Alec Baldwin
Yikes.
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RW- Posted on:
- April 23, 2007 at 2:27 pm
A. NO person should talk to their 11 (or 12) year old daughter like that. What is shows is the sort of individual that Baldwin really is & leads credence to Basinger’s charges that he abused her. I’m inclined to believe her, now. I’ve heard him go off on political rants in the past and the guy just “isn’t right” in the head. He can be little more than an unhinged DUer (or, if you will, Freeper) at times, albeit a supremely talented one - I still consider him one of the more underrated actors around.
B. I have no problems at all with him saying he was going to fly out and “straighten [her] @$$ out”. I’m a ’spare the rod’ type of person who also thinks that people who abuse kids should be buried under prisons, but who is to say that she didn’t deserve a good swat on the fanny…something that a lot of kids need but don’t get, nowadays, IMO. The last lines were the scary part….what type of person calls their kid “disgusting” or a “pig”?
I’m with alice, only supervised visits. And I think we can shovel the dirt on top of the grave that was the “he my one day run for office” story: political graveyard fodder, now.
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After thinking about it, I have the solution but it’s one that can’t be undertaken, but you know deep down in your soul that I’m right: he needs a good @$$-whippin’. That can be a very humbling experience and he needs one BAD.
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Buck- Posted on:
- April 23, 2007 at 2:51 pm
What I could not understand was how making a simple phone call was such a huge deal for Baldwin. Surely all he needs to do is pull out the cell phone and make the call. Surely he does not have to look for a pay phone everytime he needs to make a call does he? I just could not figure out what it was that happened that pissed him off so much. What was he calling her about that was so all fired important that he could not have talked with her about it in another hour or two?
Yeah. I can believe he is abusive. How can a person who cannot control their temper with an 11 year old girl any better than that not be abusive?
He is a great actor but I don’t see how he can ever show his face in public again.
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smijer- Posted on:
- April 23, 2007 at 3:42 pm
All I could say - because I was at a loss for words and for time - was “Yikes”… But whether he physically abuses her or not (and I’m more inclined to believe he has, based on the way he spoke to her), verbal and psychological abuse are every bit as hurtful to a child.
Supervised visitation, yes. And, though an ass-kicking would be a very satisfying thing to deliver, mental health care of some sort is what Baldwin really needs.
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- RW
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- April 24, 2007 at 8:20 am
What I could not understand was how making a simple phone call was such a huge deal for Baldwin.
If he’s under court order to only contact her at certain time periods and he’s in NY while she’s in LA, he can only do it via phone & at certain times, otherwise he breaks the agreement. So, if she turns her phone off every time he calls her, he misses an opportunity to chat with his biological daughter. There’s something going on, since she obviously turned over the voicemail to either her mom or her mom’s lawyer. But, that may have been what set him off, not that it’s an excuse for his belligerent language.
Wow, look at the conservative coming to the semi-defense of Alec Baldwin! Hey, I calls ‘em as I sees ‘em. If my premise is correct, then he SHOULD be mad, but he still shouldn’t ever talk to his daughter like that.
smijer: my idea is quicker & cheaper. 
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- Buck
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- April 24, 2007 at 9:13 am
If he’s under court order to only contact her at certain time periods and he’s in NY while she’s in LA, he can only do it via phone & at certain times, otherwise he breaks the agreement.
Interesting. Fortunately I have never had to find out how court orders work. It seems odd to me that there would be a clause that says, “Wheretofore and hereafter you shall call your daughter every Wednesday at 11:00 AM come hell or highwaters”. Seems strange. Just keep the phone in your pocket Alec. If worse comes to worse they can get a copy of your cell phone records and prove you at least did try to make the call.
For the most part I figure it is almost always easier just to stay married. Put up with the shit in person instead of over the phone.
Yeah.
Based on that one performance alone, I think he should only get supervised visits.