Nicolette Sheridan Bullied Over English Accent
22 February 2005
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SHERIDAN'S BRITISH ACCENT SHAMEDESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star NICOLETTE SHERIDAN consciously dropped her British accent when she moved to America as a child to avoid being bullied.The 41-year-old, who was shocked by the taunts she endured after starting school in the US, has a different problem now - she's teased by her British friends about her American accent during visits to the UK.She says, "I came over when I was 10 years old, which was very difficult because everybody made fun of me. You had the little English accent, you get up and read out loud in class and everybody was laughing and they used to call me 'Little English Muffin'. So I had a fabulous, intelligent retort. It was, 'Oh yeah? You American Cheese!'"I had to practice a lot to get this American accent. I used to come home from school in tears from being called this English muffin and I'd go, 'I can't speak English anymore...' It was very difficult."But now Sheridan faces taunts from her British pals.She adds, "I go home they're like, 'Oh, you bloody Yank!' And here (in the US) they're like, 'What are you? Are you from New York?'"0Comments | Be the first to comment!
