A lot of people are appalled at Alec Baldwin screaming "You're a rude thoughtless little pig" at his daughter Ireland – but we've never met Ireland, so for all we know maybe she really is a rude thoughtless little pig who doesn't have any brains or decency.
But we expect not. Anyway, the shockwaves caused by the tape of Alec Baldwin angrily bellowing "I'm gonna STRAIGHTEN YOUR ASS OUT!" at his 11-year-old daughter because she didn't answer the telephone once continue to reverberate. Of course, the obvious person to blame for leaking the answerphone message to the press would be Ireland's mother and Alec Baldwin's ex-wife Kim Basinger, but she denies having anything to do with it. After all, making all those chocolate bar wrappers besmirching Alec Baldwin's reputation doesn't leave her with much time for anything else.
Hearing about the repercussions of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger's ongoing vicious custody battle over 11-year-old Ireland leaves us completely in two minds. On the one hand, it's heartbreaking to think that two human beings can be irresponsible enough to endlessly try and publicly destroy each other's character in front of their own daughter – but on the other hand it's all pretty hilarious, so we're not really going to complain.
You know the deal by now. Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger get married and star in a horrible remake of an old Steve McQueen film before becoming the parents of baby Ireland. Then Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger get divorced and bitterly argue over who gets custody of Ireland. First Kim Basinger says that Alec Baldwin has deep-seated emotional problems and gets him to take a psychiatric test. Then it's claimed that Kim Basinger makes chocolate bar wrappers for Ireland containing slogans that besmirch Alec Baldwin's reputation.
And now there's the tape. The tape of Alec Baldwin calling Ireland a "rude, thoughtless little pig" that Alec Baldwin has already sheepishly apologised for. As simultaneously distressing and amusing as it is to hear Alec Baldwin screeching "You have insulted me for the last time! You don't have the brains or the decency as a human being!" at his daughter for having the temerity switch her phone off when he was trying to call her, the question remains about who leaked the voicemail tape to the press in the first place.
The obvious candidate would be Kim Basinger, who already faces jail for contempt of custody. But Kim Basinger isn't having any of it, claiming that she doesn't have a clue how the court-sealed voicemail tape made its way into the public eye. E! Online reports:
Basinger's rep said that the issue at hand is "not about Kim or the alleged alienation that Alec constantly refers to. It is about his ongoing aggressive behavior." … "Kim's sincerest wish is for him to finally address his unstable and irrational behavior so he, at some point, can potentially create a relationship with his daughter," [the] statement continues. "Until then, Kim will continue to protect and safeguard her child's well-being as any parent would."
And all the while, as Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger continue to publicly rip each other to pieces, poor Ireland is left in the middle. Some are claiming that this prolonged custody pit-fight will inevitably leave Ireland with profound emotional problems in later life, but we think that Ireland is made of sterner stuff than that.
Look at it this way, you'd have built up a pretty good defence mechanism if you'd a) seen your Mum and Dad boning each other in The Getaway and b) heard a song about your father being fucked in his ass, wouldn't you.
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Basinger Denies Leaking Baldwin's Phone Freak-Out – E! Online
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