Regardless of all of the craziness, I actually think highly of Alec Baldwin as an actor. He’s a major reason why 30 Rock is permanently GOATed for me, and he’s turned in fantastic performances on stage and screen throughout his career. It’s sad to me that Alec’s acting career has just… gone away. Now Oscar-nominee and Emmy-winner Alec Baldwin is taking part in a TLC reality show about his family. As in, Hilaria Of The Fake Spanish Accent and all of seven of their children together (remember, Alec has an eighth child, daughter Ireland).
Alec and Hilaria Baldwin are bringing their family of nine to the small screen.
On Tuesday, the 30 Rock alum and his wife announced their upcoming reality show, The Baldwins, on Instagram. Their video post gave a glimpse into the family dynamics the couple and their kids will share on TLC in 2025.
The Baldwins share seven children: Ilaria Catalina Irena, 19 months, María Lucía Victoria, 3, Eduardo “Edu” Pao Lucas, 3, Romeo Alejandro David, 5, Leonardo Ángel Charles, 7, Rafael Thomas, 8, and Carmen Gabriela, 10. The 30 Rock alum shares Ireland, 28, with ex-wife Kim Basinger.
“We’re inviting you into our home to experience the ups and downs, the good, the bad, the wild and the crazy,” the Boss Baby star continued in the teaser as more family videos rolled. “Home is the place we love to be most.”
The 50-second sneak peek concludes with the parents and their seven “Baldwinitos” on the sofa, shouting, “We are the Baldwins!” for the cameras.
“And we’re coming to TLC!” Alec joked as his kids romped around on and off camera. “God help you all!” he added with a smile.
PEOPLE first learned of a Baldwin reality show in the works back in November, when a source shared that Alec and Hilaria were “pitching a family reality show that would give an inside look at their life.”
A few things: I definitely wonder if the docuseries will show Hilaria’s ever-changing accent and fake Spanish persona. Even recently, during an impromptu press conference with the paparazzi, she was putting on a fake Mexican accent – for years, she claimed to be “from Spain” when really she’s “from Boston.” I also wonder if the show will feature any of their many nannies, who do the bulk of the childrearing while Hilaria-from-Boston creates Instagram content and teaches yoga classes. This will be, how you say, a desastre de proporciones épicas. I mean… I genuinely cannot believe Alec and Hilaria want to even open this can of worms and allow cameras into their home, knowing that Hilaria’s house of cards – her entirely fake Spanish persona, which Alec bought into – has already collapsed and could continue to collapse throughout a reality show.
Alec and Hilaria Baldwin are coming to #TheBaldwins on @TLC. Thoughts? 🥒🥒🥒 pic.twitter.com/UpU7m6AKE3
— SHABOOTY 🎥: #90DayFiance 🪬 (@SHABOOTY) June 4, 2024
Photos courtesy of Cover Images, TLC, Hilaria’s Instagram.
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He has lost his damn mind.
He never had a firm grip on it in the first place.
Commenters down below are a tad bit surprised. Alec has always been dimwitted. No surprise here. ( And I hope she gets years of therapy for whatever it is that ails her. )
Nah he needs money. His prospects dried up with that death on set. Also, hasn’t Hilaria been chasing this for years? I feel like this is the natural conclusion.
This was my first thought. Wasn’t he a producer on that movie? So he had his own money sunk into it. My second thought was anyone who watches will get to see his temper large and in charge.
Remember Beetlejuice??? Last time I watched it, I just couldn’t believe how far he’d fallen.
I completely forgot that was Alec in Beetlejuice.
Gosh, how embarrassing?! They must be BROKE!
These shows don’t pay as much as people think. If they did all the other dysfunctional families we’ve seen before would be millionaires. Alec & The Baldwinitos might earn a few more coins than most but at the end of the day, they’re all Honey Boo Boo still behind on rent.
He wasn’t exactly of sane and quiet mind before, but once he married Mrs Pepino 🥒🥒🥒, the last shred of his sanity went out of the window.
Nope. Will not watch. Hope it tanks.
It seems like he has also lost his bank accounts. This has to be for the money, right?
Get out of my head, K – I am literally speaking aloud the words “his mind, he has lost it.” He doesn’t need to sully a distinguished career with this nonsense!
The alternative is, he’s just not very smart and never has been. And as I’m reading other comments (Occam’s razor in hand), I think maybe that’s just the simple truth.
Totally needs the money. All those nannies aren’t cheap, plus they live in Manhattan and housing for a family that big is going to be pricey. He also has the expenses for at least one Hamptons property. He’s been trying to sell but it’s been on the market for a long time.
I wonder how many episodes before he rages out on camera.
One?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah. This will be unwatchable.
My god the clip was awful.
The few people who will actually be watching that show will do only to check if Hilaria is still doing the Hispanic impersonation and also for the memes that would inevitably come from it.
Depends on the measuring stick. I think it will be bizarrely fascinating.
It was TLC that gave us the Duggars, as well as Jon & Kate + 8.
They clearly need the money
I was going to say that too plus the fact that she isn’t producing more children to put her in the spotlight so she needs a reality show.
Agree on both counts. AB wouldn’t dare “stoop” to doing reality tv unless he desperately needed the money (which given all of his legal problems related to Helena Hutchinson’s death isn’t hard to believe), and Hilaria/Hillary’s raging narcissism, well…here we are.
Yes, this is everything Hillary has ever wanted for the spot light to be on her. It makes no difference how it might effect the kids as long as she gets public/media attention.
Wears a moon bump lol
Right?? I just watched that clip again of Hilaria doing an impromptu press conference with the paparazzi with her fake Mexican accent, lamenting the fact that the photographers were in front of her building all the time, her children asking ‘Mommy, why are all these people here?’ and almost feeling sorry for her. And now she’s willingly letting cameras into her home with her children, for a stupid reality show. Apparently the kids’s need for peace and normality is no longer a priority? Mind you, Alec does not get a freecard here, he’s just as vain and egocentrical to allow this to happen. Those poor babies.
Good lawyers don’t work cheap. His trial in New Mexico is scheduled to start next month. Dios Mio! is right. I really feel badly for those kids who have no say in any of this.
I tend to not feel bad for kids who will live life in a bubble of wealth and privilege, but I really worry for these kids. There’s so many of them. The money will run out. And this show is going to exploit and humiliate them. I am still personally mortified for the two who are only six months apart and have to explain that oddity for life.
I guess it was either this or downsize and move to Spain.
I hope the children are okay with this, especially the older daughter who looks a bit reserved about it in that top picture.
Right. I am pretty sure the kids have been brainwashed into doing this crazy show.
The cost of putting them all through college is terrifying. Good luck to them – I doubt he cares about her Spanish persona at this point. With 7 kids, I’m sure he’s just numb at this point.
What does it mean ‘he bought into it’,was he initially fooled as well?
Yes, Kaiser wrote about this many times. He’s on the record saying ‘My wife is from Spain.’
Add in private school tuitions in NYC — from pre-school on up, plus all that goes along with that. Those bills are likely already terrifying. Many schools cost around $65,000 a year, not including extras or summer programs. Throw in sports and other recreational activities and a few nannies, and regular deposits to the college funds, and it’s a lot. And that’s before adding in the really rich people stuff like security.
I hope the kids are at least getting paid individually for this.
The internet says that Baldwin is worth $70 million. Even if he loses a couple of lawsuits and never works again, they’ll probably be okay. But maaan that is a lot of children, and this is the first step to them being KarJen’red, which means they might not all bother finishing school or attending college.
I remember way back in the day when TLC was really still The Learning Channel and they were showing knee replacement surgeries. Now we’ve got a Baldwin brother, his fake-ass wife, and their bucket o’children.
*Sigh*
I am suprised there is still an audience for these celeb fly on the wall reality shows. Thought the world had moved on.
People love to watch a mess.
Right! I remember watching a breast reduction. It was fascinating. I miss that part of TLC.
My husband and I were just reminiscing about the televised surgery days of The Learning Channel! I miss it so.
Other cable channels were educational and cultural back in the day when cable was new. I’m old enough to remember the heyday of A&E, the History Channel, and Bravo. Mostly their programming has since morphed into “reality” shows and various cheap thrills. I think this trend has killed cable almost as much as streaming.
1-I got a migraine just watching that clip.
2-Not a chance that Alec actually wants to do this, but between his wife and financial pressures, here we are
3-I think this is what Hilaria has been angling for all along, she wants to be a star.
I don’t understand why he has stayed married to her and contributed to this baby factory. There’s no way he imagined running a nursery in his elderly years, and I can only imagine this chaotic home life triggers his natural tendency towards raginess.
Umm, maybe he loves her?
Seriously. It always seemed so odd to me that he would pair up with a woman who wants ten kids. I just don’t see him as great father material, even though he is a fantastic actor IMO.
This is not a good idea. Why would Alec and esta muchacha Hilaria de Espana do this reality show? This is not going to end well. Ay Dios mio! They are throwing away their privacy and piece of mind. Eventually someone is going to screw up. Look at what happened to the Hogans.
tell me your legal bills are enormous without telling me your legal bills are enormous
Alec is loaded but it can’t hurt to make a bunch of extra millions by trading their privacy. It may end up in doing harm to the family in the long run.
I wonder how loaded he really is? I mean, he’s not poor but I don’t think he’s in Cruise/Clooney/Marvel $$ territory. I don’t think he’s produced much or directed/written original work that has been produced. He’s a great actor and worked steadily but not sure he’s making bank on back end deals or anything like that.
And yes, this show will be a train wreck and he’s so going to regret it.
I can only assume this will be highly scripted and that he has total control as a producer or however these things are set up to manage the narrative that is shown. No way this will be the ‘reality’ of this lives.
Of course it is going to be highly scripted to make Alec and Hilaria of Spain look like wonderful, fun, thoughtful parents and the kids like perfect little angels.
Not good for the children. Are the older ones in school.
Is Alec saying that his career is over or does he think that this show will get him new roles? Hilary didn’t seem to be speaking with a Spanish accent in the clip.
Tacky, tacky, tacky.
This guy was indicted for manslaughter and jury selection for his criminal trial is supposed to start in a month. It’s really weird–and also disrespectful of Halyna Hutchins, the woman he killed–to not mention that.
This: What you said, Ren.
And: He killed Halyna a few years ago, wanted privacy, his Spanish-inflected-infected wife has authenticity issues, he has rage episodes over parking, his relationship to Ireland is not great…. And now this??
I was thinking this too. Really, he chooses this time to launch a reality TV show?! He must be profoundly egotistical.
I feel bad for the children. Reality TV is not a good environment for young kids. (Or anyone, really, but at least adults can understand and consent.)
I completely agree. The timing is appalling, and so disrespectful. Considering all that looming over him, you’d think he’d lay low until the legal stuff was resolved.
I would think his “esposa” is pushing for this, and he’s got a lot of bills. But it’s still gross. And of course they’ll go all over to promote it, and then act horribly offended if someone asks about his legal problems or the shooting.
They aren’t even mentioning the trial or the charges when talking about this in the media. It’s crazy! He shot an killed a woman less than 3 years ago!!!! How can he film a reality show about their family in the middle of a trial?!
Hilarious (typo on purpose) got her wish – she’s going to be a TV star!
It takes a particular kind of sociopath to air her con on TV.
I hope the kids have good therapists.
I’m getting a Tori and Dean vibe, and not in a good way.
Omg yes! I was just going to say that.
Is it just me or is Hillary intentionally positioning herself in these photos to appear as small as the children?
The judge in the Rust case denied Alec’s request to dismiss recently, so yeah, between the expenses of a huge family living in Manhattan AND the ongoing legal situation, money is probably tight. This may be the only way Alec can earn money right now since he’s been charged with a crime (film insurance may not be possible for him to secure until this charge is settled maybe?). Anyway, I’m tuning in to see what on earth goes on in their home. I don’t like this move for Alec. It’s hard to bounce back up to the A list once you do a reality show like this.
once on 30 rock jack had some dialogue abut film and stage actors who do tv are never taken seriously again, I am paraphrasing, but I always laugh that someone wrote that for him. also the episode where his British girlfriend was really american and everyone knew but him.
The cynic in me wonders if he is also hoping the reality show will make him sympathetic to the jurors in the trial.
someone has to report back if she says “how you say cucumber” again
I’m shocked that Hilaria is not doing Dancing with the Stars since she was a Latin dance champion at NYU. The show could easily film her practice sessions at the many dance studios in NY. But maybe DTWS won’t touch her with a ten-foot pole. I agree that although I’m sure he’s made some wise investments over the years with his money, seven kids to put through college, and his legal woes, he is probably cutting into his capital.
considering all the trump admin people they’ve had on, it would be hilarious if their line in the sand was fake euro
DWTS won’t book her! Her only claim to stardom is being the wife of a star.
However, I bet she dreams of doing DWTS once the TLC show airs.
Eh, they had one of Sarah Palin’s kids on; her claim to fame was being Palin’s daughter, and I think being an unmarried teenage mother.
Elizabeth, Cheryl says DWTS is bad for marriage: https://www.celebitchy.com/874737/cheryl_burke_issues_warning_about_married_people_competing_on_dwts/
So glad she kept her delusion going for their children’s names, too. Lord I hate this woman, the cultural violence she enacts daily with her -how you say- playacting is visceral.
Hilarious hasn’t been taking the statistics class. If she was, she’d figure out by now how many people who do “reality shows” end up divorced. If she had focused more on her Boston brahmin educational background instead of her pretend Spanish one, she might see that. But perhaps that’s what she has in mind.
This infuriates me. Imagine being the family of the woman he killed. Can’t he downsize his real estate or do something else? He should lay low out of the spotlight. I do think he was talented but his involvement in Rust killed a woman!!!
This is sad. I’ve never thought much of him as a person, but his Jack Donaghy is iconic. There’s no way I’m going to watch this, but I look forward to reading here about any “desastre.”
I also was not going to watch but like a train wr eck, you sneak a peak anyway, so maybe I’ll tune in once to check it out.
It is iconic. I haven’t seen him in other things though, is he really a good actor? I always assumed his 30 Rock character was just him.
Maybe. He was good in Hunt for Red October and Pearl Harbor and he’s gotten some Oscar nominations and a BAFTA and a Tony award. But I think 30 Rock is his biggest role and he got 3 Emmys for that. But that was over 10 years ago. Since then, he’s been in a couple of Mission Impossible movies and been a game show host, but he seems to be mostly known for playing Trump on SNL – he got an Emmy for that. To me, he seems a talented guy with a very problematic personality.
He was in Beetlejuice but my favorite was his role in Married to the Mob. He was only in it at the beginning as, spoiler alert, his character was killed off, but those few scenes made an impact.
@DaveW – Lol, Frankie “The Cucumber.” Everyone was great in that movie.
He also had a side gig a couple of times on TCM. Around 15 years ago, for a few years, he was a co-host with Robert Osborne for one of their programs. He was good, very knowledgeable, which he had to be to mesh with Osborne, who seemed to like him a lot. Was also given a TCM host spot for a bit when Osborne passed away in 2017.
Had a major role in It’s Complicated with Meryl Streep (2009), pretty high profile project also starring Steve Martin. And early on, in addition to Married to the Mob, had small parts in She’s Having a Baby (Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern) and Working Girl (Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford).
I've always considered him a pretty good actor, and agree he was very good in Hunt for Red October, but in retrospect, his roles in the other movies mentioned above all seem a very similar type to me now…
Alec was extremely good in Glengary Glen Ross, a Pulitzer winning play made into a movie. His ‘Always Be Closing’ speech is iconic. I don’t want to view any of his private life, seriously none of it, but he has been a good actor.
I’m with @Truthiness: Glengarry Glen Ross was fantastic, and mostly because of Alec Baldwin. And both Al Pacino and Jack Lemon were in that movie, too!
Those poor children.
Their parents are trash anyway, & now they are being pumped out for moneys& ratings.
Just ignore that they are already subjected to tabloids, let’s make them even more of a target.
Personally, these shows with kids should be illegal. Kids cannot consent to any of this. Selling them is such a horrible thing to do.
Jon & Kate plus 8 v2.
This is the least surprising news I have ever heard. Always figured this was her goal and as mentioned above, he obviously needs the money. I bet he won’t be in it much and this is a vehicle to showcase her. However, I think it was backfire on her. She doesn’t seem to have much of a personality beyond being a raging narcissist and all it will do is show what a vapid, self centered nut case she is.
Feel bad for the kids.
I really like Alec Baldwin — I agree that he’s a super talented actor. But who is asking for this?
His business manager. Their monthly burn rate (aside from the legal fees, settlement with that poor woman’s family) for schooling/nannies/upkeep would be insane. I remember they were selling their gorgeous Hamptons home a while ago too. He absolutely needs the cash.
This is a dream come true for her!
This was a terrible idea.
He needs the money. He has his Hampton house for sale. He did a sales video for it where he talks about how happy he was with the house. https://youtu.be/EOWfT2uhmPE?si=t83IHEBAUP5Mm5AJ
Yep. Which, if I were them, I would have sold the NYC place and kept the Hamptons house as their main base. They need space for all of those Ninos.
1. He needs the money
2. Why is no one (other than this site) calling her out on her cultural appropriation and cosplaying Spanish heritage? I don’t get how she gets a pass…..
Oh, I will be watching this one. I actually think it could sink or swim Alec. It can’t hurt from a pr standpoint unless they are extremely unlikeable. Either way, this will be an interesting watch you have to admit. Their kids are all hella cute. It will be nice to see all their little personalities on screen but I do think it is a bit sucky that their parents are exploiting them to increase their popularity in the public.
I feel sorry for their children. Their parent’s narcissism will easily eclipse the hopes of ever having a normal childhood.
2024 version of Jon+kate and duggars and every other bizarre TLC family. Just stop putting your tiny children on TV and into the world before they can understand and agree to the repercussions.
This poor Baldwin family.
It’s not until 2025 and they have been filming on and off since last summer. I admit, I am going to watch it if they give an honest reflection of what he was going through for the trial.
Or if it is another let’s look at our fun fake life. Then I am noping out of it.
But 100% this is a cash grab and Alec is desperate. He never would have agreed to this otherwise.
Agree this is a desperate Hail Mary pass to try to stay relevant and solvent.
But this is a TLC show, appealing to the christians with tons of kids. They aren’t going to dig deep into his trial. I would be surprised if it even mentions it. I bet they will focus on the kids to try and make people forget what is going on.
If you had the name Hillary, why would you deliberately change it to sound so much like “hilarious?” Hilaria? How bloody stupid. I guess to sound more Spanish.
It’s not surprising at all they are doing this because they are hemorrhaging cash.
I firmly believe they’ve been desperately pitching this show.
What ppl don’t get is that he totally bought into her faux Latina persona because she had been forecast to earn millions being an Influencer and ole man Alec was happy to let her shine and be the earner.
They both appear to be profoundly damaged ppl with equal amounts of reckless Narcissism.
They are both so obviously insufferable human beings.
They also appear to hate each other as much as they hate themselves.
Tsk/tsk, those poor children.
You said it all Lindsay. I cannot agree more to all of it. They are both insufferable.
Thank you, Renee’ 🙂
Who imagined this was in his future when Alec as Billy Aldritch was a thing of beauty?
All of the Baldwin Brothers have aged like old, old, old, milk.
True that
I’ve been waiting for your take on this since I saw it announced, Kaiser! Dios mio indeed!
I feel like Alec will barely be on it and it will be the “Hilaria and kids” show. Truly intrigued to see if she doesn’t the accent 24-7 or what.
I appreciate the fact that at least Alec has never hidden the fact they have nannies. He’s mentioned them. There was a set-up photo-op shot with two nannies in the frame. Other very famous A-listers made sure not a nanny was in sight in their big family outings in the airport and whatnot. A very carefully orchestrated image.
We’ll see if Hilaria manipulates the reality of their help for the show. I disagree that you aren’t raising your children or a good mom if you have a nanny or nannies. Hilaria aka Hilary is a wackadoodle, among other things, but I think she is probably a loving mom who has plenty of help for her large brood.
Haven’t been a fan and avoid everything he has ever been in except Beetle Juice after he called is oldest daughter a pig! I hope he goes to jail for his part in the Rust Shooting. He deserves everything he gets!
Train wreck coming …we can start the countdown.
I would love to know who else they pitched this to-I can’t imagine TLC was their first choice. With so many kids every episode with just be the day to day chaos. I wonder if they’ll edit out the multiple nannies.
This is so niche TLC though. I can’t imagine anyone else who would air this. Maybe Bravo?
Those lawyer fees must be piling up! Now, Alec Baldwin is a good actor, so he might be able to keep the happy facade going for a little while, but I have no doubt cracks will begin to show. Personally, I think Hillaria being outed as a fraud with a SEVERE personality disorder, humiliated him far more than he would ever admit to. I also think that he never envisioned the constant, steady stream of babies that Hillaria continues to bring home, and I think the only reason he stays in the marriage is because of the insane amount of child support he’d have to pay, if he left.
I agree he never wanted that many kids. Although, before meeting Hilaria he had stated he wanted a family. I’m sure he never envisioned what happened. I agree he’s embarrassed more than he would ever let on, but the other side of Alec allows his arrogance to be pissed off on behalf of her. But I do think he really loves her and would do anything for her. She got her way by adding on more babies.
I totally agree that his arrogance and his contempt for pop media compelled him to defend her to the public, even though he was secretly humiliated beyond belief.
Plus I think there might be some folie á deux going on, not that long ago I saw a tweet or an Instagram posting (or something) from Alec that had a Pic of his kids and the caption “mi vida”………..😵💫😵💫😵💫
Alec is around my age. I’ve had my eye on him since the beginning. He’s a phenomenal actor and personality, smart as hell, thoughtful, and articulate. Then middle age and ee-LAHrrrrr-ee-ah came along. What a waste.
Eh, his memoir will tell you otherwise. He is neither smart nor thoughtful, although he is a very talented actor & has a great voice.
Co-sign. He was pretty, and talented, and we all lived in blissful unawareness of his anger issues. A more innocent time….
Do people still watch TLC or regular network TV?
The names always get me. I chuckle when I picture her introducing herself to Alec with a fake Spanish accent “‘ilaaaria.” The woman is not OK.
What I find mind boggling is THIS is THE GUY that YELLS at the paparazzi in NYC all the time while out and about. He and his wife are now inviting cameras inside their lives on just about a 24/7 cycle!!! Something is going on. Is she the one pursuing this crazy idea? Most people don’t care for him and once she was found out to be a fake Spanish person… Like yikes all thought she was plain weird and strange