You are a rude, thoughtless little pig."

[Mags 112]

Has anyone ever recorded what they say to a child when that child has done something really out of line?

I never have, but I would bet there would be some suprises if I did. I am not saying it's right/wrong or anything else, but I do think it's not something we should have had access to or be able to make judgements on out of context.

Exactly.

[Jenn! 918]

The line that stood out most to me was. "You don't have the brains or the decency as a human being...."

That's just shocking to me. And I was most definitely *not* coddled as a child.

[Fandango 1,440]

What an a$$hole!

However, Kim Basinger is an even bigger a$$hole for leaking it. The poor girl.

totally agreed

[mybackpages 0]

I wonder if our reactions differ depending on if we read about it or heard the audio first? I know i am reacting to it from a very personal point of view. There is never any reason to calla child a name and use words that attack the innermost being of the child. Losing a temper is one thing, this is more than that. IMO

[Peikko 1,575]

Which is going to do more harm in the long run? The girl hearing this one time as a voice message or the girl hearing endless comments on what kind of father he is over the media? It's plain wrong in my opinion.

[Jenn! 918]

Which is going to do more harm in the long run? The girl hearing this one time as a voice message or the girl hearing endless comments on what kind of father he is over the media? It's plain wrong in my opinion.

Tha latter for sure. What kind of a mother subjects her daughter to that?

[MrsBruce5 0]

He's just an arsehole. Nothing more to say...you just don't to a child in that manner.

[Fandango 1,440]

Which is going to do more harm in the long run? The girl hearing this one time as a voice message or the girl hearing endless comments on what kind of father he is over the media? It's plain wrong in my opinion.

Tha latter for sure. What kind of a mother subjects her daughter to that?

A mother blinded by her hatred for the man who equally created the gift that is their child.

Such a pity.

[Marilyn. 340]

sounds like he is talking to a girlfriend or something not his child...

I don't care how angry you are but you shouldn't talk to your child like that or anybody for that matter.....

Edited April 20, 2007 by MarilynP

[Ban Hammer 13,633]

celebs behaving badly. nothing new there.

baldwin shouldn't talk like that to his kid though. words like that wound deeply when coming from a parent.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Amen, Brother Charles !

[Marilyn. 340]

Alec Baldwin Explains Himself on the Web

Friday April 20 1:50 PM ET

As Alec Baldwin's angry words to his daughter were being broadcast around the world, the 49-year-old actor explained himself Friday on his Web site.

"Although I have been told by numerous people not to worry too much, as all parents lose their patience with their kids, I am most saddened that this was released to the media because of what it does to a child," he wrote. "I'm sorry, as everyone who knows me is aware, for losing my temper with my child. I have been driven to the edge by parental alienation for many years now. You have to go through this to understand. (Although I hope you never do.) I am sorry for what happened. But I am equally sorry that a court order was violated, which had deliberately been put under seal in this case."

A voicemail Baldwin left for his 11-year-old daughter, in which he can be heard calling her "a rude, thoughtless little pig," was published Thursday by celebrity news site TMZ.com.

Baldwin and his ex-wife, Kim Basinger, have been engaged in bitter custody disputes over their daughter, Ireland, since the couple divorced in 2002.

"In such public cases, your opponents attempt to take a picture of you on your worst day and insist that this is who you are as a person," Baldwin wrote. "Outside the doors of divorce court, I have friends, I have respect from people I work with and I have a normal relationship with my daughter. All of that is threatened whenever one enters a court room."

Meanwhile, Baldwin's attorney, Vicki Greene, said she filed a court order Friday "to determine how the tape got leaked and to determine whether actions should be taken again Kim Basinger, or her attorneys, or Harvey Levin (who runs TMZ.com) and anybody else associated with the leaking of the tape and the violation of the court orders to keep the proceedings closed."

Greene told TV's "The Insider" that "anyone involved in this case should want to protect Ireland, so whatever happened was either intentional, reckless or negligent."

The matter is set for a hearing June 5, Greene said.

A call to Basinger's attorney was not immediately returned. Basinger's spokeswoman had no comment Friday.

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/2007042...7710220000.html

Edited April 20, 2007 by MarilynP

[russ 1]

My parents (my dad in particular) said far worse to me for doing far less. I turned out fine. I'm 28 now and my mother said far worse (by voicemail) for not doing a better job shoveling snow from her driveway.

I think we would all view this differently if it was not on TV. (and it is not in context either).

Most parents I know get pretty upset if their kids do not call when they are supposed to. Calling on time is the modern equivelant to being home before the street lights come on.

(I guess that I'm one of the last in my generation to grow up with that warning! Life before mobile phones...)

LOS ANGELES - The festering bad blood between movie-star exes Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger erupted Thursday when an angry phone message from Baldwin to his daughter was made public.

On the recording, Baldwin can be heard berating his 11-year-old, Ireland, "You are a rude, thoughtless little pig."

[Heracles 417]

That is almost child abuse, well mental abuse.

Alex Baldwin is a scumbag and needs to smarten up like his younger brother..

Edited April 21, 2007 by Infidel

[choji 0]

sounds like he is talking to a girlfriend

In my book any guy who talks like that to a girlfriend has immediately aquired an ex-girlfriend.