Hilaria Baldwin recalls telling Alec shed just sign a prenup: Stupid of me

Hilaria Baldwin is looking back at her engagement to Alec Baldwin in their new TLC show.In “The Baldwins,” which debuts Sunday, Feb.23 at 10 p.m., viewers will get an inside look at the couple’s home life at their five-bedroom Manhattan apartment with their seven kids.In the series premiere, the former yoga teacher, 41, opened up about marrying the Hollywood actor, 66.Alec, who was married to Kim Basinger from 1993 to 2002, said in his confessional, “After my first marriage, I said, ‘Let’s have a prenup.’ It’s an awkward thing,” to which Hilaria chimed in, “It is awkward.”“But I don’t actually quite understand what a prenup is, because you’re like ‘after a certain number of kids, it’s this.’ I was like, ‘You know what, I’ll just sign it,'” she continued.

“Which was probably stupid of me back then.Now, I’d read it again.

But I just said I would sign it.”Hilaria added, “I said I would.And then you’re like, ‘OK, we don’t have to.’”The pair share seven kids: Carmen, 11; Rafael, 9; Leonardo, 8; Romeo, 6; Eduardo and Marilu, 4; and Ilaria, 2.

Alec and his ex-wife Kim are parents to daughter Ireland, 29.Also in the first episode, Hilaria defends her accent, which has sparked criticism over the years.“I love English.I also love Spanish,” she told the cameras.

“And when I mix the two, that doesn’t make me inauthentic.It makes me normal.”“I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me sad and hurt and put me in dark places … but my family, my friends, my community are the [people] who speak multiple languages, who have belonging in multiple places, and realize that we are a mix … that’s gonna have an impact in how we sound,” she said regarding the rumors that her accent is fake.“That’s normal,” Hilaria quipped.

“That’s called being human.”Days before their show airs, Alec and his other half sat down to discuss why now was the right time to do reality television.“Telling your st...