Baldwin's Late Night Change of Heart

91. It is so sad that a father would berate a child in the fashion that Mr. Baldwin berated his daughter Ireland. To blame the child in this case was so off base and to call her names such as "pig" is inexcusable. (His blaming her for anything is so immature!) Mr. Baldwin should take anger management classes and also classes on child rearing. But the first thing he should do is to beg Ireland's forgiveness ... then he should grow up!

Posted at 5:53PM on Apr 21st 2007 by SmokinMinister

92. This confirms that most of America is concerned w/ things that are none of their business and unconcerned about human life (i.e. Iraq, Africa, etc). This is none of the public's business and shouldn't have gone out and the media shouldn't have distributed it or made a story our of it. Then again the media gave the Va Tech assassin more than his 15 minutes of fame regardless of the pain and suffering of all the parents, relatives and friends of the slain.

Any person that thinks that this voice mail should have gone public and/or that Baldwin's parental rights should be terminated should be willing for anything they have ever said at their worse moment in time to a friend or family member become public knowledge and have massive news coverage over it. There are parents who have done far worse that Baldwin who still have custody of their children putting them at continuual risk.

I think anyone who truly does not get this is letting their political leanings and/or their dislike of Alec Baldwin taint their thinking - like we already have one Alberto Gonzalez! Was Baldwin wrong? Absolutely! Is it our place to judge him? Absolutely not!

Mind your business - and instead of worrying about what he did go and help out a friend or relative in need you'll be better served and maybe begin to find your way back to some moral fiber.

Posted at 7:05PM on Apr 22nd 2007 by Logic Dictates

93. if you really listen to this message, you can tell he has moved his anger from his wife (who he can no longer dominate) to his young daughter. no wonder she doesn't want to talk to him. and can you blame the mom for trying to protect her from this, cause it is ABUSE, verbal, but abuse none the less

Posted at 12:12PM on Apr 23rd 2007 by a-momma

94. Sure he was mad, the kid didn't answer his SCHEDULED call. Now, if it was a call made without notice, him going off would be completely inappropriate to the situation. This is what the father should do. Play some of the voice mail and text messages from father to daughter, from cell phones or phones. I would really like to give the guy some credit, and listen to some decent interaction between the father and daughter, if only to help his public reputation. The message center usually keeps messages. That way, it will show a pattern. Hey, if they are going to use one message, then why not use several through the last six years. Get, at least, two from every year. would be good enough to show a pattern of parental love, which I believe is the case. If the daughter missed the call, then the mom probably has control over the cell phone. Take a polygraph to prove the kid, more often than not, doesn't answer the phone. Have a court order fset up so the kid has to answer the phone. I would think that a court order to answer my phone, would be better than losing contact with my father. Talk about abuse. Losing contact with my father over something I neglected to do, would devastate me. I would not like my mother too much, if she was doing underhanded things to keep me from my father, unless she had kind of brain washed me to think my father was awful. Thing is, you can't do that. I would love my father no matter what, because he is my father.

He is a really good actor, especially on Saturday Night Live. I think the mother may be jealous of his recent movies. He is everywhere. He should be dating women his own age, though. But, because of what Basinger exploited, when people think about him now, it will be as a yeller. What I saw was a desperate father, who's kid does not seem to care. A kid without a father, that she sees all over the tv, in her later life, is the real abused kid. Are one of the accusations from the divorce, that he was physically abusive? If not, then what is her beef? People yell, people scream, people intimidate, people say disparaging things all the time. If you took away the kids from them, most kids would be in foster care, shudder, and which is worse? My mother yelled at me the other day, to get out and then she threw a plate on the floor. I have a friend who told me she practically raised herself. I have another friend who's mother never speaks to her. This is abuse. But, do we love our family? Of course. We realize they are not cognizant. Should I not love my mother, because she is not cognizant? Of course not, I love her more. Suck it up, and realize harsh words are a fact of life. She cannot keep her kid from words. Basinger defied a court order once before. If the mother is setting him up, she needs to be made to stop interfering, and if the kid is like the mother, then he should be glad not to have to deal with that. Some people are not good with people. Basinger has anxiety and avoidant behavior, so maybe the daughter has the same traits. Some people are screamers. If they were to take away kids based on verbal bashing and yelling, my sister would not have custody of a pet mouse. The mother and the daughter should not be holding hands in public. Hand holding should be reserved for little kids.

The other stuff would have been Ok as verbal goes, but pig is what did it. Being angry at being ignored is natural, and I would have looked at the judges motives for wanting to be on tv, if she had taken away his rights over that. My God, pick up the phone when you know your father is calling. I do. Look at all the mean things said on this board alone,and there you have a typical human race experience. She will have much worse things said to her. Yes, and the mother is being overbearing, smothering, and babying. Pull back some.

So, bottom line, if this was a one time thing, he should not be put through this, but if this is a regular, or semi regular thing, and can be proven so, then he shouldn't be around her.

Posted at 11:19AM on Apr 23rd 2007 by lexi

95. What a big fat phony he is!!!! He should get an award for his performance on Letterman as a concerned, loving father. This guy is all about himself and his public image. His daughter would be lucky if she never comes in contact with him again. If that phone message didn't leak out, God only knows what he would have eventually done and said to his daughter.

Posted at 5:49PM on Apr 24th 2007 by Kris

96. alec baldwin is "scum"!! And so are any of you that take his side or make excuses for him!
All he did when he talked to his daughter that way, was "show the true side of liberalism"!!
Furthermore, I hope the judge terminates hie private visitation. he could have supervised visitation in front of an anti-liberal member of the dept. of children and families! See if he shows up!!

Posted at 6:02PM on May 16th 2007 by Michael Merritt