When I wrote about Alec Baldwin’s newborn child, a daughter named Carmen Gabriela, I wrote these words: “I always hope age and time will give Alec wisdom and help him chill out a bit, but my gossip sixth sense is telling me that he’s going to be much, much worse now that he has a newborn to ‘protect’. He’ll be a fierce, violent bear of man protecting his daughter.” Well, guess what? Alec went full rage-monster against a paparazzo yesterday. Alec was with Hilaria and when a photographer tried to take Alec’s photo, Alec attacked the guy and bent him over a car and started hollering at the pap. Because of course he did.
Alec Baldwin has struck again … allegedly … grabbing a photog on the streets of New York in front of several witnesses … and now the NYPD is involved.
Sources connected with Baldwin tell TMZ … the photog was the aggressor. We spoke to the photog — not a TMZ guy — who tells us he did nothing to provoke Alec saying, “All I can say is I was doing my job asking him normal questions and he flipped. That’s all.”
The photog says he called police … and cops responded to the scene. A friend of Alec tells us … Alec was with his wife Hilaria during the incident … and Hilaria, in an effort to avoid the pap, ducked into a nearby tea store. We’re told Alec also called police.
The friend tells us, “What kind of sick twisted psychopath chases a woman who just got out of the hospital from having a baby into a tea store?”
Hilaria just gave birth to the couple’s daughter on August 23.
10:00 AM PT — A rep for the NYPD tells us … cops have spoken with both the photog and Alec who each admit pushing and shoving each other.
We’re told both parties ultimately decided to walk away from the situation without pursuing charges. So … case closed.
I know many of you will give Alec the benefit of the doubt. “But Hilaria just had a baby!” you’ll say. “Alec was just being protective,” you’ll say. “Paps are scum,” you’ll say. Which is fine, and those are all valid (-ish) points. But the truth is that I’m beyond giving Alec any benefit of any doubt. This happens much too often with him, with or without his wife, with or without any extenuating circumstances. Alec hates the paparazzi, and the paps know this and so they troll him. And instead of acting like an adult, walking away and ignoring them, Alec always attacks violently and/or offensively. The new baby isn’t going to calm him down at all. The baby will only make him angrier. And furrier.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
I don’t blame him
Yes, just a thought – they could just stay at a safe distance? They know all about his temper and anger issues. But that’s the point really, isn’t it? To provoke him and enrage him so they can point their cameras and mock. They are horrible, horrible people who behave horribly for a living. I don’t entirely blame him either.
Alec will never change. I recall Alec being arrested the day he and Kim Basinger brought baby Ireland home from the hospital after she was born. I think he just needs to chill out.
Yes, that was my first thought too. I remember he was arrested when the ir daughter was born. Alec just never learns. He is hardly news worthy at this point, its his dumb behavior that draws the paps.
I saw him last week in the city. He was wearing the same exact outfit. Matter a fact in most New York City photos of him candidly trolling the city he is wearing this black tshirt w similar pants. Maybe he is angry that he can’t find another shirt? I know when I saw him I averted my eyes, fearing a shove to the left or a sneer.
I don’t care if someone is trying to take your picture, you don’t put your hands on a mother person. This is not an act of self defense, this is just AB being an ahole bc he knows he will get away with it again and again.
dude has anger issues, he’ll cause himself a heart attack if he doesn’t at least try to get it under control.
If you or I were to go around and be documented verbally abusing our child, attacking people (provoked or not) and tossing out threats via social media, Child Services would be at our doors investigating our homes to see if it’s fit for a child.
I’m sick of certain celebutards always getting a pass because it’s “just the way they are”.
There is a baby in the mix now, if he can’t control his temper, then someone should take control for him.
+1
Honestly, I think that if I was famous, I would be known for my bad temperand my acerbic/ rude remarks as well to the paparazzis as to the fans who would try to take a pic of me while I am with my family or friends in a private situation (like a dinner at restaurant). The behavior of the paparazzis and these so-called fans is also disrespectful and aggressive so I don’t pity them and I understand his reaction.
He can’t handle the fame. He can’t handle what it’s done to his ego.
This guy has douche management problems. He cared more about doing his testosterone dance than creating a safe, supportive barrier for mother and child. And couldn’t his cheap arse hire a car service for their added privacy, comfort and convenience? Ugh.
He is a very, very scary angry man that seems to have a heart full of hate and anger. Someone needs to send him to a therapist, and at least get him on antidepressants. Because if hes been like this for decades, this is a very serious long-term issue. I have less than zero sympathy for him. The dude is a successful star, is rich beyond our wildest dreams, can go anywhere he wants, buy anything he wants, and have almost any woman he wants (well, ok, maybe around 10 years ago). What on God’s green earth does he have to be angry about? So a pap takes his picture now and then – so bloody what?! If he can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen – er, studios. No one forced him to become a public figure. He seems to have a long-standing depressive illness and thats what he needs. Therapy and antidepressants to restore brain/mood equilibrium.
It’s wrong that he lashed out. Physical violence shouldn’t be the answer. However, I’ve heard some of the things these paps will shout – remember one called Suri a bitch? – and in some cases I can’t blame celebs.
Also, Alec’s ALWAYS been this way with the paps – they KNOW this is how he reacts and they still go after him.
An autograph-seeker called Suri a bitch. Not a pap.
Well no wonder he was angry. You don’t need to be set upon as soon as you step out of your home by a bunch of loud, obnoxious paps asking ridiculous questions less than a week after you’ve given birth when your hormones are all over the place.
Having said that, why don’t they move out of the city for a while to some beautiful calm place in the Hamptons or whatever?
Your points are definitely valid, but I also have to wonder why someone who so desperately hates the paps pursued/continues to pursue a life in the spotlight, which he knows will only serve to attract that which he claims to hate. Plenty of other celebrities (most of them, actually) manage to have their lives and families without ever having a violent run in with the paps.
I think he courts the attention so he can continue to get headlines. He probably sees himself as passionate and fiercely protective, and doesn’t understand that the world sees him as a rageaholic that needs serious therapy.
True, why don’t they stay at their other house more often? He has a house in Amagansett.
It’s going to be tricky for Alec to keep paparrazzi away when his wife relishes the attention so much. She totally preens & poses for them.
You are right. He almost never gets papped out on Long Island and he always seems really relaxed out there. I see him around constantly and he’s all smiles.
You know, when Kayne did the same exact thing at LAX after Kim had her baby, I didn’t see all this benefit of the doubt that ‘well the paps are awful’ then. Back then it was the price of fame,he married into that family, the pap was doing his job, he’s a violent thug/drama queen blah blah blah. I’m no Kanye fan, but what makes Alec Baldwin so special?
Baldwin is a rage monster and has been violent in the past and will be violent in the future. He’s violently attacked paps before, he’s yelled at random interviewers, not to mention his own kids.
Yeah, I think Baldwin is actually worse. At least up to this point, he seems to have had a lot of these types of confrontations. In any case, it’s smarter not to put your hands on anyone unless you are responding to physical contact from the other person or a verbal threat of violence.
He’s shown the world that he is a ball of rage. He’s said and done things that would’ve crucified other stars, yet his Capital One commercials never cease.
Why does Hollywood love this guy so much?
Alec shouldn’t have married a fame whore if he hates paparazzo. I’m not saying she did yesterday, but his wife loves to show off for the paps and I’m sure she has called them in the past.
absolutely this
I’m so sick of his teenage antics! I don’t know why he hasn’t been held accountable for anything! He goes out of his way to pick fights! It’s ridiculous! Grow up! I’ll bet he’s a charmer to live with!
My question is when, not if, will he turn his anger toward his wife? We know it’s coming.
A few months ago there were pics of him yelling at his wife or having some sort of verbal altercation with her. Then of course a few days later we got some staged pics of him cuddling with her and whispering sweet nothings into her ear.
I’m sure he has already turned his anger on her, just as he has done with Ireland and eventually Carmen. I’m not saying he has physically assaulted them but I’m sure his words are just as powerful as his fists. He needs help.
My sentiments exactly. That was the first thought I had. Kim B. could shed some light on that. No matter how I hate the paps, an out-of-control, ego-driven abuser is still an abuser. I worry for his wife.
He has a cellphone, he could call the police to report the stalking or harassment. He doesn’t have to assault people.
If he stopped with the aggressive behavior and becoming unhinged, the paps would quickly lose interest.
in this case…I’m with Alec. He’s protecting his wife and child. It’s got to be exhausting and scary. Nicole Richie had to get an order of protection so the paps wouldn’t camp outside her daughter’s nursery school. so whatever is Alec’s problem (and there are plenty) trolling a woman and her newborn while she’s just trying to take a walk…is just disgusting
No benefit of the doubt. I would give him a pass if he hadn’t been in other altercations this past year. His actions before her birth told me he was going to be worse after. Other celebs don’t have this many outbursts like he has had close together. He is in love and happy compared to over the years and yet that hasn’t had an effect on him. I see Hilaria being with him for about three years and out she goes. But I never care when he attacks those paps, because I think they’re scum and intrusive and baiting. It’s just that how often he reacts still speaks volumes about his temper.
He feeds the machine. If he didn’t go nuts, they wouldn’t have such a high price tag on the photos. It’s what they come for and that’s what he gives them.
These incidences will play nicely in her divorce papers when she asserts that Alec is abusive, should that happen in the near future and whether it is fact or fiction on his abuse.
He seems like a rude, thoughtless little pig.
Thanks for the chuckle, I can’t stop laughing the one liners on here are the best 🙂
He looks like an ogre or one of the middle figures on an evolution-of-man wall chart.
If 95% of celebrities can manage without becoming violent than there is a problem with the 5% who can’t. Its not like he only has problems with paparazzi,what about Starbucks barista,store clerk,the tabloid reporter he called a “queen,the flight attendant who asked him to turn off computer or phone……
Insightful comment.
Did the pap really say he was just “doing his job, asking him normal questions”?! How ridiculous. Why do paparrazzi think they have a green light to pelt celebrities with stupid questions? I don’t know what the guy said, but I’d bet it sounded something like this:
“Hey, Alec! Are you happy, Alec? Are you happy with your new baby, Alec?”
& repeat, for hours, days & weeks. It would irritate anyone. However, Alec does not get a pass for going all ragey. Half of the incidents he gets into are deliberate, hoped-for confrontations because the paps delight in baiting him into a reaction. Why he can’t just *try* to ignore them & keep moving, I guess is his business & poor choice. He’s an adult & he should know better. If they didn’t get such a reaction from him every time they looked in his direction, they might leave him alone.
This same thing happened when Ireland was born. In that incident, a pap sat outside his & Basinger’s house for a few days, trying to get a pic of them bringing their baby home from the hospital. I think the guy was trying to take long range photos. Eventually Alec went out to the guy’s car & sprayed shaving foam all over his windows. The guy sued him for assault, & it was thrown out of court.
There was a time when paparrazzi just stood around & snapped photos. Now they feel it’s their job to pursue famous people down streets, sometimes even chase them (Princess Diana) all the while keeping an idiotic running commentary. They’ve all gone TMZ.
Both sides are wrong, my 10 cents.
He and his wife too a stroll down the street with a baby that was what just born. I think she loves loves loves the attention. Alec is married to the wrong woman. because she loves having her picture taken.
there are stars way more sought after than he is and his children, and you don’t see them doing this kind of crap. they work to avoid the paps. Many of them show that it is possible.
Nobody mentioned that the baby was with them – I think it was just the two of them out. Disposable baby – gotta stick with Dad before he sets eyes on his next yoga instructor and you are replaced …
If this was a celeb people really hated on here or thought was ugly he would be getting tons and tons of non stop hate. He gets too many chances and people like to brush it off.
i dont think alec is cut out for city life, too many people too close together
he needs a yard and a gate
That’s the problem of older people marrying younger partners. They become very insecure and obsessed.
These pics just make him look like a crazy bum. If he wasn’t famous I could totally see him still being that crazy aggressive dude walking around the city badgering people. It’s just his nature.