Ireland Baldwin is grateful for her fans.
The star recently stepped in to support her stepmother, Hilaria Baldwin, while fans debate the authenticity of her Spanish heritage, accusing her for years of falsifying an accent.
On Monday, the 23-year-old model addressed social media to address the controversy.
“I just want to say it and then nothing more. I am fully supportive of any individual of the Latinx community. I will continue to listen and learn,” she said according to the screenshots obtained by The Daily Mail. “But I also feel defensive when misinformation spreads about my family. I will do better … At the same time, I hope people can start getting information from credible sources.”
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However, she quickly backtracked on the use of the term “Latinx”, as it describes people with a heritage rooted in Latin America, as opposed to Hilaria (36) who claims to be in Mallorca, Spain, was born.
One fan even reached out to the star to inform her of the mistake.
Ireland Baldwin expressed gratitude after an Instagram follower made it clear that her stepmother, Hilaria Baldwin, is not Latinx as she is not from Latin America.
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The fan, who identified herself as a ‘Latina’, first thanked the star for her ’empathy and openness’.
“Friendly FYI – Spain is not geography in Latin America,” they said. “So people from Spain are only labeled as Spanish, Spaniards or Spanish.”
The follower further explained that the term “Spanish” refers to a person from a predominantly Spanish-speaking country, while “Latinx” is used to refer to someone from Latin America.
“That’s why people from Spain are not labeled Latinx because Spain is in Europe, not Latin America,” the fan concluded.
Baldwin shared a screenshot of the conversation on her Instagram story, as captured by the Daily Mail, and expressed appreciation for the explanation.
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“Appreciate Instagram friends who straighten me out and give me opportunities to really learn,” she wrote. “I’m here to listen!”
On Tuesday, Ireland again supported her stepmother in a statement shared on Instagram.
“As I mentioned yesterday, I love my stepmother very much. I think she is a strong, friendly and caring person,” she said in part. “Without saying further about it all, I think it’s her business and not my own to discuss her family background and answer your questions.”
Ireland Baldwin is the daughter of actors Alec Baldwin – who is now married to Hilaria Baldwin – and Kim Basinger.
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The drama began when Hilaria, a yoga / wellness expert, responded to a tweet saying, “You should admire Hilaria Baldwin’s commitment to her decade-long experience pretending to be a Spanish person.” The now-viral tweet has since been removed.
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Hilaria claimed she was born in Mallorca, Spain, and grew up in Boston. She explained on a podcast in April 2020, “I moved here [to America] when I was 19 to go to NYU from … my family lives in Spain, they live in Mallorca. ‘The bilingual mother of five’s accents also changed markedly over the years when she appeared on TV.
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The mother of five has since addressed the criticism in a video online. “There were some questions about where I was born, I was born in Boston. … I spent part of my childhood in Boston, some of my childhood in Spain, my family, my brother, my parents, my nephew, everyone is in Spain now, I’m here, ‘she explained.
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