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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31. What a nut job!!! I always knew hw was a raging freak.

And the father of the year award goes to...

Posted at 4:03PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Shocked

32. I think someone needs some anger management classes !!!

Posted at 4:04PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Linds

33. I WOULD NOT ALLOW MY CHILD TO SEE THIS MAN AGAIN UNTIL AFTER HE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR AND TAKEN ANGERMANAGEMENT CLASSES AND TAKEN PARENTING CLASSES AND WAS TESTED FOR DRUGS.

I DON'T BLAME HER FOR NOT ANSWERING THE PHONE!

THIS GUY SCARES ME AND I AM A GRANDMOTHER. I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW TERRIFIED THAT POOR LITTLE GIRL IS.

NO EXCUSES, BUDDY, THAT'S ABUSIVE.

Posted at 4:05PM on Apr 19th 2007 by MRS MARPLE

34. I've heard Alec Baldwin rant in the same manner on political shows. Same rage, same insulting demeanor. Certainly sounds like him. Wasn't spousal abuse one of the reasons Basinger divorced him in the first place?

Posted at 4:05PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Gaius

35. the man is a father - the girl is 11. unless she's murdered someone, there's no cause to act like that! the man is DISGUSTING!!!

Posted at 4:06PM on Apr 19th 2007 by b

36. That was real and if i was Kim i would of released that tape too. I mean come on he calles his only daughter a pig that is just sick. And just out of per anger that is why she released the tape as a mother i no what she is feeling hatred. And for a little girl watching her mom go threw all this too makes the little girl hate him too. That man is sick and i hope this will prove it.

Posted at 4:06PM on Apr 19th 2007 by dee

37. Geeh, I wonder if she'll be waiting with open arms. Sounds like Alec needs to get over himself and understand it's the kid that matters not that he "made and ass of himself" trying to get to a phone. Nah, Alex you made an ass out of yourself long before then. Who talks about the mother of their child like that to their child. I recommend Prozac - loser!

Posted at 4:06PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Paul

38. i'm not patronizing his work anymore

Posted at 4:06PM on Apr 19th 2007 by mortimer

39. He has a good movie trailer voice.

Posted at 4:06PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Back2sleep

40. Very creepy what these parents are doing to this beautiful innocent child....Kim and Alec!!!! wake up and stop what your doing....you could still fix this situation for her. Good luck. Sincerely.

Posted at 4:07PM on Apr 19th 2007 by canadialand

41. Kim probably leaked this tape to TMZ and she sucks for that. The little girl probably IS a spoiled brat and needed to be told so. Im with Alec on this one.

Posted at 4:07PM on Apr 19th 2007 by blair

42. I am sure that this is not the 1st time that he has spoken to her that way. It is probably the reason why she doesn't answer her phone. She is only 11 and her parents have been fighting for years. He has been in trouble in the past over his anger. I hope that Ireland has a good therapist. I feel like I need to go talk to one after listening to that message.

I hope that the judge revokes his visitation. He should have a restraining order!

Posted at 4:07PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Laura

43. What a disgusting pig he is. How *dare he speak to anyone like that--especially to his child. I hope he loses visitation of this little girl; she must be terrified. Wasn't he moving to Canada anyway? ;-)

Posted at 4:08PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Sooze

44. I cannot believe that the "nice" Alec Baldwin would talk to his daughter in this manner! I'm glad that Kim Basinger took that message and brought it to the police and made it public, so we can all hear how much of an asshole he really is!! He says he is going to fly out to her home and "straighten her ass out." I don't like the sound of that. It is very threatening, abusive and rude. He doesn't sound like her father at all... He sounds like a ticking time bomb, a madman, and someone who shouldn't have any contact with his daughter AT ALL!!!!

Posted at 4:08PM on Apr 19th 2007 by Willow

45.
OK
He could have done without the cussing.
However, how is a child to ever understand gameplaying with peoples emotions is wrong. What he is trying to convey to her is correct but he went about it entirely the wrong way.
Where do we think she learned this?
"I learned it from watching you Dad."

Posted at 4:08PM on Apr 19th 2007 by dd

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