14 DAY TRIAL // Alec Baldwin already has a solid reputation as a “rage monster,” and his latest outburst on Twitter is unlikely to help him rid himself of that moniker. The actor got into a world of trouble – again – for lashing out at a Daily Mail reporter and apparently using a homophobic slur.
For those out of the loop, it all started with a piece in the British tab claiming that Alec’s pregnant wife, Hilaria Baldwin, was live-tweeting James Gandolfini’s funeral.
The Mail has already offered an apology, blaming the story by George Stark on a Twitter glitch in the display of the correct timeline.
However, before it had a chance to do that, Baldwin lashed out at Stark, calling him a “toxic little queen,” threatening to “[expletive] you up” and urging his followers to kill him for spreading lies.
Gawker has a screenshot of the rant (*please be warned that it contains language that will offend), snapped before Baldwin deleted his Twitter account altogether.
In a statement to GLAAD, the actor apologizes for his choice of words and explains that he was blinded by rage because of how hurtful the article was.
“My ill-advised attack on George Stark of the Daily Mail had absolutely nothing to do with issues of anyone’s orientation. My anger was directed at Mr. Stark for blatantly lying and disseminating libelous information about my wife and her conduct at our friend’s funeral service. As someone who fights against homophobia, I apologize,” he says.
In a separate statement, this time to Gothamist, Alec says that “queen” for him has a different meaning than the universally acknowledged one, that of a disparaging replacement for “gay.”
“The idea of me calling this guy a ‘queen’ and that being something that people thought is homophobic… a queen to me has a different meaning. It’s somebody who’s just above,” he says.
“To me a queen… I know women that act queeny, I know men that are straight that act queeny, and I know gay men that act queeny. It doesn’t have to be a definite sexual connotation, or a homophobic connotation. To me those are people who think the rules don’t apply to them,” Baldwin adds.