Cameron Diaz Admits She Can’t Speak Spanish in Lanvin Heels

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Lanvin loves Cameron Diaz and apparently, Lanvin loves Cameron Diaz back.

Spanish actor Jordi Molla, Tom Cruise and Cameron DiazSpanish actor Jordi Molla, Tom Cruise, and Cameron Diaz attend the “Knight and Day” premiere at the Lope de Vega Theater in Seville, Spain, on June 16, 2010 (Credit: Sean Thorton / WENN)

Here she is at the Spain premiere of “Knight and Day”, a 2010 American action comedy film directed by James Mangold.

Cameron Diaz shows off her House of Lavande 1950’s unsigned turquoise earringsCameron Diaz shows off her House of Lavande 1950’s unsigned turquoise earrings (Credit: Sean Thorton / WENN)

While promoting her American comedy film Bad Teacher in 2011, Cameron Diaz opened up about her Spanish heritage in an interview with ShowBizCafe.

“My father is Cuban. Spanish via Cuba to Tampa, Florida, where my family came many generations ago back in the turn of the century Spanish American War. They went to Tampa and were cigar rollers.”

Cameron Diaz can not speak Spanish but is proud of her Cuban heritageCameron Diaz can not speak Spanish but is proud of her Cuban heritage (Credit: Sean Thorton / WENN)

“That was the first Cuban settlement before Miami, outside of Cuba, in a place called Ybor City and they still have some cigar factories there to this day,” she added.

Cameron Diaz wearing a ruched black one-shouldered Lanvin Spring 2010 dressCameron Diaz wearing a ruched black one-shouldered Lanvin Spring 2010 dress (Credit: Sean Thorton / WENN)

“But my family were cigar rollers. I have all of my great grandfather’s cigar presses and choppers. I grew up with the Cuban heritage, the Cuban culture, the food, the language, although I don’t speak Spanish… well I can barely speak English. And that’s where I am from.”

“You don’t have to be brunette to be Latin. It’s just a fact,” Bella Thorne told HuffPost Live in 2015. The Shake It Up actress is half Cuban from her father’s side.

“I’m naturally blonde, and Cameron Diaz is Latin, she’s Cuban and she doesn’t look Latin. People ask me all the time: How did you have a quinceañera if you’re not Latin?”

Cameron Diaz rocks high heels from French multinational high fashion house LanvinCameron Diaz rocks high heels from French multinational high fashion house Lanvin (Credit: Sean Thorton / WENN)

“No one gives Cameron Diaz a hard time for not speaking Spanish,” Mexican-American entrepreneur Jessica Alba told Latina about Cameron Diaz’s dad Emilio Diaz.

“Her dad’s Cuban, and I was telling her I feel so bad because everyone is so nasty to me for not speaking Spanish.”

Cameron Diaz shows off her feet in Lanvin pumps with a gold ankle chainCameron Diaz shows off her feet in Lanvin pumps with a gold ankle chain (Credit: Sean Thorton / WENN)

The complicated off-shoulder dress, the large bangle, the messy hair – I love it all. I especially love her gold ankle chain shoes from the same French multinational high fashion house.

Lanvin Chainlink Platform PumpsLanvin Chainlink Platform Pumps, $1,075.00

When I saw these Lanvin shoes, they instantly reminded me of the ‘Alayna’ pumps from Rock & Republic:

Rock & Republic 'Alayna' Chain PumpsRock & Republic ‘Alayna’ Chain Pumps, $302.00

That’s not really a bad thing because I also really love these pumps too. The R&Rs have also been around before the Lanvins so these are not knockoffs at all.

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise married in a Scientologist ceremony at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy, on November 18, 2006Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise married in a Scientologist ceremony at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy, on November 18, 2006 (Credit: Sean Thorton / WENN)

By the way, Tom Cruise also brought Katie Holmes along to that premiere.

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise began dating in 2005 and announced their divorce in 2012Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise began dating in 2005 and announced their divorce in 2012 (Credit: Sean Thorton / WENN)

The big question is, did Katie Holmes (in head-to-toe Azzedine Alaia) upstage Cameron Diaz at her own movie premiere?

Katie Holmes shows off her feet in Azzedine Alaïa gladiator heelsKatie Holmes shows off her feet in Azzedine Alaïa gladiator heels (Credit: Sean Thorton / WENN)