Brittany Murphy’s Sudden Irish Accent: Drinking Or Nerves?

"Her mother Sharon, who raised her as a single mom, was of Irish descent. "

Yeah but if her mother grew up in the good old US, she would also have an American accent. Being of Irish descent isn't the same as being Irish.

Bathe her and bring her to me!

Alicia Keyes has the same affliction, one accent for Leno, another for Oprah.

Perhaps the rat's nest on her head had her brain in a twist.

Did she Lose Herself?

He should have made sure she was OK via the "rollin' with the homies" test:

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@monoverb: No Brittany's accent was plausible. Madonna's came from a box of Carr's Crackers.

Oy Veh (Informality Reigns)

Modonnitis?

monoverb

Ditto "nerves".

Where are the quotes around the word "drinking" in the post title?

I grew up with Irish-born parents, and I don't think Brittnay sounds remotely Irish. It's almost like she's imitating Ferguson -- the way Madonna gets when she's around English people. Or the way my sister and I used the world's worst fake Irish accents one St. Patrick's Day years ago, just for the craic. (Um, fun.)

The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx

@Mary Mouse: I love you for doing this.

Sometimes even the most strictly monitored regimen of booze 'n' blow can make a person somewhat not themselves.

Or perhaps her hair was making her insane?

Wow. Coked up for sure. Probably along with one or two other things. Why is Defamer pretending its anything else?

Almostbanned

if what brittany murphy is using is being called an irish accent in that clip, then i can speak swahili. that is about the farthest thing from an irish accent that i've heard in a long while.

That's an irish accent? It sounded more like she had her jaw wired shut for weight loss, or had too many botox shots around the mouth. But I wouldnt describe it as an accent per se.

zkemeny

@Mary Mouse: I got second hand embarrassment from just thinking about that video.

thedecider

@Aaron Altman:

I'm getting lost in her curls

@zkemeny: Botox ain't the only thing been shot in her mouth, if you know what I mean!

I am confused by the confusion. I thought she had been the subject of many BIs in regards to drugs.

TriedandTrue

@rednrowdy: Yeah, I'm pretty confused. Brittany Murphy doesn't sound like me! At all!

I'm sorry, more importantly, why the hell is Ryan Tate writing an post about Brittany Murphy's ''Irish'' accent?
Have you heard an Irish accent Ryan? Have you been to Ireland?
Murphy is nuts as fuck but you just come off sounding....exactly the same after this.

This is an Irish accent. Maybe like, use it? For like, reference? (That's like, an American , like, inflection?

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@Calraigh: British people are weird.

Almostbanned

@Calraigh: Hot damn!!

I've heard to do an Irish accent correctly, you have to have a potato in each cheek. Or as the Irish call potatoes -- "the God-lovin' creamy lumpd and all that's good with us people"

BigRiver

Role preparation?

That disorder that causes people to go spontaneously into foreign accents?

Or maybe her vocal cords have gone . . . brogue.

@gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: Srsly. I can't look at that hair. It looks like it hasn't been washed for weeks.

pmarble

I wouldn't say Irish. It sounds more like she's putting on an awful British accent. And forgetting about it occasionally. Apparently her husband is British, so she can blame it on that?

The guest who came on after her began the interview in a thick Irish brogue which had Ferguson struggling to keep it together before he dropped it.

lackadaisical

@Almostbanned: The BI's I've read always imply meth. I don't know what meth sounds like, but she sure looks torn up.

pmarble

@Dr. Nick: Eh, you can do better than that, Doctor.

I think she was fucking brilliant in Girl, Interrupted, hilarious in Drop Dead Gorgeous. Her laugh is adorable.

I'm going to say nerves, a soupcon of crazy and maybe just a whiff of something illegal.

I, too, thought she was the subject of,like, most of the blind items. B-list with name recognition,loopy behavior, career went South, unnaturally skinny....all typical Blind Item clues,all describing her....

Mike Maklari

@thedecider: best reply ever

RhymingName

My father hails from France, and I know that nearly every time I am interviewing for the late night talk show circuit, my mouth tends to accent itself up and spout off about croissants, brie, omelets, and french roast coffee. It's pretty common actually.

@dado: does she really? I'm going to have to look that up.

lyss152

I chatted her up in a bar in LA about 10 years ago and thought she was just about the sexiest girl I'd ever met. And talented. And a crazy hot mess ... be still my heart.

FrankGoodness

She used to be so attractive.

Then she went all Flockhart on us.

Murph1908

@BookishLookish: I can, but for Brittany Murphy, it just wasn't worth the effort.

Kiss me, I'm fake Irish.

I confess I'm a bigger Brittany Murphy fan than she probably deserves. She often picks terrible roles and that's hurt her career. But then she's also been in stuff like Girl Interrupted and Sin City, and she's awesome in those movies. (Not to mention Seinfeld.) I think she's ridonculously cute. Plus, I love her accent - her real one, anyway.

I don't know what this is that she's speaking here but it ain't Irish. And it's not *that* far off from how she usually sounds either. It actually sounds to me like she's attempting to speak more properly than she usually does, trying to hide that working class Jersey accent she's usually got. I don't know why, because her voice is one of the best things about her.

She's also always a little loopy, not just here, as this video proves:

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Bottom line is this girl is a nut job. I'm in the group that doesn't like her (not talking about her acting). I'm always surprised when she lands a good role. As a producer I would have concern that she could complete a movie, i.e., substance abuse, plus I just wouldn't want her weirdness on the set.

rustneversleeps

@RhymingName: i've watched that video three times already.

encoreerocne

@lackadaisical: It reminded me of Madonna's weird British-ish accent a while back.

Schmalerie

I can't say for sure because i can't see the clip but I remember her talking once about how she's a great mimic and that its hard not to adopt accents when you hear them. I can sympathize, I have the same problem... very quickly I can flip on a southern accent or english ... even just in the pitch and tone, very quickly. It takes an effort not to when Im around those accents.

@rednrowdy: Frankly, it sounds like an English accent with occasional Hedda Hopper inflections.

Snarkastic

She gets me open.

ligmasagbatch

@Almostbanned: Agreed!

@KentuckyBabe: You're making excuses for this psycho.

rustneversleeps

DRUGS ARE BAD, MMMKAY?

Christ, I'm so embarassed for her in that video...maybe she'll watch it and have a moment of clarity.

LittleEdie

She just went to communion. It can cause intoxication in those suffering with the disease known as anorexia nervosa.

@KentuckyBabe: Plus her voiceover work is really good, too. Luanne from King Of The Hill anyone?

harperleebowitz

"Ferguson's Scottish accent might have sounded similar enough to her mother's to trigger any inflected speech patterns she used growing up."

Huh? Compassionate journalism from Gawker is highly unexpected.

KittyBrat

Holy shit! I used to do that all the time with Chinese people (accidentally) while ordering Chinese food.

Pandemic1444

@Calraigh:

There's a difference in accent between North (Belfast) and South (Dublin). He's Dublin, with the distinct "t"s....

(Love the eyebrows!)

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"Celebrating the wines of Norway"

e.varden

@e.varden: Really? I had no idea, what with growing up on the northside of Dublin and all and having lived in the city for most of my life and oh, being a human being aware of the fact that there is a distinct difference between '' North'' Ireland (Not just Belfast! That's why it's called the 6 counties!) and ''South'' (Not just Dublin! That's why it has what's called a ''Landmass'' and '' 26 counties''.)

But really, tell me more!

@zkemeny: As far as I know, Botox cannot be used around the mouth. It paralyzes muscles. You would have a heap of trouble if your mouth got paralayzed. Although most of my family wishes mine were.

I agree with the inflection theory. I've had British and South African friends who sound American when around friends, but speak to their families in their native accents.

Meh. Actually, she's just a freak.

It's neither drinking or nerves: it's the methamphetamine she's apparently been on since 2003.

@KentuckyBabe: I understand exactly what you're saying. I used to do customer service and slide 40% into the accent and pacing of whoever I was talking to.

I clicked on this expecting that Brittany was a hot mess of an interview, and...it wasn't. I'm glad--she seems nice.

Treeless