By Mark Gray
5:16pm PST, Jan 20, 2023
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Alec Baldwin's wife, Hilaria Baldwin, has broken her silence after a New Mexico District Attorney announced that she would be filing involuntary manslaughter charges against the actor in the 2021 fatal shooting and killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, which occurred as he rehearsed a scene for the indie-western "Rust." New Mexico District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said she will formally file the charges against Baldwin and the movie's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, "before the end of this month." Alec has always said he accidentally shot Halyna, but claimed he was told that the gun was not loaded. Since the D.A.'s announcement, paparazzi essentially began living outside of Alec and Hilaria's New York City home, and the mother-of-seven finally had enough. In speaking publicly for the first time since the pending charges, Hilaria slammed the paparazzi for swarming their home. "I want you guys to realize that we have seven kids, and you being here to escort them to school and to be there when they come home is not good," she chastised them on camera. "On a human level, you guys know that I'm not going to say anything to you. You know that. So please leave my family in peace and let this all play out. Let my kids come home and you stay away from them."
Several other notable names have publicly reacted to the D.A.'s decision.
Click through to see who's backing Alec and who's celebrating the pending charges...
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"There's no such thing as a gun accident, only gun negligence. #AlecBaldwin" —John Rich
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"I usually never put my 2 cents in about what happens on someone's movie set. It's a terrible tragedy what happened to a cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. But no way in hell actor Alec Baldwin should be charged with any negligence whatsoever. Most actors don't know anything about guns especially if they didn't grow up around them. Alec didn't bring the gun to the set from his house or his car, when weapons are involved on a movie set, the guns are supposed to he handled only by the 'weapon armor.' In some cases the 1st AD might pass a gun to an actor, but most of the time the gun is handed to the actor directly by the 'gun armor.' There's what armor's job is on the set. To have an expert around any type of dangerous weapon. The actor then has an option of dry firing the gun him or himself to double check. Noway in hell should Alec Baldwin be blamed for this unfortunate tragedy. Why 'the powers to be' charging Baldwin with this responsibility is terribly wrong. I am sure Alec is already suffering enough over what happened. But to lay a blame on him is terribly terribly wrong. With my deepest condolences to Halyna Hutchins, to her family and her friends." –Mickey Rourke
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"Maybe Alec Baldwin will be lucky enough to share a cell with Michael Avenatti." —Donald Trump Jr.
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"The DA who is indicting him… She's a big Republican. I'm only saying this because Alec Baldwin is a target for Republicans… I'm just saying." —Joy Behar on "The View"
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"Baldwin should grab a plea or risk likely felony conviction." —Geraldo Rivera
