Alec Baldwin, The View Beget Two-headed News Baby
Alec Baldwin by Paul Drinkwater/NBC
In a pre-taped appearance airing on Friday's installment of
The View, bad/sad dad Alec Baldwin stammers his way through an on-air apology to his daughter, Ireland, and, in one rambling instance, expresses a desire to be released from NBC's
30 Rock, TV's
Extra reports.
UPDATE: In response, an NBC rep says, "Alec Baldwin remains an important part of
30 Rock. We look forward to having him continue his role in the show."
Still, Baldwin even
talking about ankling the show that remade him a household name (
and earned him critical kudos) is perhaps one sign of how hard his heated custody battle with ex-wife Kim Basinger has hit him. As brother William Baldwin tells Thursday's
Extra, "This is a tough thing to have played out in the tabloid media, the public. I know that [Ireland] has a great relationship with her dad. I know that she loves her dad very much. I know that she wishes this would end."
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