The 44-year-old actress thought it would be easy to shake the heavy Colombian accent she has become famous for, but it was impossible, reported Contactmusic.
"I spent so much money when I decided I was going to act," Vergara told Harry Connick, Jr. On his new chat show.
"I'm like, 'I'm moving to LA, I'm gonna hire the best speech coach - I can't understand why Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz can't learn how to speak perfectly - I'm going to do it!'"
Even her young son was frustrated - because he didn't have an accent and constantly had to correct his mother.
"He would run lines with me... And he'd say, 'Mum, I just corrected you, like, two seconds ago and you said the word again wrong'," she laughed.
In the end, Vergara gave up and decided she'd make her fortune with her native tongue.
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