GILLIAN Anderson has clapped back at Alec Baldwin for shading her British-American accent.
The Crown star, 52, drily quipped that she’s “sad” her way of talking has caused Alec “so much distress.”
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Alec sparked backlash last week when he tweeted, “Switching accents? That sounds… fascinating,” in regards to Gillian.
The 30 Rock star’s wife Hilaria has faced months of trolling for speaking in a Spanish accent– despite being born and raised in Boston.
Gillian told ET of Alec’s post: “It’s so not a newsworthy item. But I’m sad that it’s caused him so much distress.”
The Sex Education star was born in Chicago and moved to London when she was five.
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The actress moved back to the US when she was 11 and lived in Michigan.
The X Files star said she tends to ignore speculation about her accent, which has resurfaced during awards season.
“I don’t have social media on my phone so I wasn’t [aware]. A couple people texted to say that something was going on,” she shared.
“I didn’t pay any attention to it because it’s just something that I live.”
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“I grew up between two countries and so depending on who is in my ear is which direction my accent goes,” she added.
“So I’m so used to it that it’s kind of old news for me.”
Alec – who quit Twitter after facing backlash – later addressed his comment about Gillian, insisting he’s a “huge fan” of hers and that he apologized privately to her.
He added: “When I made that comment about people switching cultures, if you will, it was in no way meant to be derogatory.”
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Alec added: “You can’t do any irony on Twitter. You can’t do any irony in the United States any more.
“That comment was meant to just illustrate the point that I find, as I said, that the multicultural expressions of anyone – whichever of those expressions are important to you – that’s your business.”
Hilaria found herself at the center of scandal late last year, when Twitter users revealed she had been using a fake Spanish accent in interviews.
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The internet exploded as footage went viral of the yoga instructor appearing to forget the word for “cucumber” on a cooking show.
The 37-year-old was slammed for claiming she moved to the US when she was 19 – when it turned out her real name is Hilary and she was born in Boston.
Hilaria defended her changing accent and insisted it’s all down to spending her life between the US and Spain.
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“I’m born in Boston. I’ve spent some of my childhood in Boston, some of my childhood in Spain,” she said.
“My family, my brother, my parents, my nephew, everyone is over there in Spain now. I’m here. There was a lot of back and forth my entire life.”
She recently welcomed her sixth child, daughter Lucia, with Alec, who she married in 2012.
The surprise birth comes just months after she welcomed their fifth child, son Eduardo, in September.