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Alec Baldwin’s Mental Mystery

[Blind Gossip] You already know that Alec Baldwin was involved in a terrible accident on the set of his independent Western film Rust.

It is still unclear whether he will face criminal or civil charges in the matter involving Director of Photography Halyna Hutchins.

The shock of the situation isn’t stopping Alec Baldwin from talking about the incident. And talking. And talking.

He recently did a jaw-dropping interview with George Stephanopoulos.

During the interview, Baldwin buried his face in his hand as if sobbing.

Oddly, though, Alec Baldwin said that he feels “no guilt” over the demise of Halyna Hutchins… even though he was the proximate cause of her demise.

It was all very intense and we’re not sure what purpose the interview served for him.

Most attorneys would tell someone involved in an incident like this not to do interviews while the investigation is going on.

Is Alec Baldwin trying to get his version of the story out there as the definitive version against which others will be evaluated?

Does he want people to feel sorry for him?

He is an actor, so it is reasonable to believe that he prepared and rehearsed specific answers ahead of time. 

Now comes a new disclosure! Alec Baldwin’s infamous wife, Hilaria Baldwin, has just declared the following:

My husband is suffering from PTSD right now.  

It’s something that is not just from what happened recently but he’s been suffering from this for a very, very, very long time…

Say what now?!

Alec Baldwin has been suffering from a serious mental condition for a “very, very, very long time”? And this is the first we’ve heard of it?

Later on, Hilaria added some more detail in reference to a photographer who was taking photos of them in a public place.

My husband has ptsd, has had for a long time, now, worse than ever. Some take advantage by poking at him, trying to rile him up, messing with his mental health. It works sometimes. I try to ward it off. This is a good example. You can see his joy. We are literally telling him we don’t consent. he feels the right to violate. This behavior is NOT OK. This is an attempt to create news. Not cover news.

How and when did this PTSD begin? Hilaria does not explain that part.

Alec Baldwin has certainly always been a volatile man.

The irony of his doing an over-the-top impression of President Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live is that Alec Baldwin himself is an over-the-top character.

Remember that shocking phone message Alec left for his young daughter Ireland?

You are a rude, thoughtless little pig! You don’t have the brains or the decency as a human being. I don’t give a damn that you’re 12 years old, or 11 years old, or that you’re a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the a** who doesn’t care about what you do as far as I’m concerned!

Ireland’s mother, Kim Basinger, released the recording during their custody battle. It took years before Alec Baldwin acknowledged that his behavior hurt his daughter “in a permanent way.”

And remember when Alec Baldwin was thrown off a Los Angeles-New York American Airlines flight? He refused to turn off his cell phone during departure because he was playing a game called Words with Friends on his cell phone.

An MTV executive who was on the flight said, “On an AA flight at LAX. Alec Baldwin removed from the plane. We had to go back to the gate. Terrible that everyone had to wait.”

American Airlines said, “The customer was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language.”

That sort of behavior is a bizarre mix of entitlement, selfishness and anger.

And remember the frequent occasions where Alec Baldwin let his fists do the talking for him?

Over the years, Alec has gotten into at least five physical fights with photographers and others. He’s been arrested at least twice.

During those fights Alec was accused of shoving and slapping and punching people. He even broke one photographer’s nose.

Here is Alec getting into one of his many scuffles.

Hilaria Baldwin seems to have adopted Alec’s sensitive and angry ways.

She is also getting into confrontations with photographers. She also photographs anyone who gets near them.

What is ironic about this is that Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria are constantly courting attention on social media, in the press, and on TV. Yet they are shockingly sensitive about being recognized or photographed in public places.

Let’s get back to that PTSD issue.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a serious mental health condition that may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety.

Where did Alec Baldwin’s PTSD come from?

He comes from a stable, middle-class family. 

He has never served in the military.

He has been famous since he became an actor in his twenties.

He talks about everything – including his personal life – all the time.

However, we do not recall him ever discussing a circumstance in his past that might have led to him having PTSD long before this recent tragedy.

The PTSD claim is certainly an odd disclosure at an odd time. We can’t help but think that this disclosure is no more accidental than his tweets, her Instagram posts, or his TV interview.

Is it the truth? A lie? A ploy for sympathy? A legal strategy?

This blind item isn’t about guessing the identity of a person. It is about solving the mystery of Alec Baldwin’s history of PTSD… and why it is being brought up now!

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1. Do you think Alec Baldwin has had PTSD for years?

2. How do you think it happened?

3. Why do you think it is being disclosed now?

4. How do you think this will all play out?

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Comments

  1. Goddess711 says

    Speaking of mental health, did Hilaria say this in her fake Spanish accent?
    He also said he didn’t pull the trigger.
    They’re both batsh*t with celebrity.
    Same old same old in the Baldwin household until she springs a “look something shiny” spawn announcement for pity points.

  3. lilypod says

    I don’t know whether he has PTSD. Lots of things can happen to people that has nothing to do with the stability of their home life, career, etc.—abuse by a family friend or clergy member, being the victim of a violent crime, etc.

    Regardless, I don’t think anything having to do with his negligence on the film shoot has anything do with his mental health and I’m shocked his lawyers are letting him say anything.

  4. gina128 says

    Oh is being an arrogant , narcissistic, entitle a hole a mental illness now? He killed a woman why hasn’t he been charged?

  5. spoofbyrd says

    Bully boy should be keeping his mouth shut until the investigation is over . If I were his attorney I would be throwing fits of my own in a place where nobody could see or hear me . The PTSD is bs but I do think Baldwin is mental & maybe his wife is too from the years of putting up with him and the postpartum from the fecundity.

    • logical says

      I’m a therapist who works with soldiers and civilians who truly have PTSD. I don’t believe him that he does. He and his attention seeking untalented wife, have big mouths and have to document every time they fart. So if he had PTSD for real he would’ve been milking that in the media for years. I don’t get why they won’t shut up and show them selves trick-or-treating with their children and eating an expensive restaurants, After a young boy lost his mother because Baldwin kil;ed her. This is not…

  6. The Beagle says

    I am not sure that I can comment about whether or not I think Alec has PTSD because I don’t know his past. Though it is difficult to give him and his fake Spaniard of a wife the benefit of the doubt, it would be just as bad for me to assume as it would be for them to lie.

    True or not, this is still a pity ploy, and the more they talk, the worse they are making it for themselves. The guy accidentally killed someone, and that in itself is traumatizing, so I will cut him some slack. Not her.

  7. Veritasgalore says

    Hilaria lied about her Spanish heritage and about so many other things — so we know truth means nothing to her. But this particular lie, i.e., stating that Alec has long-standing PTSD, was very foolish. First, if he didn’t divulge his condition to his insurance company, then he’ll be personally liable in all of the suits already filed and to be filed. Second, someone with PTSD has no business handling guns. Third, bringing up PTSD lends support to the crew members’ lawsuits. So stupid,…

  9. High Steppa says

    I do not think he has PTSD and it is shameful that he is using a disorder from which many many people suffer as a shield and excuse for his violent temper and sense of entitlement. I think that HiLIARia is trying to somehow cover up or excuse his strange unfortunate interview.

    They both need to shut up and lay low. Alex killed a woman. Not purposefully of course – it was a hideous accident and I know he feels great grief about it. But no guilt? Nothing like saving your own skin at any…

  10. Fluffy Lilac Slippers says

    Real PTSD is an awful thing – these days however the term is thrown around lightly and many claim to have it when in fact they have not been diagnosed. I look on this “disclosure” cynically and as PR / damage limitation – maybe paving the way for an inability to stand trial should that ever become q requirement. I think Hilarious may see now as a good time for Baby No 7 – after all – that’s what she does.

  11. parkland45 says

    If he has PTSD, it’s from finding out Hilaria was really just regular Hilary from Massachusetts, USA.

  12. Rockin Robin says

    His PTSD began when he met Hilaria.
    He is not the first celebrity to use mental health issues as a way to avoid a possible prison sentence.

  13. heyslick5 says

    1. No, I don’t think he has had PTSD for years.
    3. I think they made it up to play victim. Stop picking on me because I have mental health issues.
    4. I suppose if charges are brought against him or new evidence comes to light, they will try to use it as a defense. If they are already going down this road, makes me wonder what really happened.

    On a side note I find it repulsive that he doesn’t feel guilty for killing her. Even if it’s an accident there should be some feeling of…

  14. Alllie says

    1. Do you think Alec Baldwin has had PTSD for years? NO, I think he’s caused it a few times though.

    2. How do you think it happened? Finding out his wife is a better actor than he…how you say…is.

    3. Why do you think it is being disclosed now? Trying to play down his culpability and lessen his financial responsibility to Helena’s family.

    4. How do you think this will all play out? He will not be criminally responsible but will be financially. Lots of money he will hate paying.

  16. amagod121 says

    1. Yes. It would help to explain his extreme rage issues.
    2. Possibly from emotional and/or physical abuse as a child.
    3. As a possible legal “out” from responsibility for Halyna’s death.
    4. I don’t think he’ll be charged. He’s too big of a star and useful tool for liberal Hollywood.

  17. spookie says

    1. Possibly. It might even explain his temper and behaviour at times. PTSD can occur from events in childhood that one has trouble dealing with as an adult. Although maybe his wife has diagnosed him off the internet.
    2. No idea. Abuse? The Baldwins were raised Catholic, maybe they were altar boys.
    3. This one’s easy – sympathy and less media pressure. Hilary is crisis-managing.
    4. No one’s going to buy into it and go easy on him. It’s not his fault the poor woman died, though.

  18. Sassymom says

    Sorry..he was relentless with his Trump imitation. He is a jerk….and he is mean.

    He does not have PTSD.

  19. Lby54229 says

    Mental health is a hot topic right now, and people will abuse it and claim they have it bc you are SUPPOSED to feel sorry for someone who “claims” they have mental health issues.

    He most likely got PTSD from his wife’s Spanish Identity Crisis.

    I think the claim is all bull* from two, attention-loving bull*ters. I also think it will hurt them in the end bc no one in that family has an sort of credible reputation. What a joke! Everyone is laughing at them.

  20. rayodeplata says

    I just don’t believe him. I think it’s a ploy to paint him as another victim rather than the perpetrator.

    As for the guilt part, I’ve heard a few people whose actions caused someone’s death (famous and not famous) say that they feel “responsible” for the death but not “guilty”, as guilt would imply they had intention to kill. I wonder if that’s a valid reasoning or not.

  21. anarchistlibrarian says

    1) hard to say. a predisposition for PTSD has genetic & environmental components. i have CPTSD due to abuse; others who went through similar stuff might be fine.
    2) maybe his stint as a hot young busboy at studio 54? (or his divorce?)
    3) it’s obviously being disclosed now in order to gain sympathy points.
    4) it will play out TERRIBLY. alec & hilarious need to STOP. TALKING. hilarious also needs to stop w/the happy family instagram stuff & victimhood. a young boy just lost his mother! 🙁

    • anarchistlibrarian says

      just wanted to add: alec also has SELF-DIAGNOSED lyme disease and OCD (the “OCD” he described sounds more like generalised anxiety disorder). i’d take anything they say with a heaping tablespoon of salt!

  22. the skeptic says

    Look, I’m not gonna burn down on Alec for this recent issue. He has been abhorrent for years and what’s happened recently is not all that surprising to me.

    He is what he is. And what he’s been for many years is not what he likes to show himself to be.

    But all of this said, I don’t want to see him skate w/r/t the Rust issue; hope he will man up and take whatever consequences he needs to take.

    One sees that he is now moving away from his responsibility w/r/t the shooting. OK, whatev.

  23. funster says

    Alec Baldwin is a rude, thoughtless big pig.

    He is arrogant, entitled, misogynistic and homophobic. He’s not that different from Trump. Although Trump may be a better actor.

    1. No he does not have PTSD.
    2. They made it up.
    3. He’s trying to gain sympathy to avoid responsibility for killing a colleague.
    4. I would hope justice will be served. But since he’s a famous rich white man I’m not holding my breath.

  25. luddite2 says

    There is no PTSD. This is an act trying to elicit sympathy. Baldwin is an agent of PTSD, not a victim.

  26. seatofmypants says

    1. Do you think Alec Baldwin has had PTSD for years?
    No, I do think he suffers from Narcissism, and that is why he reacts the way he does. He may also be feeling the weight of his actions when he shot Halyna

    2. How do you think it happened?
    No PTSD

    3. Why do you think it is being disclosed now?
    Fearful for being canceled – and his career over, or potentially arrested and convicted/going to jail

    4. How do you think this will all play out?
    People who are rich and famous rarely feel…

  27. kristaa88 says

    It is crazy too, how he said that he thought she had a heart attack? You feel and hear a gun go off, and he said he stood over her for a minute. Something is really off with this story. That interview was very suspicious.

  28. dinamarieburnett says

    1. No to having PTSD. 2. PTSD is his excuse for bad behavior. 3. The lie is being said now to have people feel bad for him. 4. This whole situation is just horrible. I don’t want to hear that he didn’t pull the trigger. A gun does not fire alone. He has always been outspoken against the 2A. Yet, he makes money off movies that have guns on set. The gun was in his hand when it went off. I’m disgusted that he is now placing blame on the victim. He feels no guilt.

  29. PieLies says

    1. No
    2. Didn’t happen
    3. To gain sympathy and/or explain his bizarre behavior
    4. He will at least have a civil suit against him by her family

  30. rjsmitty says

    No he doesn’t have PTSD. He is just a straight up a**hole who has anger issues and is used to getting his way. They’re spinning this story now bc of the shooting. I hope he goes to jail.

  31. annabelle77 says

    Its a ploy for sympathy, and its bull. He doesn’t suffer from PTSD. I do think he exhibits symptoms of Bi-polar disorder, but that can be managed with medication.
    These two idiots are taking too much, giving too many interviews, and making ridiculous statements on the record that are going to come back and bite him in the ass. I see major civil lawsuits bankrupting Alec over this. Add possible criminal liability, and he should be laying low and shutting up. Starting yesterday.

  32. Storm says

    1. No
    2. I don’t think he has PTSD.
    3. He is definitely trying to get the narrative out there before the lawsuits, etc.
    4. I honestly think his days are over. The way he has handled things since the shooting has been deplorable. He is trying to make himself look like the victim when he clearly is not.

  34. MaryQuiteContrary says

    I think the PTSD is merely a sympathy ploy. He’s an entitled a** who has no self control. He needs a one-way ticket to STFU-ville and to take his “Spanish” wife with him.

  35. Prince4Ever says

    IMO, the only PTSD he may have developed over the years comes from being married to that pretend-Spanish-baby hoarding-psycopath. He’s creating enormous problems for himself by opening his mouth during a police investigation where he DID pull the trigger according to the vast majority of weapons expert s. I think she’s trying to sell him up the river by egging him on…then, she gets to keep his money and the kids and invent herself anew for her next mark.

    • CaintGetEnuff says

      I’m so glad someone else was thinking this. Her actions from day 1 have been over-the-top suspicious. She kept trying to talk for him, which was so odd, especially considering his personality. I’m thinking she keeps filming everything so they can create a documentary to show how awful the press was towards them.

  36. DreamyVelvet says

    He belongs in jail. He’s a lying liar who ignored basic firearm safety, playing with, and pointing a gun, pulling the trigger and killing a young mother. He’s a rageaholic alcoholic narcissist. Guilty.