Netflix’s ‘Bad Vegan’ name-drops Alec Baldwin: A look at how the actor is tied to the streamer’s crime doc

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Netflix's newest true-crime documentary "Bad Vegan" name-drops Alec Baldwin as it explores the actor's relationship with the show's main subject, Sarma Melngailis.

The documentary focuses on the story of Sarma, who previously owned Pure Food and Wine in New York City.The former restaurant owner opened up about meeting Baldwin in the very first episode of the four-part documentary series. "I met Alec Baldwin at the restaurant," Sarma explained in the episode. "We talked a lot on the phone and via email.

Sometimes when you meet somebody, and you feel like you already knew them, it kind of felt like that with him." While Sarma seemingly was focused on a friendship with Baldwin, journalist Allen Salkin thought the actor had a crush on her.

Sarma explored her friendship with Alec Baldwin in the new Netflix documentary "Bad Vegan."  (Getty Images) "My understanding of her relationship with Alec Baldwin is that he was a regular customer at the restaurant, and that, like a lot of the gentlemen who went there, he had a bit of a crush on Sarma," he said in the documentary. "When Alec was talking to her about wanting to have somebody important in his life, she would, instead of offering herself as that potential person, um, suggest that maybe he should adopt a dog." As she was sending links to Baldwin about adopting a dog, she ended up rescuing a dog of her own, Leon.