Whoa...Ouch...Alec Baldwin

[weaktwos]

MSNBC is reporting that Alec Baldwin lost some custody opportunities with his daughter since he left an angry voicemail on his 11 year old daughter's phone.

First of all, it's rather humorous that he says, "...you have insulted me for the last time." Of course, he was so very wrong, because Kim Basinger made it public.

So, what do you think, gentle reader? I'm thinking that everyone's parent has lost it on occasion. I shutter to think how all parents if all their comments were recorded. In this case, we get one angry phone call. I mean, hasn't everyone's parent blown their stack at least once when the child is being disrespectful and/or mean?

It's a shame that it was made public like this. If Baldwin has a trend of being a lousy parent, that's for the courts to decide. Playing this out in the public eye seems quite petty.


So, parents: don't leave angry tirades on voicemail, okay?

Comments

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, nobody is perfect, here. But it's just one of those things that shouldn't be played out in the media.

Now, I've not seen his parenting in action. But if he has a history of violent behavior, that can easily be addressed by the courts.

Knowing what I know of certain 12 year olds, they can surely be ungrateful pigs and piss off parents to high heaven. He very well could be an asshole parent. However, I figure his temper runs in the family, meaning she's got it, too. And I don't necessarily begrudge someone from being angry and expressing it verbally.

I'm not saying this is good parenting, I'm just saying that people are not infallible and that it's a promethian task to keep your temper in check with kids that are approaching their teenage years. And it bothers me that it's being made public.

[pacalissanctum.livejournal.com]

He also has a history of being a jackass in public about his exwife and her camp usually just addresses it in court. It being directed at their daughter might be the straw that broke the camel's back.

Making it public probably wasn't the best thing, but I can def. see why it was.