The Tangled Life Alec Baldwin Made For Himself

from arrests and scuffles with the paparazzi to Twitter spots and a deadly shooting Alec Baldwin seems to always be in the news here are the many controversies that have followed the oscar-nominated actor in 1995 a photographer bit off a lot more than he could chew when he tried to get a shot of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger's newborn daughter Ireland according to the Chicago Tribune Baldwin's confrontation with the cameraman Alan zanger occurred when the latter wouldn't stop working the lens at Baldwin's request the incident which took place near the couple's Woodland Hills California home resulted in a broken nose and glasses on zanger's part Baldwin was also reported to have vandalized zinger's truck with shaving cream per people in a statement shared by Baldwin's publicist he alluded to the injuries inflicted on zanger as being negligible as the Los Angeles Times relayed Baldwin said in a statement at the time anyone with a shred of human decency would understand that there are times in your life when you want your privacy respected whether you are a public figure or not that Mr zanger felt it was appropriate to videotape my home and my family for his own profit is unacceptable to me zanger sought legal action and in 1997 a little over two years after the scuffle ensued was a war ordered a damage compensation to the tune of four thousand five hundred dollars Baldwin on the other hand pursued litigation for breach of privacy and won he was also relieved of assault charges back in 2007 TMZ got hold of audio from the Baldwin household in which Alec Baldwin called the then 11 year old Ireland Baldwin a rude thoughtless little pig for missing an arranged call Alec happened to be co-parenting with Kim Basinger since their 2001 split and subsequent custody battle which was ugly to say the least in the sound recording Alec was quoted to have said of his ex-wife your mother is a thoughtless pain in the who doesn't care about what you do he would later acknowledge his wrongdoing through a representative who spoke to extra but accused Basinger and a legal representative of illegally releasing the audio tape to the press a long note published on Alex website went on to cite a taxing parenting relationship with Basinger promising that more details would be made available in an upcoming publication true to Alec Baldwin's word the actor's book a promise to ourselves a journey through fatherhood and divorce was released in September 2008. The Love Story between Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger first brewed at a table read right before the ill-fated movie The marrying man went into production per people they met up for dinner soon after and as one thing led to another their romance grew heated on set part of the crew hinted at the work environment being unbearable with people saying it was a tour de force demonstration of onset egotism chair-throwing rages and sexual exhibitionism according to people one crew member on the production even alleged their actions were vile deplorable despicable the same intensity would play itself years later when Baldwin and Basinger then a year shy of a decade-long marriage finalized their divorce in 2002 however they got caught up in a very public custody tussle for the next four years Baldwin told the guardian in 2013. that point in my life is a blur it was a period that was so painful I was staring off a cliff for six years in 2011 Alec Baldwin had a diet change that saw him shed 30 pounds in four months according to ABC News Baldwin's diet was completely void of sugar and he tailored a fitness routine that included Pilates spinning and a bit of yoga the change was in part due to the influence of Wellness Enthusiast and soon to be wife elaria Thomas as well as a pre-diabetes diagnosis Baldwin was so impressed by his progress that he got carried away and let his pants fall on the floor during a late night with David Letterman interview and no that wouldn't be the only time a 2019 appearance on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon would feature a rerun of Baldwin's bold move as an audience cheered on Baldwin asserted on the show you want to see how much weight I've lost ready my password earlier that year he'd revealed that his workout regimen also involved a hundred push-ups per day on the Howard Stern Show the newer plan came about as a tip from Saturday Night Live co-star Pete Davidson however the younger comic later admitted to Jimmy Fallon and I didn't want to be rude and say like I just still have metabolism Davidson then added to make him feel better I was like oh man I do 100 push-ups and 100 setups every day and he was like got it with a laugh Davidson added of Baldwin's weight loss and it says it's all good to me Alec Baldwin isn't the only Baldwin getting the masses talking his second wife ilaria Baldwin had made some headlines of her own her most controversial ones surrounding questions about the authenticity of her lineage the yoga instructor took to Instagram in late 2020 to reply to concerns over her allegedly falsified Spanish descent and seemingly alternating accent in two since deleted videos her first caption read in part I was born in Boston and grew up spending time with my family between Massachusetts and Spain my parents and sibling live in Spain and I chose to live here in the USA ilaria added when I was growing up in this country I would use the name Hillary and in Spain I would use ilaria and my family my parents call me ellaria Baldwin went on to add ethnically I am a mix of many many things um culturally I grew up with the two cultures a number of details appeared to invalidate illaria's origin story in the eyes of social media sleuths for instance a now deleted creative arts agency bio initially implied that her birthplace was Mallorca Spain similarly she'd suggested on a later removed interview on the mom truths podcast that as an NYU Alum she moved to the United States in her late teens even more confusing ellaria's Granddad David L Thomas seniors obituary seemingly placed her ancestry in Massachusetts ilaria later shared in another since deleted Instagram post at this point I'm starting to think I'm being attacked for who I am and no answer is the right answer aircraft rules might have been the least of Alec Baldwin's worries when his love for the game Words With Friends led to an altercation with an American Airlines flight attendant in December 2011. Baldwin was eventually escorted off the plane the actor later tweeted of the incident flight attendants on American reamed me out for playing Words with Friends while we sat at the gate not moving however there was apparently more to the story American Airlines stated on Facebook the passenger was extremely rude to the crew calling them inappropriate names and using offensive Language American Airlines also alleged that Baldwin stormed off to the restroom when he was asked to turn off his phone ahead of takeoff the airline wrote on Facebook he slammed the lavatory door so hard the cockpit crew heard it and became alarmed even with the cockpit door closed and locked they immediately contacted the cabin crew to check on the situation while Baldwin apologized to his fellow passengers in a HuffPost column for any inconvenient delays caused by his behavior he ultimately found fault with the airline's choice of stewardesses a sentiment she echoed on Twitter writing last flight with American where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950s find jobs as flight attendants Alec Baldwin's Tangled life led to another headline-making twist when he went head-to-head with Boston Marathon bombing Survivor voichek cheskovsky in a parking lot in November 2018. according to page six Baldwin's spouse had reserved space for the actor when cheskowsky who was behind the wheel of a Saab bolted in what ensued was an alleged show of Fury on Baldwin's part as narrated to the publication by unnamed observers things reportedly got physical enough for Baldwin to land in a Greenwich Village detention cell through Twitter Baldwin maintained his innocence writing in part the assertion that I punched anyone over a parking spot is false I realized that it has become a sport to tag people with as many negative charges and defaming allegations as possible fortunately no matter how reverberating The Echoes it doesn't make the statements true a cheskovsky home visit by the New York Post proved that he was in good condition he revealed to the newspaper I'm recovering you know sore but I'll be fine still cheskovsky filed a slander suit against Baldwin after he spoke about about the incident in the talk show circuit in December 2019 a summary of the legal proceedings showed that this charge was dropped however Baldwin would complete an anger management course having previously pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment Alec Baldwin went up against the paparazzi in November 2013 in front of his Manhattan flat a clip shared by TMZ showed in irate Alec coming face to face with the man in question who'd been taking pictures of his family in the TMZ clip Baldwin shouted to the person get away from my wife and the baby with the camera following a short-lived Chase he turned to a second cameraman who'd been capturing the exchange and called him a homophobic slur before hopping onto his ride a representative for the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation told TMZ Mr Baldwin can't lend his support for equality on paper while degrading gay people in practice it's clearly time he listens to the calls from so many LGBT people and allies to end this pattern of anti-gay slurs unfortunately this would Mark just one of Alex many clashes with the lgbtq plus Community after making anti-gay utterances the previous year he'd allegedly made shocking comments while reportedly manhandling another photographer not that he hasn't made attempts at making peace with the queer community following a series of explicit tweets posted in July 2013 after the Daily Mail published an unflattering piece about ilaria Baldwin Alec issued an apology to glad that partially read I would not Advocate violence against someone for being gay and I hope that my friends at glad and the gay community understand that my attack in no way was the result of homophobia the 80s were admittedly quite a wild ride for Alec Baldwin amid his rise to fame the actor spent two years successively drinking and using drugs daily Baldwin disclosed in a 2017 conversation with CBS Sunday Morning with a kind of a white hot period where I ran around with people in LA and did a lot of partying noting that this was the culture in Hollywood at the time the young star believed he had it together but added it just made me very very sick it was a past that Baldwin stacked on a shelf for a long time details of Baldwin's action-packed 20s were finally revealed in a 2008 book by Christopher Kennedy Lawford titled moments of clarity voices from the front lines of addiction and recovery and so were the events that led him to joining a support group and opting for a clean life just before turning 27 in 1985. Baldwin wrote of the group's leader God got me sober that day God was a black 65 year old retired postal worker named Lenny Lenny said you never have to feel this way again if you don't want to speaking with ABC News while promoting his Memoir nevertheless Baldwin reflected on this painful Time ahead of his journey towards sobriety at a young age I know that at that time and when I describe overdosing on drugs which I've kept you know very private for years and years and years I think I would have gotten it eventually the fact that Alec Baldwin has made big bank as an actor isn't news but with the same Vigor that Alex splashed 1.75 million dollars on a 50-acre Vermont estate in 2022 he's also exhibited a charitable spirit that has gone a long way in solidarity with the Owen Hart Foundation Alec decided to forego a 2018 performance charge for an evening with Alec Baldwin contributing it to the organization instead he previously donated his earnings for an advertising job with Capital One Baldwin told the Wall Street Journal it's going to be given to Arts organizations that I'm involved in like the Hamptons film festival and Guild Hall the Arts really matters to people we're cutting funding there and I think that's a huge mistake giving it turns out is an act that was instilled in Alec at home his mother Carol Baldwin was a breast cancer survivor who headed the Carol M Baldwin breast cancer research fund Inc in 2007 board member Alec opened up about the organization's goals to raise awareness and funds Baldwin told energy times I would like to see early protection to see breast cancer rates drop precipitously when Alec announced his mother's death via Instagram in May 2022 it was revealed that they had raised Millions my mother taught me about second acts she spent the last 25 years of her life as a fighter and a champion for the cause to which she devoted so much energy we are all enormously proud of her accomplishments Alec Baldwin commands a large following online in the neighborhood of 3.5 million between Twitter and Instagram as such it's not uncommon for him to declare his political stances for example in 2012 renowned Democrat Alec who has publicly sought voters for the party's candidates voiced his support for then President Barack Obama the actor wrote in a string of tweets some complain on Twitter about Obama you want to go back to Bush Cheney Paulson Rumsfeld unfunded Wars death of U.S soldiers and innocent civilians for oil six years later Alec joined a long list of celebrities who opposed the viewpoints and operations of the National Rifle Association in a movement dubbed no R.A but when Alec took on the daring task of performing his recurring Donald Trump gimmick on Saturday Night Live it eventually led to animosity between him and his conservative brother Stephen Baldwin Stephen told CBS News in 2016. I don't want to be a party pooper here but I don't think it's very funny during an interview with faith wire two years later Stephen revealed that the political atmosphere had been so intense that they hadn't been in contact in years Stephen told faithwire I still haven't talked to my brother Alex since the election and I'm cool with that I love him to death if you don't like Trump do what you got to do but don't pick on people's families that's not cool although he has made a name for himself on screen Alec Baldwin would in another world make it as a voice on the airwaves Baldwin's Choice as a host of the New York philharmonics weekly radio broadcast was a seemingly Divine pairing deeply rooted in his connection to classical music Baldwin gushed of the genre in a 2009 conversation with the New York Times there's something serious about classical music there's something beautiful there's something that's really carefully rendered that I want to be a part of no matter what my contribution is it was a connection that the orchestra had kept track of by noting Baldwin's perfect concert attendance however Baldwin's penchant for radio also extends to his podcast here's the thing a public radio turned iHeartRadio collaboration that has dug into the finer details of the lives of newsmakers since 2011. his approach toward guests leaves room for flexibility the fact that some of Baldwin's listeners May dispute as he remarked in a 2016 interview with PBS NewsHour the star explained I don't view this show as an interview I view it as a conversation in October 2021 Alec Baldwin found himself involved in a catastrophic turn of events while rehearsing a scene on the set of the western rust a prop gun the actor producer was holding accidentally went off wounding director Joel Souza and killing 42 year old Ukrainian filmmaker Helena Hutchins Baldwin tweeted after the incident there are no words to convey my shock and sadness in an ABC News special dubbed Alec Baldwin unscripted that December he recounted the incident attributing it to a misstep with onset gun handling protocol while there was a rule in place to avoid a direct aim at anyone within production premises there were exceptions Baldwin said in the special unless the person is the cinematographer who's directed me and where to point the gun for her camera angle that's exactly what happened as of February 2023 Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez read have been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter which could warrant an 18-month jail term and an additional five thousand dollar fine per CNN through a legal representative hutchinskin showed their trust in the justice system saying in a statement it is a comfort to the family that in New Mexico no one is above the law meanwhile according to CNN Baldwin's attorney argued Alec Baldwin had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun or anywhere on the movie Set we will fight these charges and we will win if you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction issues help is available visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact samhsa's National helpline at 1-800-662-help 4357 foreign

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Published: Thu Feb 02 2023

Reddit Comments

[u/SwimmingBeneficial93]

This is what he looks like to innocent people that he without provocation gets irritated with.

[u/Spike-2021]

Most excellent! Thank you for finding and sharing Pepino!

[u/Mysterious-Writer949]

Even this pic makes me want to slap him and say “do you even care about your kids or your actions”. Dickhead!

[u/RazzmatazzBig2187]

Waay slanted toward Alec. But the truth is starting to come out. Hopefully it will continue. He needs psychiatric help as does his wife. Those poor kids.

[u/Personal_Captain5317]

I thought this was pretty comprehensive, although it slants favorable for Alec.