JESSICA ALBA will speak nothing but Spanish when her baby is born later this year (08) because she regretted not picking up the language of her grandparents when she was a child.
The sexy Latino star reveals her father only spoke English to her and her brother because he wanted them to become model Americans – and it took her years to master basic Spanish.
She tells Latina magazine, “I wish to God that my dad spoke Spanish to my brother and me, but he didn’t grow up with it.”
Now, Alba is committed to mastering Spanish so she can speak the language to her baby.
She adds, “Hopefully I can pick it up because I want my kids to speak Spanish. I don’t even want them to speak English for maybe the first two to three years, until pre-school.
“We’re in the United States so they’re going to learn it anyway.”
Alba admits her inability to speak Spanish when she first became a star didn’t go down well with fellow Latinos.
She explains, “I got shunned (and) it made me feel really bad, like maybe I’m not (a Latino).”
(KL/LTN/GES)
Kristen wrote: Aww! I wish my grandmother spoke French to me so I could learn it so I totally agree with her 🙂
xtremequeen wrote: Uhh, wow she has really changed her mind on how she feels about her heritage. Hopefully she’s sincere and this isn’t just a ploy to reconnect with her Hispanic audience for the sake of her paycheck.
Alexa wrote: I know how she feels, I wish my parents had spoke to me in french when I was little like my other two siblings. I think it’s cool what she’s doing. Of course it is her life and her child
and still, Jessica looks amazing as ever
beesknees wrote: “JESSICA ALBA will speak nothing but Spanish”
I’m sure that won’t end up being the case. Being bilingual is a wonderful thing, but Spanish was the only language I spoke pretty much until I started school and it made things a little difficult. Good thing is that little kids pick up languages very easily.
Krysie wrote: i love jess.. but she should speak both english and her native i think