Lately, he’s been in the news because of the fatal shooting incident on the set of Rust in October 2021. (He is pleading not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter.) But actor Alec Baldwin was previously in the spotlight for a series of offensive remarks about LGBTQ+s…
July 2005
Baldwin is twice nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series — in 2005 and 2006 — for his work on Will & Grace. From Madonna to Woody Harrelson, cameos on the show were effectively a seal of approval of a public figure’s LGBTQ+ allyship at the time.
2008
Baldwin becomes an early adopter of the kind of hateful rhetoric that would proliferate years later, telling The Advocate: “The only thing about sexuality today that’s overwhelming to me is people who want to have sexual-reassignment surgery. It’s one thing to say, ‘I’m a guy, but I don’t like women,’ and another thing to say, ‘I’m a guy, and I want to be a woman.’ I’m like, wow. The transgendered thing totally blows my mind.”
June 2013
After a gay Daily Mail reporter accuses his wife of tweeting during James Gandolfini’s funeral, Baldwin himself tweets: “’I’d put my foot up your f***ing ass, George Stark, but I’m sure you’d dig it too much ... I’m gonna find you, George Stark, you toxic little queen, and I’m gonna f*** ... you ...up.”
In a statement to GLAAD’s website, Baldwin apologises for his rant. “My ill-advised attack on George Stark of the Daily Mailhad absolutely nothing to do with issues of anyone’s sexual orientation,” he says. “My anger was directed at Mr Stark for blatantly lying and disseminating libellous information about my wife and her conduct at our friend’s funeral service. As someone who fights against homophobia, I apologise.” Everyone deserves forgiveness, right?
November 2013
Baldwin squanders any goodwill fostered with LGBTQ+s when he shouts at a member of the paparazzi taking photos of his wife and baby. As he walks back to his car afterwards, he calls the photographer a “c**ksucking f*g”.
November 2013
In an apology published
