This Week's Biggest Losers 04/21/07

16. Alec acted like a nut! He focused adult level anger towards a child - I'm 35 yrs old and that voice mail scared the

Posted at 8:27AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Health care provider

17. I have always thought that Kim Bassinger is a complete, total flake. Since their divorce she has done absolutely everything in her power to destroy Alec's relationship with his daughter. She does NOT encourage or support her daughter's relationship with her father. In my opinion it is Kim who deserves to lose custody for poisoning her daughter against her father. Hang in there Alec, someday Ireland will see what a b***h her mother really is.

Posted at 8:12AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Chattyida

18. I have to agree with Janice (#14 comment)...It was apparent that Alec Baldwin is quite frustrated by this ongoing fued with his ex-wife..No, he should not have said those things to his child, but anyone who went ,or is going through divorce, has been pushed emotionally to the end of their ropes..I'd like to know who exactly is the advocate for this child during the custody case? What judge would allow this to go on for so long? My ex-husband and I should be the "poster child" for divorce..We were both angry, but neither one of lost sight of what was most important..OUR KIDS...We have the best relationship now..He's one of my best pals, and our kids thrive because of it....Alec, you were wrong and lost your temper, but guess what? No one's a "perfect" parent, and just keep doing what you've been doing, which is love your daughter...Trust me, she knows you love her....Now Kim on the other hand, could benefit from some therapy...

Posted at 8:24AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Liz

19. Is anyone forgetting that Alec has had anger problems for years? It's quite possible that his anger over the years has driven is daughter to a point where she has little desire to talk to him. Or, maybe, she walked away from her phone to go to the bathroom or something and by the time she gets back, she has this message! Many, many times I've waited on a phone call and walked into another room to get something and pick up my phone just as the call goes to voicemail.
This is crazy. No matter what the mother has done, he should not talk to his child like that. He also doesn't know if she's 11 or 12!!
He reminds me of someone that you have to walk on egg shells around because you never know what will set them off.
It's also very possible that someone from the court leaked the tape. When something is sealed, there are still a few people that have access to the records. It could have been a nice little bonus for someone that probably makes an average wage.

Posted at 8:30AM on Apr 21st 2007 by d.b.

20. Oh come on guys. How can you place the blame on what someone said onto someone else. Here is another perfect example of not accepting responsibility for one's own actions. Sure he may have been angry, or even manipulated by the x, but ultimately, one is responsible for one's own actions. HE said it, so HE must deal with it. We as a society have to stop letting people off the hook. Stop helping him blame someone else and make him deal with HIS issues

Posted at 10:54AM on Apr 24th 2007 by concerned

21. I just love TMZ.com! The person at TMZ.com that approved the broadcasting of the Baldwin tape deserves a raise. We need more of this "first amendment" type of "journalism" that totally disregards the welfare and privacy of those subjects involved, and the total disregard of the laws of our land. We need a special National Medal of Sleezy Journalism that celebrates the unnamed publishers of this ilk. In addition to TMZ.com, I nominate for special National Security Awards to Robert Novak, the editors of the New York Times and the Washington Post among others. Why oh why are these people not in jail??? I am positive that these "journalists" would be the first to screem if the tables were turned. I pray for that day when they themselves are the victims of the same sort of unprincipled behavior as those mentioned above. I realize there is no justice, but just once I'd like them to get a taste of their own medicine. Oh, how they will cry "injustice". Yeah, right! Somebody, please expose these lowlifes and cause them the same pain that they give their subjects.

Posted at 8:42AM on Apr 21st 2007 by sleezelover

22. Alex:

Gotto learn to keep your cool. This will drive Kim nuts and then she will loose it. I don't blame you a bit. Kim B is a bitch and I understand that you are so frustrated knowing it is just a matter of time until she makes your daughter her clone and that would be sad. Kim violated a court order and keep pushing and pushing on that and make it the first step for her to loose custody. If she cannot follow the rules how, as a parent, can she teach your daughter to follow the rules. You be careful and try and trip her up. I practiced Family Law for many years in CA and I assure you... the way to win these things is to make her make the mistakes... and she will because she is obviously a nut case and you should have custody. Remember the law is that the parent most willing to share the child with the other parent should have Primary Physical Custody. If you can show that she didn't let your daughter answer the phone or influenced her to the point that she didn't want to... you have the first step solved. So just keep showing that Kim is poisoning her mind and eventually you will win... unless all of the judges in CA are now brain dead.

Good luck

Posted at 8:56AM on Apr 22nd 2007 by FHM

23. I don't care how angry or hurt Alec was, his angry phone messege to his daughter, Ireland, was emotional abuse. If this phone call indicates how he relates to her, no wonder his ex-wife has put road blocks in his way of his relationship with his child. He has a problem with anger management and she has just been protecting her child any way she can. Yes, releasing the tape was manipulative by her camp, but good grief, he has painted himself as the victim here, by not being able to see his daughter. Well, now we see that maybe there was a good reason. He needs to learn how to control his temper and deal with his anger appropriately and then maybe his daughter won't be avoiding his phone calls.

Posted at 8:52AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Eva

24. Can anyone say PARENTAL ALIENATION??? Kim Basinger is more abusive to their child than Alec Baldwin is. One can only imagine the lies, manipulation, shutting off phones, blah blah that Basinger has been doing to her daughter over the years. The authorities need to be called on BASINGER for preventing her daughter from having a relationship with the only Dad she has. Children need both parents, and need them to be ADULTS and stop using the kids to punish each other. The children are always the losers. And Baldwin, stifle thy mouth! Get a better attorney and bring Basinger to the court again and make her account for the abusive alienation she has been doing all these years! Please take your wrath out on Basinger, not your beautiful daughter. She is the innocent victim here.

Posted at 11:07AM on Apr 22nd 2007 by juanita

25. I don't know what people call abuse nowadays, there isn't a parent out there who hasn't called her kid a name at one time or another, "Little pig" is hardly what I call an abusive name, who knows what led up to this tirade, it sounds like she has done this before, the man only can talk to her on the phone and visit once a week, it must be very frustrating to call and get an answer phone instead. I think most people know that Kim Bassinger has problems anyway, she is neurotic at best, didn't Alec Baldwin get her out of a financial mess just before they got married,? I think she bought a whole town in Ga. and then went bankrupt because she didn't know what to do with it, she did nothing and so she lost all of her money and declared bancrupcy, then she married alec. She also moved in with Prince for a while. she doesn't sound very stable to me. Alec comes from NY, I'm from New York too, we are a bunch of big mouths in all honesty, most people anywhere would have been angry and frustrated at not being able to see their child or talk to them on the phone when they were given the right to do so. Kim never wanted Alec in his daughters life, this is the best excuse she'll ever have to get him out and she engineered it herself. the media rushed to get this out there and fell right into Kims trap, don't tell me this is an abusive phone call, I would have gone over there and kicked Kim Bassingers ass and really finished it. She is a neurotic , sick person who shouldn't have custody of that kid to begin with, from what I am seeing, Ireland looks a little introverted herself, thanks to mommy dearest. I heard a child shrink on TV yesterday and she made me sick, she acted as if he had called his daughter a streetwalking whore, a "little pig" is not that bad, is that politically incorrect now too? I think people, the media especially, should butt out of things like this, its really no ones business, I wish I had a nickle for everytime I got a smack across my bouffant hairdo and it didn't damage my little psyche. This whole thing is Kims fault for leaking this in the first place, I hope alec sues all concerned and sues for custody of that kid before she becomes a neurotic image of her Mother. Mothers and Fathers get mad at their kids sometimes, no biggie, what is she going ot do when she gets out in the real world and is called a name or yelled at by some one, call her lawyer? This has been going on since they divorced and I think Kim should separate her daughter from her own Hostilities towards her husband, they really have nothing to do with this child. They should also find out why Ireland doesn't anser the phone when her Dad calls, she seems to enjoy going out with him, I've seen pictures of them at premiers of kids movies and the like, she is always smiling and having a good time, I don't see Kim smiling when she is anywhere, with or without the kid. In the picture of Kim and Ireland" with kims protective arm around her", on a shopping trip, is that payment for not answering the phone? This is ridiculous.

Posted at 9:07AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Madeleine T

26. 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 9:13AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Stephen D'Andrea

27. In reference to the Baldwin story. As the wife of a professional an being educator myself, I understand the disrepectful message he sent his daughter.
HOWEVER, my husband dealt with a similar situtation in 1982-90 and as adults (35-39-41) the kids LIE to their mother about seeing their dad. Upon learning of a relationship with Dad 1 yr ago, the kids have again cut off communication to keep peace with their still-angry mother.
With their mom 3 hours away made the relationship with our daughter and 3 grandchildren easy. We were at the hospital at the births, then had to scurry out of the hospital before mom arrived. We provided a wedding for one adult child, reception, etc. She told her mother they eloped.
Yes, the Baldwin comments were wrong in what he said. He was allowed a specific time, which was not made available to him. The real question is why? Why has this situation going on? Perhaps the press should look at who and why Ireland is not available for her father’s calls.
No one really understans until they have lived the dysfunctional drama. Having lived with the reproduction of the communication and visitation refusals, arriving for pickup and be denied the weekend visit.
Courts communicated to my husband there was very little he could to obtain the rights ordered by the court. Courts it was impossible if an angry mother is in the drivers seat. PARENTAL ALIENATION...
Note: The children have had many difficulties. (i.e.; the ex-wife enables the 35 year old who has never held a job, never been married. She has 2 sons and never supported herself or had her own apartment, she “Stays Places.”
When her mom discovered there was considerable contact with her father she made the situation so difficult and provided an apartment for her daughter and grandsons with the UNDERSTANDING she would not talk to her father. (this has been 3 years and the arrangement is intact.)
YES, Our household can relate to how the Baldwin situation may have unfolded. We would be happy to share our experience with PARENTAL ALIENATION.
Nancy Nicholas, Elkhart, IN 5748756111

Posted at 9:26AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Nancy Nicholas

28. Kim Basinger is a total b***h. She should be denied custody for her obvious lack of parenting skills. Denying this kid her father, and not encouraging or even pushing the kid toward communication with her father, is a downright disgrace. The mother is a pig, not the father. The child should be taught to have respect for her dad, period!

Posted at 9:59AM on Apr 23rd 2007 by justsaying

29. Good Luck Mr. Baldwin,
I have been right where you are and it's not something I would wish on anyone. I hope in time Ireland will see what the truth is and become the loving daughter she truly can be. Her mother should get over what ever it is that is driving her to use her child in this manner. In the long run all of this is doing nothing but hurt Ireland. My relationship with my daughter has grown to be all I hoped it would be ( My second grandchild just one month ago ) Life is to way to short. Ms. Bassinger should seek some help in this matter. I'm sure as the two most important people in Ierlands life you two can work this out for the best for Ireland. The court system dosn't seam to help fathers very much but it's your best bet to force Ms. Bassinger to get the help that she also needs to deal with this matter. No matter what happens I'm sure Ireland know you love her, Kids can drive all parents to cut lose on them , It's apart of growing-up. Kids today are much more mature at 12yrs old. Good luck Mr. Baldwin LOVE IS WODERFUL THING USE IT WISELY !!

Posted at 1:58PM on Apr 21st 2007 by Dave C.

30. Your release of the Alec Baldwin story on problems with his daughter underlines one of my major concerns with the MEDIA. You show no conscience in what you will use to gain some sensationalism. I rely on the media to keep me informed on important issues. I have no need or interest in knowing about Alec Baldwin (or anyone else, for that matter) and his contacts with his daughter. This is personal and for them to work out. If any of you are parents, you can understand we sometimes have problems with our kids, whom we love more than anything else, and at times we lose control over what we do and say - because we are all human and not perfect. We should be allowed to handle these things - as we always do - without letting the whole world know - whether we are Alec Baldwin or Dave Gilbert.

Posted at 10:01AM on Apr 21st 2007 by Dave Gilbert