Celebrity Justice
Alec Smarts on "60 Min."

Alec Baldwin vented on "60 Minutes" about the voice mail message to his daughter which TMZ first published. He also trashes Kim Basinger's lawyer.


In the segment, which airs tonight, Baldwin says, "You get so frustrated, and you realized, number one, and it's wrong. It's totally wrong ... that I was really speaking to someone else when I left that message. I was pissed. I had been putting up with this for six years."

As for calling his daughter a "thoughtless little pig," Baldwin thinks the real damage is that the voice mail went public.

Baldwin's venom was targeted at Basinger's lawyer, Judy Bogen. When asked about his comment that she resembled "a 300 pound homunculus with a face like a clinched fist," he said he was being "kind" and that it was not abusive given what she put him through.

Tonight, Bogan's law partner, Neal Hersh, blasted Baldwin, saying, "His personal attacks were socially and morally unacceptable, not to mention inaccurate. He defended his actions rather than take responsibility."

BTW, a homunculus is "a miniature adult that in the theory of preformation is held to inhabit the germ cell and to produce a mature individual merely by an increase in size."

Tags: 60 minutes, 60Minutes, Alec baldwin, AlecBaldwin

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76. Yeah right, it's the lawyers fault he called his kid such terrible names - he's a jerk that blames everyone BUT himself for what he causes both with his mouth and actions. He's a poor excuse for a father. Creep!

Posted at 8:03AM on May 12th 2008 by A

77. wow! Is it me or does his face look loke a tightened fist too?

Posted at 8:51AM on May 12th 2008 by nicole

78. Baldwin is a reprehensible, egotistical, porcine piece of human debris, fixated on his own imaginary importance and lacking the ability to see past the end of his nose. Time has not been kind to Mr. Baldwin. In an ideal situation, character would take over and make up for the loss of physical appeal. But where character is absent, well, you get Alec Baldwin.

Posted at 8:56AM on May 12th 2008 by Disgusted

79. TMZ....... I just wanted to let you know how much I love you!!!..... I really do!.....thanks for all your FUNNY articles that keep us celebrity crazed fans coming back for more!!!!.......don't listen to those stupid people who come on to your site just to bash you!!!.....they have no brains anyway!!!.....I'm just sayin!!![I sound like you!!! hehe!]

Posted at 9:36AM on May 12th 2008 by Leann

80. Does Kim keep the kid from him to prevent him from talking to her like this, or does he talk to her like this because Kim keeps her from him? I seriously doubt that voicemail was an isolated incident, and I wouldn't blame Kim if she kept the child away from him because of it. What no one seems to ever ask, and I would like to know the answer to, is how many times he did this before Kim got fed up and released the tape to the media.

Posted at 9:40AM on May 12th 2008 by Michelle

81. 3 years ago I would have totally been ranting about Alec being horrible... but after going through a similar situation in the past three years, I have a new perspecitve. Please believe me when I tell you - you have to live through Parental Alienation to understand how evil it is, and what it can turn you into in a moment of frustration. Also - sometimes these kids CAN be selfish little pigs when they do not think for themselves and treat their parent in a horrible fashion - that hey would NEVER be allowed to do if the parents were still married. At some point, you have to care about the child's character and tell them that they are being horrible. My step mom called me a brat - because I was BEING a brat - and thank God she loved me enough to lay it on the line - (because my own mom - in her anger against my Dad was letting me be a brat and rewarding it ) - it helped me to see I didn't want to be that way. I am a better person for it. There is nothing wrong with telling a child who is being a selfish little pig that they are being a selfish little pig... newsflash - all children are not being angels at all times.

Posted at 2:00PM on May 12th 2008 by julie

82. The guy is a total jerk Good fathers do not talk to their kids in tht manner - no matter what the problem. He just happened to get caught, the facade was removed.

That's often what you have to work with when you deal with a dry alcoholic, the are full of vicious games the like to play. I feel sorry for Kim Basinger. The whole Baldwin clan has majorproblems.

Alec is a first rate manipulator and I would NEVER vote this control freak into any public office.

Posted at 9:46AM on May 12th 2008 by Jen

83. Bogen or Bogan? I need a job...hire me as a copy editor?

Posted at 9:54AM on May 12th 2008 by ABT

84. He looks painfully constipated! What an a$$!

Posted at 9:52AM on May 12th 2008 by Geesh!

85. Alec Baldwin has an over-inflated ego! He is nothing more than an abuser! His ex and his daughter are better off without him and he needs to learn to let go! He seems to be an abuser that also has an impulse problem and has to have control constantly or he is out of control!!! Alec get some therapy! A word to SNL- I'm aware that Alec has hosted the show more times than any celebrity, hence his ego! However, I turn the channel whenever he is hosting SNL! Can't stand him! He is just a few feet away from being another O.J.! If anyone is reading this and is his friend, Please get him some help! He does not need to be around his little girl and calling her the PIG name! Shame on him! I don't care how many times he's apologized about it! Action's speak louder than words-he needs therapy!!!!

Posted at 9:54AM on May 12th 2008 by chris

86. I think if you asked me who I would most like to punch in the face it would be this punk Baldwin. Your typical Hollywood tough guy wanna be. I'd slap him silly.

Posted at 10:09AM on May 12th 2008 by Martian Looter King

87. jacee665 and just stating a fact- you have no idea what happened regarding leaking that tape. For all you know, Ireland herself leaked it (kids are more than savvy enough with computers and the internet to do something like that). Regardless, it's besides the point. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR A PARENT TO CALL THEIR CHILD NAMES- WHICH IS VERBAL ABUSE. I don't know if either of your husbands did that or not, but "parental alienation" is not an acceptable justification for verbally abusing a child. Alec can direct his anger towards the adults involved in this case as much as he wants- they're adults, so they can take it. Verbally abusing his daughter is unacceptable, and until Alec Baldwin can understand that and take FULL responsibility for it, then it's highly unlikely he'll change. Hopefully your husbands are showing more restraint with their children.

Posted at 10:24AM on May 12th 2008 by Edie

88. Alex is number one , when it comes to DRAMA KING . celebs whine about anything and everything .

These people aren't happy , doesn't matter how much money they've . they're whiners.

IF any woman becomes his new girlfriend / wife , she's completely nuts like him .

Many celebs are overrated and there 15 minutes expired , Years ago .

In the last 10 years , I'm so tired of them whine .............they remind me of drama queens / kings .

If any person goes out and buy there products , no matter what it is , then they're crazy like the CELEBS .

why make celebs rich when you're poor . Then driving expensive cars , mansions and there closets are

bigger than your entire home ...... TAKE YOUR MONEY FOR GASOLINE , GROCERIES ,,,,,,,,,,,,

H.E.L.L. WITH CELEBS ............

Posted at 11:29AM on May 12th 2008 by CELEBS ARE DRAMA QUEENS KINGS !!!!!!!!!! WHINE BABIES.

89. I am amazed, simply amazed that no one commenting on this post has ever said something to their kids that they regretted and wished they could take back. What a bunch of angels you all are!

Posted at 10:45AM on May 12th 2008 by KMM

90. "As for calling his daughter a "thoughtless little pig," Baldwin thinks the real damage is that the voice mail went public"

Hmmm...okay so it's alright that you called her that, you're only concerned that the public found out? What an A$$!!
I dealt with an abusive husband for over a decade and they are all the same, blame everyone else for you're bad behavior and own up to your faults. Life is too friggin' short to hold that much animosity for that many years against anyone. It shows he has
A)no respect for the female gender whether his ex-wife, her lawyer or his child.
B)has no remorse for his violent and angry outbursts.
C) is just a mental midget and a jerk. Period.
That type of attitude creates mental issues in your children, and this is speaking from experience. Move on with your life and keep our kid out of it!!

Posted at 11:00AM on May 12th 2008 by Nshado

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