Hilaria Baldwin forgets the English word for 'onions' while preparing a 'traditional' Spanish dish, years after controversy over her alleged fake accent.

 Hilaria Baldwin has once again drawn attention for her Spanish-speaking persona after a video showed her struggling to pronounce a common English word despite her Massachusetts roots.

In the clip, shared by the Daily Mail, Baldwin—whose real name is Hillary Hayward-Thomas—was preparing a “traditional” Spanish dish while hosting holiday guests. During the cooking demonstration, she paused and appeared to forget the English word for “onions,” saying, “My husband hates… cebollas [Spanish for onions],” in a mix of Spanish and English. A friend eventually stepped in to remind her of the word.

Dressed in flannel pajamas, the 40-year-old yoga instructor spoke in what many interpreted as a heavy faux-Spanish accent. “I learned this from when I was a kid,” she said while discussing her recipe. “Don’t look it up online because you’ll learn something different.”

This isn’t the first time Baldwin has stumbled with English while showcasing her Spanish heritage. In 2015, she famously forgot the word “cucumber” during a segment on the Today show. While making gazpacho alongside Telemundo host Evi Siskos, she paused and asked, “How do you say in English? Cucumber!”

Critics quickly accused her of exaggerating or fabricating her Spanish accent. Former classmates also weighed in on social media, sharing memories of her as “Hillary Hayward-Thomas” from Cambridge, Massachusetts.

“I went to high school with her,” one wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “She was perfectly nice and serious about ballroom dancing, but she did not have her current accent.” Another added, “Her name was Hillary, and she was a white girl from Boston.”

Following backlash over her claimed heritage, Baldwin addressed the controversy, acknowledging her real name and background. “There’s some stuff that needs to be clarified,” she said. “I was born in Boston… I spent some of my childhood in Boston, some of my childhood in Spain. My family is over there in Spain now, but I’m here.”

She also emphasized that she grew up speaking both English and Spanish and hopes to raise her seven children to be bilingual.