Celebrity Justice
Alec Baldwin's Threatening Message to Daughter

An enraged Alec Baldwin unleashed a volcanic tirade of threats and insults on his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, calling her a "thoughtless little pig," and bashing her mother Kim Basinger -- and TMZ has obtained the whole thing unfiltered and raw. And we've learned, a family law judge was so alarmed after hearing the tape, she has temporarily barred Baldwin from having any contact with his child.
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After Ireland failed to answer her father's scheduled phone call from New York on April 11, Alec went berserk on her voice mail, saying "Once again, I have made an ass of myself trying to get to a phone," adding, "you have insulted me for the last time."

Switching his train of thought, Baldwin then exercised his incredible parenting skills and took a shot at his ex-wife, declaring, "I don't give a damn that you're 12-years-old or 11-years-old, or a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn't care about what you do." The irate Baldwin went on to say, "You've made me feel like s**t" and threatened to "straighten your ass out."

"This crap you pull on me with this goddamn phone situation that you would never dream of doing to your mother," screamed Baldwin, "and you do it to me constantly over and over again."

Before hanging up, Baldwin warned the child, "You better be ready Friday the 20th to meet with me." That's tomorrow.

We've learned that on Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner Maren Nelson heard the tape and temporarily suspended Baldwin's visitation rights. A hearing is set for May 4, where the judge could permanently deny Baldwin visitation or contact with Ireland.

Calls to Basinger's attorneys, celebrity lawyers Neal Hersh and Judy Bogen, were not returned.

Baldwin's lawyer, Vicki Greene, told TMZ, "Whatever happened yesterday was sealed and confidential. What you're telling me you've got you shouldn't have."


UPDATE: Basinger's publicist, Annette Wolfe, told TMZ: "The voicemail speaks for itself."


UPDATE: A friend of Alec Baldwin's just contacted TMZ to say that the actor called Ireland last week and apologized for his outburst. The friend added that Ireland is the most important thing in the world to Alec and that he is frustrated because over the last six years, Kim has "tried everything" to alienate Ireland from him.


UPDATE: Alec Baldwin's spokesperson released the following statement to the TV show "EXTRA": "In the best interest of the child, Alec will do what the mother is pathologically incapable of doing ... keeping his mouth shut and obeying the court order. The mother and her lawyer leaked this sealed material in violation of a court order. Although Alec acknowledges that he should have used different language in parenting his child, everyone who knows him privately knows what he has been put through for the past six years."



Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Alec Baldwin

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16. That was the worst ranting I have EVER heard delivered to a child. Did he ever think the battery might have been dead on her phone (that happens to my kids sometimes - you know they run them until they are out). But shame on that adult, you can't call him a parent. He sounds like a power hungry, angry , psycotic person. Any judge should order a restraining order against hime, if I were that child i would be afraid to see him, he threatened her way too much.

That is one discusting man, I am glad they played it for us to hear, but I always thought he was to bossy and loud, now I know it.

Posted at 3:56PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Terry

17. I hope to he loses his visitation rights.

Posted at 3:56PM on Apr 19th 2007 by nyc

18. I don't care who Alec Bladwin is but there is no excuse for a father speaking like that to his child ever. He has some seriour anger problems that is for sure.

Posted at 3:56PM on Apr 19th 2007 by dawn

19. IF IT WENT DOWN THE WAY IT SOUNDS, SHE IS A RUDE LITTLE GIRL. HE COULD HAVE HANDLED IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT YOU KNOW AS PARENTS HOW KIDS CAN REALLY UNNERVE OUR PATIENCE. SHE NEED TO LEARN RESPECT.
SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS ABOUT MOM AND DAD, NOT DAD AND THE DAUGHTER.

Posted at 3:57PM on Apr 19th 2007 by LE

20. Oh he's an angry one. He surely IS NOT right, but it IS NOT right for druggie Kim to release this either. They are both crappy parents and it just might be rubbing off on the child. Sometimes kids do need lessons on courtesy and common decency. He's gotta display it however, if he wants to make it stick.

Posted at 3:57PM on Apr 19th 2007 by glee

21. That sounds NOTHING like Alec Baldwin. I don't care for either him or Kim--both are obviously in need of help with their parenting skills for that poor girl's sake. But I am positive that this will come back as being a fake.

Posted at 3:58PM on Apr 19th 2007 by laura

22. Wow.

Posted at 3:58PM on Apr 19th 2007 by JRoe

23. He's got a point, she should've answered the phone. Now look at all the trouble she has caused. She should be grounded or at least be put in the naughty corner for 11 minutes.

Posted at 3:58PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Back2sleep

24. Anger and Rage runs rampant in the Baldwin Family. It appears Daddy wants to have it passed on to his kin now. Violence and Anger is a learned behaviour, not an inherited one and Daddy is doing a good job of teaching it with his outburst here.

No wonder his ex has put up such a custody battle here for years, she knows all about it.

Baldwins may be Ok actors but they are disgraceful human beings. Throw in some booze and drugs and stir around that violence and anger and guess what you get? An explosive cocktail.

God help them all

Posted at 3:59PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Tough guy huh?

25. What an asshole....no wonder the kid won't answer his calls.

Posted at 3:59PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Voyeur #1

26. All I can say is WOW, no wonder Kim divorced his little angry ass.....how does he know that she wasn't sleep or the battery was dead or hell she just might not have wanted to talk to him...she's 11 or 12 (WTF he doesn't even know her age)...

Posted at 3:59PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Snoopy

27. They seem to have updated the story. The judge has suspended his visitation rights until a hearing in May........

Posted at 4:01PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Dorothi

28. Well, how horrific is that? I believe it IS Alec's voice....and if it's really in context as shown here then we now know that Kim has been spot on right from the very start!
In all seriousness though, this man needs help and he needs to STAY AWAY FROM HIS DAUGHTER.

Posted at 4:01PM on Apr 19th 2007 by wafoon

29. that's his voice , get the man a bourbon he needs it FAST!

Posted at 4:02PM on Apr 19th 2007 by studly

30. What a jerk! What 12 year old kid wants to talk to their parents? I don't blame the little girl for not coming to the phone. No one should be verbaly abused, especially by their father!

Posted at 4:02PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Fit

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