‘Baldwin also appeared annoyed with his wife, Hilaria, who at one point stood in front of Baldwin in an apparent attempt to get him to stop talking about the incident…’
by John Ransom
Actor Alec Baldwin emerged from his hiatus after the shooting death of director Halyna Hutchins on the set of Baldwinâs film âRustâ appearing defensive, bitter and hostile as he avoided talking with reporters about how he accidentally shot the director.
Baldwin began by asking reporters what they wanted to know, and subsequently responded to a question about the shooting by claiming that heâs been ordered by the sheriffâs department in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to not discuss the shooting.
âIâm not allowed to make any comments because itâs on ongoing investigation,â said Baldwin at the outset and who then went on to make comments defending himself.
Do you believe Baldwin?
And whatâs with his wife?? pic.twitter.com/98jlRkoNss
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) October 31, 2021
Baldwin fled New Mexico for Manchester, Vermont, with his family where he had been incommunicado until now.
âThe actor addressed a swarm of [paparazzi] Saturday who were hounding him in Manchester, VT, where he and his family have been laying low since the fatal incident,â said the celebrity gossip site TMZ which distributed Baldwinâs comments via video.
âShe was my friend,â a defensive Baldwin said of Hutchins according to the NPR. Hutchins was killed when Baldwin fired a gun on the set that he said he thought had no bullets in it.
âWe were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together and then this horrible event happened,â Baldwin continued, apparently advancing the claim he has no liability in the accident.
âBaldwin called the shooting incident a âone-in-a-trillion eventâ and said he had met with Hutchinsâ husband,â said NPR.
Baldwin also appeared annoyed with his wife, Hilaria, who at one point stood in front of Baldwin in an apparent attempt to get him to stop talking about the incident.
âWhile he was addressing the press, Hilaria appeared to want to say something to Alec, prompting an annoyed Alec to tell her, âExcuse me,ââ said News18.com.
The set of âRustâ has been the scene of two additional accidental discharges of weapons previous to the fatal accident that killed Hutchins, reported Fox News.
âAlec Baldwinâs stunt double reportedly accidentally fired a blank round after being told the gun was âcold,â a term used to denote that there is no projectile in the weapon. Another incident reportedly involved a young woman from the props department shooting herself in the foot,â reported Fox News.
Baldwin, in addition to running as male lead, also is a producer on the film according to the site Deadline.