Alec Baldwin is famous for playing greedy in “Glen Gary, Glen Ross”, playing dark in “Darkman”, and playing a guy who can’t act relying on his good looks to make him rich in every other film he’s done, but this week he’s still backpedaling like an Enron accountant on audit day, following the atomic fallout of his voicemail meltdown against 11-year-old daughter Ireland last week.

Bad enough nobody is watching the apparently critically-acclaimed NBC show “30 Rock”, but the role the 49-year-old actor plays this week is that of am embarrassed diplomat short of excuses, though on his website he didn’t hesitate to shuffle blame to custodial mother, actress Kim Basinger.

Basinger was accused by Baldwin of leaking a copy of the voicemail message to the press, a claim she denies. Due to his outlandish threats, Basinger has hired private security, though plainly unnecessary and all for show.

Basinger, anything but a saint herself, is allegedly facing a dozen misdemeanor contempt charges for making the oddly named daughter Ireland unavailable for outings with her dad and violating the court’s other orders to comply with agreed-upon visitation schedules.

Baldwin insists his frustration got the better of him, unaware that his daughter, whom he claims to love more than her mother does, though doesn’t know whether she is 11 or 12 years of age, may have been out of reception area, have a dead battery, or be in a school or other such environment where it’s inappropriate for a pre-teen’s telephone to ring… I mean really, is an 11-year-old really supposed to jump when the phone rings?

In response, Baldwin has parted ways with CAA talent agency, the same firm that represents Basinger. But much worse news for Basinger – she’s 53.

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