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Kim Basinger has hired full time security to protect her daughter from her father Alec Baldwin, according to reports.
Baldwin was heard calling 11-year-old Ireland a "rude, thoughtless little pig" on a answerphone message that found its way into the hands of the media.
"This is a desperate plea for sympathy when the only danger to the child is inside her own home," a friend of Baldwin told the New York Post. "What kind of parent leaks a voicemail that causes her daughter significant embarrassment and unneeded attention?"
Baldwin has apologised to his daughter both privately and publicly since the incident, but has been banned from seeing Ireland until after a court date on May 4.
The actor's spokesman emphasised: "Alec truly cares about the best interests of his daughter."
Baldwin was heard calling 11-year-old Ireland a "rude, thoughtless little pig" on a answerphone message that found its way into the hands of the media.
"This is a desperate plea for sympathy when the only danger to the child is inside her own home," a friend of Baldwin told the New York Post. "What kind of parent leaks a voicemail that causes her daughter significant embarrassment and unneeded attention?"
Baldwin has apologised to his daughter both privately and publicly since the incident, but has been banned from seeing Ireland until after a court date on May 4.
The actor's spokesman emphasised: "Alec truly cares about the best interests of his daughter."
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