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Interest in Alec Baldwin following the accidental Rust movie shooting has reached a fever pitch. A reporter who followed Alec and Hilaria Baldwin to a house in New York on December 6, 2021, got an earful. Here’s what happened and how the embattled actor responded to the situation. 

The New York Post reporter who captured the video tweeted the incident 

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin walking on a road
Alec and Hilaria Baldwin | MEGA/GC Images

Alec Baldwin is in the middle of a media firestorm. He accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Santa Fe, New Mexico set of his Western Rust on October 21. Additionally, he wounded director Joel Souza. The 30 Rock actor subsequently spoke out several times. 

Baldwin took to Twitter to express his grief immediately following the accident. He subsequently gave a comprehensive interview to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on December 2. But just as news broke that he deleted his Twitter account for the third time this year, a New York Post reporter followed Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria — and tweeted out a video of the incident. 

“NEW … I ran into Alec Baldwin on the Upper East Side,” wrote Jon Levine. As of this writing, the video had 1.6 million views. 

In the invasive encounter, Baldwin makes his way to the front door of a residence. Levine asks him what brings him to New York, following him with video running. Baldwin’s wife, Hilaria, cell phone camera in hand, attempts to block her husband from the camera’s view and says forcefully, “I asked you to leave.” 

“Mr. Baldwin, who’s here?” Levine asks, to which Hilaria repeats, “I asked you to go away. Please go away.” Baldwin himself then addresses Levine personally, walking toward his camera while Levine backs up quickly. 

“You are not allowed to photograph somebody’s private home,” he said. “You can’t photograph on to somebody’s private home.” The reporter continues to ask questions. However, Baldwin and his wife then enter the residence. 

Alec Baldwin says he didn’t pull the trigger in the deadly ‘Rust’ shooting 

While Levine sought more answers from Baldwin, his George Stephanopoulos interview covered nearly every aspect of the Bonanza Creek Ranch accident. Baldwin expressed deep grief over the traumatic shooting. 

However, he says he wasn’t responsible for Hutchins’ death or the accident that led to it. “The trigger wasn’t pulled,” he tells ABC News in the interview, per CNN. “I didn’t pull the trigger. 

“I would never point a gun at anyone and then pull the trigger, never,” Baldwin adds. 

Baldwin furthermore claimed that the ammunition shouldn’t have been on the set. In addition to starring in the film, he was a producer. 

“Someone put a live bullet in the gun, a bullet that wasn’t even supposed to be on the property,” he says. As a consequence of the accident, Baldwin says his career could be over. 

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin deleted their Twitter accounts the day before the run-in with the reporter

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An investigation into the deadly shooting is ongoing. Moreover, celebrities like George Clooney continue to comment freely on the matter. But per his ABC interview, Baldwin believes the accident won’t result in criminal charges against him. And it has sparked a discussion about what changes need to happen to ensure on-set safety. 

Still, the escalating interest in the case seems to have affected the couple. Both Alec and Hilaria Baldwin deleted their Twitter accounts over the weekend. It’s the third time Baldwin deleted a verified account in 2021. However, the actor usually returns to the platform. 

In short, it appears that the matter is nowhere near over for Alec Baldwin.  

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