Kanye vs. Alec: The Battle Is On for Biggest A-Hole

Kanye West and Alec Baldwin have a lot in common

There coulda been worse things to happen in an airport on Sept. 11. So let’s all knock on whatever wood you can find for that. Still, we bet Kanye West ain’t havin’ the best day after his pap fight this morning, so stay tuned to K.W.’s blog for a full all-caps report on his side of the disgusting squabble.

Hey, at least he got involved in his own battles and didn’t just let his bod-goon do all the dirty work for him à la Nicole Kidman. We’ve seen this type of irrational, spontaneous bad behavior before, time and time again with Alec Baldwin. Is Kanye becoming the Baldwin of the West? Both are critically praised men in their field, somehow managing to stay relevant despite anger issues causing them to say and do things spur of the moment without thinking first.

Let’s take a look back at their major controversies, and we’re just dripping with anticipation over how Alec’s gonna top Kanye’s latest:

Mean to Photogs
Kan’s photog fit of fury while at LAX? Reminds us of Alec’s altercation with a pap when bringing baby Ireland home from the hospital. A.B. pushed the photo guy into the bushes, breaking the dude’s glasses. Less expensive than a professional camera, but still scruffed up big time.

Anger Made Public
Not afraid to be a big oaf in earshot of just about everyone, Alec loudly screams at then-wife Kim Basinger at a Hampton’s bash. At least it wasn’t televised, like Kanye’s hissy fit at the 2006 European VMA’s. French electro duo Justice won for Video of the Year, and a bitter West ran up to the stage, insisting his video shoulda won the big prize because his “Touch the Sky” vid “cost a million dollars. Pamela Anderson was in it. I was jumping across canyons and s--t."

Misplaced Anger
Kanye took to his blog to badmouth a B+ Entertainment Weekly gave of his Glow in the Dark tour, defending his concert by typing back, “f--k you and the whole f--king staff!” It was an above average grading, jeez, get a grip. But we feel less sorry for the E.W. music reviewers than we do for poor li'l Ireland Baldwin, who had the whole world call her a “rude, thoughtless little pig” when a voicemail from Daddy was leaked out.

What’s next, you two? And what, exactly, was done to you as children to have you behave this way? Somebody drop you or something?

—Additional sass by Becky Bain