You may not be Father of the Year, but I still like 'ya

So, the latest in the Alec Baldwin/Kim Basinger drama involves their unfortunately named kid, Ireland.
*Note to self - when having kids, name them after countries.*

Anyhoo, the voicemail that Alec left for the kid was "leaked" to TMZ.com. I have to admit that I'm biased in this situation because I think he's hilarious & obviously the most talented of the Baldwin brood, but in reality, what he said wasn't that bad. 1) You have to consider that an 11 yr. old in Hollywood years is like, 25 in regular people years 'cause of all the crap that they've seen & or done. Plus, she's a Hollywood kid which means that she's probably spoiled & deserved a talking too. Just think what Paris Hilton would have turned out like if she was told what a worthless human being she is at a young age. 2) I could totally relate when he stumbled over how old his kid is. As much as my mom talks about how much of a struggle it was to birth me, she probably still thinks I'm 22.

Instead, I think that more attention needs to be paid to Kim Basinger's motives & the effect that an acrimonius divorce has on children that are caught in the middle. Baldwin was angry, but he never crossed the line & said what I thought he was going to, like "you're a dirty whore, just like your momma", or even calling her fat. He was inappropriately lashing out at his daughter who is being used as a pawn by her mom. Also, this was a bad situation, but why on earth did Kim Basinger think that the end (exposing her ex-husband as someone who's capable of losing his temper & getting angry); justified the means (publicly humiliating her daughter by having this play out over evey possible news outlet)?

Alec shouldn't be painted as this vile person. I'm sure if any parent was taped talking angrily to their kid & had it played back, it would sound pretty vile.

Look at it this way, her mom has opened the door for Ireland to pursue writing a tell-all book on her horrible upbringing. Or, maybe it'll be a book on tape :)