is not even very good at retaining her accent -- as many have pointed out, it comes and goes in interviews and sometimes it's really heavy ("how you say?") and other times she just sounds American (in the Romper video, about 70% of it, there is no accent, and only the brief portion where she speaks Spanish to her kids is the accent even pronounced). Salma Hayek is a Mexican immigrant. Hilary Baldwin is an American grifter. Let's not pretend these things are the same. |
So weird that this is your hill. |
She has nationality dysphoria |
Her dad was a rich Lebanese businessman. She was allegedly born in Mexico. Who knows what’s true, entertainment media is full of lies, especially in the 90s. Whatever the case, being born somewhere doesn’t make you ethically Spanish. It’s just citizenship. And a rich elite educated in private American schools doesn’t suddenly have broken English in the 90s plus wear a ton of makeup to make herself look brown skinned to play up stereotypes and a narrative. You’re demonizing Hillary for trying to be Selma, when Selma herself was “cosplaying” as a prole Mexican with broken English and fake brown skin. Again, whatever, who cares, actress lie for a living. But the hypocrisy is humorous. |
Salma |
Proof her mum was ethically Mexican/Spanish? Proof where her mum was born? |
Yes, I’m sure it’s a huge conspiracy and she’s not really from Mexico. You cracked the case! You can’t even spell her name right, jfc |
Why did she wear so much makeup and pretend to speak broken English in the 90s? She spoke perfectly fluent English at her private US high school. Her skin is fair like Lebanese women. Another hustler. So sorry I don’t care about Hillary because entertainment is full of hustlers who “reinvent” themselves. Even Washington is full of boring people from podunk places reinventing themselves. |
| Boy Hillary is really butthurt about Salma. Jeez! Sorry you no longer sound like Marky Mark and instead a bad character on a d rated reality tv show. we see you! |
| I just want to see pictures of beautiful kids |