Blame Everyone Else
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As many of you recall, Alec Baldwin was exposed on a voicemail recording last year calling his 11 year-old daughter a "rude, thoughtless little pig."
We guess that's better than a "rude, thoughtless little Bitch," right?
The outburst came as a result of him being upset over Ireland (the daughter) not answering his calls.
But, Baldwin is now blaming the bitter and ongoing custody battle with his ex-wife, Kim Basinger, for causing the anger he was feeling when he left that voicemail.
On Monday, while promoting his new book, A Promise to Ourselves, Baldwin spoke to a crowd at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club.
He said to them, "I'm disappointed, I'm ashamed to say this: You get angry. I wanted to see my daughter."
In the book Baldwin "rails against the family court system in Los Angeles, offers advice based on his own experience with divorce litigation and talks about how one parent can turn a child against another parent."
He also admits that he's apologized to his daughter Ireland for the message which he adds was wrong and "horrified" him.
Though, he has gone on to say that the tape should not have been released without his permission and blames Basinger for the release. She obviously denies it.
Funny, Baldwin blames everyone but himself!
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you can put lipstick on a pig…..but its still a pig…just sayin.
Has he threatened yet to move out of the country if McCain wins? He was supposed to in 2004 when Bush won…..still waiting.
His ego's too big, he's really not even that funny.
this is such an exciting post to end my work day with!
Re: abercorey – lol
you stole my comment.
Baldwin IS THE MAN!
Don't fuck with Alec or you'll get an ass whoopin
Oh Al, get over it!
ACTUALLY HE DOES MAKE SOME VALID PONTS ABOUT THE COURT SYSTEM!!!
I don't think Alec Baldwin was wrong to yell at his daughter like that. 99.999% of those spoiled celebrity brats always get what they want, never get repremanded and their parents and nannies bring up spoiled rotten kids who get DUIs every weekend (and 2 whole minutes of jail time max). Alec was at least putting his foot down and telling his daughter how she was behaving thus giving her a chance at changing before she becomes another spoilt whore like the other Hollywood kids.
Re: LettyB – POINTS FOR FUCK SAKES, I NEED A DRINK!
This reeks of being written by Perezes fat ass mom… This certainly isnt popular opinion. Nice writting fat ass. Go get that shitbag son some more more apple fritters.
i have to say the courts in this country favor the mother!!!!! i will read his book to find out more.
Rarely would I defend an ass of his proportion but ….. he doessay, " He also admits that he's apologized to his daughter Ireland for the message which he adds was wrong and "horrified" him."
That IS accepting his guilt and I absolutly believe that any spouse can drive a person insane during a divorce. Sorry even the most rational of people have at least contemplated homocide in the throws of a bitter divorce
What parent has not gotten angry at their child? I don't think he did anything wrong. He did not beat the shit out of her..nobody know's the whole story. People only believe what they want to believe.
Typical liberal way of viewing the world- everyone is out to screw you- not actually SCREW you because that might be fun and liberals don't HAVE fun- they cannot ever see a good thing in their life because the government and everyone who doesn't agree with them is ma……ah what the hell……
Sounds like he knows he was accountable -
He also admits that he's apologized to his daughter Ireland for the message which he adds was wrong and "horrified" him.
Re: redsonja1313 –
ditto
I am not gonna stand back and let you get away with that comment. He is not blaming everyone else. He is including himself for making a bad decision. Any father would be challenged dealing with the kind of baggage, emotional blackmail and other psychological harrasment and torture commonly employed by vindictive, bitter and hateful spouses or exspouses. The court system is weighted toward the mother in such a way as to make any misstep on a fathers part more of a strike on his character and fitness to be a parent than the mothers. This man has obviously been stressed to a breaking point. See how you feel not being able to count on a court order in order to speak, visit with and parent effectively without being badmouthed by and vilified by a vengeful ex.
ALEC BALDWIN IS AN ASSHOLE! HIS TRUE COLOR SHOWED WHEN HE LEFT THAT MESSAGE IN THE ANSWERING MACHINE TO HIS DAUGHTER!
"Funny, Baldwin blames everyone but himself!"
He admitted he was wrong… that sounds like blame…
and obviously HE wouldn't release that tape
Locked in a bitter divorce, why wouldn't Basinger release the tape?
oh, please….so he lost his temper with his kid. At least he apologized to her. It seems that today's parents are so afraid of hurting their kids' feelings and trying to be their friends instead of parents that there are so many obnoxious, spoiled kids running around. It's ridiculous.
Re: guilty of being white – i'm just glad no one is keeping track of the # of times I have flipped-off my kids behind their backs………irrational little beings!……..lol
What a loser. I wonder what makes him think he's so special?
You know what sucks about being a Baldwin? Nothing! HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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you are dead wrong about this perez.
he has fully admitted his blame in this.
parents DO fuck up sometmes.
he loves his daughter dearly.
he is a national treasure and one of the greatest living american actors.
leave him alone.
Actually, you asshole, he has OWNED what he said, he has said he was wrong to say it, and he is SPOT ON that his ex whore had NO right to release the recording to the press.
Parents make mistakes, sometimes we say shit that we wish we could take back. You are not a parent, so you have NO fucking clue as to what you are speaking of…though that never seems to stop you.
Baldwin took responsibility. Perez - stop being biased when its so evident!
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Of course what Bitch-ssinger did was wrong in releasing the tape. That's reason enough hoping that Baldwin gets out of this divorce with his pants on and wallet intact.
Take responsibility for your actions!! It's NEVER ok to call your young daughter hateful names-I don't care WHAT the situation is.
Every parent has at some time yelled at their kid about something and said "mean" things. Those that haven't are either A) Lying, or B) Not paying Attention.
Sadly, there are so many people with agendas involved in the court system and very few of those agendas have anything to do with the true welfare of these kids stuck in limbo, but more so to do with how great it will be for their careers.
hahahah oh please god let lit be true
Alec now knows how it feels like to be on the receiving end of all the nasty liberalism he has been espousing all of these years. I like Alec and realize he is among the great actors of his generation, but the current anti-male courts are the fruits of 40 plus years of liberalism and it's ugly sister feminism taking a foothold in the US.
He needs to start supporting political candidates that are not PC (ie; not anti white-heterosexual male/ Western civilization). Glad to see your slowly coming around, Alec. We can use you on our side.
Fuck you Perez, he had every right to be angry after being tormented for years by a bitter ex wife who used their daughter as a pawn to take out her bitterness towards him when she should have left her own mean spiritedness out of it and not use it to brainwash her daughter against her dad..its very obvious Kim thought it was more important to release that tape and embarrass Alec than think of how doing that affected her daughter..that kid is going to be one fucked up mess if she isnt already and I hope when she is older she will see her mother for the wacko she truly is. Kim is a neurotic woman with alot of issues (wayyyyyy before her marriage) and she has smothered and brainwashed that kid and centered her entire life around her..she hasnt had a relationship since her divorce because she is a fucked up woman and she can blame Alec all she wants but she is incapable of having a healthy relationship with a man and has become an overbearing manipulative mother who is teaching her daughter alot about hating men and being neurotic. She has played games with Alec's visitation rights and after years of that its no wonder he snapped and he is not the kind of man to solely blame Kim..he knows what he did was wrong and his realtionship with his daughter is no one's business
Re: Melissa is always right – I'm right there still waiting with you. What an imbecile he is.
Yes his daughter was acting like a rude little pig and worse. She was not making herself available for their telephone rendez-vous, did not return his calls. Under those circumstances it is easy to lose your temper and the person who made the tape available to the media is also a pig, big time. Bravo Baldwin, and no need to apologize any more. Hope the little pig learned her lesson.
You should do some fact checking Perez. He's not blaming everyone else. He blames himself as well. As ususal you are taking this out of context. This man was brought to the breaking point with his ex-wife and his child. You do not have children Perez so you do not know. You do not have a wife because you are a big fat HOMO so you do not know what this man has been through. He went through a very bitter nasty divorce and child custody battle with his ex-wife. There were 2 years that passed where she wouldn't even let him see his own daughter. He did all he could, went through the court system, retained attorneys, etc. all for the sake of being in his child's life. How would you feel if you were normal and had a child that you weren't allowed to see? Not so good I guarantee you! He was frustrated and lashed out. He didn't beat her. He didn't abandon her. He fought for her. So he left a message in the heat of the moment that was mean - shit happens. Men and women have been driven to the point of killing their ex-spouse over this exact kind of shit. Its no laughing matter asshole! Just because you have no morals or values and can't appreciate what its like to miss your child doesn't mean you have a right to say the shit you see. You don't know what kind of father this man is. Shut the fuck up!
i wish my dad would get mad if he could not see me. my dad could probably give a shit. me too.
Okay, so let's not look at the fact that Alec Baldwin was deeply upset from not being able to see or talk to his daughter, or the fact that he is remorseful for calling her demeaning names. Let's focus on the fact that he called his daughter a "thoughtless pig". Newsflash, sometimes 13 year old girls can be rude, thoughtless, and shallow bitches, let alone pigs. Everyone can get their panties up in a bunch, but even if you haven't said something like this to your own child, then please believe you've said or done something that you now regret. It's called being human. Shit, I've said things to my daughter that might not be appropriate, but does that mean that I love her any less? No! Does that make me an unfit parent? Hell, no! So, why not campaign for the children whose fathers want nothing to do with them instead of perpetuating this goddamn witch hunt against someone who doesn't deserve it? Just a thought. File that under my opinion.
This guy is such a tool.
I've said similar words to my kids. When you spend just about 24/7/365 with children, it happens.
Dear Mr.Baldwin go look in the mirror and take a long look your a man who thinks everything is evreyones fault but his own,I can look at you from TV interviews and see that you are a mean man,you think your a nice man with a good heart who happens to being picked on,come on now is everyone wrong but you, Mr.nice guy try changing for you daughter,[ is that possible].
Alec Baldwin is not disliked just because of his comments to his daughter, he is disliked because he's always mad ,if he's not mad and yapping about his disdain over his exwife he's just pretending not to be mad.
I think that parents say or atleast think a lot of things about their children that are at times not very pleasant….so for that I think that people should give the man a break. What he sad was pretty vicious but then again that should have been kept a private matter and not aired on national tv.
Re: UGLY=PEREZ –
Kim is a bitch and crazy to boot …she is using that child to torture him , he was wrong but sometimes you are pushed to far. I'm sure he regrets this and would undo it if possible, but who released the tape to begin with,? Kim I am sure
Oh give him a break, he's apologized many times and quite frankly he's right, none of us had any business hearing that private message. If Kim B. didn't release it, who did?
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Anyway, all of us as children experienced our parents loosing a fuse at some point, BFD.
Actually I had read that he was suicidal after the tape was released. That's so sad that he felt that torn up to even consider doing that - it's well known how much he luvs his daughter and at that time in his life he was a very angry stressed out man and was hell bent on thinking his ex was keeping Ireland away - he is known to be a passionate man and emotions sometimes get the best of us. Hopefully he has a woman in his life that is helping release some of those bottled up emotions **wink wink**…:o) Big Alec Fan - luv him lots
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PEREZ, you don't have children and aren't going through a bitter divorce, so SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!! I totally sympathize with Alec, not being able to talk to your daughter during a divorce when she's being inconsiderate tears parents up inside, and YES, they DO lose there heads sometimes. I am never visiting your site again, you have just lost a loyal reader.
Because he's a rude, thoughtless, big pig?
Parental Alienation Syndrome. Look it up. Divorced parents can be downright evil, using their kids against the other parent. Kudos to Mr. Baldwin for talking about the crap deal men get with regard to custody.
Hmmm…one of the most obvious signs of DV (Domestic Violence) is a self-grandiose, can-do-no-wrong attitude in the abuser!!! No wonder Kim hates him. I can't even watch a movie with him in it. He disgusts me.
Has this asshole never heard people are responsible for their own actions? Regardless of at whom or what he was angry, he is (allegedly) an adult and should act accordingly. Poor Ireland.
You are such a cliche! While I appreciate being controversial or a big fat catty queen, you so go out of your way to be what you are….a common catty bit…sh.
Come on like no one has ever said things out of anger they didnt mean!!! Leave him alone already!!!
She probably is a "rude, thoughtless little pig."
I was called a lot worse as a kid ,and i'm sure i deserved it.
Leave the man alone..who can claim never to have lost their cool.Nobody.!!! All you hypocritical judges of people you do not know.WTF do you lot know about anyone. What are your own lives like.? Character assassination seems to be bored public sport on perezhilton.This place really sucks. So he yelled at his spolit brat.So what.? She is lucky she did not get a whack across the bum which from sounds of things is what a lot of kids on perez could do with.
Perez- he is not fully to blame here. Kim Bassinger should allow her daughter and Alec to have a relationship as father/daughter. So many women in bitter divorces pull this crap and it is not right!
Look, there's nothing wrong with calling your child a rude little pig. Seriously. Are parents not even allowed to get angry at their kids anymore? Is that what this society has come to? He didn't beat her, he didn't launch an expletive ridden tirade attacking her, he called her rude for not answering his call when she knew he would be trying to call. I think anyone who is still playing the clip of this recording is a fucking moron. Give the guy a goddamn break.
I don't watch 30 Rock because Alec Baldwin is on it. I'm not supporting a show that has an actor that verbally abuses a child.