Kim Basinger discussed her “heavy-duty, very out loud” divorce from Alec Baldwin in a candid “Red Table Talk” interview.
Basinger was married to Baldwin from 1993 until 2002. The pair share 26-year-old daughter Ireland Baldwin, who also appeared on the talk show.
Basinger told hosts Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow Smith, and her mother Adrienne Banfield Norris, that Ireland had a “very rough time” during her parents’ divorce.
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Laughing that she and her ex definitely didn’t see “eye to eye,” Basinger shared whether Alec was on hand to help with their daughter’s battle with anxiety: “Uh, no. No, that was not – Alec’s a funny one.
“We’re all fine and we all get along, whatever. But he’s been — but he’s a challenge.”
She added, “I mean, come on. We’ve had our challenges. And I don’t think Alec was emotionally or mentally available for that kind of talk. Alec, you know, operates in a very different way in his life.”
Ireland explained that her dad “deals with anxiety greatly,” insisting he was “someone who grew up in a family that would suppress that as well. Or tell him he’s weak for feeling that way.”
