Alec Baldwin recently testified against Genevieve Sabourin (both seen here leaving a Manhattan court house) who is accused of stalking the actor. She claims the pair had a relationship. It's not the first time the "30 Rock" star has found his personal matters at the center of a public battle....
Baldwin had a contentious divorce from actress Kim Basinger in 2002, which included a custody battle over their daughter, Ireland. The pair reportedly had a passionate and stormy nine-year marriage.
Baldwin and his daughter, model Ireland Baldwin, appear to have a close relationship judging by their appearance together at the 65th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles in September. But back in 2007 a voicemail was leaked of the actor yelling at a then 11-year-old Ireland and calling her a "rude, thoughtless little pig."
In 2011, the actor was booted from an American Airlines flight for refusing to turn off his cell phone after the doors had closed. He complained via Twitter that it was all over his playing the online game Words with Friends.
In April, the actor had a dust-up related to Shia LeBeouf, who was reportedly fired from a Broadway production of "Orphans" after clashing with Baldwin. LaBeouf later told late night host David Letterman that the two "had tension as men."
In June 2013, Baldwin once again took to Twitter to slam a reporter who claimed Baldwin's wife Hilaria was tweeting during the funeral of "The Sopranos" star James Gandolfini.
In August 2013, both Baldwin and a photographer called the police to report an incident in New York. Apparently a standoff ensued after the photographer got too close for Baldwin's liking while he was with Hilaria. Baldwin has had several altercations with paparazzi.
- Alec Baldwin yelled a slur at a photographer
- GLAAD tweeted about it
- Baldwin tweeted that he will "retire" the word from his vocabulary
(CNN) -- It's been a rough week for Alec Baldwin.
Not only did he give very emotional testimony against an accused stalker, but he also raised the ire of GLAAD after using an anti-gay slur he didn't realize was one.
According to TMZ, the "30 Rock" star chased after a photographer outside his Manhattan apartment on Thursday and called the man a "c**ksucking f*g."
"Get away from my wife and the baby with the camera," Baldwin can be heard yelling on video taken of the incident. "What f***ing language you want that in?"
On Friday Baldwin posted a statement on MSNBC's website saying, "I did not intend to hurt or offend anyone with my choice of words, but clearly I have -- and for that I am deeply sorry. Words are important. I understand that, and will choose mine with great care going forward."
The incident occurred hours after Canadian actress Genevieve Sabourin was found guilty of stalking and harassing Baldwin.
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"What I said and did this week, as I was trying to protect my family, was offensive and unacceptable. Behavior like this undermines hard-fought rights that I vigorously support."
The statement came after MSNBC announced a two-week suspension for Baldwin's Friday evening show "Up Late With Alec Baldwin."
"I understand 'Up Late' will be taken off the schedule for tonight and next week. I want to apologize to my loyal fans and to my colleagues at MSNBC -- both for my actions and for distracting from their good work. Again, please accept my apology," wrote Baldwin.
Following reports of the incident, the activist organization GLAAD expressed its disappointment on Twitter.
"Mr. Baldwin can't lend his support for equality on paper, while degrading gay people in practice," GLADD tweeted.
The organization later added via Twitter, "It's clearly time Mr. Baldwin listens to the calls from so many LGBT people and allies to end this pattern of anti-gay slurs."
Baldwin responded with his own series of tweets.
"Anti-gay slurs are wrong," he said. "They not only offend, but threaten hard fought tolerance of LGBT rights. I'm grateful to all of the ppl I meet + hear from who recognize that I would never say something to offend my friends in the gay community."
He also said "1-Rich Ferraro from @glaad informs me that c'sucker is an anti-gay epithet. In which case I apologize and will retire it from my vocabulary."
On Friday TMZ featured video of Baldwin asking his male hairdresser if he thought he was a homophobe, to which the stylist jokingly responded, "Yes. Big time."
This is not the first time Baldwin has had a run-in with paparazzi. In August, Baldwin was photographed holding a paparazzi's arms behind his back and pinning him over the hood of a parked car. Both Baldwin and the photographer called 911 but no charges were filed.
In 2012, a New York Daily News photographer accused Baldwin of assault. Baldwin said the photographer bumped him with his camera.
