In my blog this weekend about Alec Baldwin, I mention that frankly both sides of this ugly divorce need to be slapped.

In Baldwin’s case, the phone call is a good example of why.

And in Basinger’s case, this should do:

Basinger ‘hires bodyguard for daughter’ after Baldwin phone rant

Feuding Kim Basinger hired a bodyguard to protect her daughter Ireland after her ex-husband left an angry message on the girl’s phone, it has been claimed.

The star is said to have arranged 24-hour cover for Ireland after her father labeled the 11-year-old a “thoughtless little pig” on the voicemail, which was leaked to the media.

Mother and daughter were seen in Los Angeles over the weekend - accompanied by the burly security man.

This is pure foolishness.  The implication is that She is afraid Baldwin will hurt the child, and while others have echoed this sentiment, I don’t think he was speaking literally or physically threatening to the kid so this is just posturing.

There is another explanation however, perhaps she is concerned about all the publicity the kid is now getting since this is all front page news.

And frankly that could be a valid concern, after all the press is not very discreet.

But then again, if that is the case, then it is Kim’s fault for releasing or leaking the damn phone call.  If she is concerned about the child, she should have left the matter to the court, not the court of public opinion.

Baldwin has had this to say:

“I am sorry for what happened,” Baldwin wrote on his web site. “But I am equally sorry that a court order was violated, which had deliberately been put under seal in this case.

“Although I have been told by numerous people not to worry too much, as all parents lose their patience with their kids, I am most saddened that this was released to the media because of what it does to a child,” he wrote.

Hey, Butthead!  Worry about the harm done to the kid when her dad calls her a “dirty little pig”.

Idiots, both of them.

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