Martha Brockenbrough: ?Baldwin is a Man with a Broken Heart. He?s Lost His Child, the Person He Loves the Most?
Martha Brockenbrough, author of The Mommy Chronicles, had some important observations about the Alec Baldwin tapes and the Baldwin-Basinger case on the MSN website:
“After this, does [Baldwin] have any fans left?
“Despite his faults, he does: me…as a parent, I understand his demons.
“Unlike so many celebrities in Hollywood, whose struggle with excesses of drugs, alcohol and wild spending is completely foreign to me, Alec Baldwin is a man with a broken heart. He’s lost his child, the person in the world he loves the most.
“Perhaps it’s his own fault. He seems impossible to live with. But just because he’s a hard guy to love doesn’t mean he’s incapable of love. In fact, I’d say the man’s suffering in part because he loves so much and is devastated that it’s not returned…
“When I first read the voicemail transcript, I shuddered…Even so, I had a moment of recognition — one that I don’t like, but one I’d be a total hypocrite to deny. Just last week, I told my beloved 6-year-old to stop eating like a pig. At the time, she was using her dress as a napkin, something I’ve asked her not to do literally dozens of times. I even told her that, as a 6-year-old, she was too big to be making such a mess at mealtime.
“I didn’t have quite the rage that Baldwin expressed, but if someone passed around a transcript from our dinner table, I wouldn’t sound all that much better. And I know I hurt my sweet child’s feelings.
“The truth is that very few parents can go a lifetime without saying something regrettable to their children. To the ones who do, I offer my congratulations and admiration.
“For the rest of us, though, who are sometimes worn down by life’s stresses, disappointments and apparent exercises in futility, we don’t always say the right things to our kids. Sometimes, we even say the exact wrong things — words we may regret for the rest of our days.
“Baldwin revealed a lot about his emotional fragility when he said, ‘You have humiliated me for the last time with this phone.’
“I lost my cool when my child didn’t use a napkin, but at least I get to see her every day. Baldwin doesn’t, and this apparently wasn’t the first scheduled call she missed. How devastating for a parent who does not have custody to not be able to count even on phone calls.
“I know if I were in his situation, I would be crushed and frustrated, and very likely to lash out. I suspect I’d be furious with my ex, and I’d be mortally wounded by the apparent indifference of my child. I’d also want to go to wherever she was to explain how much she was hurting me. (more…)
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April 24th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Well… It had to happen . The feminist man haters overreacted and now hollywood, a place known for its support of antifather sentiment, has sided with one of its own. This may be the first sign that the stranglehold the liberals and feminist have had on the media, is begining to fall apart.
Hell…. we may even see leftwing liberal like alec baldwin finally decide to side with all us politically incorrect and morally upright types out there.
Why…. it could be the beginning of the end of the feminist and their little ” failed social engineering experiment.” This may signal the start of a real civil rights movement for fathers and men.
I have said for years that once enough people stood up and supported us, then that will be the start of something that will not stop. One day when I am old and gray, yeah really gray, I have some child ask me . “grandpa, whats a ” feminist” I will have a whale of time trying to explain that to the little tyke. Even more amazing will be the reaction they will have when I do tell them what feminist WAS!!!!!
April 24th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
One wonders if Baldwin even has any awareness of those of the huge numbers of us out here struggling with the same issues.
I wonder…?