Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger's messy (to put it lightly) relationship since their split in 2000 has been tabloid fodder for years. Until now, however, the stories of Alec's rage have been just that -- stories, and something I hoped was kept far away from their 11-year-old daughter, Ireland. Yesterday afternoon, TMZ got its hands on the tape of an enraged rant Alec left on Ireland's voicemail when she failed to pick up the phone at their scheduled time to talk. In the diatribe he lashes out calling Kim a "thoughtless pain," telling Ireland that she makes him "feel like sh*t," threatening to "straighten her out" and calling her a "thoughtless little pig." Click here to listen to the entire thing. In response, a judge ruled that Alec is temporarily banned from seeing Ireland. A further hearing will be set to proceed from here.
In response to the voicemail being leaked, Alec's publicist issued a statement to EXTRA:
"In the best interest of the child, Alec will do what the mother is pathologically incapable of doing ... keeping his mouth shut and obeying the court order. The mother and her lawyer leaked this sealed material in violation of a court order. Although Alec acknowledges that he should have used different language in parenting his child, everyone who knows him privately knows what he has been put through for the past six years."
As ridiculous as break-ups can be, it's heartbreaking that there is an 11-year-old in the middle. Hopefully all the members of this family can figure out the best way to handle this situation. And if Alec isn't already getting help for his anger issues, he should definitely look into that.
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another reason i hate working in family law...kids being put in the middle and/or used to piss off each other. horrible
1Alec is crazy, to hear what he has to say to his own young daughter is just sad. No one should talk to their daughter/son like that.
2****"Everything in life is only for now."-Avenue Q****
Wow, wow, wow! So messed up. I sincerely hope that Ireland has a strong head on her shoulders to look past her father's behavior. Father/daughter relationships are so key to their future relationships with men.
3His publicist's statement is absolutely ridiculous. Anyone who knows him knows what he's been through in the last 6 years??? Screw that. What about what Ireland's been through in the last 6 years? Alec's the adult here, in theory anyway.
And the whole shift of blame to Basinger and her lawyer is disgusting. Alec obviously can't keep his mouth shut, the tape is unfortunate evidence of that.
That poor child.
4is that reali him?
5Oh my god, any dad talking to his daughter in this way should be seriously watched after.
6I couldn't say it better myself Greggie
7It is so sad that this private message to this young girl has been made public for the world to hear. I can't even imagine what she is going through right now. I know this is juicy celebrity news, but should we maybe re-think spreading this around further?
8Alec Baldwin is crazy. I live in New York and am always hearing reports of him going nuts and lashing out at people. The guy needs some professional help. Poor Ireland!!
9ditto Greggie. that tape is just sad to listen to.
"Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness."
--The Problem of Pain
10i cant belive anyone would talk to their kid like that, thats how kids grow up and get messed up and insecure. im reali shocked the stuff he said to her, wat a pric
11It's so sad that Baldwin and Basinger, both, can't keep things civil for the sake of their daughter. With all the gossip of how messy this custody battle is and now with this coming out, it makes one forget who the adults are supposed to be in this situation. And it's absolutely disgusting to hear a father talk to his own daughter that way, no matter how enraged he is. There's no excuse.
12Father's that do this make me SO MAD, not only because the kid is being put through it, but he gives a terrible name to every father out there who is doing the BEST he can for his children. I have watched my fiance (and been there and involved the entire time) go through a HORRIBLE custody battle where he was accused of every heinous thing you can think of by the kid's mother just so she could keep custody (and the child support). It P*SSES me off that men like this get this publicity and give bad names to every father struggling to gain custody of their children.
13A REAL father would deal directly with their ex-spouse or mate, and not even ALLOW the child to hear any of the discussions. BOTH of Ireland's parents should be keeping her from their own fights. This is very disgusting.
No one should talk to anybody like that, let alone a father to his daughter.
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14Toto, I have a feeling we're not in America anymore
"Thoughtless little pig", yeah she looks a little tubby on that pic! j/k ppl.
15OMG Hugs to Ireland what a bad father and what a weak statement his publicist made there's no excuse to speak to your child that way because she didn't answer the phone? Only a dirty animal with no manners would speak to someone like that let alone your own child.
161- Its absolutely ridiculous how he treated Ireland
2- Totally unnecessary from Kim to release the tape... keep your stuff private
17From what I understand, he has anger issues anyway. Was he the one on Celebrity fit club? It was one of the Baldwin brothers and he had a serious attitude.
18I see the future, this girl is going to be another flasher on the hollywood party scene. These kids get severely screwed up by their parents huge egos. Half of this child's life has been both her parents fighting over her like she's some house or car. Sad stuff.
19At this point I vote for her to go live with her born again Aunt Chynna and Uncle William. At least she would have a loving, stable, faith based home!
20This is really sad.
21Leaking itto the public makes it 100 times worse too.
That is so screwed up. What's really scary though is if he gets that angry over a missed phone call, what is he like when a child actually misbehaves. I'm afraid to even think about what happened while he and Kim were still married and raising Ireland together.
22No wonder she doesn't take his calls. What an ass!
23yidd- It was made public because her Mom made it public.
He's a horrible father to say that to her! He didn't even freakin know how old she was either! He should lose all custody!
"Aint nobody out there swift like this."
24Aw, this breaks my heart just listening to it. How awful.
25We only know what Alec did but they both seem to have real big problems. Kim shouldn't have released that tape either it was unnecessary and thrust a child into the spotlight. She didn't do it for Ireland she did it for herself and that was just f**king selfish of her to expose her daughter to media scrutiny.
26I agree nyara. She could have had the cops listen to it to keep him away from Ireland, but there was no need to release it for everyone to hear.
"Aint nobody out there swift like this."
27I agree that Kim isn't innocent in this either.
The two of them are awful to each other, and claim it's for the good of the child. If they truly wanted what was best, this would be a private issue and they wouldn't spend all their energy telling Ireland how awful the other one is.
28I feel for Kim. Maybe she released the tape to show the world that Alec isn't good for her daughter. Poor Ireland. As for Alec: dude you need to learn to control your anger and remember that whatever you say to a child can be very damaging. Kids are like sponges.
29Ever since their divorce papers were filed, Kim's been just as publicly disgusting as Alec, in my opinion. I don't feel for her.
Ireland, on the other hand. I agree that she should go live with Billy and Chynna.
30Is this a surprise , I mean did she need to release that tape. I mean we all know Alec is a pig, he's been in enough controversies for that and he's a Baldwin and they aren't exactly upstanding citizens, so really this whole maybe she wanted to show the world alec isn't good for Ireland thing doesn't wash. They are both toxic people and bashing each other in public is bad but can you iagine what they do to that child in private. Kim should have been the bigger person. I would give that child to someone elsebefore giving either of them custody.
31Just terrible !! How sad this child has to be verbally abused this way.Even in the pic it is obvious how fake this guy is,UGH!
32I remember the caricature Trey Parker and Matt Stone made of this guy on Team America. It would be all the more funny now, if it weren't so frighteningly sad for his daughter. What an ass.
33How do we know that Kim leaked the tape?? Just because Alec's publicist said she did?
34I felt sad listening to it, and a bit guilty. I felt like I was intruding. It's a horrible message but he's just an angry parent. Being famous certainly has it's downsides. I'm sure I've left messages in my life that I'd regret hearing again. I'm sure are long gone and never spread around the internet!
35Both of her parents are screwed up!! What kind of man talks like that to his daughter and what kind of mother releases the tape out in the public just to get even with her ex-husband. THey both need to grow up!!!
36Who else who have leaked it missmegs825??
"Aint nobody out there swift like this."
37Utterly disgusting, unacceptable behavior. . . end of story. Never accept unacceptable behavior. This poor girl needs some protection from her father & it should not be taken lightly. He obviously has some major bullying issues & needs anger management classes to say the least. No wonder she left this true pig! agh! poor Ireland. . .
38yes, commom Ireland made a few phone calls to release the tape.
39If he can say that to her on VM, what does he treat her like in person? What an *sshole. I know that kids can drive a person crazy (I'm raising 5), but give me a break. She's not there to pick up the phone so he insults and degrades her? He makes me so angry I just want to smack him. UGH!!
40That child has been totally betrayed by both of her disgusting, immature parents. That tape should have been in court only. Shame on a mother embarrassing her child in public as she has done. Shame on her father for not being a real man and understand you dont have to bully or brow beat a child to control them. Both of these idiots should be kept away from this girl.
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At this point it is pure speculation to say that Kim released this tape. There were copies of it at her Attorney's office and in a sealed court file (those seals are nothing more than thin red tape). That being said, we can actually hear Alec on the tape verbally abusing his daughter over a missed phone call. This directly supports Kim's claim that Alec is an abusive, controlling individual. She has tried in vain to convey this to the Family Court Judge assigned to her case and gotten nowhere. I certainly don't believe it is okay to violate a court order, and if infact she did, she needs to be held in contempt. BUT, when your ex is manipulating the system and further harming your child, it's hard not to feel desperate. Let the focus be on keeping Ireland safe.
42Harvey from TMZ is stating they got it legally, that would leave out the court or its employees. He insinuated it was Kim and Ireland. Well sorry, Ireland is too young to enter into any contract without parental permission.
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Maybe ireland is manipulative who knows. When kids realise they can play their parents off against each other they can be totally brutal, believe me I did this to my parents growing up. He shouldnt have called her a little pig but it sounds like alec is really just furious and I think somewhere along the line a lot of us have had worse conversations with our parents.
44I really feel for this girl. Neither of her parents seem to really care very much about her wellbeing. Dad's a verbally abusive *sshole and Mom's perfectly happy to use her for her own ends.
Poor kid, she's 11. Taking bets on how many classmates start calling the poor girl a pig at recess...?
45his words are pretty shocking. that child must have been really scared to come forward with this to her equally bat sh*t crazy mom. ireland and frances bean can escape together and form their own family and their parents can go work on their "issues".
46Nyaradzom - You have a point. I can't imagine unleashing a self absorbed tirade anywhere near this level on my kids, but I'd hate to have my very worst moments broadcast to the world. We all lose our cool at times.
47Wow poor girl
..If you see us in the club we'll be acting real nice
48if you see us on the floor you'll be watchin all night..
is never an excuse to disrespect your kids, but maybe she never answers the phone
49Wow - this kid doesn't have a prayer. Her father is a rageaholic freak and her mother is an agoraphobic, manipulating freak. It's a lose-lose.
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