| | '''Alexander Rae Baldwin III ''' is an actor. The eldest of the Baldwin brothers, Alec Baldwin has starred in many movies and television shows such as ''[[30 Rock]]'', and has hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' 13 times. | | '''Alexander Rae Baldwin III ''' is an actor. The eldest of the Baldwin brothers, Alec Baldwin has starred in many movies and television shows such as ''[[30 Rock]]'', and has hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' 13 times. |
| − | Baldwin was formerly married to actress [[Kim Basinger]]. The ensuing divorce proceedings and custody battle have been a source of fodder for reporters, who have published claims by Basinger that she was physically and emotionally abused by Baldwin during the course of their [[marriage]]<ref>http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/baldwin.%20basinger%20divorce%20to%20get%20ugly</ref>. As of May 4, 2007 a court will be considering whether Baldwin should be allowed continued visitation with his daughter in light of an expletive-strewn, threatening phone message he left to his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland.<ref>http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_audio/0419_baldwin.mp3</ref> | + | Baldwin was formerly married to actress [[Kim Basinger]]. The ensuing divorce proceedings and custody battle have been a source of fodder for reporters, who have published assorted claims by Basinger and Baldwin. As of May 4, 2007 a court will be considering whether Baldwin should be allowed continued visitation with his daughter in light of an expletive-strewn, threatening phone message he left to his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland.<ref>http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_audio/0419_baldwin.mp3</ref> |
| | On the recording, Baldwin can be heard berating his young daughter, "You are a rude, thoughtless little pig." "You don't have the brains or the decency as a human being," he says, apparently upset that she did not answer her phone for a planned call. He further says, "I don't give a damn that you're 12 years old, or 11 years old, or that you're a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn't care about what you do as far as I'm concerned."<ref>http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070420/D8OK22H82.html</ref> | | On the recording, Baldwin can be heard berating his young daughter, "You are a rude, thoughtless little pig." "You don't have the brains or the decency as a human being," he says, apparently upset that she did not answer her phone for a planned call. He further says, "I don't give a damn that you're 12 years old, or 11 years old, or that you're a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn't care about what you do as far as I'm concerned."<ref>http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070420/D8OK22H82.html</ref> |