Alec Baldwin gets long-delayed hip surgery after ‘Rust’ wrap: ‘Intense chronic pain’

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rusty.Alec Baldwin, 65, has undergone hip replacement surgery after wrapping filming of his controversial Western, “Rust,” his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, announced Tuesday on Instagram. “Alec got a new hip today…it was a long time necessary,” Baldwin wrote in the caption of the post, which shows the couple cuddling in a hospital bed. “We have been through so much together…as your partner and as you heal, I want so very much for you to leave this very intense chronic pain chapter behind and improve your quality of life,” she continued.The 39-year-old yogi also gave a shoutout to the doctors who operated on him.

A post shared by Hilaria Thomas Baldwin (@hilariabaldwin)The Post reached out to Baldwin’s reps for comment. Baldwin’s hip replacement comes a month after the criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter against him were dropped following the fatal shooting of 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of “Rust” in 2021.While they were filming, a prop gun Baldwin was holding for a scene unexpectedly fired a real bullet into Hutchins’ chest.

Baldwin has maintained he is not guilty, even denying pulling the gun’s trigger. Charges have also been filed against the set’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was in charge of weapons for the film.

A preliminary hearing for the armorer is set for August in New Mexico’s First Judicial District Court.In January, special prosecutor Andrea Reeb claimed Hutchins would be alive if proper steps had been taken.