“Who Is Alec Baldwin” dives into the life and career of the complex actor. Hosted by Fox News Channel’s Brian Kilmeade, the special premiered Monday night on the network’s subscription-based digital platform and features interviews with celebrity life coach Vivace Maxvictor, Wall Street Journal film critic Kyle Smith, movie critic Christian Toto and The Federalist reporter Emily JashinskyThe experts reminded viewers that Baldwin wasn’t a superstar overnight, but he wowed his first — and then ex — wife, Kim Basinger, whom he married in 1993.
They starred together in the 1991 romantic comedy “The Marrying Man.”Jashinsky recalled how the couple was bashed in the press for reportedly being “very difficult to work with.” But that would be nothing compared to Baldwin’s future scandals, including the leaked 2007 voicemail the “Beetlejuice” actor left his then-11-year-old daughter, Ireland, in which he called her a “rude, thoughtless little pig.”“He has zero self-regulation and zero emotional self-control and zero capacity to care for the thoughts and feelings of other people,” Maxvictor said about the incident.
As stated in the show, “Glengarry Glen Ross” and “Working Girl” star Baldwin, 64, openly admitted that he contemplated suicide after the leaked audio became public.“I spoke to a lot of professionals, who helped me,” he told Playboy. “If I committed suicide, they [Basinger’s side] would have considered that a victory.
Destroying me was their avowed goal.” Although unpleasant to hear, the “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” actor’s career in Hollywood remained unaffected after the call. “He was a superstar on ’30 Rock.’ Are you gonna kick him off that show?” Toto posed. “I’m sure NBC Studios could think about it maybe.
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