Jack Donaghy is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore. Earlier today, Alec Baldwin punched a New York Daily News photographer in the chin because he was taking a photo of the “30 Rock” star leaving the Marriage Licensee Bureau in Manhattan.
[Baldwin] popped lensman Marcus Santos once in the face outside the Worth St. office after apparently obtaining a license to wed fiancee Hilaria Thomas. Santos was standing innocently with two other photographers when Baldwin, 54, approached with an angry glare.
Eyewitness Goran Veljic said Baldwin’s face filled with rage as he went after the shooters.
“He was like crazy, you know?” said freelancer Veljic, who takes photos outside the office every day. “There was an eruption of mad…You’re going to get a marriage license, you should be happy. What happened with this guy?” (Via)
That block quote is a lot funnier if you change “popped” to “pooped.” Anyway, the Daily News is basically painting Baldwin as some kind of angry-glaring (totally not repetitive), puppy-punching monster, and Santos as the wide-eyed, newborn puppy, not a guy who earns his living by snapping intrusive pictures of celebrities. Baldwin later wrote on Twitter, “A ‘photographer’ almost hit me in the face with his camera this morning #allpaparazzishouldbewaterboarded.” Hey Jackie D, I got some advice for you: #YOLO. #YOLO.
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WE WAS NOT DOING NOTHING BRO WE WAS JUST STANDING INNOCENTLY WITH OUR CAMERAS OUTSIDE THE MARRIAGE LICENSE STORE WHILE ALEC BALDWIN WAS SHOPPING WATS THE BIG DEAL
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I think the celebrities that genuinely wish to be left alone should be able to employ the standard sibling fighting move of swinging your arms wildly as they walk, thus making it the paparazzi’s fault if they get hit. They should also be able to hold machetes while they do this if they’re coming from a hospital or funeral.
The celebrities who actually need the paparazzi to maintain their limited shelf-life in the public eye, but bitch about the paparazzi anyway, can all go die in a house-boat fire.
Maybe, you know, don’t shove your camera in a guy’s face when he’s just going about his personal business? I’m not advocating punching people all willy nilly, but it’s not like Baldwin sucker punched a random pedestrian.
That would be a much better story. “Oh, I’m sorry, I thought you were somebody else.”
I would totally forgive him if did though Boots as long as he called them Lemon afterwards
“There was an eruption of mad…”
That’s awesome.
I like Alec Baldwin because he’s a nutjob. So this is fine.
“Santos was standing innocently with two other photographers when Baldwin, 54, approached with an angry glare.”
That right there is complete BS. If paparazzi stood by innocently, they’d be out of the job. They are all rude little pigs!
Ha, he plays an overrated character on TV…he can do whatever he wants. Alec Baldwin needs to have his ass beat on a daily basis.
The Pap is doing a Deniro face!
ABC Always Beat Cameramen
*slow clap*
Yeah, that gets you a set of steak knives at least.
I bet it was “Hilaria” when Baldwin punched the pap
/waah waah
Somebody should photoshop Raiden’s hat on Baldwin in that pic.