Alec Baldwin hopes his children grow up with “hope” and a desire to “fight” for what is right.
Alec Baldwin wants his children to grow up with “hope”.
The 68-year-old star – who has Ireland, 30, with ex-wife Kim Basinger and Carmen, 12, Rafael, 10, Leonardo, nine, Romeo, eight, Eduardo, five, Maria Lucia, also five, and three-year-old Ilaria with spouse Hilaria – is outspoken in his political views and hopes to teach his kids to grow up with the same “fight” against what is wrong in the world.
He told E! News: “I want my kids to grow up having hope, because right now it’s more hopeless than I’ve ever seen.
“We’ve got to continue to fight to prove to our children that you got to keep fighting. You got to have hope, and you got to keep fighting to take the reins of power in our society, and that responsibility – that awesome responsibility – away from people who are going to abuse it.”
The It’s Complicated actor joked his dreams for his kids have grown bigger than they used to be.
He laughed: “For a while, I thought I just wanted them to push my wheelchair.
“I say, ‘I want you guys to work out and get strong because you’re going to be pushing the old man in my chair before long.'”
Earlier this year, Alec admitted he doesn’t want to work anymore and would rather “retire and stay home” following his experiences with a quieter life in the wake of the Rust tragedy.
The veteran actor was holding a prop gun on the set of the Western in October 2021 when it discharged, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza, and Alec was wrapped up in a lengthy legal case as he faced manslaughter charges in connection with the tragedy.
The charges against the star were dismissed twice and the case is over, but he is still struggling with the fallout from the tragedy.
He told The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast: “We had this incident, this tragedy, in New Mexico, where Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of the film, and that was unspeakably difficult to deal with…
“Because of the situation in New Mexico, which was very painful, I wound up staying home a lot.
“I was home with my kids for three-and-a-half years — I hardly worked at all — and that’s just changing now. I’m going to go off and do a bunch of things.
“But I was home and I got used to it, and I don’t want to leave my house anymore. I don’t. I don’t want to work anymore. I don’t. I really don’t. I want to retire and stay home with my kids.”
Alec Baldwin shares his biggest wish for his children
