Some celebrities shouldn’t be allowed to operate cell phones. Naomi Campbell, for instance. Or Amanda Bynes. And now, after leaving his then 11-year-old daughter an infamous voicemail rant in 2007 and refusing to quit his game of “Words with Friends” before an American Airlines flight takeoff in 2011, Alec Baldwin has officially cemented his place in celebrity cell phone scandal history with his latest cellular faux pas.
After attending the funeral of The Sopranos star James Gandolfini in New York City on Thursday, a reporter claimed that Alec’s wife Hilaria was tweeting upbeat announcements during the ceremony about her upcoming wedding anniversary and recent Rachael Ray Show appearance. Alec figured there was no better way to dispute the rumor than to defend his wife’s honor through the social media site she was accused of abusing – in the form of a colorful, expletive-filled Twitter rant, of course. After firing off a series of tweets, several even threatening the U.K. Daily Mail reporter who started the rumor, Alec’s account was disabled.
A rep for the Baldwins released a statement to ABC News, saying, “It is disgraceful that this reporter manufactured a story and never called for comment or explanation – especially when it needlessly diverted attention away from a day to honor the memory of a beloved figure like Mr. Gandolfini.”
What’s more unfortunate: the fact that our favorite 30 Rock NBC executive can’t seem to control his temper. Please, Alec, for everyone’s sake, put the cell phone down.
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