Alec Responds: "I've Been Driven to the Edge"

61. i wouldn't be surprised if his daughter was the one to leak this. If i was his kid, i would. And of course, hes blaming other people for his actions and making excuses. I understand parents can lose their temper, but this was un called for and he should be willing to accept the consequences. And for his lawyer to make comments about Kim....that is just petty.

Posted at 6:07PM on Apr 20th 2007 by tdawg

62. Alec is yet another example of how vile and vicious "stars" can be - poor Alec, he's the victim, not his daughter. I have four children and a husband who has been deployed to the Middle East three times, so far. I'm fairly confident that I have a more stressful life - real stress, not "I hope first class isn't too crowded" stress - than Mr. Baldwin. Unlike him, I have four children and I have NEVER said anything REMOTELY as out of line as what he said to his daughter. He might have issues with his ex, but that's who he should call out, not his daughter. I'd say he's acting like one of my toddlers, but my two-year-old has far better manners. The man needs serious help.

Posted at 6:25PM on Apr 20th 2007 by Samantha K

63. If you call your daughter a pig or a bitch, that will stay in her mind her entire life long. An apology won't fix it. It might appear to fix it, but in her mind, the damage is done. A father is the person who shapes a daughter's life and who sets up all her future male relationships.

She will either look for abusive, violent men or will avoid men for fear they will turn out that way.

Now Alec and daughter have to head off for longterm counseling, for the sake of the child, in hopes of mitigating this lifelong damage he has inflicted.

Moms cannot influence children this much. Children make up their own minds very early and usually stand up for themselves if they need to. There are children who simply resent their fathers, hate them, hate the living arrangements they have set up and drag the child into. Children are independent people, not just bits of their mothers.

Posted at 5:37PM on Apr 20th 2007 by Knows

64. What a complete and total COWARD. Poor Alec. Maybe his custody wouldn't be in such a condition of disrepair if he was a responsible and NON-ABUSIVE father. This narcissistic loser should never be allowed to spend "un-supervised" time alone with his daughter again. Further, his contract with NBC should be cancelled. This poor girl deserves much much more....

Posted at 5:40PM on Apr 20th 2007 by Stephen D'Andrea

65. 36. TO: Juliet Bosch FROM; Stan

Ms Bosch...had the Dad's phone calls been allowed to occur routinely, there would not have been an inappropriate message like that.

Think of what the child is being told about the Dad by the Mom. How the child knows when phone time is yet Mom takes her somewhere...or does not ensure that she is available, etc.

Things like that eliminate Dads. Most divorced Dads don't abandon children, they love them but are blocked.

I am in CT and in this state at least...not once have endless visitation obstruction, phone issues, false allegations, etc ever lead to any issue for my son's Mom. She is allowed to do as she pleases with zero accountability. That leads to missing Dad's and high stress for the Dad's trying to be Dad. Like Baldwin.

He's right.

Posted at 5:30PM on Apr 20th 2007 by stan

To: Stan
From: Are you freaking kidding me!
This child is 11/12 (even Alec doesn't know)is old enough to know when her father is going to call, do you honestly think that this is the first time he has spoken to her like this?Y
You cannot possibly believe that he woke up one day and suddenly became this verbally abusive jerk.
As far as his ex-wife, it doesn't matter how much he obviously hates her, his daughter did not deserve that.
Lets not forget the old saying, you can lead a horse to water.....
Well you call hear the phone ringing, but you don't have to answer it.
Now we know why.

Posted at 6:06PM on Apr 20th 2007 by ImaVictim=Baldwin

66. You are an adult. You should know better than to speak to a child
like this! I used to be a fan of yours but I have no respect what-so-ever
for a supposed "man" who can call a child - especially their own
flesh and blood - such names!

Posted at 5:38PM on Apr 20th 2007 by Linda Reynolds

67. A corrupt kangaroo court, a.k.a. family court, with all members of the Bar; Judges and Divorce Lawyers will always take your money. They have no finacial incentive to resolve any disputes.

They divide and destroy families for profit. Then the mental health system starts making the money.

Custodial parents routinely manipluate children and drive non-custodial parents kooky. Escpecially if they love their children. If they didn't they would walk away.

The parent that holds custody, has control over the X.

Family Court Reform Now! Equal Rights for Parents is staistically better for children.

Posted at 5:38PM on Apr 20th 2007 by Alan DiCicco

68. What a pathetic example of parenting! He said

"I am most saddened that this was released to the media because of what it does to a child." This self centered ego maniac is a prime example of a person who is in need of serious mental health treatment.

It is most appropriate that his rantings towards his daughter are made public to prevent any reasonable judge from granting him any type of contact with his daughter. There is no excuse of involving your daughter in the divorce actions of the "adults."

He says it should not have gone public for the effect it had on his child but has no insight at all of the effect his behavior has on his children.

What a pathetic excuse for a human being.

Posted at 6:50PM on Apr 20th 2007 by James

69. NBC has been getting rid of the reponses critical of Alec Baldwin. Not to mention the Va Tech video. What do they have against children? If he had called her a "stringy-headed ho" they may have had to fire him.

Posted at 5:39PM on Apr 20th 2007 by Save The Children

70. Alec--you seem very adept at mind games. Your friends said "not to worry too much, all parents lose patience with their kids?" Are you (-------) kidding me? This wasn't losing patience--yes ALL parents lose patience. This was abuse and bullying. You frightened your child to death. You are shameful. Do not compare what crap you pulled here to loving parents losing their patience. It isn't going to work for you this time to blame others. Doesn't matter what happened in the past, or who did what---you screwed up BIG time and need BIG help. My prayers are with Ireland.

Posted at 5:39PM on Apr 20th 2007 by Janet

71. Umm...his book is not specifically about his ex and his child. It's more or less about the Family Court situation, how it does not work, how it encourages situations like this one.

They have had SIX YEARS of this pattern. Dad gets blocked. Mom is not held accountable in any real way. His contact with his daughter is already heavily restricted. He can only call her at certain times. He can only see her in a very limited manner. How many of you go through that? This is very common for a divorced man. Strangely enough..when a man wants and receives priamry custody..somehow things go better as far as schedules and the like go. Many other things too.

Posted at 5:39PM on Apr 20th 2007 by stan

72. NO EXCUSE. There is absolutely NO EXCUSE for talking to a child like that.

Posted at 5:42PM on Apr 20th 2007 by dbp

73. This man is in serious need of addiction treatment. He is a classic alcoholic/addict, blaming everyone else for his problems and taking it out on the people closest to him. He probably doesn't even know how much damage he has done to his daughter by abusing her in this manner. He needs help or to be kept away from her immediately.

Posted at 5:41PM on Apr 20th 2007 by an addiction counselor with 40 years of experience

74. He just wants to be a good father...he should've taken out on his ex-wife but his daughter's a teenager. I'm sure she's "at that age."

How did a voicemail from her phone leak out to the media anyway? Little brat Ireland.

Posted at 5:41PM on Apr 20th 2007 by Vanessa

75. It's everyone else's fault. He's the victim.This is the first time he has ever done this.He's sorry. Won't happen again. Are any of you people who are educated about abuse buying this?

Posted at 6:03PM on Apr 20th 2007 by Meowch!!