Alec Baldwin's message to his 11 year old.

[Praetorian380]

Alec rules.

I'm gonna go have a smoke right now. You want a smoke? You don't smoke, do ya, right? What are ya, one of those fitness freaks, huh? Go **** yourself.

thats one of the funniest lines I have heard in a movie in a long time - my girlfriend and I were watching The Departed together and we couldnt help but rewind that part like three or four times just because of how damn funny it was.

Alec Baldwin is awesome!! Too bad he is going through all of this crap

 

[gideon]

Baldwin deserves some praise for ripping his daughter a new one IF she is a spoiled brat. Too many parents from his generation have the idea that their precious little progeny can do nothing wrong and have to be handled with kid gloves at all times. However, I do not think an eleven year old girl should be the victim of name calling - "you are a rude pig" - and the profantiy was not necessary. You might talk to a 15 or 16 year old like that , especially if that is their norm of conversation - but not a 11 year old.

 

[BrianK]

Making a kid toe the line is great and is needed in today's society but the name calling is uncalled for. I understand that as parents we get angry and say things that we do not mean but he was a bit excessive in his rant.

 

[Kookie]

So let me get this straight...because Alec Baldwin is a good actor and has said some funny lines in his movies he is justified or even "cool" for speaking to his eleven year old daughter in that manner. I am a fan of Alec Baldwin and have recited that line mentioned in other posts from the Departed countless times with my friends. I'm from the Boston area so my accent makes it funnier but I was disgusted at what I heard him say to his daughter. As a grown man you don't speak to your wife or child in that way, I don't care how mad you are. It's disturbing to know that he could possible have physically abused her if this voicemail hadn't become public. Nobody lives it that house and can say for sure if his child is a brat or can even say Alec Baldwin isn't a royal prick himself and was a big cause of the divorce.

It's a scary thought that many here think his actions are funny or cool...

 

[Jen]

I don't think that anyone here is condoning his actions/language towards his daughter...pretty much everyone has said it was uncalled for and Alec HAS APOLOGIZED for it (before his message was even leaked). This is a man who has been through hell trying to have contact with his daughter. I mean jeez, he flies all the way across the country to see her to find out Kim left with her out of town and didn't notify him, even though she knew damn well he was flying to visit her? She has pulled this **** all the time on him and he finally filed charges against her for contempt of court and guess what - SHE LOST. I think their marriage was doomed and most likely both parties have some blame in it's demise, but she is using her daughter as a pawn to get back at Alec. SHe has been for many years now and that makes her actions much lower and dirtier than Alec's rant on the voicemail. Poor guy has had enough.....I HIGHLY doubt he would ever physically abuse his kid....but for all the sh** he's been put through trying to have a relationship with her, she should show him some respect...he is her father. That's my 2 cents.

 

[darthviper107]

Too bad he got confused on her age...I wonder if he remembers her name.

 

[BrianK]

I do not care what Kim has put him through, it does not condone the use of names toward his daughter. The fight is between him and Kim. If the daughter is a pawn then she is a victem as well. No one should belittle their child like that. Like I said before discipline is good for a child but he got ever excessive in his rant.

 

[Jen]

How many times does someone have to apologize for his/her actions before people will forgive them. Alec has said he was wrong....he has admitted it and feels remorse that he let his temper get out of hand....pretty much everyone here has also said that his actions were not justified....no one is saying that what he did was acceptable...but I think there have been times in everyone's lives when we have said something that we regretted because we were angry/hurt/whatever.....

I do not care what Kim has put him through, it does not condone the use of names toward his daughter. The fight is between him and Kim. If the daughter is a pawn then she is a victem as well. No one should belittle their child like that. Like I said before discipline is good for a child but he got ever excessive in his rant.

 

[Fubeca]

Oh Daddy, I can't wait for you to come and visit me on Friday!!!

Alec Baldwin is a has been, 30 Rock should pull an Imus Firing...!

 

[BrianK]

Getting angry is human nature but a parent must use restraint. That is what being a parent is about. Would you want to talk to your father if he spoke to you that way? I understand that he was stressed but he should be dealing with his wife not his child.

 

[Cocoboloboy]

I'm sure if the media could record and air certain 3 minute portions of any of our lives we'd all look like turds. I hate the fact that this call was even made public knowledge.

 

[Anzik]

She needs to be removed from the environment and put into public assistance immediately!!

 

[Kookie]

How many times does someone have to apologize for his/her actions before people will forgive them. Alec has said he was wrong....he has admitted it and feels remorse that he let his temper get out of hand....pretty much everyone here has also said that his actions were not justified....no one is saying that what he did was acceptable...but I think there have been times in everyone's lives when we have said something that we regretted because we were angry/hurt/whatever.....

Jen...you wish you were Canteen Boy don't you?

 

[Bannister]

Jen...you wish you were Canteen Boy don't you?

 

[Jen]

 

[JABBATHERIDGE]

How many times does someone have to apologize for his/her actions before people will forgive them. Alec has said he was wrong....he has admitted it and feels remorse that he let his temper get out of hand....pretty much everyone here has also said that his actions were not justified....no one is saying that what he did was acceptable...but I think there have been times in everyone's lives when we have said something that we regretted because we were angry/hurt/whatever.....

I agree and agree with Cocoloboy's statement about the fact that this should not have been released to the public in the first place.

It was a private matter, but unfortunately that's part of the downside of being a celebrity, you make all that money by being in the public eye and so when something that would otherwise be a private matter happens you kinda become publically accountable.

It would be the same for any of us if we were famous and I'm sure Alec's been famous long enough to roll with the punches.

 

[Jen]

I agree with what you agree with as well. This should NEVER have been made public and chances are it was Basinger and her camp that leaked it when they lost their request to have the contempt charges dropped against her. That tape was supposed to be sealed.....which just shows how low she will go without any care of how this could affect her daughter...all she wants to do is humiliate Alec.

 

[BrianK]

It has nothing to do with forgiveness, it has to do with accountability. He and and his wife have placed a child into an adult conflict. To feel sorry for him because he makes us laugh is just absurd. He is the adult and must act as one. I know it was in the heat of the moment but he should not just be let off the hook.

 

[Jen]

WOW - you must be PERFECT person who can do no wrong....therefore I will let it slide that you are saying people are not allowed to make mistakes.

 

[BrianK]

Mistakes are fine but when you drag your kids into your own messes you are wrong, Nuff said.