Lizzy's Got a Bone To Pick With Nelly ..

Here is Nelly Furtado, enjoying an authentic PORTUGUESE meal. 

Did you see the Grammy's last night?  Well, Azoreans everywhere were watching the tube to see Nelly Furtado.  Yes, she is Canadian, but her parents come from the Azores, so it is a very true that Nelly is VERY POPULAR in all of Portugal.  My daughter is a fan of hers as well.

I didn't see it, but my daughter told me last night that Nelly appeared on the tube during an after party, where Justin Timberlake asked her who was babysitting her baby daughter.  Her reply went something like this:

"I have cousins to watch my baby...  We don't do day care, we are Hispanic, we are Portuguese!"

I'm not quite sure WHY my daughter found it so appalling... Okay, she called herself Hispanic.  Lizzy has a bone to pick with Nelly now. 

"But she ISN'T Hispanic, mom!!  Nelly Furtado doesn't know what she is!" 

My daughter has many Hispanic friends, who tell her she ISN'T Hispanic.

"When I see her again, I'm going to give it to her straight."  Lizzy exclaims. 

My daughter met Nelly a few years ago after a concert in San Francisco.  I guess she plans on seeing her again. 

  His·pan·ic (hĭ-spăn'ĭk)
adj.

1. Of or relating to Spain or Spanish-speaking Latin America.
2. Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture.

n.

1. A Spanish-speaking person.
2. A U.S. citizen or resident of Latin-American or Spanish descent.

Note to Nelly:  You aren't Spanish, but we still love you.