Thursday April 19, 2007
Baldwin and Ireland in happier times on the Santa Monica Pier on Mar. 18, 2007.
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Actor Alec Baldwin left a furious voicemail message on his daughter Ireland’s cell phone this week, calling the 11-year-old a "rude, thoughtless little pig," promising to fly into town on Friday and let her know in person how angry he is with her.
In the message, which goes on for over two minutes and was originally obtained by TMZ, the 30 Rock star also lays into his ex-wife Kim Basinger, 53, who he deems a “thoughtless pain in the a-s.”
The former couple, who were married for nine years, have been waging a very public custody battle over their only child since divorcing in in 2002 after nine years of marriage.
According to TMZ, LA County Superior Court Commissioner Maren Nelson allegedly heard the tape Wednesday and temporarily suspended Baldwin’s visitation rights. A hearing has reportedly been set for May 4 to determine how the tape will affect the 49-year-old actor’s custody over his daughter.
Portions of the message follow:
I want you to know something, okay? And I want to leave a message for you right now because again it’s 10:30 here in New York on a Wednesday and once again I’ve made an a-s of myself trying to get to a phone to call you at a specific time....
I’m tired of playing this game with you. I’m leaving this message with you to tell you that you have insulted me for the last time. You have insulted me.
You have insulted me for the last time. You don’t have the brains or the decency as a human being. I don’t give a d-mn that your 12 years old or 11 years old or that you’re a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the a-s....
And when I come out there next week, I’m going to fly out there for the day just to straighten you out on this issue....
Then I’m going to get on a plane, then I’m going to turn around and then I’m going to come home so you better be ready Friday, the 20th, to meet with me because I’m going to let you know just how I feel about what a rogue little pig you really are. You are a rude, thoughtless little pig, okay?
Baldwin’s lawyer, Vicki Greene, told TMZ, “Whatever happened yesterday was sealed and confidential. What you’re telling me you’ve got you shouldn’t have.”
UPDATE: In a statement to Extra, Baldwin’s spokesperson says, “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.”
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