The old showbiz adage 'never work with children or animals' could probably do with an appendage; since 'never work with children, animals or Daniel Baldwin if it means he has to go near a sodding car' is just as accurate.
Daniel Baldwin, you see, has a history with cars. In fact its fair to say that 94% of the time that Daniel Baldwin gets inside a car he ends up getting arrested. Usually Daniel Baldwin car arrests happen because of his bad driving, but this time Daniel Baldwin is mixing things up a little – now he's been arrested on suspicion of stealing a car. Oh, and for having loads of drugs on him, but that bit was sort of expected, right?
Oh, how we'd love to be a Baldwin brother. Things just seem to be more exciting when you're a Baldwin. And we don't care which Baldwin brother we'd get to be, either. Obviously the first choice Baldwin Brother for most would be Alec Baldwin, since he's the only Baldwin brother that throws shitty fits about Arnold Schwarzenegger being a Nazi, has a song about him called I Fucked Alec Baldwin In His Ass and has an ex-wife who makes a range of reputation-slurring chocolate bar wrappers about him. But we'd happily be any of the other Baldwin brothers too: from batshit born-again Christian Steven Baldwin to godawful Fair Game-starring Billy Baldwin.
OK, that's not entirely true – we definitely wouldn't like to be Daniel Baldwin. We wouldn't want to be Daniel Baldwin because Daniel Baldwin seems like he's trouble. Sure, Daniel Baldwin gets roles in The Sopranos and, um, Vegas Vamps, but he's also getting in trouble with the law so much lately that he makes Pete Doherty look like Sir Harry Secombe. Back in July Daniel Baldwin crashed his car – OK, he didn't so much crash it as bomb around a 35mph zone at 80mph in it until he smashed it into a parked Hummer so hard that it was launched 20 feet into the air, leaving Daniel Baldwin with slight injuries and an arrest – and now Daniel Baldwin's been arrested again, this time for apparently stealing a car as E! Online reports:
The 46-year-old Baldwin brother was busted Wednesday by police in Santa Monica, California, for allegedly stealing an SUV in nearby Orange County. Officers spotted a scruffy-looking Baldwin in the parking lot of a local motel, as he climbed into a white GMC Yukon that had been reported stolen, and took the Car 54, Where Are You? star into custody. A search of his motel room subsequently turned up narcotics and drug paraphernalia. He was transferred to a local police station and booked for investigation of grand theft auto and possession of illegal drugs. Bail was set at $20,000.
It's rumoured that the stolen car that Daniel Baldwin was arrested for driving belonged to one of Baldwin's friends who reported it missing. None of which is doing Daniel Baldwin's reputation as a trustworthy actor much good, but Daniel Baldwin should look on the bright side – yes, he's a bit of a nobsack whose only claims to fame are based squarely in genetics and constant low-level notoriety, but has he ever starred as the Fat Controller in a dodgy-looking Thomas The Tank Engine movie? No he hasn't. Daniel Baldwin 1 – Alec Baldwin 0.
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