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  • Alec Baldwin bids ‘goodbye’ to Twitter ‘for now’ following wife Hilaria’s heritage debacle

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: American actor Alec Baldwin announced on Monday morning (local time) that he is leaving Twitter “for now” following his wife Hilaria Baldwin’s heritage scandal.

    The 62-year-old Oscar Nominee actor took to the popular micro-blogging site and wrote, “Twitter is like a party where everyone is screaming. Not much of a party.”

    He concluded: “Goodbye for now.”

    As reported by Fox News, the message came after a relatively busy morning on the app for the ’30 Rock’ alum, who kicked off the day by calling the recent loss of Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin’s son “unspeakable.”

    He also retweeted a handful of news articles and shared a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. before signing off.

    As per Fox News, in recent weeks, Baldwin has used the app in Hilaria’s defence after her Spanish heritage was called into question, even taking the opportunity to slam Twitter.

    The ‘It’s Complicated’ star also previously addressed the criticism on Instagram, calling the ordeal “just a lot of s**t.”

    “You have to kind of hack your way through the debris of Twitter. Twitter is just a vast orchard of crap,” he said.

    “And I have certainly slung some crap in that orchard myself every now and then with things I’ve said. So, that’s not lost on me that I’m guilty of that as well.”

    Fox News reported that last month, Hilaria was called out on Twitter for ‘pretending’ to be Spanish. It was revealed she was actually born and raised in Boston, not Spain, as she has implied.

    According to Fox News, she was also slammed for her occasional Spanish accent, which has noticeably fluctuated over the years when she made appearances on TV. It was also uncovered that her real name is “Hillary.” 

  • Alec Baldwin delivers spoof farewell address as US President Donald Trump

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: Alec Baldwin reprised his Emmy-winning ‘Saturday Night Live’ role as President Donald Trump to deliver a mock farewell address just a week before the real-life commander in chief bids farewell to the White House.

    According to Fox News, the actor and comedian teamed up with writer Kurt Andersen to present ‘Hasta la Vista, America: Trump’s Farewell Address.’

    A three-minute-long teaser of the nearly 45-minute audiobook was released on Tuesday (local time) on SoundCloud. The teaser sees Baldwin putting on the voice of Trump and stating that the upcoming speech is “the most important speech” by the President.

    “That’s right. For a while you’re still free to say ‘Happy New Year’ like you were free on New Year’s Eve to gather together and have fantastic parties and hug and sing and kiss without masks,” Fox News quoted Baldwin as saying as he turns Trump.

    During the address, Baldwin referenced a New Year’s Eve bash thrown by Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort which reportedly did not require face masks or social distancing amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

    Baldwin is then heard correcting himself after speaking to someone in the background.

    “Ok got it. Or with masks. Your choice, especially if you’re not immune like me and the first family,” the Trump parody said.

    The monologue continued with Baldwin declaring that since he is leaving the throne of the President “America will be much less great again” come the Easter holiday.

    “Soon in March or April or whenever, try going into a restaurant or a store if they’re not all shut down already and say, ‘Happy Easter!’ They’ll scream at you, kick you out, even if you’re wearing a mask,” Fox News quoted the parody Trump as saying.

    “Although I actually could tell lies if I wanted but I don’t and that’s actually why they hate me — the phonies, the radicals, the liberals, the elitists, the fake media, the Antifas — because I tell too much truth,” he added.

    Baldwin then went on to mock the real-life Trump’s claim that the 2020 elections were rigged.

    “Washington invented what I’m doing now. What many historians called his ‘farewell address’… could have run again, won very easily, another term, then again and again and again, no rule against it. Also back then elections weren’t rigged,” the Emmy-winning actor said.

    “We Love Trump” chants then started echoing in the background, following which the audio featured Trump calling out the “squad” which constituted of Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Cory Booker and Rashida Tlaib, and Kamala Harris, reported Fox News.

    “Farewell for now as far as the White House goes because never say never. I mean, you know, after the total takeover by the communists look at that squad over in Congress. I call it a death squad, like in the bad places they come from,” Baldwin said.

    Earlier in October, the 62-year-old actor had essayed President Trump for a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch, where he had revealed to the public that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19. Baldwin’s fellow celebrity Jim Carrey took on the role of Joe Biden.