Baldwin in the Can?

31. Let me preface by saying I have never liked this man. However, unlike Alec Baldwin, I am a fair-minded, rational person & have been aware of his situation for some time. In this instance, he was "set up" by Kim Basinger, who must be just as bad as he is, if not worse. She, as you said, "should have made sure that her daughter was available to speak to her father during the court-ordered, pre-arranged time & day". Any discerning judge would not terminate his visitation rights with his daughter & would see that here is a man who cares deeply for his child & has been willing to go through hell to establish a relationship with her.



4. Lay off this man! He was pissed because his ex wife has done everything possible to ruin his reputation in the media. And she has been an azz about the custody battle for years.

She leaked this message - as bad as it was the truth is he is ORDERED BY THE COURTS to call his daughter at a certain time each week - just to make him look like a bad father. What about her as a mother? She should make sure her daughter is able to speak to her father during the COURT ORDERED pre-arraigned time and day!

And she has done much worse people! Just look at their long history - this woman will stop at nothing to ruin him.

She must still be in love with him. There is a seriously thin line between love and hate, and this woman is just seething jealously!

Posted at 2:30PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Just my opinion

Posted at 3:12PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Ramie

32. Just because the court ordered him to call his daughter once a week, he didn't have to scream at her and call her a pig because she wasn't there! I'm sure the court did not order that! He could have said "Sorry I missed you honey" not "You little pig" "I'm going to straighten your ass out!" What is wrong with you people sticking up for an abusive father???

Posted at 3:11PM on Apr 25th 2007 by stormy

33. Here's the thing. i don't care what happened between the couple, why they got divorced, or what's going on between THEM now. That's their own little adult world, and if she managed to escape him or he managed to escape her, then bully for them. The child is the important thing here and now. Sure, parents all lose their tempers. Sure, kids can be frustrating beyond belief, but that doesn't seem to be what Alec is talking about. He's been saying, since the story broke, that it's all about "parental alienation" and an ex-wife who is trying to destroy him that brought on such a message to his child. ????? If this is true, why was the message left for the child? Why was Ireland the brunt of his ire if the anger comes from the frustration of a complicated custody arrangement? How does screaming at your child like this make things better? I agree that things can be taken out of context, twisted around, and that any one of us could have a private statement made to our families and loved ones recorded and turned around to make us all sound like beasts. The issue that I'm having here is that the sheer rage in this message comes across very clear. His name calling wasn't a one time slip up here. He called her a "pig" numerous times throughout the message. No accident there. At the time, it seems he meant it very strongly.

So, okay, he messed up. He lost his temper. I, as a listener, was shocked and sickened, but I am well aware from discussions with others over the past several days that there are a good many of you who have grown up in families where it is perfectly acceptable to speak to one another this way. I don't understand it. I had an absentee father who tried this, and a mother who wouldn't allow it, but that's my family. I will not think that's it's okay to speak to your children or anyone this way, but that does little to change things. What I do have a problem with is the fact that Baldwin's apology was tempered with a "but", and then blame was immediately lifted off of him and placed on someone else. That's not an apology. That's more of a classic abuser's excuse. "I love you. Why do you make me hurt you?" Sincere apologies don't have a "but" in them. That one little word negates all the words said before it. I'm sorry, but I'm not. I'm sorry, but it's not my fault. Is he sorry for the way he spoke to his child? Is he sorry for losing his temper? Or is he sorry that somehow the message got out there, and now he has to deal with a public fallout? This, indeed, is a private, family matter, and I agree that we, as the general public, shouldn't be in it at all...that is unless there IS some sort of domestic abuse going on. Then, it is our business for if we ignore domestic violence in a "that's their business" way, it will never end. So, let's hear what the judge has to say in a couple of weeks, and what the child has to say when she's eighteen.

Posted at 3:14PM on Apr 25th 2007 by listener

34. Lay off this man! He was pissed because his ex wife has done everything possible to ruin his reputation in the media. And she has been an azz about the custody battle for years.

She leaked this message --Ramie

Kim didn't leak the message..and there is a temporary restraining order placed on Baldwin by a judge, so the judge must see something you dont?

Posted at 3:31PM on Apr 25th 2007 by ScreenPlay

35. Rosie states, it isn't her show so who is booked is not up to her. Alec Baldwin calls her and wham, he's on the show. Why does she enable his BS? People keep saying, Kim is crazy, Kim did such and such.How do you know that for a fact? Because HE said so? How do you know that all that stuff wasn't Alec Baldwin's spin. Maybe the truth is now coming out. Did you ever wonder why Kim wanted to keep her daughter away from him? Wasn't because he's a greaaaaaaat Dad.

Posted at 3:26PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Meowch!!

36. Alec is the man..... he should start giving parenting tips... and he's also awesome in 30 Rock....

Posted at 3:25PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Alec is the man

37. We only get his side of the story but there's two sides. KIm could go on a tv show also & attack him as he attacks her. Both need counseling because this will go on until the daughter is 18. At 11, she is free to accept his calls & I heard that he has spoken to his to her in the same manner. If this is the case, why would she want to talk to a maniac.

Posted at 3:54PM on Apr 26th 2007 by Reine

38. BEING A DIVORCE FATHER MYSELF SOMETIMES FRUSTRATION SETS IN I HAVE TURNED OFF MY KIDS CELL PHONES OOUT OF THEIR FAILURE TO ANSWER WHEN I CALL. ITS SUPPOSE TO BE A LINE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE FATHER AND CHILD IF HE PAYS IT .

Posted at 4:22PM on Apr 25th 2007 by FERNANDO

39. Wait hold the press since when did Rosie the lard ass foul mouthed pig get elevated to expert on family values. This opinionated Bitch doesn't have a clue witch end of her mouth she is speaking out of. Alec try doctor Phil.

Posted at 3:29PM on Apr 25th 2007 by CA Mom

40. Hey Trisha, not a Rosie Fan, but FYI, she didn't willingly give up that child. The child was named Mia, and when she came out, the state of Florida wouldn't let her have her because at that time, and possibly still, gay couples or people aren't allowed to adopt. She wanted to keep that child. It was not her decision.
Not a Rosie fan, but there are a lot of children that would loved to be adopted by anyone who would give them love. Better than being in an orphanage or being passed around between foster parents your whole life.

Posted at 3:33PM on Apr 25th 2007 by NOTAROSIEFAN

41. I don't know too many people out there who will disagree that the things this man has said to his daughter is very f*&^ up. No child deserves that. But at the same time,,,he's human like all of us. I guess because he is a celebrity he is exempt from "Baby MaMa Drama"? I'm quite sure if I called my child or their mother and left a crazy message and she decided to call up news reporters do you think this story would go any where? No. So you have to figure if this man has had on going problems with the mother of his child, who is to say what actually went on behind it all. But because the mother of the child knows that he is in the "lights","public eye", she knows how damaging this can be. The average person would just take the incident before legal authorities if they were going through legal issues.
Lets be real people, if someone leaves a message like that about your child, as a parent you going to do what you can to let a judge, lawyer or any legal authority know to make sure that things like this don't happen. She put the whole thing in public eye. So her first thought wasn't oh my poor child I don't want this man to have contact, She was more like this bastard let me use this to destroy him.

Posted at 3:35PM on Apr 25th 2007 by 7cs

42. Alec was not out of line. It is not uncommon, or even irrational, that a parent get so exasperated with a son or daughter than they have an emotional tirade--usually just before some type of punishment, and usually it occurs in the privacy of the home. The daughter is seems has been brainwashed, or manipulated by Kim Bassinger, and is being used as a pawn/weapon by Bassinger to hurt Alec. YOU IMAGINE a loved one as dear and beloved as a child shunning YOU like that when you are already in emotional turmoil over a failed relationship that is now painfully hostile. And do REALLY believe BASSINGER when she says she did release the tape to TMZ? Who did then, the nine year old daughter? If you believe than, then I can see why you think Alec is an ogre.
Alec, I hope you kick that woman's ass in divorce court.

Posted at 3:35PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Beallyou ( Can Be )

43. QUOTE:36. Wait hold the press since when did Rosie the lard ass foul mouthed pig get elevated to expert on family values. This opinionated Bitch doesn't have a clue witch end of her mouth she is speaking out of. Alec try doctor Phil.

Posted at 3:29PM on Apr 25th 2007 by CA Mom

Yeah, right CA Mom -- seems as though YOU'RE the lard ass foul mouthed pig -- I feel sorry for your spawn. (And it's "which", not "witch", dumbass!)

Posted at 12:32AM on Apr 26th 2007 by SteverB

44. They are fighting custody over a 11 year old now, years from now after she is a grown woman, and wonder if it was worth it. When she will tell both of her parents, to go to "hell".

Posted at 3:55PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Alex is a good actor, but very poor father.

45. Leave him alone and let the three of them iron this out. He knows what he said was wrong, so leave him alone. I blame both of them for verbally abusing this child. These public displays and going back and forth is not helping and Kim is just as much to blame as Alex. However, broadcasting it on the news every single moment of the day and night, is not helping the child either. Let it go TMZ all others!!!!!

Posted at 4:54PM on May 6th 2007 by Teresa Jones