Alec Vows No More Mean Voice Mails
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Say what you want about Alec Baldwin, but the man clearly learns from his (very public) mistakes. Sort of.
"If you go through the things I have gone through with the media, like this thing with my daughter, there's only one thing that comes to mind initially: That is how my daughter must have felt to have this played out in public," he tells 60 Minutes of that voice mail in an interview to air Sunday.
"The second thing I realize is, you can pretty much bet all you own that I would never leave another voice mail message for my daughter that wasn't just like something out of a Rodgers & Hammerstein score."
But while the 30 Rock star may refrain from calling his daughter a "thoughtless little pig" on a recorded medium again, he, much to the enjoyment of the public, apparently won't be exercising similar restraint with regard to those on his ex-wife's payroll.
When asked by Morley Safer whether it was appropriate to call Kim Basinger's divorce lawyer "a 300-pound homunculus with a face like a clenched fist," Baldwin replies, "I was being kind, Morley."
Jack Donaghy couldn't have said it better himself.
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Sasha Thu, May 8, 2008 1:34 PM
The fact that he thinks the comment he made about the lawyer is appropriate, NOT reprehensible, and even goes as far as to call it "kind" shows what kind of person he really is. He's the kind of guy who HASN'T CHANGED. He cares SO much for his daughter that he would be verbally and emotionally abusive? He cares SO much for his daughter that he insults her Mother, not only AT ALL, but in PUBLIC? He cares SO much for his daughter that he thinks it's okay to set a HORRIBLE example for her, in regards to this name calling of the lawyer? If he claimed the horrible things he said to her were the first, maybe it would be believable if she were a few weeks old. Maybe an instance of that kind of uncontrolled anger/abuse hadn't had time to happen yet...but she's no newborn! OF COURSE he's said those kinds of things to her before! PEOPLE WITH THAT KIND OF RAGE and THAT KIND OF HATRED don't just SUDDENLY channel it one day. You don't go from zero to a million all on one phone call. She has heard t
ReportSasha (continued) Thu, May 8, 2008 1:37 PM
(OOPS! I was saying)...she has heard that kind of tirade before. The type of person who would speak that way to their child is the type of person with anger, control, and emotional issues. They wouldn't ALL OF A SUDDEN pop up. They come from somewhere and BUILD. So, there's NO WAY his daughter hasn't been talked to like that before. Anyone who thinks otherwise is either a fool, or knows nothing of psychology and mental stability. (And I'm not getting Kim off the hook. What kind of MOTHER would air those problems and humiliate her daughter like that?)
ReportSasha (wondering...) Thu, May 8, 2008 1:39 PM
Why did E! erase the first half of my comment? Hmmm...maybe there are just technical errors and it'll pop back up later. (is doubtful)
ReportEdie Thu, May 8, 2008 1:48 PM
Alec is obviously a narcissist; he just doesn't get it. His daughter probably felt much worse hearing that message from her own father than having it publicized. It was Alec who went through a lot of pain when his verbal abuse was made public.
ReportA level headed thinker Thu, May 8, 2008 2:41 PM
How many of us have done or said things in the past that we are not so proud of? We just don't get slammed in the public eye. Sure he was wrong for what he said but making a big deal out of it was harder on his daughter than it could have been if everyone would have just left it alone..even now..let it go...better things to talk about now like Brittany and K-Fed, seriously!
ReportAlly Thu, May 8, 2008 3:39 PM
A level headed thinker- are you Alec Baldwin himself or his PR flak? There's no justification or excuses for his behavior. For all you know, it was his daughter who leaked his tape- maybe she wanted to let the world know how crazy her dad was- LOL
ReportEmily Sun, May 11, 2008 6:27 PM
Alec is very obviously mentally ill. Any sane person can see this clearly from watching his 60 minutes interview. At the very least he is a raging Narcissist (but he seems more BPD to me). I agree with Ally: no justification, no excuse for his behavior. The reason for his behavior is that he is crazy--but even that is not an excuse. He needs to get into some deep therapy. But he seems not a likely candidate for improvement as he so readily likes blaming the media or his ex-wife or his 12 year old daughter (who leaked it to the press) or any one he can. No, Alex. The blame lays squarely on you.
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