Baldwin, 49, and Basinger, 53, met on the set of a movie in 1991 and were married in 1993. In 2001, they filed for divorce in a blizzard of vicious accusations. The divorce was granted a year later. She has accused him of beating her. He has accused her of being an alcoholic. As Lauer observed after listening to the tape, Baldwin “can’t even say her name,” calling her “the mother” on the recording.

“It’s the nastiest divorce I’ve ever seen,” said Levin. “It’s been going on for years. There has been such hatred and bitterness in this family. Kim Basinger believes that she has been the victim in this, that he has an explosive, volcanic temper. He believes that she’s denying him the right to parent Ireland, and it has just been endless.”

I'm going to get reamed for saying this but what if the 11-12 year old girl is a brat. Especially in Hollywood. If she's that stereotypical child of two Star parents then she's probably been very frustrating to raise.

But, I don't know them personally so I really can't say.


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I'm going to get reamed for saying this but what if the 11-12 year old girl is a brat. Especially in Hollywood. If she's that stereotypical child of two Star parents then she's probably been very frustrating to raise.

But, I don't know them personally so I really can't say.


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I'm going to get reamed for saying this but what if the 11-12 year old girl is a brat. Especially in Hollywood. If she's that stereotypical child of two Star parents then she's probably been very frustrating to raise.

But, I don't know them personally so I really can't say.


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Is it wrong that I like him even more now?

gemini13 said:

Treating your child like that speaks volumes about you as a person. I don't give a fuck how far another adult may have pushed me, it would not have a bearing on whether I behave like a brainless asshole toward my children, calling them names and blaming them for my issues.

FunkMistress said:

Exactly. There's no excuse for speaking to another adult that way, let alone a child, let alone your OWN child.

What is WRONG with people?

FunkMistress said:

Exactly. There's no excuse for speaking to another adult that way, let alone a child, let alone your OWN child.

What is WRONG with people?

I think he probably shouldn't have called her a pig but I've heard parents called their kids worse things when they've gotten on their last nerve. What I heard in the message he left was... despite what's happening between he and her mother, he is still her father and he's not going to allow or let his 11year old daughter disrespect him...as any parent would do. and personally, I ain't mad at him for putting his child in check at to who the parent is and who's the child.

I think he probably shouldn't have called her a pig but I've heard parents called their kids worse things when they've gotten on their last nerve. What I heard in the message he left was... despite what's happening between he and her mother, he is still her father and he's not going to allow or let his 11year old daughter disrespect him...as any parent would do. and personally, I ain't mad at him for putting his child in check at to who the parent is and who's the child.

CarrieMpls said:

That's all I am saying.

People are gross.

FunkMistress said:

Exactly. There's no excuse for speaking to another adult that way, let alone a child, let alone your OWN child.

What is WRONG with people?

JustErin said:

Evidently, I'm not the only one who disagrees. Are you trying to tell me that you've never lost your temper, and that y'all are just the most perfect parents? I asked you whether you had ever been deliberately alienated from your child's life? If not, then you can't understand the level of frustration.

statuesqque said:

That's what I'm saying - Baldwin's kid got off easy. Whenever I f-d up, my dad would call me "dumbass" & "retarded". Now which is worse?

uPtoWnNY said:

Exactly, in my circle of family and friends, what he said wouldn't even raise an eyebrow…if anything, the child would be getting calls from one or two people asking her, if she’s lost her mind in not answering her daddy’s calls and she had better have a damn good answer.... I remember hearing words like "wench" and "heifer" from my mother, father and all the other adults.

statuesqque said:

Hell yeah....and I gave you the CLEAN version of what Pop used to scream when I did stupid sh!t.

well he apologized already.

unlucky7 said:

Now the healing can begin.

i think the length and the viciousness of the message is what made it sound so terrible

like he HATED her imo