“I have ADHD and dyslexia,” she writes in the book. “And these [diagnoses] greatly impact my speech, my reading, my listening, my focus, my memory and my self-confidence.”
While speech, reading, listening, focus, memory, and self-confidence are absolutely impacted by ADHD and dyslexia, I’m actually not sure the whole speaking with an accent bit is an effect recognized by medical professionals…
“I have a brain that is one part English, one part Spanish, seven dollops of mom brain, a heavy pour of distraction when I get stuck or go off on tangents and forget what I am saying while I am saying it,” she continues, noting she’s never discussed “any of this publicly” until now. How convenient! Meanwhile, I do have to hand it to her for excusing her tangents as a “heavy pour of distraction.” That now has a place in my lexicon.
“I just existed in a land where sometimes I spoke one language and sometimes I spoke another, sometimes I mixed them and got mixed up, and I never talked about my processing differences,” she ultimately concludes. Baldwin’s mother, I’ll note, is a doctor and taught at Harvard Medical School, but we’re supposed to believe that her cognitive function was never discussed until adulthood? OK, girl.
It can’t be stressed enough that Baldwin is a white woman who was born and raised in Boston, and if you’ve seen even five minutes of her TLC-produced reality show called The Baldwins, you know that her Spanglish accent is damn near non-existent. But hey, it’s Hilaria’s world and we’re just living in it!
- According to Ciara, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are already thinking about baby number four…when baby number three is literally still inside her. [People]
- My only note for the Practical Magic sequel? I think Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman should kill more men this time. [Variety]
- We need actual journalists doing these podcast sit-downs because what do you mean Theo Von and Ben Affleck discussed the latter’s “empathy” for Britney Spears? Did those two actually make out a year ago or what??? [Page Six]
- Aimee Lou Wood and Patrick Schwarzenegger shared a car to the Met Gala together because they were both too anxious to show up alone. [Daily Mail]
- Speaking of: This video of Andrew Garfield waiting for Monica Barbaro after the Met Gala is living in my mind rent-free. [Just Jared]
- JoJo Siwa on where she currently stands with Chris Hughes: “We’re happy, and we have each other. It’s a great little special friendship that we have.” Interesting! [Us Weekly]
- Smokey Robinson has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by four former housekeepers. [The Hollywood Reporter]
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