Update on the Alec Baldwin incident

Update on the Alec Baldwin story from yesterday: A friend of the 30 Rock actor called TMZ shortly after the story broke to say Baldwin called his daughter last week and apologized for his outburst. The friend insisted that Ireland is very important to Baldwin and that his frustration stems from six years of Basinger trying "everything" to alienate his daughter from him. Baldwin's spokesperson then issued a statement to TV's Extra - "In the best interest of the child, Alec will do what the mother is pathologically incapable of doing...keeping his mouth shut and obeying the court order. The mother and her lawyer leaked this sealed material in violation of a court order. Although Alec acknowledges that he should have used different language in parenting his child, everyone who knows him privately knows what he has been put through for the past six years." Basinger's publicist also released a statement, saying, "The voice mail speaks for itself." All I can say is...that poor girl.

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