Baldwin show off-air after anti-gay slurs
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Alec Baldwin’s new weekly MSNBC talk show was suspended for two episodes after the actor was videotaped using an anti-gay epithet against a photographer during a New York street encounter.
The cable channel didn’t specify the reason it dropped Friday night’s “Up Late with Alec Baldwin” this week and next, but the decision came the day after the Thursday run-in.
In a statement on MSNBC’s website, Baldwin wrote that he “did not intend to hurt or offend anyone with my choice of words, but clearly I have — and for that I am deeply sorry.”
He said his actions came as he tried to protect his family — presumably from the photographer — but were unacceptable and undermine “hard-fought rights that I vigorously support.”
The video, which was posted on TMZ, also drew a tweeted apology from Baldwin in which he claimed he was unaware the term was offensive to gays.
The incident came in the week a Canadian actress was convicted in New York of stalking Baldwin over two years. Genevieve Sabourin was sentenced to six months in jail, in addition to a month she’s serving for courtroom outbursts.
Baldwin’s career has included Oscar and Tony nominations and originating action hero Jack Ryan in “The Hunt for Red October” as well as his Emmy-winning turn on “30 Rock.”
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