United Kingdom, May 5 -- Hilaria Baldwin "started to question [her] sanity" after she was accused of faking her Spanish accent.

The 41-year-old entrepreneur has admitted to being devastated by the controversy over her accent in 2020, when the public started to question the authenticity of her Spanish origins.

In an excerpt from her new book, 'Manual Not Included' - which has been shared with People - Hilaria explains: "Growing up being neurodivergent, I had to work harder in school than many of the people around me. I never felt like I was smart in the right way.

"I am relieved that now there's less of a stigma around differences in learning and processing. This has given me the freedom to shed some of the shame I felt for so long. I'm...