Alec Baldwin takes down Twitter account after ridiculing Gillian Anderson's accent Entertainment Thu, Mar 04, 2021 Alec Baldwin has taken down his Twitter account on Wednesday following the wave of negativity he received after he accused actress Gillian Anderson of "switching accents". Social media users were up in arms against the comedian after he mocked The Crown star’s American accent while she was delivering her Golden Globe acceptance speech on Sunday. Retweeting an article about Anderson switching to her American accent, Baldwin wrote: “Switching accents? That sounds…fascinating.” His tweet came shortly after his wife Hilaria Baldwin was entwined in a controversy about her Spanish heritage with many giving evidence of her faking her identity and having no actual roots in Spain.