Jessica Alba Will Speak Spanish To Her Baby

Jessica Alba did an interview with Latina Magazine, and told them she plans to speak only in Spanish to her baby. That's so sweet! But there's only one roadblock. Jess doesn't even speak Spanish herself. She better get on those lessons, or baby Cash is going to come out speaking Spanglish.

This is what she said:

"I wish to God that my dad spoke Spanish to my brother and me, but he didn't grow up with it. 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."

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Reader Comments

5:38PM 11/18/08 Americos

I know America, do you know America? It seems like you don't have the dignity to accept your conclusions that you really don;t know America. ND IF YOU'RE GONNA DICTATE WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS HISPANICS WELL TO BAD YOU MORON.WE AS HISPANICS AND INBORN HISPANICS OF THE US CITIZENS HAVE ALL THE DIGNITY WITH RESPECT TO SPEAK SPANISH BEACUSE THAT'S OUR RIGHT, UNLIKE YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS AS A BILINGUAL. YOURE JUST ANOTHER IGNORANT INFORMANT IVE KNOWN OVER THE INTERNET. YOU DISCOURAGE THE HACK OF YOUR COUNTRY FOR NOT LETTING US HAVE OUR RIGHT. OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH. AND YOU GO BACK AND SPEACK YOUR "no speako espanyole" SHITZ BECAUSE SPANISH HAS A LONG HISTORY SINCE THE ENGLISH CAME TO AMERICA OR, BETTER KNOWN AS THE AMERICAS!!!!! JESSICA HAS ALL THE RIGHT TO TEACH HER BABY SPANISH BECAUSE SHE's HISPANIC.LATINA ANCESTRY,

0:20AM 09/15/08 USA

It's Alba's decision. WHO cares what YOU think. Moron. First of all (YOU, welcome to America) needs to go back to school and work on your spelling. If you cannot write your own language, English, obviously, YOU would have a harder learning another language. Duh ! Where did you get the notion the USA it's America only ? The USA belongs to the Northern part of the American CONTINENT, like Canada and Mexico. Go back to school, and learn something, anything !

5:36AM 09/13/08 WELCOME TO AMERICA!

there is nothing wrong with imagrants coming to america but they are COMING TO AMERICA!! and the language here is ENGLISH! and if you "no habla enlesh" WELL THEN YOU NEED TO LEARN! i find it sooooo disrespectful as an American when imagrants come frome there countries and try to change things in THIS country! if your an imagrant then YOU ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO ADAPT OKAY THIS IS AMERICA AND THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH LEARNING OTHER LANGUAGES BUT THE OFFICIAL NUMBER ONE OKAY NUMERO UNO LANGUAGE OF AMERICA IS ENGLISH AND AMERICANS DONT ADAPT TO IMMAGRANTS....IMAGRANTS ADAPT TO AMERICANS WHEN THEY ARE COMING TO AMERICA! DUH!!!! DONT GET IT TWISTED THIS AINT MEXICO NUMBA TWO!!! AND I DONT CARE WHO DOSENT LIKE IT! TOO BAD IF YOU DONT LIKE IT WELL SOUNDS LIKE A PERSONAL PROBLEM!

4:03PM 08/12/08 Fernando Garcia

Caitlyn nobody gives a fuck what you think...i came to the usa in 1999 and learn english in 3 fucken years...3 years bitch...3...can you learn spanish in 3 years???????your a fucken dumb bitch even though ur a teacher...did you know that teachers are ignorant too???like you...i think your just a racist mad bitch...your just mad becuase u hate the fact that people prefer spanish than your lame ass language...racist white bitch

7:35AM 07/24/08 che

I think its stupid when people say "OH! no! she shouldnt do that. This is America, english should be the only language spoken here, That will be susch a DISADVANTAGE to her child!" WRONG!! I say YOU shouldnt speak if you arent even bilingual, or havent been in that situatrion, when you didnt speak english when you started school. Most people dont realize that when you are a child, your brain isnt like an adult much slower. It takes like what, one year and a half to know the whole language. And how would it be a disadvantage when the first year in school"kindergarten" your not doing such things as writing, homework, etc. All you do is go to school, play and take naps. So basically a kid that doesnt know english wouldnt be behind. While they are taking a nap, playing, abc;s, theyll be learning english between those activities pretty fast. And i should know because I came to America not knowing english as most of my family did and it was NOT a DISADVANTAGE. More like an advantage because now at days they hire more bilingual speaking people.

12:07AM 03/29/08 Chris

I think it's a stupid idea for her to say she will speak Spanish to her baby. This is America. Hispanics are supposed to assimilate like everyone else. If she wants to raise her baby in Spanish, she should move to a Spanish-speaking country.

10:38PM 03/20/08 Mel

oh yeah.. now she wants to be known as a latina.. stupid!

11:37PM 03/10/08 elena

O yea, I missed out something .. she should find a spanish tutor for her kids though. Lol.

11:32PM 03/10/08 elena

Whats wrong with letting the baby learn Spanish first? I speak 4 languages fluently including English.. I only learn English when i started pre-school (well maybe a tad more earlier than that .. i forgot). Furthermore, she's a Spanish. I just don't get whats wrong with you people.. =/

0:45AM 02/23/08 drea

It's unfortunate that half of you people responding don't get why Ms. Alba's comments sound moronic. Of course there is nothing wrong with immersing your child in another language. Especially if it is part of your heritage. It's a shame that Jessica's dad did not try to pass on language and cultural traditions to his daughter. But she sounds like a frickin' moron even suggesting that her child would only speak Spanish the first few years of their life when SHE CAN'T SPEAK SPANISH HERSELF! I lived in Costa Rica for a year and would not make that proclamation because my Spanish is decent, but not perfectly fluent so how could I teach a child how to communicate with others? Does Cash speak fluent Spanish? Even if he did, both parents should speak the same language that their child does. Jessica shows time and time again that in the brains department, she's nothing more than a gorgeous bubblehead that's meant to be seen and not heard.

4:34PM 02/22/08 cici

she is TOTALLY trying to make up for perez hilton busting her out for not embracing her latina roots... LOL its so obvious its sad (and embarrassing). why do we hold celebrities in such high esteem anyway? its not like they're any smarter than the rest of us....

4:30PM 02/22/08 cici

wow... a language is a REALLY hard thing to learn. how can she immerse her child in spanish if she herself isn't fluent? i'm a spanish is major in college, which means i've studied spanish for years and i still don't speak it 100%. good luck with that one miss alba...

7:49PM 02/21/08 pinpin

you people are idiots.. shes latina and wishes she wouldve been raised around it as a latina. whats wrong with wanting her children to know spanish before english.. im mexican american and the youngest of four, and we all started off speaking and understanding only spanish, as soon as we started school we picked it up. a childs mind is a sponge, starting off spanish then picking up english is a blessing... we bilinguals count for two. i think its a great idea.

7:48PM 02/21/08 pinpin

11:29AM 02/19/08 Is she stupid?

She said she’s hoping for a brown baby. “I’m excited for my baby to be brown. I just have to believe the dark gene is going to survive. Cash and I are like, please.” She already said she doesn’t want a cool baby and wants her child to only speak Spanish at first. This poor fetus already has so much pressure. It’s sitting in her womb, freaking out, writing down: “must be brown, must be nerdy, must speak Spanish or Alba will not love me.”

9:41AM 02/18/08 isabella

i think it "beautiful to see .

2:16AM 02/18/08 chantel

it's her baby,she can do what she wants

4:43PM 02/17/08 Marietta

I agree with the German person. I came to this country when I was 20. I did not know English at the time and started Freshman year at a very strict college in NYC. After graduating, I got a job and now I live here. Never had a problem with the language. It is very easy. My son is speaking English and Spanish at the age of three.

5:45AM 02/09/08 Betty

Actually, that last comment is not true. As long as you learn English (or any other language) while you are still a kid, you will be fine. I only spoke German until I was four and I picked it up without a problem. I don't have any sort of a German accent and I'm actually better at English than at German, seeing as I have lived in the U.S. instead of Germany my whole life. I was even in a sixth grade reading class when I was in second grade, so I think it worked out just fine. =)

2:42AM 02/09/08 Caitlyn

"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." I'm a teacher and that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard! (I can't believe I'm 5 years younger than her!) Her kids will be disadvantaged if English is not their first language I(it's great to be bilingual) but you don't just pick it [English] up because you live in the USA). It's very difficult language to acquire and children need rich exposure from BIRTH.

1:37AM 02/09/08 dave

Yes she is pregnant. I've seen about many sites such as (MillMatch.com) about this and I'm just wondering, is anyone else tired of hearing about her? I know I am! She's just a person, like you and me, so what. She got pregnant. Whoop-de-do. Millions of people get pregnant a year. No offense, but who cares?

2:46PM 02/08/08 ann

shes a cunt

2:20PM 02/08/08 hermi

no, it's always come naturally to her

12:32AM 02/08/08 Tiffany

Moron

11:32AM 02/08/08 jenn

dont blame this dumb bitches stupid comments on pregnancy. she gives pregnant women around the world a bad name. if she doesnt know how to talk she should keep her fuckin mouth shut