When you are a well-known celebrity, you often find yourself in difficult situations. This occurs because you are in the public eye and people sometimes are looking for a reason to become famous themselves.
This recently happened to Alec Baldwin after he was harassed by a woman who asked him why he had ‘killed that lady.’ He ended up smacking her phone out of her hand and the video has gone viral on multiple accounts.
She was referring to an incident that took place in 2021 on the film set of Rust. The actor was using a prop gun and it fired a live round, killing a 42-year-old cinematographer and injuring the director.
As a result of the accident, Baldwin was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. In 2023, the charges were dropped. He was then charged again with involuntary manslaughter in January and is set to face trial.
The woman took a video with her phone and shared it on X, which was formerly Twitter. She used the caption: “White devil Alec Baldwin attacked me. While I was trying to get coffee.”
She was verbally harassing the actor at the coffee shop, and could be heard saying: “Why did you kill that lady? You killed that lady and got no jail time. No jail time Alec. No jail time Alec. You’re putting innocent people in jail Alec Baldwin.”
White devil Alec Baldwin attacked me
While I was trying to get coffeee pic.twitter.com/qebME0V4Wl— Crackhead Barney & Friends (@CHBAF) April 22, 2024
The woman then continues to shout “Free Palestine!” She also tries to get him to say it as well, saying that she would leave him alone if he said it one time.
After Baldwin asked staff members at the coffee shop for assistance, telling them to call the police, the woman continues by calling him a criminal. He then asked her to leave the shop, as does the worker at the coffee shop but she refuses to leave.
When she got close enough to his face, he ended up striking the phone and knocking it out of her hand.
Many of the comments on Twitter pointed out the fact that he was being harassed and many agreed with what he did. Of course, there will be more on the subject as the trial unfolds, but that is to be seen in the future.