Alec Baldwin's Threatening Message to Daughter

[shoesexy]

"You are a rude, thoughtless little pig. You don't have the brains or the decency as a human being. I don't give a damn that you're 12 years old, or 11 years old..."

I'll call him a jerk. Geez.....he doesn't even know how old his daughter is!

Baldwin always points the finger at anyone except himself.....it's never his fault when he flies into a rage---characteristic bully behavior. He doesn't get his way with a business partner, snatch his cell phone and smash it to pieces ( apparently Baldwin regularly smashes cell phones. ) Things not going the way he likes on the set, kick over a box full with thousands of dollars worth of camera lenses. His out-of-control rages are well documented.

But turning that hatred and his own daughter....that's inexcusable. Those words leave scars....especially from a father to his pre-teen daughter. A father represents a little girl's "first boyfriend", and so much of her self worth is tied up in that. There's nothing this child could have done to justify such recrimination. She'll have adjustment issues for so much of her life with a father like that---it's sad.

Baldwin ought to try picking on somebody his own size.

 

[mellowdrama]

Baldwin ought to try picking on somebody his own size.

imdb lists him at 5'11". That's likely with loafers on--I know I clear 5'10" in my stocking feet. I'm also 14 years younger than him, and practice Gracie Jujitsu. Failing that, I know a Gracie personally, who could kick his *** by proxy. I definitely can take him.

But if that's too physical--Alec, PM me with your cell # and I'll do the same. We can trade terrible insults on voicemail:

Massapequa mama's boy! Vegetarian cigar smoker! Ally Sheedy dater! I don't care that you're 48 years-old, or 49 years-old! You've made me feel like sh*t, and OMG, I think I like it! And you do it constantly to me over and over again! Dingbat! Squirrel Bait! Where the hell are my needle-nose pliers?

You hit me with a brick one more time, Ignatz, dear, and I will have Ofissa Pup on your *** so fast, you won't know what hit you. It could be an even bigger brick. I could be shouting at random people on the street, instead I'm posting on an internet gossip forum!

You know what it takes for me to answer your call?: AIDA--Attention, Interest, Decision, Action--and VISA--$19.95 for the first 10 minutes, and $2.99 each additional minute.

Do I have your attention? Are you interested?

Your turn, Alec.

 

[MulletProof]

Did you burst out laughing? I'll admit that I have, on the rare occasion, but only when confronted with my mother's anger. My dad I still find utterly terrifying sometimes.

...I'm always laughing during arguments, can't keep it professional, it's just too funny.. hence the offenses and shoes/bottles/tv remotes thrown at me.

 

[Luxx]

So completely unacceptable, that is no way to talk to a child. Its good that Kim released this to the public so that we may all know just what kind of individual Mr. Baldwin truly is.

Parents do get angry with their children, its only natural but something about the way he's speaking to her and his choice of words really unnerves me. Its as if he's addressing an adult rather than talking to a child. Very out of line.

 

[xmodel citizen]

...I'm always laughing during arguments, can't keep it professional, it's just too funny.. hence the offenses and shoes/bottles/tv remotes thrown at me.

Once, I was actually 10 or younger, I can't remember, I got so angry at my mom I threw my walkman and broke two panes of glass in my bedroom window. Some people must have lovely lives to have never gotten into huge arguments with their parents. I'm kind of envious!

 

[m.j.]

perez

 

[VainJane]

^ I'd so totally buy that ..... Christmas gifts for the whole family.

 

[iLoveCouture]

...I'm always laughing during arguments, can't keep it professional, it's just too funny.. hence the offenses and shoes/bottles/tv remotes thrown at me.

lol

 

[Zen]

When I first heard the voicemail transcript I was appalled and further more when I heard the actual voicemail I was again appalled and shocked by his rage it contained.

Soon after all this I had a moment of recognition. When I was about 16 I always broke curfew and one night my father went off on me. He said some choice words much, much, much worse. I still remember to this day every word he said to me. I look back and I know it was because my father was trying to tell me and teach me something. Most of all he was just being a parent. Even though words were hurtful, he never stop telling me and showing me how much he cared and loved me. He was always there for me. For Alec it saddens me to know he can't always be there for his daughter.

You see, I have empathy for this man. For almost six years he has been fighting to get more visitation rights to be with his daughter. (Not many fathers fight to do that or want that). Perhaps it is his own fault for his ugly side and he seems like an impossible person to live with. But just because he's a hard guy to love doesn't mean he's incapable of love. By that note, I'd say this man is suffering in part because he loves so much and is devastated that it's not returned. Baldwin revealed a lot about his emotional fragility when he said. "You humiliated me for the last time with this phone." I think if I was in his situation, I would be crushed and frustrated, and very likely to lash out. I suspect I'd be furious with my ex, and be mortally wounded by the apparent indifference of my child. I'd also want to go wherever she was to explain how much she was hurting me.

He definitely screwed up. There is no way what he said was OK, even if his daughter at least has a sad piece of proof that her father wants to be part of her life.

I can understand his emotion more than understanding what could have possessed Kim Basinger and her people to leak a tape that would publicize their child's pain and make it a permanent tabloid record.

Meanwhile I think about this broken family and wish them well.

 

[misssakura]

...I'm always laughing during arguments, can't keep it professional, it's just too funny.. hence the offenses and shoes/bottles/tv remotes thrown at me.

I always laugh in an argument too and it infuriates my parents...I don't know why I do it. I just cannot help myself...

 

[smartarse]

Alec has always had a nasty attitude. he's been downright nasty,crude, rude towards kim putting her down any way possible throughout their marriage. he'd always talk to kim with the same nastiness as how he talked to his daughter in her voice mail. it's typical Alec. that's why kim left him. infact, the Baldwin brothers with the exception of Billy (as we know of so far) has always had bad tempers.

but i don't condone the leak of the voicemail. it should've been private between kim and her lawyer and alec and his.

 

[shoesexy]

....just because he's a hard guy to love doesn't mean he's incapable of love.....I'd say this man is suffering in part because he loves so much and is devastated that it's not returned....

That's certainly an interesting viewpoint..........maybe if poor old misunderstood abusive Alec weren't such an a$$hole he wouldn't be so ruthlessly deprived of love.


If Baldwin really cared about his daughter, he'd stop talking about her and her mother in public forums---Leno, Letterman, radio, print--- like he's been doing for years. And he'd stop releasing statements & making appearances trying to repair his own image. Most celebrity parents protect/shield their children from the public eye/media.

If you see him on television "explaining his side of the story" and making an orchestrated mea culpa..........it's all about him doing for Alec again and not in the interest of the child. I'll bet his agent is scrambling trying to get him on the air somewhere.....


I heard that the mother Kim Basinger---the "insane woman" who is "not fit to live" according to dear Alec----got a nice makeup deal with Coty.

 

[novella]

Baldwin's request to quit sitcom denied

Divorced dad Alec Baldwin, caught yelling at his daughter on a voicemail message, said Wednesday he asked NBC to let him out of his "30 Rock" contract so he can devote his time to the issue of "parental alienation."

"If I never acted again I couldn't care less," Baldwin said in a pre-taped appearance for ABC's "The View," scheduled to air Friday.

The actor, in a transcript provided to The Associated Press by "The View," said that he also wanted to quit "30 Rock" so the sitcom and the hundreds who work on it wouldn't "be hurt by the situation."

NBC, however, quickly shot down the idea. The actor has became a key asset for the freshman sitcom, stealing the show as an oily but charming network executive overseeing a "Saturday Night Live"-type program.

"Alec Baldwin remains an important part of `30 Rock.' We look forward to having him continue his role in the show," NBC said in a statement Wednesday.

A network spokeswoman said she didn't know how many seasons his contract covered. A call to Baldwin's publicist in New York was not immediately returned.

Baldwin intends to fulfill his obligation to the show, a source close to the actor said Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make a statement.

"30 Rock," created by and starring "Saturday Night Live" alumna Tina Fey, has been renewed for a second year. Production wrapped in March and the season finale airs Thursday for the show that has gotten rave reviews but mediocre ratings.

Baldwin and ex-wife Kim Basinger have been embroiled since their 2002 divorce in a custody dispute over their daughter, Ireland, 11. It boiled up recently over Baldwin's telephone message for his daughter, berating her as a "rude, thoughtless little pig" for missing his call.

A tape of the message was obtained by celebrity Web site TMZ.com and broadcast worldwide. The actor blamed his former wife for leaking the tape, which she denied.

Baldwin was interviewed on "The View" by Barbara Walters and Rosie O'Donnell. (O'Donnell announced Wednesday she would be leaving the show after she and ABC failed to come to terms on a contract.)

Walters asked Baldwin about his harsh remarks to his daughter.

"You didn't mean to say it to your child?" she said.

"Well, there's nothing wrong with being frustrated or angry about something," he replied. "It's the way you do it, and as people often do in this world, I took it out on the wrong person because I'm unable, under the current dynamic, to address the other person."

"I realize that was wrong," Baldwin added.

"You said it to your daughter, but you meant it for your ex-wife?" Walters asked.

"Well, I think that goes without saying, quite frankly," Baldwin said.

Asked by Walters if he had spoken to his daughter since and how things stood, Baldwin declined to answer, citing "ongoing procedures and so forth."

The next hearing on visitation issues is scheduled for May 4.

According to the partial transcript from "The View," Baldwin said he intended to take "three years or five years, it doesn't matter," and focus on the problem of divorced parents and their children. He has a book coming out about divorce litigation, possibly this fall, he said.

"There were bills that were proposed in (by California lawmakers) that were killed which were about equality and co-parenting and divorce litigation and ... this is work that I've been creeping up on, but I've been busy," he said.

Acting has lost its importance to him, he said.

"I've had enough of this quite frankly to last me a lifetime, especially in the modern tabloid world and ... there's a bigger thing I want to do, there's a more important thing I want to do," Baldwin said.

(image & source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070426/ap_en_ce/people_baldwin)

^ That's interesting to say the least...

 

[Anastasia]

It's been my personal experience, and that of friends, that the parent crying alienation by the other is in fact guilty of it themselves. My dad badmouthed my mom for years and years (some of my earliest memories are of him telling me what an f-ing b*tch she was, and asking me to keep his true feelings a secret from her) while she never said a word against him. His strategy worked for awhile, then I grew up and saw him for what he was. Now that they're finally splitting up, he's crying all over the place to his mommy and anyone that will listen that "she turned the kids against me". No, bucko, you did a fine job of that yourself.

I'm glad they won't let him out of his contract. I enjoy him on 30 Rock.

And karma for you, sexyshoe. Often people don't have sympathy for the abuser because they're too distracted with helping the abused, but I guess our hearts aren't big enough, and our minds aren't open

 

[xmodel citizen]

I heard that the mother Kim Basinger---the "insane woman" who is "not fit to live" according to dear Alec----got a nice makeup deal with Coty.

Oh wow, leaking a court document and using your family drama to score a cosmetic deal; Mother of the Year I say!

Please, I hate male-baiting as much as I hate female-baiting. Both of the parents obviously have issues.

 

[erin_k]

This is terrible but I almost don't care because I love 30 Rock so much. whoops...

 

[shoesexy]

Please, I hate male-baiting as much as I hate female-baiting.

Male baiting??? This isn't about men, it's about Alec Baldwin who has a well-documented reputation as a misogynist and a bully.

More importantly, it's about a little girl who is suffering the circumstance of having two very selfish parents.

But hey, it's "Hollywood"......Baldwin has been promoting his upcoming tell all book about the divorce. I'm sure Kim has a rebuttal book in the works. Yuck.

 

[novella]

For those that are interested, Alec appeared on The View today and the videos are on YouTube:

 

[misssakura]

I just heard the phone message and honestly. WTF. Why are people so mad about it? Has anybody even frickin listened to this? My parents have been FAR madder at me than that. Apart from the 'straighten you out' thing he sounded genuinely upset that he couldn't speak to her. Why is everybody making a big deal out of this? I totally see where he's coming from. Pssh. I hope that everybody here commenting negatively have in fact heard the message. It's so tame. So so tame. And to me it shows affection but hey....

 

[m.j.]

after watching The View

this man is so going to hell!!!
he thinks it is ok to say that the message was not for his daughter, but her mother?!?!? WTF???
this kid will hear that anyway...
he is just a typical hollywood as*hole who thinks he can get away with anything....
i am just glad Kim is keeping a low profile.
she is just protecting her child, and that is why i respect her even more.
great model, great actress, great mother!!!

the only PIG in this case is him!