Hilaria Baldwin, in her new memoir Handbook Not Included (launched Could 2025), addresses the 2020 scandal surrounding her exaggerated Spanish heritage and seemingly references a feud with comic Amy Schumer. Born Hillary Lynn Hayward-Thomas in Boston, Baldwin confronted accusations of faking a Spanish accent and heritage after social media, sparked by a viral Twitter thread, uncovered inconsistencies in her claims of being from Mallorca, Spain. She had beforehand urged in interviews and bios that she moved to the U.S. at 19, however clarified in 2020 that she was born in Boston, hung out in Spain throughout childhood, and identifies with each American and Spanish cultures. Within the memoir, she claims the general public scrutiny precipitated extreme emotional misery, leaving her bodily sick and her kids in tears, and attributes her fluctuating accent to a medical situation.
Baldwin not directly addresses Schumer, with out naming her, by denouncing a “well-known individual” who made “nasty and unfaithful” feedback about her household in a present and on Instagram. She expresses anger on the cruelty, stating, “It doesn’t matter what, I hope I by no means meet her,” and desires to keep away from affiliation with this individual. Followers and media, together with Individuals and Every day Mail, speculate this refers to Schumer, who mocked Baldwin’s heritage in her 2023 Netflix particular Emergency Contact, calling her a “sociopath” and “Hillary from Boston” who pretended to be Spanish, and joking about her kids’s Spanish names (e.g., Carmen, Rafael, Leonardo). Schumer additionally trolled Baldwin in 2020-2021 Instagram posts, together with one with a cucumber emoji referencing a viral clip of Baldwin forgetting the English phrase for “cucumber” on The At this time Present. Schumer later deleted these posts, citing Baldwin’s upset emotions, however maintained the scandal was “insane and entertaining.”
Baldwin defends her bilingual upbringing and cultural fluidity, insisting she by no means claimed to be solely Spanish, and apologized in 2021 for unclear communication. The memoir highlights the toll of the backlash, with Baldwin hiring a non-public investigator to uncover critics’ identities and addressing false reviews, like one claiming she stored leopards at dwelling. Schumer’s jabs, together with remarks about Alec Baldwin’s Rust incident, have stored the feud alive, although Baldwin focuses on transferring ahead, emphasizing her household’s bilingual values and resilience.
