Alec Baldwin thought of suicide the day after the October 2021 taking pictures on the set of his film “Rust,” in line with his spouse, Hilaria.
The revelation was shared within the second episode of “The Baldwins,” the brand new TLC actuality present that chronicles Alec and Hilaria as they navigate the aftermath of the tragic incident.
“I found these text messages the other day between us, you know, the day after,” Hilaria, 41, instructed a pal in a scene from “The Baldwins,” referring to the day after the taking pictures on the set of the Western that was filming in New Mexico.
The “Manual Not Included” writer defined, “He said he wanted to kill himself.”
Alec, 66, was holding a prop gun throughout a rehearsal for a scene in “Rust” when it discharged, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring the director Joel Souza.
“He has survivor’s guilt,” Hilaria shared in a confessional-style interview. “You’re involved in this thing that nobody could even possibly imagine. And so it goes back to that day.”
She added, “He wishes it were him. He would change places in a second.”
“This has affected his health and his mental health tremendously. The past few years, all of a sudden he, you know, has started having heart problems,” Hilaria stated. “He’s been hospitalized multiple times.”
The podcaster additionally revealed that Alec has fainted because the “Rust” taking pictures.
“Everybody’s just screaming I’m going on top [of him] and I’m shaking him,” she recalled.
“It’s hard sometimes. But you know, hopefully, we’re in the hardest but the tail end of it.”
The “30 Rock” alum, who can be a producer on “Rust,” has all the time maintained that he didn’t pull the set off that fatally shot Hutchins and didn’t know that the gun was loaded with reside bullets. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter, however the case was dismissed in July 2024 on the grounds that prosecutors withheld proof that might have been helpful within the star’s protection.
Prosecutors finally dropped their enchantment of the ruling final December.
Alec has stated that he nonetheless struggles with post-traumatic stress dysfunction from the tragedy.
The actor and his spouse have been lately trolled by a Trump impersonator named Jason Scoop, who taunted the couple exterior of their New York Metropolis residence.
After a video of Scoop’s alternate with Alec went viral, the comic claimed that Hilaria chased him “around the block” in heels and tried to seize his telephone throughout the encounter.
“She lunged for my phone,” Scoop, who’s a Trump fan, instructed TMZ on Feb. 25.
If you’re fighting suicidal ideas or are experiencing a psychological well being disaster and reside in New York Metropolis, you possibly can name 1-888-NYC-WELL at no cost and confidential disaster counseling. Should you reside exterior the 5 boroughs, you possibly can dial the 24/7 Nationwide Suicide Prevention hotline at 988 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.
