Jessica Alba Responds To Her Nickname, Talks About Baby Alba 
 Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Jessica Alba is on the cover of Latina Magazine's March 2008 issue, and inside the mag talks about being excited for her new baby, the celebrity gossip blogs' nickname for her (Jessica "Don't Call Me Latina" Alba), red carpets, being accepted in Hollywood, and more.  The expectant mom showcases her still-tiny baby bump, and says she used to hug the legs of random men when she was young, thinking they were her father.

We dig the photo shoot, but the "Think You Know Her?  You Have No Idea" line on the cover is more than a little cliché.

In response to allegations that she is proud of being distant from her Latina roots, Jess says, "I never said that.  Cut loose from what?  What the hell are they talking about?  Why would I want to cut loose from the only family I know?"

"I wish to God that my Dad spoke Spanish to my brother and me, but he didn't grow up with it."

"When I was little," she said, "I used to go up to black men and hold their legs, thinking it was my dad all the time.  I'd wrap my arms around them, then look up and be like, 'Oh my God!'"

Alba told Latina's Mimi Vales Ryan that she is "excited for my baby to be brown.  I just have to believe the dark gene is going to survive.  Cash and I are like, please!"  Cash Warren is her partner and the father of the unborn babe.

On being accepted in Hollywood, Jess says, "I was always trying to figure out:  How the hell am I going to be mainstream?  How are people going to accept me?  When are they going to get a clue that I am American, that this is what America looks like - people like me who are mixed, have different blood, mixed with different ethnicities?  When are the people who are hiring for these jobs and writing these screenplays going to realize that?"

The issue hit newstands yesterday, so for more juicy Jessica Alba quotes, get your Latina on!

Thanks, mrpickem!

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