Alec Baldwin Exclusive Interview - Part 2 | ABC News

[@ROARINGLION11]

I stand behind Alec 100%, it's just too dangerous to stand in front of him.

[@durtyragoux]

HAHAHAHAHA 🤣!!!!!

[@irrelevant9023]

Stupidest sense of humour I've ever seen

[@saiyanbrother5659]

Lmfaoo thats was a good joke

[@mhicks880]

I was not expecting this. 🤣

[@outsidethepyramid]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@3macnooz]

So after the shot he stands over her for 60 seconds thinking she fainted, meanwhile Joel is Screaming his head off from being shot and nobody is paying him any mind. But he didn't find out until the police station somebody had been shot

[@2jeremy]

How had the lady who called 911 figured out it was a bullet, not a fainting?

[@begshallots]

Probably it was a lot less than 60 seconds. Time isn't perceived the same way during shock. This sounds like a lot of confusion. Just because Baldwin may not have realized what happened doesn't mean somebody else didn't have more understanding. I doubt he's fibbing since there are so many witnesses and there's police scrutiny. He's not dumb enough to make stuff up. He may have indeed done the wrong thing according to protocols. I have no idea about that whatsoever. But I see people just assuming stuff about what he's thinking and saying.

[@kodylucas9044]

It’s probably a state of shock. It’s the body’s defence mechanism. You don’t wanna believe what’s happening so your body, or mind in this case makes up a different form of reality. It’s happened to people before

[@lordadmiralbokbok3499]

This is exactly why he need to be charged and testify under oath. Dereliction of justice here. Its manslaughter at the very least.

[@HolowatyVlogs]

@@lordadmiralbokbok3499 *involuntary, no premeditation here.

[@Fishcop-326]

This interview will come back to haunt him when all the evidence is presented in court.

[@ledhalenV]

It didn’t work out too well for R Kelly. Lol

[@begshallots]

You don't think he's already cleared this with a lawyer? Although, either way he's going to get sued.

[@biologychic7292]

Good.

[@Fishcop-326]

@@begshallots as narcissistic as he is he probably thinks he knows more than his lawyers.

[@zx45zx]

Like the picture of him crying outside the church when he just said he didn't know she was shot until hours and hours later

[@Deejay_quest]

Unscripted, but not unedited. This is a movie scene itself

[@chokeout412]

Just like his actor tears.

[@romper4444]

Common guys, the man's a human being like any of you, stop acting like you know anything about him or what he went thru during this tragedy

[@summerlyu8673]

@@romper4444 Im very shocked how people are reacting to this situation, it seems too clearly an accident with horrible outcome, i doubt that this dude meant to kill anybody

[@estradamurcielgo175]

When it’s called “unscripted” you know every question and answer was carefully planned in advance.

[@danculbert6349]

...Well I mean he has a lawyer

[@jeffallanday]

This is how you get ahead of an investigation when you are guilty. If you are innocent this is not necessary.

[@Normie_Normalson]

also, it's an interview. aren't they supposed to be unscripted, by default? apparently not on abc. good to know.

[@gmchessplay9043]

Well we all know Alec to be an actor so using the term "unscripted" would be one way of expressing that this is not an incident of Alec Baldwin acting. Just my thoughts.

[@above.average.gaming.natio3026]

@@gmchessplay9043 THEN THOSE TEARS CAN BE FAKE.

[@anonymous-od8do]

This interview was a terrible idea. He appears to not take ANY responsibility for this tragic death? None? Like…at all?? Alec should be advised NOT to make any public comment about this ongoing investigation/tragic situation.

[@lomzaunfiltered9151]

I hope he goes to prison he’s totally denying everything

[@kieransoregaard-utt8]

1. He wouldn’t have done the interview if his lawyers didn’t approve it 2. You must be a child if you assume he had ANY responsibility without producing evidence 3. Don’t comment again until you can stop being emotional and learn to use logic.

[@kuuryotwo5153]

@@kieransoregaard-utt8 Without producing evidence? You mean like Halyna Hutchin's cold dead corpse? That's pretty strong evidence in my book. He accepted the weapon, he didn't check the weapon, he pointed it at something he didn't want to destroy, he cocked the hammer, it was in his hand when it fired. Logically speaking it is his responsibility. Anyone handling a firearm is personally responsible for anything coming out of it's barrel when the weapon is in their hand. End of discussion.

[@moow950]

@@kuuryotwo5153 It’s not the responsibility of an actor to check the gun! It’s the duty of the gun professional, the armorer, to check the gun before handing it over to the actor. The armorer has said to Alec it was a cold gun (meaning there is no live, real bullet inside). An actor has to trust the gun professional, so he did.

[@jasonsmith530]

he’s refusing any responsibility to win over his image

[@kape6007]

How is nobody talking about the george stephanopoulos glasses just poppin on and off outta nowhere

[@durtyragoux]

Lol!

[@edwinmalachy]

Oops😂😅

[@edwinmalachy]

A "natural conversation".

[@unrealcolonelsanders5410]

Interesting that an actor has to pretend the gun snaps back when firing, but when firing an actual .45 caliber round he didn't know he fired a bullet until an hour and half later when it was shown to him. He truly is as smart as he comes across.. A blank has minimal recoil, a .45 live round... you definitely know it when there is 50-60lbs of recoil on that gun.

[@johnnytrapantino78]

Damn right there's more to the story or a different story altogether

[@desert4seat]

100% exactly my thought. And what about the pictures of him just after the shooting when he was crying on his cell? Guess he forgot about that eh? This is a bunch of BS. Obviously made for the jury.

[@lightdweller1]

Yes, check 3.16: He says: "that's the training I had, you never point the gun at somebody and pull the trigger." followed by dupers delight (left side of his lips pulls up and in). He may be an actor, but body language can’t lie.

[@Masi22isaM]

Beat me to it @Unreal Colonel Sanders. This idiot didn't slow release the hammer and simply let go.....His laziness and incompetence killed this woman. Baldwin failed at the 4 step of safety training. Never point a gun at a person. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWKmlZaVbLJrppY

[@bradrichards8122]

Yep. That lie nails him. George doesn't know enough about guns to edit it out.

[@supercat4796]

I’m not an anti-Baldwin person like some people are but how can you stand over someone shot for 60 seconds and not see blood

[@colten53]

Or hear the gunshot. Or feel the recoil of the gun when it went off.

[@Ary-qp4eb]

easy you are in shock

[@weaza.p.k.436]

@@colten53 clearly you’ve never been in any type of situation like this because when your in shock and adrenaline is pumping so extremely, seconds can feel like hours, and Vice versa hours can feel like seconds that’s how

[@supercat4796]

@@weaza.p.k.436 would still not miss blood. You’re not talking about a pin prick you’re talking about a gunshot

[@salenageahwie7646]

def agree. it all sounds off

[@TrapsetJiuJitsu]

After Halyna fell from the shot, Alec Baldwin said no one had understood what had happened. He said in the interview , “The notion that there was a live round in that gun, did not dawn on me until 45 mins to an hour later.” (Nate Dogg voice) HOLD UP! What about the guy who got hit with the same shot by the SAME BULLET in the arm? Did he not mention to anyone about a damn bullet in his arm?

[@DerekHubbard]

Do you think that he knew what exactly had happened? Yeah, there was a bullet in his arm, but do you think he could TELL that it was lead and not some other foreign object?

[@zenerworks7553]

@@DerekHubbard Understandable it is common knowledge that wadding from blanks can shoot clean through someone and hit someone standing behind them

[@mandymartinez11]

I was thinking the same thing

[@SethMacLeod95]

Great Nate Dogg reference 😂 And also not to mention that the 2nd victim to get hit was screaming according Alec. He’s lying through his teeth and is playing dumb.

[@hamala7437]

get the man raaaaYgt buddy !! eeeee sayin ... the notion !! means doubts someone done a live bullet in de pistol !!!

[@Thebuird]

Ridiculous to call this “unscripted” like it’s the live tape. Was it a “real bullet?” “I can’t tell you that” Wtf? He didn’t know anyone was shot for an hour. Was there no blood? Both of them had internal bleeding? Joel couldn’t tell he was shot and say something? Wtf is this? I really hope there was footage. Even if it was an accidental discharge, they’re making this very suspicious

[@PirateNikki]

That was a tiny set. He 1000000% knew right away. This is seriously gross. He should have just not said anything

[@ceezb5629]

He may be a narcissist (like most actors) but it doesn't mean he's guilty of intentionally/knowingly shooting her with a live round in front of cameras and crew. Baldwin has also in the past supported crew going on strike and even donated part of his salary to pay crew more.

[@Thebuird]

@@ceezb5629 I didn’t say he is. Do I think he didn’t pull the trigger and the gun went off on its own-sure, I don’t know, maybe it did. I just think it’s strange he would lie in this “interview.” Why lie at all if you didn’t do anything wrong? If he said he knew they were shot by a real bullet pretty soon after does that make him guilty? I don’t get it, why pretend like you had no idea what happened until hours later? This whole thing was off

[@Trump-dj3xu]

They need to get one of those guns that says the word “BANG” and a little FLAG comes out

[@outsidethepyramid]

Alec's ridiculous lie "I didn't realise it was a live round until 45min to an hour after" narrative is like an over powerful smokescreen to distract from what the real story is: He knew very well there were live rounds on set. Phycology 101.

[@Alexandra-xt1vf]

What happened after he shot them? He left? How did he not know immediately what happened? This doesn't make sense.

[@Snowwhitepro]

Because they kicked them out 60 sec after. Did u watch video lol. Hellow

[@thespileys2301]

@@Snowwhitepro u sound like a snowflake fanboy. Get off the soy trashcan

[@Snowwhitepro]

@@thespileys2301 sure bro.

[@Alexandra-xt1vf]

@@Snowwhitepro Yes I did. He had enough time to realize her shot her. The recoil on a gun like that makes it very clear when you have fired. He is pretending to not know anything and most people aren't falling for it

[@Thebuird]

@@Snowwhitepro paid PR

[@dlldll9754]

He fake cries but is totally chill going through the motions of her last moments...

[@ninetytwodreams]

you really think he intended to harm her?? That’s insane.

[@michaelmcgee335]

@@ninetytwodreams Alec will never admit will he.

[@ChildofYAH_]

@@ninetytwodreams he sacrificed and killed her or he would have to sacrifice a loved one. Thats how the satanic cult works. alec renegotiated his contract for wealth and power. if you dont know this about the world , than you're just ignorant of the world around you.

[@roblyons9662]

@@ChildofYAH_ seek psychological help, sir.

[@Carvegirl]

@@ChildofYAH_ this is the realty of the Hollywood satanic cult religion. Don't mind the gnorant fools. God hasn't chosen them to the truth. The only way this story makes sense is the blood sacrifice. Knowingly or unknowingly.

[@troyzieman7177]

The person holding the gun is responsible for the safety of that gun . I don't care if it is a movie set , or any other activity. Doing a safety check on that gun would of taken Alec Baldwin 30 seconds

[@djlabs1975]

Not really, he'd have to go to a range and attempt to fire every dummy round to make sure it isn't real.

[@Michael-st9ky]

With that model of fire arm is difficult to check if its loaded if you have little experience, thats why an armorer checks it.

[@troyzieman7177]

@@Michael-st9ky the difficulty checking is not relevant . If it took longer so be it . Firearms come with a unique responsibility that you should not delegate to anyone else . Alec Baldwin has to live with this. It could of been avoided. All these excuses is what lead up to this unfortunate tragedy

[@Michael-st9ky]

@@troyzieman7177 its relevant when everyone is trying to get the scene done as fast as possible because it costs hundreds for every ten minutes spent. Basically money over safety

[@troyzieman7177]

@@Michael-st9ky So what was the cost of not doing it ? Uncompleted film , budget of 5 million, . One family with a wife and mother gone Another injured ,. Endless law suits. Alec Balwins life never to be normal again. So those extra few minutes were expensive ..... Alec Balwin assumed the gun was fine , he assumed that it was all taken care of . He could of choosen to take those few moments and do what was right now he has to live with it

[@Gravitasfree]

I find it hard to believe that he could not know he'd fired a bullet, if there had only been one victim... but there were 2 victims. Even if he thought the woman had fainted, surely the man behind, also covered in blood, and saying something along the lines of "argh I've been shot!" was a bit of a giveaway.

[@pancakepancake2239]

my thoughts exactly

[@SethMacLeod95]

Yup it’s a flat out lie to save his butt legally.

[@gaysy1st]

Did he say that?

[@Gravitasfree]

I'm not sure what was said... but if Alec Baldwin shot me, I think I'd probably mention it to him.

[@Emanixoxo]

Right like stop lying

[@jamiehoover9348]

This is a PERFECT example of why people are told" DO NOT !! " speak to anyone , especially the police ,about a possible case without having your lawyer present .. I can't believe he is even doing this or no one stopped him..... ummm , all this interview is about , is him doing self preservation of his image and ego.... i.e "damage control " ... it's pretty stupid, because now if he is eventually charged with involuntary manslaughter or some similar charge/charges, or even a civil case, everything he is saying in this interview will be admissible in court n can be used against him, and in my opinion from what I heard him say in this interview can be very damning against him.. I mean I don't believe I even heard him apologize, unless I missed it. Even if it were and most likely was an accident and it was myself, I know I'd be overwhelmed with grief and guilt regardless ... that poor woman lost her life , and left a husband and 10 year old son behind... he has got to hold some accountability in this situation because ultimately he was holding the gun and he is a seasoned actor and knows damn well that he should have checked the gun himself and showed everyone around him that it was deemed to be safe even though Dave yelled "cold gun" 3 or 4 times when he handed the gun to Alec... I've seen mostly all of his films and in a lot of them , he has used guns, so he absolutely 💯 should have known better. Ever since Brandon Lee was killed by a live round on the set of his movie "The Crow" ( bad ass movie btw) almost 30 years ago, the industry changed all the safety standards and regulations for every film involving weapons and how they are to be handled... this in my opinion was actually a rookie mistake and the armorer ,Gutierrez (who actually is a rookie) dropped the ball right from the start, so they ALL have to be held accountable in some way for this woman losing her life.

[@tatianataigina8885]

I'm sure he consultated with his lawyers pretty well.

[@thetruepatriot7733]

His attorneys allowed him to do this VERY scripted interview hoping to sway a potential jury... it will come back to haunt him in court. I understand why he's doing the interview but it will be used in court against him.

[@ccampbell7214]

Jon-Erik Hexum

[@heyheytaytay]

What do you know about rules of evidence? You can't predict if a judge will allow the interview as evidence in a criminal or civil case. You sound like a blathering idiot who knows nothing of law.

[@gmchessplay9043]

If that was the truth then why would he go on camera and say all of this? By your logic he actually believes himself to be innocent.

[@luchan7765]

Careless, unprepared, untrained, irresponsible, ignoring all safety issues...call it whatever...but people actually believe this guy wanted and intentionally wished to harm or kill someone? Everyone lost, and will be harder to live and think every moment of your life "I killed this person"...every minute, hour, days... Sincere condolences to her family and Baldwin will never forget or will be the same...

[@jbell5854]

No one thinks he decided to kill this woman they are saying he ignored the many signs that showed safety issues resulting in the death of a woman

[@eduardoalvarez1921]

He still was very irresponsible. This cost him someone's life. Lots of comments from people who do not understand firearms. Alec should've known better. In essence there are really 2 holy grail rules to firearms. One is never ever point a gun at someone two, never ever ever trust anyone regarding giving you an empty gun. Alway always always verify yourself that the gun handed to you is empty. Pretty simple and only takes a couple seconds to do. I know he didn't mean it but, he took an innocent person's life because of complacency and negligence.

[@eduardoalvarez1921]

Also, what he is claiming is total bs. I own that style single action cowboy gun. He's totally lying. No way he didn't pull the trigger. Impossible to shoot the way he is describing.

[@vanessasweeney8651]

​@@jbell5854I think he either had a relationship gone bad with Halayna or she turned down his advances. I believe he knew there were live rounds in the gun and he pulled the trigger. I believe he killed her on purpose.

[@TREVORJB101]

This is not an interview. This is a scripted production. Alec Baldwin being his typical self, refusing to take responsibility for his actions.

[@neomalapane983]

So he needs to lie and say he feel guilty when he doesn't? Did he wake up in the morning planning to fire live ammunition at the set of the movie. Does he have history of firearm negligence?

[@martiangirl6274]

@@TREVORJB101 A very silly argument.All this does not mean that he is guilty.There is nothing to be done if the TVs are jumping to Baldwin so that these do not mean entertainment.

[@paper8nintendo]

@@martiangirl6274 He's the producer of this movie, he absolutely does shares copiability for what transpired on his set. The most important job of a producer is to set and observe all safety standards during production.

[@paper8nintendo]

@@neomalapane983 He has a history of mismanagement and safety issues transpiring in the days before the event transpired. Union workers complaining about the lack of safety, long commute times leading them to stage walk offs. The crew having to replaced that morning because of the said walk offs. The prop gun in question having been accidently discharged at least twice before. Alec is a producer for this film, this isn't simply just about an actor perhaps being negligent with a prop. He is in a position of authority and responsibility. The onus of safety protocols being strictly observed and implemented is on the producer(s) and production staff.

[@neomalapane983]

@@paper8nintendo I actually watched and listed to the whole interview carefully so I made my own judgment based on that regard... Both Alec and the victim could've went steps further to ensure the gun was safe to handle in the first place...this is according to a ballistics expert with thirty year experience in the movie industry.....I'm simply saying , we can't be here acting we would've acted differently if placed in Ale's shoes...The man is remorseful, but this doesn't mean he must accept blame. I also wouldn't , because then I'm incriminating myself ......I don't see many of you showing remorse to the family ..... you're just out for Alec's head

[@jrftworth]

He's trying to pass the buck by making the excuse that he was doing what he was told, step by step. What he fails to realize or admit is that any time you pick up a gun, or in his case, handed to him, you are soley responsible to check and re-check that weapon to ensure that it's loaded or not. Secondly, no matter what the weapons status, you always handle it as if it is loaded, and you never point it at anything you are not willing to kill or destroy. He, the armorer and who ever physically transported the live ammo on the set are responsible for that womans death. There is no reason whatsoever why live ammo is needed or used on a movie set.

[@L0kias1]

I don’t see how you can blame him when he is handed a gun to use. What is he supposed to take out each round ? And secondly you heard he didn’t pull the trigger. I know it’s easy to point fingers but your opinion is not reality. I blame you for her death, see how easy that is ?

[@neillmccaffrey6074]

@@L0kias1 what an illogical rebuttal

[@martiangirl6274]

@@L0kias1 He said I didn't pull the trigger, which I don't understand What does that mean??everyone was saying that until the last moment and he was shooting?🙄it's so confusing.Then who pulled the trigger!??

[@Michael-st9ky]

With that model of fire arm is difficult to check if its loaded if you have little experience, thats why an armorer checks it.

[@aj3751]

@@L0kias1 of course he says he didn't pull the trigger. He doesn't want the blame. But guns do NOT just magically go off by themselves. Anyone who has ever handled a gun knows this. It's called a negligent discharge, and it means you didn't mean to shoot the gun, but you did anyway. Any time you are handed a firearm, you keep your finger off the trigger and point it in a safe direction. That's how easy it is to prevent an injury.

[@gibson7654]

Basically, what Alec is telling us is that Halyna did this to herself by telling him where to point the gun and what to do with it. Can this case get more ridiculous?

[@LeonaBundy]

That’s not what he’s saying though

[@gibson7654]

@@LeonaBundy he is clearly steering the blame on others.

[@durtyragoux]

@@LeonaBundy what's he saying?? She's facing away from him, looking at the monitor. She's directing him to aim at her, knowingly or not, but he's looking at her and maintains he didn't realize he was pointing the gun at her, that he was told he shot her below her armpit. Makes no fkn sense.

[@nw6070]

Well if you have ever worked on a film this is exactly what happens you get directed how to position yourself. Duh. If you're filming the point of view of someone being shot the gun has to aim at or just next to camera. So it's totally understandable that he would explain the positioning to clarify that is was not his own reckless choice. The issue here was never whether the gun should have been pointed at her (it was meant to be) the only issue is whether he had a responsibility to double check the weapon despite being assured by the professional hired to do so that it was safe. Either way he's arrogant.

[@gibson7654]

@@nw6070 I'm not arguing that. My point is that he takes absolutely no responsibility for this and he admitted it during the interview. He keeps pointing fingers. But I hope the prosecution will be able to disprove his claims on what really happened and he will answer for this like he should. He wasn't supposed to pull the trigger and he did even though he lied about it.

[@essenceofsoul27]

I can believe that they were practicing and he thought there were no live bullets in the gun. However, he's not doing himself any favors by trying to paint the narrative that he had no clue why she went down or why the director was screaming immediately after the gun went off. He's not an idiot. You don't have have training in guns to put 2 and 2 together immediately and figure out they were shot. Especially if you're standing over someone's body and they're bleeding on the ground right after your gun goes off.

[@ledhalenV]

He truly is dumb. The best thing he could do is remain silent and let lawyers talk on his behalf. You would only do this interview because you can’t stand that people are saying negative things about you. His need to be liked and his arrogance will be his doom.

[@larkpur]

Also, he should have felt the recoil of the gun and known he didn’t fire a blank. I’m surprised the gun didn’t jump out of his hand when it went off.

[@blackpantheress5272]

I definitely don't believe it. I believe that he knew the gun was loaded and this was planned. He just thought things would be different. I don't know what the motive would be but something's up between her and him. Or was. Rip

[@daisygirl1217]

I would imagine that when something like this happens you are in shock. I have been in shock before and it makes you feel completely disconnected to what is going on around you because your body is unable to handle the trauma that has occurred. I do not like Alec, but I do not believe that he is lying.

[@honeybunch5765]

The fact is he should have been shown the gun was empty and he should have insisted on being showed. Both directors were irrisponsible too, there was no need for them to stand in front of the gun.

[@N4divers]

This interview was for legal reasons. Especially for a future jury pool. Obviously it seems like he's dodging accountability here and its a very sad situation

[@professorzoom7800]

especially this part. which having a specific, stand alone part for that reason is sick. this is an unbelievable level of narcissism going on

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

Thing is, this story he's telling really only dodges a charge of first (or even 2nd) degree murder, which he won't be charged with anyway. He confirms that he pointed a gun he hadn't verified was empty and killed the person. The jury's not even going to be asked to judge whether he's sorry or not, just that he caused the death and wounding.

[@professorzoom7800]

@@dreamingrightnow1174 wow. finally a logical take 😂💯

[@themightypotato3857]

for legal reasons? i ain't a lawyer but even I can see that if anything, he made it worse.

[@livprimitive]

This isn’t gonna age well for Alec…

[@stormbringercoming8105]

Shame on Baldwin and ABC and all those involved in this evil concoction.

[@ccampbell7214]

Mainstream media all These oligarchs protect their own... It's a big club... And you ain't in it!

[@stormbringercoming8105]

@@ccampbell7214 George Carlin was light years ahead of us.

[@miadelavier4315]

Well it doesn’t go along with a testimony that he was keep screaming “who gave me loaded gun?!!” just right after. I feel Alec is trying to bleach himself here and take the blame away. He did kill that lady. Accidental murder.

[@playlist55]

Not accidental murder... Negligent Homicide.

[@melissaxenawarriorprincess]

murder means intent. He did not have intent to kill her. The worst would be negligent homicide.

[@kevinpacheco8169]

@@melissaxenawarriorprincess that’s what the degrees of murder is for, not a lawyer tho

[@rodneyhill2737]

You need intent for it to be deemed a murder. Worse case it is a 3rd degree manslaughter

[@redlady8296]

@Go Surf that was my first question when all of this happened. They were probably pinching Pennies anywhere they could. I guess their rationale was that paying an armour 8K is less than paying 10-20K for editing/preproduction special effects. I’m sure that few extra thousand bucks would have went into the top players pockets in the end if this unnecessary tragedy hadn’t occurred. Imo real weapons of any type on these sets should have been outlawed years ago

[@pilargonzalez8442]

This must be horrible to watch for all the crew involved, I don't understand how he was advised to do this, before trial, it feels as if he is trying to wiggle out of responsibility at all.

[@Bryan_Kay]

Maybe his lawyer is a good person and wants him to go down for this.

[@cathyrobi3891]

alec's lies are so real for you, huh..how dumb

[@Thebuird]

I wonder how many people were paid off or threatened. I like how they tried painting the man who wrote the resignation letter because of a lack of safety as just a cameraman. Saying he did it for personal gain. Wtf? How could he gain anything, did he know someone was going to get shot? Then you have the one woman saying to the 911 operator she specially cannot say whether or not it was a real bullet. Why not say “I don’t know?” They we’re already planning a defense. This is nuts

[@playlist55]

His Lawyer told him to do it to taint the Jury pool and get sympathy for him. Also so the Libertards can Parrot that "he didn't pull the trigger"...

[@michaelmcgee335]

Preprep the jury. It wont work though.

[@99skychief]

Everyone knows the golden rule, "never point a gun towards anyone; it is always the unloaded gun that kills"...it is not Baldwin's untrue statement, "never point a LOADED gun..." He also said that he never pulled the trigger, but he took direction from Halyna to point the gun at her and pull back the hammer and then to let go of the hammer...which causes the hammer to fly back and hit the bullet...just the same as pulling the trigger after the hammer was set. Baldwin's interview is to blame others and never him...pathetic is an understatement. I hope the world public does not accept this intentional distortion which George is now also a part of this inhuman effort to blame Halyna for her own killing....sure blame a dead person. Sick Sick Sick

[@professorzoom7800]

It’s an unbelievable level of narcissism. i mean he truly is a classic case

[@ninetytwodreams]

At no point should a lethal projectile or weapon be introduced to a movie set. If you think he meant to harm her in front of 50 people you’re insane

[@professorzoom7800]

@@ninetytwodreams i don’t think motive is the issue. at least for most intellectually honest people. it’s the negligence

[@unbalancedlibra9788]

The idiotic masses will eat it up. Celebrity worship

[@SiggyMe]

It is possible the way he describes it that he isn't aware that releasing the hammer can fire the weapon. Most people aren't aware that the hammer weight and spring pull that sets off the round not the trigger. Most don't think in that way unless you are experience firearm user. Most people aren't aware that without ear plugs you don't fire repeatedly and hear small noises afterwards. Its fantasy movie gun use verses real time gun use. The question who put the live round in the gun and why was a live round anywhere near the set. There shouldn't have been no live rounds near the set. In fact, I would have forbidden any live rounds in people cars or on the set or no job, period. Its just safety protocol.

[@GatheringPlace123]

Whomever advised you NOT to do this interview, was correct.

[@americanpaisareturns9051]

The man has no remorse. He’s making it about himself. He’s playing the victim. It’s disgusting.

[@ob2121]

Wow, you mustnod wat he'd a different interview then me. I actually can't stand Baldwin but I thought he was being pretty honest. Of course he's going to come across as it isn't his fault and slip in there hints that he's not to blame. I seriously doubt he soesnt care what happened or that he did anything that he shouldn't of done. He definitely didn't know the hun had a real bullet. There's no natural way for him to act. No matter how he act people are going g to judge him. I can promise you this, if anyone was in his position they would want to do an interview to tell their side and let people know it wasn't their fault. I was actually impressed by how he handled the interview; there's no right way to do it. The only thing I question is, he had to know she was hit by something. He had to hear the noise, feel the recoil. Even in shock, you would know that something came out of that gun that caused it. That's rhe only thing that I think he bulshitted on.

[@sasha6225]

He is also a victim of this crime, if he in fact did not pull the trigger and was handed a gun that was not supposed to be loaded. He has to wake up and go to sleep with this baggage that the gun he held killed a person and that has to be really heavy to carry.

[@jak3589]

He rehearsed this all with his lawyers & he's an actor by profession he is laying his grounds for the trial he knows & his lawyers know he is in big trouble there are many contradictions in his story. Wait for the trial Alec like everyone else would

[@crockett616]

The part about realizing 45 mins later what happened is also likely bs. He would have felt the recoil. Blanks don't cause recoil he would know that out of experience. Also, he says he knows to not point a gun and pull the trigger but he points one at her and pulls the hammer as far as he could without cocking it (so he said) and lets go of the hammer? Not looing good for alec.

[@schpengler]

He pulled back and released the hammer, not the trigger.

[@richardnye3756]

Good point. I hope the police arrest him. He is lying about a few things, the tears in part one were bullshit, just acting.

[@Thebuird]

I like how there’s no blood. And his friend is screaming on the ground, but can’t vocalize he was shot. The 911 tape is great, where they ask, “was it a real bullet?” And her response is, “I can’t tell you that” hahaha. They were already planning a defense

[@likeewhat6710]

@@richardnye3756 if you shot someone, would you feel bad?

[@playlist55]

He was lying from Jump! This was all a PR thing that ABC agreed to do for their buddy Alec.

[@lloyd2929]

I was 100% with Alec until he said “The notion that there was a live round in that gun, did not dawn on me until 45 mins to an hour later.” Then I thought about the lady who called 911 moments after the shooting. She knew two people were shot. How did Alec not know when the two victims "went down" immediately after the bang?

[@jonw3462]

He thought she fainted apparently.........

[@TheEplestugas]

Denial is pretty conman reaction to trauma, knowing and believing are two different things, especially in a case like this. Plus, a live round on set is a 1:10.000.000 scenario. It should not happen, under any circumstances. I believe him.

[@cielomcmeekin7296]

But even in the 911 call she says that she didn't know if it was a live round, just that there were two wounded from a movie gun.

[@adamspark9259]

There are holes in this, but unconsciously knowing and consciously knowing are two different things, to be fair. He probably knew. It possibly just didn't hit him due to the unlikely nature of the event. He might have meant it didn't sink in for close to an hour.

[@bradrichards8122]

The blood spray and mass bleeding would have been a clue right away. A .45 makes a hell of a mess.

[@johnnyluvsongwriter3260]

Damage control. Wow. He's literally blaming everything and everybody.

[@barrybarnes96]

He wasn't the grossly negligent armorer. Try and keep up.

[@oooBASTIooo]

​@@barrybarnes96no, he's the criminally negligent shooter who is equally responsible. Safety procedures are in place for a reason and only if they are ignored by several people at the same time, accidents like this can happen. So they are also equally responsible.

[@darkprince56]

I find it impossible to believe the words and tears of an actor, who is a professional liar by trade.

[@jackprecip5389]

I agree, and in this interview, we have two of them who are professional liars by trade (Stephanopolous being the more accomplished liar). I'm also puzzled why anyone would ever believe anything from the professional liars in the CIA and other intelligence agencies, especially with their 70 - year track record. Yet, you have millions of people thinking they're heroic defenders of the nation. Go figure.

[@jayg5391]

Anyone can be a professional liar. Not just in Hollywood.

[@LordRawnsley]

A .45 is a large round….. and the recoil would have been very noticeable compared to a blank. I’m not doubting it was an accident, just hard to believe he didn’t notice something different.

[@Aaron25thinfantry]

He would be better off not saying anything...no fucking way you wouldn't know.

[@TheTomtah]

Yes but you have to remember people are very unreliable in situations like these. He's not necesarily lying to save his own ass, it's very probable he's just misremembering. In my line of work I've been in plenty of emergency situations where you are supposed to make a report on what happened afterwards and people are misremembering stuff about how they acted and what happened during the emergency all the time.

[@meme-hd9fk]

a 45 has a tremendous kick. Even a 9 mm, you will defintely feel that. But as he said, he was aiming it - and he released the hammer. It went off and now hes literally trying to play stupid. Deny deny deny - hes a big name actor - he'll pass accountability to the person who "gave him a cold gun" Cold or not, its your responsiblity to clear that weapon when its put in your hands.

[@Aaron25thinfantry]

@@TheTomtah yea that's true...it would be hard for your brain to comprehend you just shot someone after 40 years on set without incident.

[@Thebuird]

@@TheTomtah paid PR

[@davidcampanella7846]

lets all sue ABC for libel for calling this interview "unscripted"...

[@PeterRoos]

Rule no. 1: ALWAYS CHECK PERSONALLY THAT A GUN YOU ARE HANDED IS ACTUALLY SAFE. DO NOT ASSUME ANYTHING.

[@cengizozbek5285]

Some hard hitting journalism there. The man describes the accidental killing like it’s a mild traffic accident yet wells up talking about his career. Hope the prosecution uses this interview; he’ll be nailed with his account. Did he state that the victim told him where to point the gun (at herself)?? He just doesn’t want to take responsibility.

[@newspapertaxis1]

He's only concerned about himself and his career...What a Fr*cking Jackass!!!!!!!

[@dimis2140]

OMG !!! They let her bleed out for 45 minutes to an hour !!! IF somebody does not go to prison for this there is not justice in the world!

[@adidasaddict2023]

There was medics on set

[@steelslither]

Dumbass. Medics rushed to her immediately

[@dimis2140]

You people above must be as braindead as the people on set, HE SAID nobody knew what happened for 45- 60 minutes. Trust me a real medic knows what a bullet wound is!!

[@ShastaBean]

@@dimis2140 And he admitted himself in the interview what a big difference there is in the recoil when a bullet leaves the gun, vs. when it's an "Alec" (dummy)-round. So he knows how to fake recoil thanks to his training...but wants us to believe he didn't know for 45 minutes that he sent a ~230grain bullet into someone(s)? Right.

[@troyzalias931]

Bs. He said "I believed it was an empty gun " yet one minute later he said " I thought maybe she fainted " then " I thought maybe it was a projectile "

[@gerthmcnally2786]

He’s toast. Charge this murderous liar already

[@Charlie-lh8bv]

Comments like this make me realize how little language comprehension most people have

[@thetacittribesurvive-adapt1335]

He is trying so hard to wash his hands from responsibility... as the executive producer, he is responsible for everything that happens on that set, and as the person with the firearm in your hands you are directly responsible for ensuring and knowing the state of that firearm... blood stains deep Alec, you are not going wash it off that easily by passing on blame to everyone else... and putting blame on the victim really shows just how weak your character is and how much of a narcissist you are!

[@Countryside0]

He said executives don’t give a f about you. Wasn’t he one of them also ?

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

@@Countryside0 exactly..... that was the only truth he told !

[@moow950]

As Alec said, he was responsible for cast hiring and the script, not the rest!

[@helenfong3339]

He's "one" of the producers. There are like 10 others.

[@Tigerkem]

An single executive producer doesn't have full control over everything. It could be as simple as he help funded the movie and they gave him that credential.

[@cascadianrangers728]

First rule of firearms safety is treat all firearms as if they were loaded.

[@davisworth5114]

Clearly Baldwin is lying, the gun went off when he dropped the hammer and he must have felt the recoil. To say that he didn't know for 45 minutes to an hour that he had shot Ms. Hutchins is simply unbelievable. The Muppet should get an Oscar for best supporting actor. I had sympathy for Baldwin at first, he has outdone his terrible reputation here.

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

You speak the truth.

[@Nati4Truth]

Absolutely, agree with you. . He is a narcissist, covert one. And aside the acting skills, narcissists are pathological liers , and psychopaths. Not all actors ofc are acting their emotions all the time, but he did, for sure. I wasn't surest first*, but he proved me wrong and now it's so obvious . I hope he will get his sentence , clearly he doesn't bear that guilt in himself of killing someone which is already the panishment which is huge enough. But he doesn't, so he should get smmth ,he can't get away with it.

[@alchemist1111]

That gun wouldn’t go off unless the hammer was pulled back and he pulled the trigger. You can only pull the hammer back slightly without it catching and dripping the hammer before that point won’t discharge a round. He’s digging himself in good with this interview.

[@sunnydelight5255]

How is he lying?? He said it went off when I let the hammer go. You’re just repeating what he said lol. Some of these observations make no sense.

[@tamimoncrief2264]

Not believeable. He shouldn't have done the interview. He comes across as callous about her death while painting himself as the victim. I think the trigger was pulled by Alec and he's not being truthful.

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

why would the AD lie?

[@ShellyBomb]

None of us were on location in Santa Fe, New Mexico or in the church where this horrific ACCIDENT occurred!

[@ShellyBomb]

@@LegendLength The guy resigned the next day ... Listen to the entirety of the interview in 3 parts.

[@ShellyBomb]

P.S. Everyone has a "role" on the set of a movie or tv show - Alec was specifically told the gun was "cold" or "empty" ... again, WE were NOT on this movie location!

[@WallEWorld]

Weren't there pictures of Alec Baldwin calling someone outside of the set? Why is he saying he didn't know until after he was interrogated. He looked like he was in tears when he was calling someone. This is why the court should handle this... What are we doing here???

[@Thebuird]

@Bryce Melanson the comment doesn’t have value? Ok PR

[@houseboatrob4238]

When handed a firearm you never , I repeat never take someone’s word that it’s empty! YOU CHECK IT YOURSELF!!

[@djlabs1975]

Agree, but when you have dummy rounds, that's not as straight forward. Perhaps they should try to discharge every round everytime, but that's likely not what's recommended to them.

[@danculbert6349]

Bro, that's not how film sets work

[@houseboatrob4238]

Dan Culbert i can’t see anyone having a problem with making sure a gun is safe. If they do you should leave.

[@jrftworth]

@@danculbert6349 well if that's not how film sets work, then they reap what they sow. Not checking weapons before they are used in a scene is stupid, careless and irresponsible

[@yudithdm9302]

These are actors, they may not know how to use guns in “real life”. Actors don’t always know karate they just learn a few moves and perform, same with props that is the reason why gun masters, stunt actors etc are hired for.

[@kathylong8345]

WTH!?!? Alec Baldwin did not even go immediately to check on her!?!? You KNOW HE HEARD THE SHOT GO OFF!!!!! That is NOT what the Officer said

[@richarddeveas4537]

Saint Alec Baldwin. Patron saint of the immaculate discharge!

[@truthserum1137]

"Did she faint". This is after pulling the hammer back on the gun, not all the way, then letting go and the gun goes off and she goes down and the director screams out and grabs his shoulder and goes down. TWO people. The sound shocked people around because it wasn't supposed to shoot and Alec didn't connect the dots that they could have been shot until hours later? BS... that logically makes no sense. He's setting up a horrible defense. He should shut up now before talking anymore. I'm sure he's run this by his lawyer too before the interview.

[@jenjohnson492]

I was looking for this comment. It's unbelievable how many supportive comments are on here. I think they're banking on misinformed masses abt guns and it's political. George Stephananoulos worked for Bill Clinton.

[@martinz.4852]

I think so much more less of him now! HE'S A BOLD FACE LIAR! I believe this was done unintentionally however it could've been prevented if he'd check the gun prior to shooting it as any gun safety course would tell you. Alec refused to take any gun safety courses because he's too good for that. Well these are the consequences. Whether he pulled the trigger or not, he pointed a firearm at someone while fidgeting with the hammer! There you go GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER!!! Well I hope it was ACCIDENTAL...🤔

[@eric3434]

@@martinz.4852 He had to pull the trigger on that gun to get it to fire. Single action revolvers don't drop the hammer like he thinks they do. He's lying out his ass.

[@martinz.4852]

@@eric3434 correct! The gun can't fire just by pulling the hammer back a quarter of the way and not pull the trigger. Idon't believe he thought this lie through very well.

[@jeffjohnson1464]

He stood there 60 seconds and didn't see her bleeding? Alot of this doesn't make sense.

[@joyofeverything]

You’re absolutely correct. How could he think for 45 mins she may have had a heart attack after discharging a gun, albeit unexpectedly, & shooting someone at point blank range?

[@kuuryotwo5153]

@@chocolatebear333 You don't have to be there to see what he saw to know that when you poke a hole through a human they bleed. And when that hole is almost a half inch in diameter, they bleed *a lot.* It's common sense.

[@jeffjohnson1464]

@@chocolatebear333 if your fucking shot through and through your gonna bleed. I geuss you've never been cut or hurt.

[@jeffjohnson1464]

@@chocolatebear333 use a little common sense.

[@pmh1nic]

Has to be a horrible feeling to shoot someone in this way. It's confirmation that you always have to check the condition of any firearm you're hand regardless of who hands it to you. The consequences of a mistake are too great to leave it to others.

[@tiortedrootsky]

I dont believe that you can expect every person that have to use a gun on set to be profitient with all kinds of firearms. Pump shotguns for example have very convoluted manual of arms. Theres no way they will get all the people to the point that they can be trusted to not shoot themselves or others. The person responsible for gun handling have to be a proper professional. I believe this is the only way, if they cant completely switch from real guns.

[@rw7567]

They literally had a lead armorer for this job. That’s literally her job. And I’m pretty sure she would have instructed the actors NOT to check the gun or mess with it in anyway unless directed to do so by her or the director. That’s for safety reasons. People who know nothing about a gun could damage it and cause an accident even with dummy rounds. Only the armorer truly “handles” the gun

[@extenebrislux]

​@@rw7567 👏👏👏 yes thank you! finally a sensible comment

[@taraivosadaucakacaka2329]

Lesson: Never use weapons of destruction in low budget movies, especially when people's lives are at stake.

[@matthew8082]

Ok? He didn't pull the trigger? Don't point a firearm at anyone. You're handed a revolver and told it's empty? Still not a reason to point a firearm at anyone. There were live rounds "unknowingly" mixed in? Don't point a firearm at anyone. Firearm safety is pretty simple.

[@thefenerbahcesk4156]

What kind of idiot mixes live rounds in though? Like why do they even have live rounds on set? Without live rounds, it's basically a toy.

[@kuuryotwo5153]

@@thefenerbahcesk4156 No, it's not 'basically a toy.' That mentality while handling a firearm capable of discharging a very real round is precisely what gets us where Alec is now. A firearm is never a toy, and is *always* to be treated as if it were loaded. Even if you have checked and verified yourself that it is in fact unloaded, you still treat the thing as if it were loaded. Gun handling 101.

[@WretchedReaper94]

Imagine working with firearms in movies for decades upon decades and still being so incredibly ignorant about them.

[@theamylynchexperience]

Not ignorant...Arrogant

[@WretchedReaper94]

While I agree that he’s arrogant, I used the word ignorant deliberately.

[@cameronwitmer]

He cries at the comment “she was admired by everybody” but isn’t choked up, in the slightest, while describing the actual incident. In fact, he seems excited and full of enthusiasm recounting this event. “Bang! The gun goes off!! “Wow! Fascinating! What a story! Can ya believe it!? How’d it happen?! Who would think!? Never touched the trigger!! And she died!?!? “Yeah!! And then bang!! She died!!! She hit the ground!! “Amazing! “I know!! Truly, it is!!

[@Agaetis181]

🤣🤣 4:23 I imagine him sitting up like this as balding recounts his ritualistic murder

[@MrBurns-fq2xf]

This is Baldwin’s best performance yet

[@dannytanner5955]

Lmfaooooo 😂💀💀

[@DavidS22003]

Is baldwin getting paid to appear on the interview

[@moow950]

I read somewhere that the guns used on the set, were used by crew members for can shooting (for fun) in downtime! How is that possible??? Something was very wrong on that set! This should never ever have been allowed! Somehow a real bullet made it into the gun. The armorer failed to check the gun before handing it over to Alec.

[@helenfong3339]

The armorer was not present. Supposedly she was doing another job. Personally, I feel it was her responsibility to not do 2 jobs. She most likely did bc she was freelancing.

[@pauliePwalnuts]

I cant find verification on the off time plinking crew may have been doing. I have heard this said as well though and am curious if it's true. I feel like we should have heard more about this.

[@lillepercon86]

She had another person with her on the job a male he is the one that handed him the firearm saying it was cold with her not there the responsibility falls on him to inspect the firearm and hand it to the actor

[@alvinglenn458]

@@helenfong3339 Or because the producer demanded it of her. Baldwin Murdered Her that poor Woman !!!!!

[@alvinglenn458]

Also Remember this if nothing else. Baldwin said for many years he had to FAKE the recoil. It took him almost an hour to realize he fired a Bullet. Real Recoil is felt Instantaneously not an hour later, "REALLY Alec" !!!!! It is a known fact he SAYS he hates GUNS and has nothing to do with them Personally. Yet he makes a TIDY Sum of Money from Shooting them in Movies. [Alec Baldwin Unscripted] Bull $hit. Everything is scripted and rehearsed !!!!!

[@lomzaunfiltered9151]

This is a car crash. He’s coming across worse than ever

[@megadeuce-b7c]

He's walking this one back. In the first part of the interview, he points out how the Armorer told him that he needs to artificially kick the gun back because it's not a real bullet. Are you telling me, he didn't realize from the kickback that something different came out of this gun? Wondering why she randomly fainted? Honestly, does anyone buy this? "Why is the director screaming?". Really, that's your thoughts after its clear that a bullet shot out of that gun or something went terribly wrong with whatever object was stuck in that gun. There's no way he didn't feel a difference between the blank and the real bullet.

[@eric3434]

Another lie is that he says the hammer dropped without pulling the trigger. He was using a single action revolver. You absolutely have to pull the trigger to get the hammer to drop, there is no other way.

[@tnijoo5109]

These are really good points. He’s definitely lying. Practically everything he says in this interview sounds like a lie.

[@tnijoo5109]

The sound too. Firing a gun makes a loud sound, right? And he didn’t know he had shot it?

[@eric3434]

​@@tnijoo5109 Yeah right Of course he heard it, and felt it and saw the two he shot in pain and their fear and screams. His interview fake cry with tears that never came rang the bullshit alarm for me from the start. He's not a very good actor when it comes to turning on the spigot. He's clearly in big trouble and lying to save his own ass. But that silver spoon lifestyle belief system of his really irritated me. It's his responsibility for shooting that poor girl. Not everyone elses.

[@tnijoo5109]

@@eric3434 Wow! Yes! agreed. I found some good analyses of this on a KZbin channel called Viva Frei, if you’re interested. Lots of things I hadn’t heard before.

[@kmachande4381]

Very cinematic interview. This is a lesson in how to create an official looking narrative to stick in everyone's mind despite any legal recourse that is coming. This is how you spin a story and protect Hollywood elite.

[@jeffallanday]

yep

[@setaside77]

His defense will absolutely hate this, defense will love it. He has the right to remain silent for a reason.

[@chokeout412]

100%

[@Juwlz]

He comes off really weird in this interview, and I came into it feeling really bad for him. I will say, in terms of him saying the hammer was pulled back and the trigger wasnt pulled, that does make sense to me. When I was 15, my boyfriend found his brother looking at their stepdads new gun. He took it away from his brother and planned on putting it back in the gun safe upstairs, after he finished doing his hair. There was no clip in the gun, because the parents never left any bullets in the gun in the house. My boyfriend went to go finish getting ready for work and was doing his hair when he noticed the gun begin to fall off the shelf(it was behind him, he saw it start to fall in the mirror) he pivoted around instinctively, to catch the gun before it fell to the Floor. He caught it in kind of like a cradle position, right up against his abdomen, by where your spleen is. He felt his hand hit the hammer and bam. The gun had a bullet in the chamber. I do remember people talking about how the person they bought the gun off of had modified it or done something to it. The barrel of the gun was touching his shirt, pressed right up against his abdomen when it went off. He was shocked to say the least. The bullet went in by the spleen and out just a teeny bit above his hipbone, kind of more towards the back. Fortunate for him, he had his spleen removed when he was 11 and he ended up being fine, sore and with charred skin, but fine. The cops came and looked into what he said happened and something about how the casing didn't eject....or something like that, I just remember in the news article about the incident the cops said the evidence backed up what he said about never pulling the trigger. It was terrifying though. So I can see how his hammer story could be what happened and while Alec comes off super....weird and robotic in this interview, I dont see what the point of purposely killing her would be. Accidents happen with guns, it's tragic but even really well trained people can have a gun accident (like my aforementioned teenage boyfriend) but what I'm wondering is why real bullets were on set in the first place. I guess a incredibly negligent person could of mixed up the box of real bullets and the box of fake bullets but I don't get why a real bullet even needed on a movie set.

[@garyclarke2385]

After this interview he stopped using twitter, very innocent behaviour, I don't delete anything, only if I need more storage, please always check for whatever phone you have and turn of updates, your batteries last longer, two dudes show you step by step how to, my other device is 2 years old, because I done the android phone one, saves your battery, plus be aware of apps that need ( not really) your location, see the calculator on every phone, can't be uninstalled, but if you can uninstall, stop,see who has the code, another way of hiding stuff, pictures etc, just check kids phone's, if two, 1 was downloaded to hide stuff...sick and twisted people making these hiding features that looks normal....

[@mrkoolio8494]

Oh I guess we should've known that it's the person who got shot spot she told him where to point the gun she told him what to do it's all her fault not his is the executive producer this guy is done

[@mr_reborn]

The big problem with Baldwins explanation is the idea that he didnt know he'd fired a real bullet, after he explains how you have to create the discharge yourself normally. Are we to believe this bullet was magically fired without discharge being felt by Baldwin? Why would you ever release a hammer while pointing at a human being, no matter how far back you have pulled it? This will be one interesting court case to follow. Something is off.

[@dylancampbell6433]

Lol wtf? Was he supposed to reach in front of the gun and catch the bullet as it left the barrel? Have you ever shot a gun? Are you fucking serious? I'm not Baldwin defender but that was a dumb comment by you

[@mikemx55]

@CHRXTN maybe you didn't watch the first part, where he explains that it DOES feel different. He says that there is no recoil, and that the actor has to fake the motion with his wrist to create the effect for the cameras.

[@mr_reborn]

@@mikemx55 Yeah, he was talking about how it feels when there's no bullet in it. Which there was when he shot the DP. That explanation doesnt add up.

[@louisbecker5941]

The 4 rules of gun safety: 1. Treat every firearm as if it were loaded 2. Never point a gun at anything you are not willing to destroy 3. Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire 4. Be sure of your target and what's behind it Even if what he says is true(which I simply cannot believe), he STILL broke THREE of the 4 rules. Yeah, he's an actor. But production is based on reality. He is a REAL person handling a REAL firearm. Ultimately, it is HIS responsibility. Hutchins was observing through a monitor, and even though Baldwin says he was following HER direction, her focus was on the monitor and not the actual weapon. She had absolutely NO CLUE that a weapon was being pointed at her.

[@desert4seat]

The 4 rules of Narcissistic Celebrities and Hollywood elites: 1. Always be overconfident in your abilities. 2. Lack empathy at all times. 3. Erratic behavior is encouraged for attention. 4. Rules for thee but not for me.

[@Futureacquiescence]

He’s saying he shouldn’t pull the trigger because it damages firing pin… that’s not why! You never pull the trigger unless ready to fire

[@restoreamerica1558]

Him saying that it never crossed his mind for 45min that she was shot is just totally unbelievable and can’t possibly be true. He knew about the claims of accidental discharge, says the gun was supposed to be totally empty, hears a deafening bang, she drops and doesn’t suspect something went wrong? That seems pretty unbelievable to me. You don’t shoot someone with a .45 caliber bullet, actually two people and not know it, there is a big impact, blood, etc. It will be an interesting trial, hope it’s televised, the complaints and walkouts being ignored are damning.

[@terrancestclair5520]

We we r aww Well Ieally fatt

[@-Roos97-]

Because he was told the gun was empty and as he says he thought it might have been something else in the gun...So then it's logical that it doesn't dawn on you that you shot people and tragically even killed one of them...I can't even imagine how it all went down, everyone was probably in shock and nobody understood that a real bullet could have been fired

[@durtyragoux]

@@-Roos97- especially if they were leftists, I understand.

[@durtyragoux]

@@terrancestclair5520 were you high on acid when you wrote this??

[@JohnDoe-kd2jn]

Despicable. This is what its like to have influence. If you accidentally shot someone and let them die for over 30 minutes youd be in jail.

[@durtyragoux]

They have medics on set. I don't believe most of his statements, nor do I think he let someone die. Before that stretch of a statement, there's much blame to point at him.

[@JohnDoe-kd2jn]

@@durtyragoux gun goes off and your buddy gets shot amd someome randomly faints all at the same time. Its pretty absurd to try and claim you didnt put two and two together.

[@durtyragoux]

@@JohnDoe-kd2jn yes, it's absurd. As I stated, there are medics on set, so Baldwin didn't just let someone die. I don't support Baldwin or his b.s statements, but neither am I going to attribute acts to him that don't exist. He's not a medic, nor a medical professional, nor did he just stand over Hutchins for 30 minutes while she bled out. That has nothing to do with the apparent bullchit claim that he didn't know he shot her, either. Let's be clear about what did and didn't happen, there's plenty to suspect of Baldwin's actions, and I think it'll get worse for him as facts come out. No need to invent accusations as well.

[@JohnDoe-kd2jn]

@@durtyragoux I agree with you. Doesnt change my earlier opion that if i was shooting and independent film with a shiny new iphone and i shot two people. I would not be running around free. Id have a lot to answer for and it wouldnt be an NBC production. Not even really blaming the guy for negligence. Im just weighing in on his preferential treatment.

[@jtammyjas]

Love when he states so triumphantly that he doesn't feel any guilt about the shooting and that someone's responsible, "but not me." Not sure which part of the interview it was in.

[@mrb2643]

Who loaded the gun. The trigger man is clear but he was handed a loaded a gun

[@gollymissholly8791]

@@mrb2643 You can never assume anything with a weapon! Never trust another fallible human being. The responsibility is with the one who has the gun. Ignorance is not an excuse, and our laws don't work that way. Accidental death due to negligence. All actors need to assume responsibility for the weapons in their use. I'm sure it's all been filmed, and the evidence/truth will prevail.

[@mrb2643]

@@gollymissholly8791 this is a movie set using antique weapons. There was no need for live ammo to be near the set. Sometimes not is all it seems and there are 100's of movies made where people are pointing arms at each other and pulling triggers. Is this culpable homicide on his path, yes maybe so, but the aggravation of having a loaded live pistol is beyond conspiracy

[@Michael-st9ky]

@@gollymissholly8791 thats true, With that model of fire arm is difficult to check if its loaded if you have little experience, thats why an armorer checks it.

[@kaleb982010]

@@gollymissholly8791 it is the sole responsibility of the armorer to make sure the prop gun won’t injure anyone. Allowing the actor to inspect/manipulate the gun in any manner increases the likelihood for error. You could make the argument that two armorers should inspect the prop gun before filming, but the actor who isn’t the designated expert should never do anything with the prop gun that isn’t advised by the expert.

[@ivajai1]

He says she was his friend. Yet when she falls, he does nothing to check on her to see if she’s ok. He even said it was 45 mins to an hr later that he even realized that there was a live round. Which to me means that he had no concern whatsoever about his “friend “. And too, he feels NO guilt. What a shame.

[@gerthmcnally2786]

It’s just becoming blindingly obvious that this guy is a sociopath

[@ivajai1]

@@gerthmcnally2786 I agreed

[@swtg4136]

"everything was at her direction... I'm holding the gun where she told me to hold it" end of the day, he shot two people. Wording of this is avoiding liability and blaming the victim

[@usssanjacinto1]

Baldwin: "I cocked the hammer back, but I didn't pull the trigger." Dude, pulling the trigger pulls the hammer back. You pulled the hammer back and let it spring forward.

[@outsidethepyramid]

Ok so he may have thought she fainted and fell to the ground when the gun went off, but the other guy right behind her was screaming in pain probably yelling, "I've been shot!". Alec, is that not the clue that there was a live round in the gun? Alec's _"I didn't know it was a live round"_ narrative is like a smokescreen to distract from what the real story is: He knew there were live rounds on set.

[@dazzlingextremes389]

I think he's more or less speaking of that very moment. People, in real life, when shot, don't realize it right that very moment. It takes a few seconds then it clicks due to pain. Only in movies do people know they were shot that very moment.

[@dazzlingextremes389]

Oh and you're also forgetting by or near that time he and all others were being wisked out by the medics so he may not have known right then and he's speaking in terms of right then. Not overall. I almost wonder if he has an earpiece in and has his lawyer in his ear as he does show slight hesitancy to answer some of the questions. .. not long, but some. Just my thoughts. We all have our own perception but that's mine. I get yours. I really do. One way or another this is a horrid tragic event and I feel so sad for Helayna's family and for her passing. So, so sad.

[@dazzlingextremes389]

Oh, so pardon me I just heard the next few moments where he says he did hear him shouting.... I was looking through comments as I watched it. Idk I wonder if the shock of it all was just too much. I couldn't have imagined being the one who had this happen to me or my friends/coworkers. Awful so so awful all of it. It really makes me wonder if someone expected this to end up in Alec or another actor they had issues with and never expected it to come this way but rather end up in one of them. Insane. I'd have to insist on always checking it myself but I also understand believing you should be able to trust those you work with especially if you always had been able to in the past. Part of me feels the 24 year old girl was too young for such a heavy job

[@outsidethepyramid]

Alec's ridiculous lie is an over exaggeration, like a child lying, to distract from what the real story is: He knew very well there were live rounds on set. It's Phycology 101.

[@outsidethepyramid]

@@dazzlingextremes389 All we are saying is that we hope the FULL TRUTH eventually comes out.

[@chrissutton756]

Sounds to me like Alec just wasn't familiar with revolvers. You never pull the hammer back on a revolver unless you intend to fire. Depending on the gun, one slip of the hammer is all it takes to fire. Being familiar with revolvers, I can say the firing mechanisms are not all the same. I can assure you it is possible to fire a single shot from SOME revolvers without pulling the trigger. Some single action revolvers lack a drop safe position. This is the short pull position that prevents a dropped gun from firing when dropped on the hammer. This position should never be considered a "safety position" as it is sometimes referred to because trigger firing on some models is possible, however, it is unlikely to fire from drop safe position. Revolvers that lack this hammer position can perform what is known as a hammer fire. That is when the hammer is pulled partially back and released. If a round is in the chamber it will fire! To fire another round the hammer would need to be pulled fully back to advance the chamber. Always familiarize yourself with every gun individually. Revolvers have very simple mechanisms which are easy to modify with a few rasps of a file, so never assume a revolver operates the same as the last one you held.

[@danettehoak1115]

Very informative tx you

[@backwoodsjunkie08]

Yep! Some revolvers can even fire a round with the hammer all the way forward if it gets whacked

[@durtyragoux]

In any case, the use of firearms should require the utmost in safety, starting with a competent armorer. When there's a previous accidental discharge on a shoot, you figure they would, at the very least, have the actor look inside the gun and confirm it's completely 'cold'. As a producer/ executive producer, that would have been his responsibility.

[@wheatbread2002]

Thank you for this explanation. Well said. I thought maybe the weapon wasn't racked properly and it was a lodged bullet causing an unintential discharge....this happened to me once at a range the first time handling a firearm, it jammed, and I immediately put it down to call the range specialists to assist. I don't know much about weapons, but this would make sense. I was also told the first time of shooting, as you stated, to familiarize yourself with your weapon, as each weapon and model are not the same. I was also told whether it is loaded or not, to handle it as loaded. I am not sure what care of weapons were on set. But I agree he wasn't trained properly of how his weapon works, or he didn't pay attention.

[@chrissutton756]

@@backwoodsjunkie08 Very true. I would say this is true with almost all revolvers. I say almost because I have not put my hands on all revolvers obviously, but I have not seen one that prevents firing if the hammer is resting on the primer and the hammer is impacted.

[@cleverstranger]

Who doesn't realize they shot someone"i thought she fainted" for 45 min. to an hour??

[@gsd6600]

In the world of gun safety, each individual who handles the weapon is responsible for it's condition of being loaded or not...and the person before that, and the person before that, and on to the end user...especially the end user. That's the reason there are relatively few accidental shootings among responsible gun owners. A single action revolver is the simplest gun in the world to examine. For him to not know it was loaded borderlines on bufoonery.

[@sneersh9107]

And for him not to know that pulling the hammer back without cocking it and releasing it would set the gun off... he's a complete idiot that should never be allowed to handle a gun

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

@@sneersh9107 But it was single action, right? So my understanding is he can't fire it by letting the hammer go; that's only in 1/2 or 3/4 action I think.

[@theatfshotmydog8224]

@@dreamingrightnow1174 if he’s holding the trigger down while he’s pulling the hammer back and let’s go then it will fire, which is the general consensus of what happened among all the 2A KZbinrs and most of the 2A community.

[@andrewbeydoun9285]

It's almost 100 percent in my logic that the chick in charge of weapons deliberately sabotaged Alec knowing his stupidity. Question is why? Did Alec destroy her parents careers? Did something happen we don't know???? Stay tuned for the next episode of criminal minds😂

[@sneersh9107]

@@dreamingrightnow1174 well he said it fired when he was holding the hammer and then released it. I don't know a ton about guns but he's either lying or it was a gun that allows that to happen

[@tolovve6212]

The last person to handle the gun when the shot was fired was Alec so he is responsible.

[@tjrex6702]

For God's sake, why were the poor victims left to rot on the floor of the church set for "45 minutes to an hour"??!!?? He even says that she was still alive at that point! If the medics had been called immediately, then Halyna Hutchins could still be alive today. The whole crew of this movie should be legally convicted of criminal negligence!!!

[@Joshua-dw8wu]

I have fired an old pistol by accidentally releasing the hammer before pulling it back completely. I was surprised that the hammer could hit the primer without the trigger being pulled but some old pistols don't have that safety mechanism.

[@canadianbeef1958]

I don't believe you

[@NMS350]

This safety mechanism you’re referring to is a protective plate, and its actually more rare than common. But yes this revolver most likely had nothing of the sort. The problem is lack of firearm knowledge.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

To my knowledge, the replica .45LC was a modern design. The newer models have safety features.

[@moow950]

Since this is an Western, they probably used ancient or replica pistols, so this could have happened indeed.

[@GeneralTHC]

Even if that's so it still requires a live round being in the gun which there never should have been.

[@mychulita]

5:26 “he was screaming verlo loudly, and I though , why is he screaming, what happened?”.... forget that he didn’t know he was injured... what about he was screaming because of what happened to Alina. Listening to this guy is painful

[@Lepidopterous.]

But he just said he didn’t know what happened to Alina in that moment. And if someone is screaming in pain, you would be wondering what happened to *them,* not what did they witness that was terrifying.

[@mychulita]

@@Lepidopterous. I’m sure before he heard the guy screaming he heard the gunshot.

[@han1218]

"I didn't pull the trigger", what difference does that make? If the firearm can be shot by using the hammer, then HE SHOT THE GUN. trigger or not. I can't believe that's even an argument.

[@sunray8136]

Alec Baldwin....you were handling a gun. You are 100% responsible. The only way to make this better is to take full responsibility and not dump that onto someone else. It's a firearm. It needs to be checked and double checked. Never rely on someone else if you are the one with the gun in your hand. Accidents can happen. The only for sure gun safety is 100% self accountability. And that's the reason why it happened is because you are dumping responsibility off of yourself

[@gaelstromproductions]

I can't understand why people are trying to make him a villain in this, nor why they expect him to feel guilt as if he murdered her. Whether people believe the crying or the sad music or not is irrelevant. It's obvious he would feel horrible in the sense that he was an unwilling participant in the death of someone he worked with, but no reasonable person should expect guilt like he was an intentional murderer, and anyone who says so is a horrible person with no perspective. Nobody deserves the crippling guilt of someone's murder when they are not at fault, that level of guilt is a spiral of depression and self-hatred that would just end up needlessly destroying another person's life for no reason. He's sad and in shock that he was at all involved in the death of someone even if it was in no way his fault, however let's face reality for a moment. If you just met a co-worker a month before, and even if you worked closely together and they were killed, how sad would you honestly be? You just got to know them, they weren't your spouse or a family member or someone you've been friends with for a large part of your life. All you can do is feel a general sense of sadness that something happened, and that you know a child just lost a mother, and a very passionate and talented individual is now gone. All these extremely sad elements don't change the fact there was nothing you could have knowingly done differently. He's had decades in the industry handling guns, and is well versed in the industry checks and balances that others who are better trained and responsible for prepping these things have done for him on many occasions all the way back to Hunt for Red October. Nobody can reasonably expect every actor who holds a gun to be an expert. If you were at a stop light, and someone was walking in front of your car on a crosswalk, and a car slams into you at 30 MPH, and in an unexpected moment of shock from the impact your foot goes off the break for a second and your car is forced to roll over the person and kills them, are you at fault? No. Would you want everyone blaming you for not keeping your foot on the break in whiplash and say nonsense like "Well you should have known to keep your foot on the break even if you were hit!" Seriously, everyone needs to have some perspective.

[@durtyragoux]

Everything points to his responsibility in this act. He was an executive producer on the film. He was Co-creator of the film. He held the gun that shot and killed Hutchins. His story about not pulling the trigger is most unlikely, and a previous accidental discharge on the film should have resulted in his own checking of any weapon he handled in any scene. There was a pattern of mistreatment of crew, and ongoing safety concerns. There was target practice being done around the set with firearms from the shoot. The details of all these issues are still unfolding, and it remains to be seen exactly what his involvement was. It's way too early to claim he was a victim of circumstances which he may have been responsible for, and now it's a matter of establishing what those responsibilities were, and to what extent he was involved. In short, there's plenty of smoke, and plenty of reason to suspect that he bore significant responsibility for, not only the resulting shooting, but also the pattern of ineptitude, abusive working conditions, and safety concerns which preceded the final act. This was, by no means, a well-oiled machine, as Baldwin called it. That is, in fact, a complete lie.

[@gaelstromproductions]

@@durtyragoux Imperfect working conditions may be present, however as you said it's still being investigated so claiming abusive working environment is equally as speculative. Regardless of any of those being true, name a single anything in life that is a well-oiled machine with no flaws at all. That does not make him a murderer or at fault. There is also personal responsibility of the crew who are professionals at their respective jobs being involved. And yet again nobody can reasonably make the argument that he should be checking the gun as a non-expert. Actors have never under any circumstances been expected to be firearms experts outside of exceptionally unique circumstances. A non-expert checking the gun would be pointless, the gun was the responsibility of the person charged with monitoring the firearms on set. Him not handling management and organizational decisions if any of what you are stating is true adds nothing to the idea the death being his direct fault in any form whatsoever. Abusive working conditions in any form doesn't stop the responsibility of the armorer on set for controlling their weapons. That is their responsibility. If people were doing target practice, how can anyone expect a producer to be everywhere at once telling everyone how to do their job? If we're sincerely going by responsibility that poor armorer bears more responsibility than he does, as it was her sole purpose to monitor and control the fire arms on set. That said there is the possibility of some kind of Brandon Lee scenario with some kind of conspiratorial bullet replacement, and I'm sure everyone's letting their imaginations run wild, but everyone also needs to think about the realities of a movie set. It is entirely possible that it was a tragedy of errors and miscommunication, and that should be the base logic everyone should be starting with instead of vilifying Alec Baldwin just because he happened to be holding the gun. What precisely would he gain by killing a coworker whom he only knew for 4 weeks of shooting through some kind of Triad conspiracy style assassination. If anything a question of 'who was the real target' would be in the mix.

[@durtyragoux]

@@gaelstromproductions the previous accidental discharge on set should have been what dictated that the gun be presented to the actor, opened, and shown to be 'cold', prior to the actor taking hold, at the very least. An actor doesn't need to be an expert to tell if the gun is empty, or what blanks look like, what bullets look like, and so on. Indeed, he should know exactly those things, including how to empty and clear a gun. These are basics, and he's been handling guns, as an actor, for forty years. For him to claim ignorance seems less than truthful. This is what many if not most productions do as routine safety protocol, and seems like the only obvious sound procedure, rather than trusting in whoever gives the gun to the actor. The fact that Baldwin claimed the production was a well-oiled machine, in the face of what has already been found to be true, is the first lie he has been caught telling. The fact that the armorer was apparently inept and unqualified, and that changes weren't made after the first discharge, and after the target practice was found to be true, that falls on the production. For someone who was so deeply involved in the production, who actually shot the gun, Alec claims to have far less involvement than appears to be true. I've heard accounts of his poor treatment of crew, and his decisions as producer which adversely affected the crew, as well as his possible involvement in the target practice itself. While I don't know these to be true, that's exactly what we're about to find out. The idea that the gun went off, without him pulling the trigger, is yet another implausible statement, which will also be investigated. No one is saying it was intentional, but well before that there is EVERY reason to believe he bears responsibility, and now we're going to see to what extent that is. Just curious, are you a Democrat by any chance?

[@gaelstromproductions]

​@@durtyragoux I will agree that we need to wait for details, and I'm certain they will discover flaws in the movie setup which will both be blown out of proportion and turned into things they actually weren't. I've been in tech for over a decade, and mistakes due to missed details is by far the most common thing I've ever seen. No maliciousness, no hatred, just someone who didn't get good sleep or their family having issues causing them to miss details, and that's what I expect them to find. And people will of course say 'they cut corners' and I would respond 'name a situation where any company hasn't tried to cut corners'. People will find blame because they're looking for it, and just because a person died doesn't change that it was a collection of mistakes. Had she lived, it still would have been. So the result doesn't drive the reason. If we found out Alec as a producer cut corners somewhere, would that make him responsible directly? No, nor a murderer in any form. Will he bear responsibility in some form of managerial capacity? Probably, but I would judge him as any other manager who delegated expertise on the cause of the problem to someone who was hired for that reason. The family lost someone due to an accident. Negligence in some form is involved, otherwise there wouldn't have been a real bullet, but there's no way that negligence could reasonably be directly or only attributed to Alec. You will find the same cut corners on dozens of other movies that didn't lead to a death, so the result here doesn't make this a worse situation. Was the armorer inexperienced? Technically yes and no, this was her second movie. So blaming her due to inexperience means there's no such thing as ever getting a break and getting experience. Will her inexperience have probably led to a mistake that somehow connected to this? I believe it will, but we will find out. I know nothing about the target practice, so I won't speak to it, but if it did happen then it still ends up being her responsibility to have checked the gun before the scene, not Alec's. If they moved ahead with the scene without her present for example when she was supposed to, then that would be a negligence that would be much harder to counter. I'm pretty sure based on what people said that what he described isn't exactly what happened, but also thinking logically if he did start screaming "Who gave me a loaded gun!?" I'd say that too is a valid response. Because again, that was someone's responsibility to handle, because the actor must focus on preparing for the scene, and also as the producer, he focuses on the big picture things, not the minutia which everyone seems to think he does. Just like a makeup artist is responsible for keeping makeup consistent, so is an armorer responsible for keeping the weapons under control. All the jobs have responsibilities and supervision goes up the chain while Alec is the actor. Why should Alec be blamed right up front when there's literally no possible way he is solely at fault even if money was tight and people weren't treated nicely? The family will receive compensation, which obviously everyone knows would rather she hadn't died in the first place, but she is dead, and the fault is the studio's and settlement will occur, but Alec's life does not in any way deserve to be ruined for just being the actor who held the gun that happened to have a live bullet. So I'll be done with this now because I have no interest in anyone who uses strawmen arguments out of nowhere in any discussion. My response even before your second response was going to be 'I don't follow democrat or republican because only a fool would define themselves and their thoughts by political leanings, and I take each circumstance based on the situation and information around it with as objective a view as I can. I listen to each side make it a point to look at as much information as I can before making a decision, and have never met a person who defines themselves as democrat or republican, left or right, as an intelligent person." So you bringing 'leftist' into this is out of nowhere is not only completely unrelated to anything we were discussing, it harms all your arguments because you brought in a strawman argument. That and you made up nonsense in your head and responded based on assumption before I had time to respond. Someone being accidentally shot isn't 'leftist' to attempt to take an even-headed approach and not make every mistake dive into the 'murder' or 'full responsibility' direction. I don't even know what 'left' or 'right' means anymore since their meaning changes every 2-3 years, and I just know every time I hear those terms to describe an idea I know the speaker has nothing useful to say on the matter.

[@durtyragoux]

@@gaelstromproductions sorry for my assumption, but to me your arguments and logic don't make sense, and are obtuse toward his inconsistent, and unlikely, assertions, as well as his obvious lies. If, in fact, he was at all involved in the ammo, and or the target practice, the fact that he was also producer puts him in even greater danger of criminal charges. There is in fact a potentially very strong connection between his actions as producer and as actor. As an IATSE member myself , the stories I've heard are quite damning, so I'm even more surprised at your unwaivering support given the very serious allegations, as well as his nonsensical explanations. Honestly, you seem far too bright to believe what you're saying.

[@Darkwindowtint8389]

I blame Hannah Reed. It was her job to make sure all guns on the set were safe. If you think hiring a professional is expensive, wait till you hire an amateur.

[@TheJanet4321]

Her and the asst. director who said it was cold. Should not have said "cold" if he hadn't checked the gun 1st. No excuses.

[@arthurwaring]

You've left the same comment under 4 videos. Doesn't change the fact Alec was the one who pulled the trigger and is not taking accountability

[@readywerx]

I wouldn't trust that 24 year old with 4 different colors of hair to run a television remote. She just looks dizzy AF.

[@marktwo8608]

No way apparently you haven't watch any of Alec Baldwin movies like the Getaway, he has more experience handling a gun better than Hannah Reed. If he took responsibility yeah, but to come off like he's inexperienced with guns is BS.

[@canadianbeef1958]

I blame Alec Boldwin, he shot 2 people and killed someone

[@desert4seat]

Amazing!! This 2-part series could win an award in itself! Great acting by Bonehead Baldwin

[@StoneHands25]

I don't think he shot her intentionally and I do believe he had no idea those live rounds in that gun but he's so withdrawn you can tell he has no remorse or any sympathy for that woman

[@eduardoalvarez1921]

Agree was unintentional but, as I've replied to comments, still his responsibility to check himself that gun is safe and empty. Lots of us gun owner are just shaking our heads to some of the pro Alec commentary. Alec broke the cardinal rules regarding gun safety.

[@carolineinsydney1281]

The way he wipes the tear off each eye and says I’m sorry is text book acting right there.

[@nealteitelbaum8660]

Kind of like Kyle Rittenhouse

[@tvshowmemes-jt8eb]

@@nealteitelbaum8660 lmao why would Kyle cry for those 2 convicts he killed? I sure you wouldn’t.. course he put up a show for those liberals 😂😂😂

[@IlkoBirov]

This is a sickening display. He says it took him 45 minutes to realize she had actually been shot? After there was a loud bang, she goes down, and another person screams, and also goes down. This story doesn't make sense.

[@gizmogremlin1872]

Yeah a gun goes off, someone is laying on the ground and another likely with a bloody aching shoulder and no one realizes there could have been a live round. I've been in stressful situations that can kinda curb thinking straight a bit sure but this story is complete nonsense.

[@bensturgess152]

That cabinet really can't take the weight of that Vase, it's stressing me out!

[@WildCards27]

His acting is subpar in this film

[@jennychurchill2716]

He is not acting.

[@joshh6868]

I find Alec Baldwin extremely unlikable. But some of these people leaving comments seem to judge Baldwin on his celebrity and politics more than his role in this specific situation. After hearing more about it, this was obviously an accident. Does he share blame? Of course, he is the producer of the film where safety protocols were too lax. But there is plenty of blame to go around, especially where there is someone who would yell “cold gun” without knowing for sure the gun wasn’t loaded. It seems like actors would need to rely on this kind of thing to do their work. I guess I just feel bad for him because he was directly connect to the death of another human being…even though, in my opinion, I don’t think he is most responsible for it. No matter how you slice it, he killed someone. He has to live with that for the rest of his life. I don’t think I could live with myself.

[@TBfilms657]

I don't think he is trying to get clear, he is just giving his side of the story and I think it's increadibly hard to imagine yourself in his position and what to do in that situation.

[@IzzyMariel]

@Gabo H no, he said he has no guilt.

[@GotGoodStuff]

@@IzzyMariel You referring to this actor??

[@IzzyMariel]

@@GotGoodStuff Yes. It's in the long version of the interview. Just google Alec Baldwin has no guilt over shooting and it should come right up. I'd say he was unbelievable, but considering his past behavior, I'm actually not surprised at all.

[@Simon_Cow]

Since it was an accident like you say then why couldn't you live with yourself afterwards?

[@sourmilkyway]

OMG you NEVER point a gun in the direction of something you do not want shot!

[@Fairland3]

When Alec said he didn’t know why Helena went down after he pointed the gun towards her and gun fired, doesn’t make sense.

[@dinoatcharterdotnet]

Whether or not Alec was careless is one point. But why was there a live round in the gun? That has me stumped.

[@postgod261]

I've read that a couple members of the crew used a few of the guns to shoot cans during breaktime. Someone probably left (intentionally or unintentionally) a round in there. What I don't understand is why live rounds are being used in movies period. Is it really that hard to cgi some muzzle flash and smoke post-production?

[@NixonMayHaveBeenOnToSomething]

But the 911 call says someone was shot accidentally. How could he not know someone was shot?

[@professorpancakes6545]

Shock

[@Rhythmicons]

He pulled the hammer back as far as it could without it staying fully cocked and then just let it fall?? Ouch, that's a damning admission.

[@timorourke7429]

In his original interview with the police the date of the incident, Baldwin said with great certainty the Hannah Reed handed the gun to him, not 1st AD Hall. Later he changed his story. Also in the trial of Hannah Reed taking place now it was stated that Joel was screaming immediately after the shot was fired because he was hit by the bullet. It's strange how Baldwin in this interview claims he wasn't sure for over 45 minutes whether Halyna had be shot.

[@neilnpei]

This was some of his best work

[@davidcastro656]

gun in hand. goes off with a dang. two people are wounded. Alec Baldwin - "is she having a heart attack" "did she faint" "bullet wound never crossed my mind" Like wtf. does he hear himself....

[@Thebuird]

So stupid. I could believe the gun went off accidentally by itself…I don’t know, even if it is impossible. But him lying about details like that makes me think he pulled the trigger. Why lie at all if you didn’t do anything wrong?

[@denisebennett3144]

Just how dumb does that make him sound?

[@michaeldelsalto2185]

He’s doesn’t care. He’s more worried about his image. He won’t see a day in jail

[@urbanstarship]

Baldwin admitted here he fired the gun. He said he “didn’t pull the trigger”, but he fired the gun the second way, by pulling back the hammer and letting in go. He likely was holding the trigger. We’ve all seen this in Western movies, where the cowboy fires a gun rapidly by pulling the hammer back multiple times with his palm. If Baldwin fired the gun he’s responsible, at the very least for negligence, which should lead to some criminal charges.

[@TraceM72]

It's called Fanning..

[@RenzoTravelsTheEarth]

Most revolvers still require you to hold down the trigger while you fan the hammer otherwise the hammer just stays back

[@conworldus8310]

This makes no sense. If the police took 15 min to arrive, and Baldwin was in the church the whole time, how on earth did he not know that Joel was also hit? He didn't even talk to him?

[@HairyGooch]

It's just sad the victims of this situation can't speak for themselves. Wished they were here today with us still!

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

The director is still alive. The cinematographer is dead.

[@james_thomps]

Yeah one of them is

[@leelunk8235]

WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE WOULD SAY, HE SHOT ME AND I DIED...PROBABLY PREMEDITATED

[@HairyGooch]

@@leelunk8235 who hurt you bro? You seem angry coming at this comment with all caps on lol

[@leelunk8235]

@@HairyGooch WHAT DO YOU CARE IF I'M IN CAPS, GO WHISPER SOMEWHERE ELSE PANSY

[@meme-hd9fk]

Heres what happened. Somewhere in the mix, the NOOB armorer had a bunch of rounds. Some were live some were dummy rounds. She was too young and green to keep them separated or have a procedure in place where she checked for live rounds each and every day. Low budget movie - you basically get what you pay for. So the live round found its way inside, and I think the armorer girl inadvertently placed the round in there. And I believe from what he is saying, he was going through the motions of the scene rehearsal - and because he doesnt know anything about guns - and he wasnt explained the hammer action can itself cause a discharge - or he wasnt listening when it was explained to him. And the gun discharged.

[@exponentmantissa5598]

You NEVER EVER have live rounds on a set unless there is a specific requirement which is rare. Armourer's are also never to have the weapon out of their site.

[@Thebuird]

Makes sense, but then they added in so much weird info. Like how he didn’t know for an hour anyone was shot? There’s no blood? His friend can’t vocalize he was shot in the shoulder, he can only scream? No one checked to see what happened when they were standing outside after clearing out? No updates at all? Telling part is when the 911 operator asks if it was a real bullet and she replies that she cannot tell her, instead of I don’t know

[@deecohen1383]

Yeah I think I agree with you here

[@ctmhcoloradotreasureminehu8385]

"hammer action can itself cause a discharge" is a false statement in this case. The Pietta came out with a transfer bar safety in 1976 I believe. The trigger pull is what lifts the transfer bar into position, if the trigger is not pulled the weapon will not fire. My two Ruger Blackhawks have the same design; three position hammer with a transfer bar safety, they do not go off unless I pull the trigger.

[@meme-hd9fk]

@@exponentmantissa5598 and here we are. Incompetence all around. I can see how easy it would be for a live round to get mixed into blanks but I cant understand how that gun was not cleared by alec baldwin once it was handed to him. He claims this that - but its his responsibility to clear that gun when he takes responsibility of it. George Clooney said it best - 40 years hes always done it. I hope the prosecutor will call george clooney to the stand to testify that. I actually believe Alec Baldwins story - some of it - right up until he says he didnt know he had shot someone. a 45 round makes one heck of a discharge sound. you cannot ever mistake that for a blank. So hes trying to cover his arse.