Alec Baldwin’s Phone Tirade With Daughter

I thought Alec Baldwin was a total douche before this, and my opinion of him hasn’t gotten any worse. We all have moments when we lose our tempers with our loved ones, especially husbands, wives and kids. People are quick to judge but don’t know the entire context of the situation. If Kim did leak this tape, then no one can be quite sure what lead to the contents of that tape and she could easily be manipulating the situation to screw Alec, who she hates. I’m not on Baldwin’s side, I’m just saying, no one knows exactly what happened, and many parents say worse to their kids and they are just fine.

Lenny,

Making this public will do nothing more than embarass Ireland from now into the future. We can’t decide the custody battle.

It was heartless to air this business so people like you and me could play judge when we don’t have the power to do anything but talk about it.

Ireland will get over this phone message. Airing dirty laundry can be helpful. It’s started this whole conversation about what is anger and what is verbal abuse. Now the kids at schools everywhere will start looking at their own parents and realizing that their parents are verbally abusing them when they call them names. This is good. Ireland will soon see that she is not alone. Many times when kids endure abuse, they become ashamed because they think they are the only ones. Well, judging from the posters on this board, many of you were verbally abused also. Now you are callous because nobody protected you, so you expect Ireland to just shrug everything off, or you are making her out to be the bad guy by calling her a brat and blaming her for not wanting to talk to that maniac. You make it seem like all mothers and fathers are good and should be obeyed no matter what. Wrong!!!! Just because you provided the DNA does not mean everything goes your way. When you abuse your children, you should lose your rights. That’s what I say.

Those of you who think Alec is normal, think again. I’ll never forget the photo of him berating Kim Basinger outside a restaurant. Kim looked like all she could do was hold on for dear life. She was embarrassed. He was almost standing over her, yelling at her and probably calling her nasty names just like he did to his daughter. He was so angry, he either did not see the photographers or he didn’t care. His mouth was open and his eyes were wild. He was in a complete rage like a fiery Devil! Kim looked like she was taking it. She wasn’t arguing back at him. It wasn’t an argument. It was a one-person rage. He was bullying her with his words. Shortly after that, they split and he was trying to get her back the whole time before they divorced. Isn’t that just like a wife beater? They tortue you and then cry when you leave. He’s so common it’s almost funny. He’s never gotten over Kim divorcing him. That’s why he’s fighting so hard to get things HIS WAY with the little girl.

By now, Alec should have married again and maybe had more kids. What has stopped him? He’s still completely obssessed with Kim Basinger. Alec is an unhappy man. He blames everything on everybody else, but the problem lies within. He will never be happy as long as he continues on this path. He needs to talk to his brother. Maybe Jesus can help him.

Juls, I feel sorry for you. You are a bitter person but you don’t know it.

All children need discipline, but they don’t need to be called bad names. That’s just stupid and a parent who doesn’t know how to be in charge of the situation.

My dad raised 7 and he barely had to do anything because he’s aggressive and we knew better. My mother was easier but she would not tolerate bad behavior. I am always getting compiments about my family. People say we are nice and we are all close. It’s a great feat, but my parents accomplished it without calling us pigs.

One of the best things you can do is “expose” an abuser to the public. Let the whole wide world know. Their greatest trick is deception because they are masters of disguise. This may be the very first step toward real healing for this family, so in the end, it’s worth the embarrassment. I hope Alec gets a good whiff of the comments on these boards and sees how the majority of us are disappointed in Mr. Movie Star.

There are several points that I would like to make:

1. This is not the first time that he has talked to his daughter this way.
2. He most certainly talked to his wife this way.
3. This behavior is a major factor in the divorce.
4. This is why the child does not want to talk to her father.
5. People who defend or excuse his rant, are used to doing it too.
6. He gave this ammunition to his ex-wife on a silver platter.

This is why I hate parents involved in custody battles – they BOTH use the children as weapons against each other. Neither of them give a damn about the child. Nobody ever wins, and the child always suffers the greatest loss.

Sheral

I was reading through many posts and read one that struck me about Alec Baldwin’s presence. Looks a little diabolical, don’t you think? He played a real sicko on a nighttime TV drama. I remember how believable and scary he was. It’s in his eyes. When he was young he was very handsome, but now he looks like a member of The Godfather. He seems to be serious, bossy, moody. I don’t know if he ever physically smacked Kim Basinger, but I wouldn’t doubt it. Looked him up on another site and he got his BA degree in drama, so he can put on a good act on the screen, as well as in real life.

Dr.Phil is required here for the sake of the child.Yes Ireland is only eleven but children in a divorce situation learn very early how to manipulate the situation .The best Alec&Kim can do for their child is to agree about the child as parents or they will have a “BRAT” on their hands and it won’t be the child’s fault. Harvey Levin was so wrong to air this…I heard him say “Ireland obviously wanted this realeased” See ! an 11yr old has manipulated him.. got her moment of fame and got her Father in trouble.

Lenny,

I think it’s surprising that you don’t find it abusive to leak personal family mess to the public. Wow.

There is never any excuse to speak to anyone in that form, no matter what age. However we should not be passing judgement on a 20 second phone call we do not know the whole story. Just because they are infamous it doesn’t mean they are not human. Their divorce is a nasty one. Alec should have had better anger control and Kim should have never sacrificed her daughter and Alecs reputation for the sake of publicity. Her part in all of this is just as damaging as Alec’s. Alec you need to get help for your anger managment and Kim you need to get mental help because no sane mother would ever put their child in the middle of a custardy battle to prove a point.

Sad to think that the kid takes the brunt of her parents anger, I think she should be removed to permanent foster care away from both of them. I can understand his rage (saw a brother-in-law go thru the same, the ex played the courts and everybody for clowns). However his anger was mis-directed and he needs to get control of it. Bassinger however seems to know just what buttons to push in him to make him go off that way and then come off like miss innocence, who else could have leaked the message…. it’s all in the game, my parents played the same one. If the child doesn’t want to respect her father enough to be there for the pre-arranged call then maybe the father needs to show her the same respect and not be there for her, before you jump on me, is it not by example kids learn, and are there not consequences for our actions, maybe the child needs to not be able to reach her father to know what he feels like when she does the same to him, after all I am assuming she is a bright average 11 year old. In the meantime I think a loving foster home should be in the childs future until the adults here “grow up” and act like they are really concered and care for their child rather than their hate for each other.

Oh yeah….. shut up