Hilaria Baldwin has a fluctuating accent because she is bilingual and has a multicultural background, spending time between Boston and Spain. She has explained that her changing accent is partly due to being neurodivergent, diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, which affect her speech patterns. She also identifies her accent fluctuations as a normal part of bilingual code- switching, where people naturally shift accents and languages depending on context. Baldwin feels connected to both English and Spanish and embraces mixing the two as part of her identity, raising her children to be bilingual as well. Her accent controversy began when some accused her of faking a Spanish accent despite being born in Boston, but she clarifies that her multicultural upbringing and neurodivergence explain the changes in her speech.
