I’ll bet that you’ve already heard about Alec Baldwins tape recorded message that he left for his daughter. He was upset that she didn’t answer the call from him that she should have been expecting and he left a very nasty, and not very parent like message for his daughter calling her a pig and so on.
Pretty nasty actually.
There’s been allegations that his wife Kim Basinger leaked the tape to the media. Well if she didn’t someone sure did because it hit the news all day.
Baldwin has made a statement on his website alecbaldwin.com apologizing for losing his temper. He’s also equally sorry that a court order was violated. In his statement he thanks everyone who has left messages of support.
He also went on to say “Naturally, it is not best for a parent to lose their temper with their child. Everyone who knows me privately knows that I have endured a great deal over the last several years in my custody litigation. Everyone who knows me privately knows that certain people will go to any lengths to embarrass me and to disrupt my relationship with my daughter.”
He goes on to basically say that this was like a snap shot of someone on their worst day being portrayed as who they really are and how they normally act. He’s upset that the tape was released, and that he’s been driven to the edge by parental alienation for many years.
He’s apparently in the process of writing a book, and he’s sure that once it’s published that more people will understand the incredible strain that everything he’s been through has caused.
Not to excuse what he did, but divorce is rough. The number one thing to do is to keep the kids out of it, but in reality, that rarely happens. They are pulled in all kinds of directions, even when the parents don’t realize they are doing it.
Sounds like Alec Baldwin was pretty rude on the phone. However, harsh words are often spoken in families — especially families that have been torn apart.
Outbursts like his would be an almost daily occurrence in many families and no-one passes judgement. But because of Baldwin’s fame it makes headline all over the world. Poor bloke!
I don’t care how mad he was, or how awful things are with his ex wife. How he treated his daughter is just terrible. On my worst DAY I couldn’t talk to my child like that.
Thanks for the great comments! I thought that some of the things he said and called his daughter were unbelievable, but I can also understand the stress of the whole drawn out very public very nasty divorce and custody proceedings. It must take it’s toll. Still … kids should never be talked to that way.
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Alec Baldwin shouldn’t have lashed out at his daughter like that. Maybe he’s going through some rough times like his brother Danny was..