Should Alec have left that message for his 11 year old daughter? No, but we do not live in a perfect world and people are not perfect. We are not celebrities having our lives dissected every single day in the public eye. He should not have called her a pig, but if she was not answering the phone when she was supposed to, I’m sorry but as her father, he has a right to get upset. And getting upset gets kids attention and forces them to understand that every action has a consequence. Obviously the underlying reason for his anger lies in the mess of a divorce and custody battle w/ his ex. The details that have emerged about her behavior is certainly not ideal either. Adults must learn to put their personal issues aside and do what is BEST for their children. I do not believe that Alec is a threat to his daughter, but is simply a father who has made a mistake and is a man frustrated he can’t spend time and talk w/ his daughter as often as he would like to. Before everyone here resorts to such judgement, try for a moment to imagine yourself in the difficult situation these 3 are in. You have NO idea how you would behave. Take a minute to walk in other people’s shoes…..

I keep reading hearsay that Basinger is a nutcase. I can’t recall any single incident that supports this claim other than Baldwin’s rants. His latest rant makes me question whether it was ever Basinger who was the nutcase. Sounds very much like she was verbally abused in their marriage; it would have taken her time to regain her independence and self-esteem. I laud her for leaving Baldwin; the man clearly has anger management issues.

Poor Ireland. She’s a beautiful girl. And if she’s been in the middle of this all of her life, then, like her dad, she’s probably a very angry one. She most likely leaked the voicemail “inadvertently” by sending it to a friend.

Whoever said Baldwin’s apology should have only been about his actions was dead-on right. It makes no sense for Baldwin to blame Basinger for the leak. All it does is escalate the conflict. The only people who benefit are the lawyers who bill for every hand-holding session, brief, public comment and court appearance.

It shouldn’t matter that she’s 11. No one should be spoken to like that. It’s eerier that he was calm while saying such hurtful things, as though it wasn’t ‘heat of the moment’ fury, but well calculated manipulation. Yes, it’s good to let people know how we ‘feel’ but you can say.. ‘I feel…’ instead of ‘You make me…”

I wish I wasn’t one of the croud that has been treated like this. I also wished that I could’ve let the rest of my little town know about all the calls/letters… mailed to me but addressed to my mom about how the way she raised me turned me into a horrible person; but, (aside from this little jab here) I will never do that because it fuels the fire and I would never be able to heal. Maybe I’m wrong and releasing the voicemal to the public will be good for Ireland. I can’t help but feel for all of them. Everyone needs a little more love; sometimes you have to step away from the situation in order to heal yourself.

to be honest i don’t blame his rant at all. the guy got frustrated. the kid doesn’t even pick up the phone at a time she knows is scheduled to talk with her dad. I mean if she doesn’t want to talk with him just say tell him so he would stop calling at a certain time. This has obviously happened before and he just snapped. NO he shouldn’t have blew up at her like that but I don’t blame the guy one bit.

Although she may be a “bratty” kid, she is human!! NO_ONE has the right to belittle or verbally abuse a child. We have the ability for rational thought and as adults, we have to exercise good judgement, especially in regard to our children. Children, especially, girls in the pre-teens, tend to be everything that adults do not understand. Mr. Baldwin’s tirade only shows that he is no better than a school yard bully. The problem with all of this is that noone is councilling this child. She is obviously afraid of her father and definately confused about her situation regarding her parents’ behavior. More than likely,as she grows, she will behave as most celebrities’ children: Self centered and dangerous. Her parents will be proud!!

The only problem with his message is the pig part. Other than that he was calm and he told her directly what he thought. My niece is 10 years old and she is spoiled and completely aloof to eveyone else’s feelings. Sometimes things need to be said even if they hurt. Again the pig part was completely uncalled for.

Alright I have read SOME of the comments…for those who think it is ALRIGHT to speak to their child like that..what the heck are you smoking? I know kids can be brats and such and yeah some kids need to be told “off” but sitting their calling your daughter a RUDE LITTLE PIG that is just name calling and disrespecful!! I don’t care WHAT she does to her parents it is still NO EXCUSE! They are the adults she is a CHILD, no matter what!! I would never go to the level of calling my child names and making them feel worthless there is a difference of saying HEY you were suppose to pick up the phone and I am hurt and angry that you broke our “date” then going off like he had. He needs anger managment, honestly I feel sorry for the little girl who is trapped between her parents fight! They had pulled her in the middle for YEARS!! If I were here soon as I was 18 I would write them both outta my life!

Everyone can lose their temper… they might yell at their kid… but calling her names like that is verbal abuse.

I’m not saying everyone is perfect… I’m not saying that people don’t accidentally slip and call their child something once and realize immediately they lost it and apologize.

I’m saying this long rant of repeating himself, calling her names repeatedly sounds like a person who has really lost it.

I have always respected Kim Basinger. But whether it was his behavior towards the media or towards his wife and daughter, Alec Baldwin seems to me to be a very controlling and narcissistic personality.

I really worry about his treatment of Ireland.

how is this any of our business? private voice mail. not like he posted it on his website.

I think Ireand has two nut-so parents. What kind of dad gets so angry that he calls his daughter “a pig”, and what kind of mother releases something so disturbing to the media for the girl to endure forever and publicly. I’m sure she really wanted her teenage friends hearing all this. It doesn’t appear to me that the girl’s best interest is at heart, but that it’s just about winning her to the parents.