Saturday, November 16, 2013

Dunce Cap Award: Alec Baldwin & MSNBC

You'd think Alec Baldwin would at least be happy to put one sordid chapter in his life behind him. Unfortunately, his short temper still gets the better of him when it comes to paparazzi, both professional and the rank amateurs both looking for a quick payday by exploiting their volatile subject matter.

After aspiring actress Genevive Sabourin was sentenced to prison for stalking Baldwin, the Capital One pitchman and neophyte talk show host went off on some fly-by-night camera jockeys looking for some easy dough of their own. As depicted on Inside Edition on Friday, Baldwin physically abused some photographers. As it turns out, it got worse. According to today's New York Daily News, Baldwin lashed out at a TMZ reporter & videographer, unleashing some anti-gay slurs.

On the heels of that incident, MSNBC, which hired Baldwin last month to host a Friday night talk show, suspended the tempermental actor for 2 weeks. Baldwin apologized for his actions via Twitter, but, given his history, it'll come off as being hollow the next time he vents on someone, which could be any day now.

We'll give Baldwin a Dunce Cap, but we're also sending a supply to MSNBC's suits, since apparently they should've known better before hiring Baldwin for his first gig as a talk show host. While we're at it, let's send some to the idiot camera jockeys looking for that easy money. If this doesn't teach you to respect a man's privacy, I don't know what will, but this I do know. You're better off finding a safer line of work.

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