Anti-Israel protesters harassing Alec Baldwin earned an earful when the actor snapped at their “stupid questions.”
“Why don’t you shut the f*ck up?”
A roving mob ranting for revolution made its way across New York City Monday demanding both a ceasefire in Gaza and the destruction of Israel. Unsuspectingly swept up in the protest, Baldwin was having none of the badgering from a keffiyeh-masked participant pushing him to condemn Israel.
“Do you condemn Israel?” the man asked holding a smartphone in the actor’s face, recording his response after specifying “you work for Hollywood.”
“You’ve already got your mind made up,” replied Baldwin as the protester sought to know, “Is that your answer?”
“You ask stupid questions,” the actor fired back getting louder and in the face of the masked individual as while repeating, “Ask me a smart question. Ask me a smart question, and I’ll answer your question.”
Actor Alec Baldwin got into a confrontation with a pro-Palestinian demonstrator during a rally in Midtown Manhattan tonight. Baldwin just happened to be walking through the area at the time. @NBCNewYork #nbc4ny @AlecBaldwin #alecbaldwin #nyc #nbcnews pic.twitter.com/epewydLSJS
— Jesse Hamilton (@JesseJHamilton) December 18, 2023
With a police escort surrounding him, the anti-Israel crowd maintained the pursuit of Baldwin and further pestered him as he attempted to enter a building in the area. Though the cops encircled the actor as he was seen standing outside an entryway, the officers could not prevent the ongoing harassment.
Responding again to calls to condemn Israel, Baldwin shot back, “No. I support peace for Gaza.”
“Shut your f*cking mouth, you have no f*cking shame,” a protester shouted while decrying “all your f*cking money, your f*cking waste of a career, you can’t answer a simply question.”
NOW: Actor Alec Baldwin, after walking through the protest and saying something to one of the protestors which apparently escalated the situation, is escorted away by a hoard of NYPD officers pic.twitter.com/XHxkxhODkR
— katie smith (@probablyreadit) December 18, 2023
Reporting on the incident, The Messenger quoted a source familiar with the situation who said, “Alec was on his way to volunteer to teach an acting class. He had no intention of going to the protest and was not involved in any way. He was approached aggressively and repeatedly. The police stepped in to avoid further confrontation so he could make his way to the class safely.”
Peddling pro-Hamas rhetoric, the protesters had been spotted parading across New York City, making their way to various hubs including Grand Central Station, the Port Authority Bus Terminal and Penn Station.
All the while, as New York State Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein highlighted, “This cowardly masked pro-Hamas mob brought their genocidal chants to Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station today. Make no mistake, our government is allowing terrorist sympathizers to take over our busiest transportation hubs.”
Including among their chants was the rallying cry, “There is only one solution, intifada revolution.”
Jews are not safe in New York.
This cowardly masked pro-Hamas mob brought their genocidal chants to Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station today.
Make no mistake, our government is allowing terrorist sympathizers to take over our busiest transportation hubs. pic.twitter.com/RtkHxzsA5H
— Simcha Eichenstein (@SEichenstein) December 18, 2023
Despite his rocky history, a point one of the protesters brought up in referencing Baldwin’s involvement in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” in Oct. 2021, reactions on social media included “New respect for Alec!!!” for refusing to cow to the seething mob “becoming more and more unhinged.”
Hey! New respect for Alec!!!
— asiact (@asiact) December 19, 2023
These protestors are becoming more and more unhinged.
— Craig Prescott (@prescottcraig) December 19, 2023
Well said Alec! Enough Is enough
— azzuzz marajun (@Mik_diCarlo) December 19, 2023
ALEC!! Respect!!! ✊✊
— asiact (@asiact) December 19, 2023
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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