Anonymous wrote:Oy!!! Here is an exchange on her IG page where someone questioned piercing her infant's ears at such an early age.
what_katie_did
She is so beautiful but why did you pierce her ears? She is far too young!
hilariabaldwin
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@what_katie_did I appreciate that your culture may be different, but in Spain you pierce ears when they are babies. She was surrounded by her family and friends. Please do not judge us or entire cultures...it is actually easier to have it done as a baby. It is a beautiful thing for us. You may choose for your own children but do not try to parent our daughter.
Ear piercing as an infant is the Quinceanera of Hillary's spanish culture. The entire family and friends surround the child with loving, caring arms.
Insanity.
Surrounded by friends and family? Do they do ear piercings like a bris over there? We took our daughters to Claire’s! 😂
Dying or do people now say deceased. Yes, Para me gente un ear piecing us como...how you say....bris para los Judios!"
Just disgusted when she infers she should be free to identify however she wishes as an excuse for pretending to be Spanish. It's like she is trying to make it akin to someone that's born one sex later identifying as another.
Anonymous wrote:I feel for her at this time. I agree what she did was sketchy/shady/wrong and she knew exactly what she was doing and is taking no ownership... blaming media, but never having tried to correct this mis information... but she must be having such extreme anxiety with all of this unraveling. So much embarrassment, anxiety over how her husband is reacting to her lies, her brand being upended, and is also taking care of five kids(granted with 5 nannies but still that’s a lot).
Well, the best way to avoid the pain of that humiliation is to not lie in the first place. What did she think would happen???
No kidding, but the punishment in this case is way out of proportion with the crime. I feel sorry for her and while she shouldn’t have lied, I wonder if she actually hurt anyone - or did this to hurt anyone. And in the scheme of things, there are so many awful humans in the world. Hilaria’s not one of them, regardless of her considerable flaws.
While this story is tantalizing, she’s being bullied and savagely ridiculed for no decent reason.
I dunno, I often see bullies defending their ways in this very manner. What gave her a right?
Who did HB bully? Who did she attack? Who did she proactively hurt? She lied and she’s been caught. She created a fake identity which suggests mental illness. [b]She deserves to be called our for the lies, but the rest of the viciousness and cannibalism on this thread and others is gratuitous and pretty horrifying.
Mental health professional here. I'm not sure everyone who creates a fake identity is necessarily mentally ill. I don't know a lot about this specific case, but if there is a big motive (fame and fortune, winning someone's affection, etc.), I think perfectly sane people can be motivated to exaggerate or lie, especially if they think risk of exposure is very low.
You’re in no position to diagnose her. Some people do suffer from delusions and mental health issues that cause them to create a persona that is not attached to reality. She could be a con artist, but in some level, what was underneath that? We have no idea and to immediately assume she was trying to hurt people, is complete speculation.
PP here. I made no attempt to diagnose her. I'm just commenting on the general assumption that people who lie are necessarily mentally ill, which is not true. Some people with mental disorders lie, and some without any history of mental health problems also lie. I can't think of a mental disorder for which lying/creating fake identities is a symptom (although people with personality disorders, especially antisocial or narcissistic PD, may lie or exaggerate frequently).
Yes, I think the thinking is that it is characterological. Her behavior and words, as it does for all of us, reflects her defenses, which does reflect her level of mental health. She appears to be struggling to own within herself any piece in what has transpired. Typically in a situation like this, some public figures will apologize and many more will apologize for their mistake or a piece of it, however much they may also feel victimized, they don't double down. They have the self awareness and perhaps healthy shame to make it worse, to better read the situation and take in and understand some piece of the criticism. She won’t even fake it or take the advice of the more sane people who must be somewhere in the picture. She's willful. She seems unwilling to learn and she therefore lacks self awareness. This is both a cause and effect of her problems. Both of their unwillingness to learn is my largest issue with them. And it is often found in mentally unwell or personality disordered people.
Anonymous wrote:Could a person proudly claim to be a descendent from pilgrims without being eviscerated? All my DC’s school did during Thanksgiving was talk about how horrible and mean the pilgrims were and how they stole land from the native americans and how horrible that was. Well, that’s our horrible culture, that’s all we got. We’re awful awful humans.
The facts speak for themselves , don't they ?
Mayflower descendants have much to answer for.
I am descended from the Mayflower and native Americans and slaves and, we assume, the slave holder who raped her.
The facts do speak for themselves and are hard to live with. Should Thomas Jefferson's descendants be ashamed of him or proud of Sally Hemmings? Both I guess.
Anonymous wrote:Just disgusted when she infers she should be free to identify however she wishes as an excuse for pretending to be Spanish. It's like she is trying to make it akin to someone that's born one sex later identifying as another.
Why isn’t it akin to that? I can’t even believe these are actual topics of conversation.
Many can't believe that there are actual people who will create a completely false image, identity and pretend for 10 years then get angry and blame everyone when it's learned they're lying.
Anonymous wrote:Could a person proudly claim to be a descendent from pilgrims without being eviscerated? All my DC’s school did during Thanksgiving was talk about how horrible and mean the pilgrims were and how they stole land from the native americans and how horrible that was. Well, that’s our horrible culture, that’s all we got. We’re awful awful humans.
The facts speak for themselves , don't they ?
Mayflower descendants have much to answer for.
I am descended from the Mayflower and native Americans and slaves and, we assume, the slave holder who raped her.
The facts do speak for themselves and are hard to live with. Should Thomas Jefferson's descendants be ashamed of him or proud of Sally Hemmings? Both I guess.
It’s not all so black or white, no pun intended. But that’s what is being shoved down ES students’ throats. The black and white version, the abridged convenient version.
Anonymous wrote:Who is Leni Briscoe, really? Did I miss that?
Caity Weaver?
Bump.
Any guesses?
I thought maybe it was someone from the Gawker universe, hence the ease with which Tracie is the "face" of the story.
Very clearly a friend or family member of Amy Schumer's.
This didn't happen because of Amy Schumer. Stop scapegoating. It was said in the NY Times article that it was someone who went to school with her. Amy isn't some Hollywood powerhouse who has the time or interest in taking down Alec Baldwin's D list faux Spanish wife. It's also not because everyone's "jealous" of a five-kids-later "mommy body." Hillary lied, it made news.
Anonymous wrote:Who is Leni Briscoe, really? Did I miss that?
Caity Weaver?
Bump.
Any guesses?
I thought maybe it was someone from the Gawker universe, hence the ease with which Tracie is the "face" of the story.
Oh i looooovw caity weaver. That tracks. Remember the series she and rich did on “the best restaurant in nyc is...” and they’d go to random restaurants and evaluate them on if it was a good place to bring a doll, or have an affair... golden.
Anonymous wrote:Who is Leni Briscoe, really? Did I miss that?
Caity Weaver?
Bump.
Any guesses?
I thought maybe it was someone from the Gawker universe, hence the ease with which Tracie is the "face" of the story.
Very clearly a friend or family member of Amy Schumer's.
Yeah no. Not clear at all. Amy Schumer just helped create the catalyst to break the story open. DCUM has been on it for over a year. Are we all family and friend’s of Amy?