Alec Baldwin and his infamous phone message

[Beauty Mark]

I'm sure most of you by now have heard about it, at least. Alec Baldwin, upset he cannot get ahold of his daughter on the phone, leaves a pretty scathing message where he insults her horribly. TMZ.com, a gossip column, released it.

What do you think of it? Of course, Baldwin is wrong to have left it, but is the media making more out of it than should be? Should the children of celebrities be shielded from stuff like this?

I felt really bad for the girl, because everyone knows about it. Yeah, Baldwin is a celebrity, but I don't think things he says to his child should be released like this. Then I realized I was probably being hypocritical because I've read/weighed in on Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' kid enough times.

 

[Ms. Z]

I think that its wrong that the media released this, she is a child and its wrong for the media to exploit her. The person who gave them the recording of the message....is a piece of trash.

 

[Ciara]

Me personally...I dont think he said anything that was sooo out of line...he was an angry parent..its not like she's a small child. She's a teenager and who knows maybe she is a "rude pig" its not like he called her a piece of sh%t. C'mon think back on when you were a teenager and all the attitudes you gave your parent. He's prob fed up....Thats just my opinion.

 

[blueyedlady87]

Alec Baldwin is nuts. Remember previosly when he said some guy's family should be taken out and stoned to death?? If I was the girl's mom I would have leaked it too, to ensure he was forced to stay far, far away from my kids. If you listen to the entire tape, he's going off because she didn't answer her phone!! Please. I never answer my phone when my real dad calls and I especially wouldn't if my dad was Alec Baldwin! But I don't care if she called him every name in the book, YOU DON'T TALK TO AN 11 YEAR OLD LIKE THAT! He threatens her on the tape saying he will straighten her out, and says he doesn't care that she's 11 or 12 years old. He doesn't even know her age! My opinion is that so what if his ex-wife leaked it? If he's dumb enough to leave that message it becomes property of whoever pays the kid's bill, the mom. He's just upset that it got out because it paints him in such a further negative light. He's pathetic. I dealt with a father who woul put me down and it still screws up my self esteem. His actions are not excusable.

 

[Beauty Mark]

I felt bad for the kid, because if Baldwin is abusive towards the child, it's not something that should be outed by a parent to the general public; abused kids have a lot of issues with letting people know what's going on and go at great lengths to hide it.

At the very least, if he isn't, it's really embarrassing. If Basinger released it, that was really selfish of her not thinking of her daughter.

 

[MiCHiE]

He and Kim are publicly abusive toward each other. I guarantee his daughter's actions (whatever they are) are a direct result of what she's going thru because of their asinine behavior.....and he's not liking what he's seeing in the mirror.

 

[mistella]

We don't know the whole story of why he was so angry with her. I'm sure it was more to it and her not answering her phone just tipped him over the edge. While I agree that it wasn't the best way to deal with her I agree with Ciara it wasn't THAT bad. I hear parents at the grocery store telling their 5 year old kids to "Sit their ass down" "Shut the hell up" all the time.. I'm not siding with the parent or the child. It just sucks that their personal life is out there like this.

 

[Deirdre]

I think it's stupid that anyone is even talking about this. It's none of anyone's business, and whoever released that tape is an idiot, and more the idiot any media outlet sharing this non information.

I'd like to see more outrage over some other real, relevant stuff that's happening in our world. Stuff that maybe if people knew about it, they'd change how they vote. All this "entertainment" news is just a distraction, and purely stupid.

Sorry if I offend anyone, but this story really scrapes the bottom of the barrel.

/rant.

 

[Another Janice!]

I can't stand a single one of the Baldwin's.

This makes it moreso.

 

[little teaser]

i think there ALL disfunctional. kim too. why would she let the media get a hold of that tape and let them play it over and over to hurt her daughter even more. they need to stop bashing eachother in front of the public. shut the door and kick each others ass for all i care...... geez

 

[blueyedlady87]

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Originally Posted by mistella While I agree that it wasn't the best way to deal with her I agree with Ciara it wasn't THAT bad. I hear parents at the grocery store telling their 5 year old kids to "Sit their ass down" "Shut the hell up" all the time.. I'm not siding with the parent or the child. It just sucks that their personal life is out there like this.

Why condone his behavior just because some parents choose to raise their kids in a hostile environment? Anytime I see a parent talking to a child that way I am sooo tempted to give them a piece of my mind. Most of the time I just mutter, 'way to go' Althoough on the other side you have parents that go "Please don't hit your sister! Please?!!! Ok, now I'm going to start countiing. Do you want me to start counting?? Okay, 1.......2.........don't make me get to 3!! Mommy will buy you candy if you stop! Pleassseeee/??!!!" Idiots. I'm so scared for the future of America because we're going to have idiots like that running around.

 

[kimmy]

here's what it is: a parent pissed off because his teenage daughter didn't answer her phone.

for christ's sake, does he not have a right to be pissed off or even a little concerned? i don't think he was being abusive. she's a teenager, she should be able to handle the things he said and take them for what they are. when people are scared or concerned, they change. they act different and say things they normally wouldn't say.

i abhor the media for making him look like a lumbering jackass when all it really was (or, seems to be, at least) was a concerned parent. these kinds of messages (and even worse ones) are left by parents to their kids on a daily basis across the country, but nobody points to them and says "oh, dear...look at what a prick this guy is for worrying about his teenage daughter's whereabouts!"

dang, i'm almost 19 and my mom still freaks the hell out if i don't answer my phone when she calls. she's left me plenty of "where the eff are you? why the hell aren't you picking up your phone?" messages, and i don't vilify her for it...and i don't think anyone else should either.

it's a parental thing. parents worry. at least he loves his daughter enough to not just pawn her off on some nanny like most celebrities do.

 

[Raerae]

ITA with Kimmy. I started laughing when I saw the message of what said on her voice mail. I was like, thats it?

This whole thing is pretty stupid, and just shows how lame our celebrity society is getting ;p

 

[blueyedlady87]

she's a teenager, she should be able to handle the things he said and take them for what they are.

Hhhhmm, she's 11 years old. Not really a teenager. No 11 year old should have to deal with threats (He said he was going to come to LA and strighten her out no matter how old she is!). And to the person who said it wasn't that bad....

 

[kimmy]

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Originally Posted by blueyedlady87 Hhhhmm, she's 11 years old. Not really a teenager. No 11 year old should have to deal with threats (He said he was going to come to LA and strighten her out no matter how old she is!). And to the person who said it wasn't that bad....

it's all a matter of opinion, and we're going to have to agree to disagree. i personally dealt with much worse from my dad's second wife when i was 11, so to me what he said was no big deal. but that's just me. i can see where some other people might see what he said as the end of the world, i personally just don't. to me, he just seemed like a concerned parent and i can't hold that against him.

 

[Raerae]

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Originally Posted by blueyedlady87 Hhhhmm, she's 11 years old. Not really a teenager. No 11 year old should have to deal with threats

And some 11 year olds deserve much worse for how they act. Regardless, everyone is taking this message out of context. You have no idea what was going on in their household b4 this happened. You have no idea how she treats her father, or how their relationship is.

Quote:

(He said he was going to come to LA and strighten her out no matter how old she is!). And to the person who said it wasn't that bad....

Whatever that means. Maybe he was going to come to LA and take away her cell phone ;p

 

[Shimmer]

Seriously, 11 year olds can be some major pains in the ass. Unless we know what he deals with as a parent (which we don't), it's certainly outside our realm of right to judge. :/

 

[TeaCup]

Everyone down here talks to their kids like that.. So, its not that surprising. Silly rednecks.

But I'd never talk to my child like that. No no no no no.

 

[EmbalmerBabe]

Sorry I am behind on the news what exactly did he say?
I was only able to find a few small bits of it. It does sound
pretty harsh from what I have read.
That's a good way to scare your daughter off from wanting
to be close with you. My dad was like that,and probably worse, and we
do not talk at all.

 

[*Stargazer*]

If anyone spoke to my child that way, including my husband, they'd end up with a punch in the mouth from me.