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In Defense of Hilaria Baldwin's Fake Spanish Identity

from #233 - Airbnb War | The Tim Dillon Show · #233

10 min

Tim gives an extended defense of Hilaria Baldwin pretending to be Spanish, arguing rich people should be allowed to "try on" other identities for fun, comparing it to wanting to be Asian or Russian, and contrasting it with actual blackface.

In this bit11 moments
  • Nancy Pelosi allegedly paid a neighborhood kid to attack her husband for sympathy points.
  • Tim argues that wanting to be interesting by adopting a different identity is better than being nobody.
  • Hilaria Baldwin isn't actually doing anything harmful—she's just slightly different from a basic white person.
  • Nobody appreciates how hard it is to be rich in this country.
  • She wants people at parties to ask her about growing up in Spain and making jamon with her grandmother.
  • Tim would respect a friend way more if they just decided to become Asian and committed to the identity.
  • Why should he be stuck being Irish his whole life instead of choosing to be Castilian Spanish or Russian?
  • Tim's maid is as fat and lazy as he is, so they just sit silently eating pumpkin loaf together.
  • If Hilaria was doing blackface with a Bob Marley wig, that would be offensive—but she's not.
  • Rich people should be allowed to try on another country's history if they want to.
  • Tim sees no problem with wealthy people adopting different racial or ethnic identities.
Mentioned here

Hilaria BaldwinAlec BaldwinNancy PelosiCaitlyn JennerMadonnaPenelope CruzCatherine Zeta Jones

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