Alec Baldwin with the president of PETA. Does she know that his secret special happy place has white leather seats?
A few months ago I offered Deceiver readers $50 for evidence of Alec Baldwin eating a cheeseburger. That’s how luke-warm we were about the sarcasm-prone “Daddy Dearest” and his dedication to the animal-rights cause of PETA.
Google has 165,000 hits for “PETA” and “Alec Baldwin.” He’s narrated anti-meat videos, flacked anti-fur footage on Larry King, and even helped PETA try to get horse-drawn carriages banned in New York City. Seriously.
On Saturday, London’s Telegraph newspaper ran a six-page profile of Baldwin called “No Laughing Matter” in its Sunday Magazine supplement. The article isn’t available online, at least not yet. But I just finished reading a copy.
Here’s a paragraph from page 33:
On a cool rainy day in June, the car-park in the centre of East Hampton was no more than half full, but Baldwin drove around it slowly, as if not seeing the many available spaces. ‘In East Hampton, I’m a nudist and I eat meat,’ Baldwin — a vegetarian — had said before my visit, expanding on the idea that he lived a quite different life on Long Island than he did in New York. ‘I shoot deer with a bow and arrow. I some the deer meat and eat it every morning with my eggs and toast. I am a homosexual. I listen to rock music, loud.’
Now, before you all jump on me and imagine him channeling Jack Donaghy from “30 Rock,” yes, I understand he was probably joking. But you have to wonder why he equates the kill-it-and-grill-it lifestyle with nudism, rock music, and being gay. (All I know for sure is that his shrink is underpaid.)
Regardless, this next bit — reported just four paragraphs later — doesn’t ring with any irony:
We drove to the East Hampton marina. ‘We’re going to be so happy,’ Baldwin said. ‘We are going to be so f***ing happy.’ For the first time since the previous summer, he was going out on the water. A few minutes later, we were in Three Mile Harbour, in Baldwin’s sleek speedboat, which has white leather seats and pale-brown trim. He explained that the boat, at 25ft, was as long as it could be while still providing the initial pop of speed that would allow a man weighing more than 200lb to water-ski. ‘This is why we do sitcoms in Queens!’ he said, as he accelerated to 55mph.
The clouds were low and threatening, but the water was calm. He headed toward Shelter Island, making fast, sweeping turns. ‘It’s the only time in my life I can relax,’ Baldwin said … ‘The most relaxing places for me are onstage doing a play and on this boat.’
So… to recap, the only time Alec Baldwin feels like he can truly be at peace with himself is when his butt is plopped down on leather seats. You just know that if he were … oh … say, Lindsay Lohan, he’d be on the business end of some sort of projectile just for admitting that.
But cheer up, Alec. Maybe all is not lost. You could sell your boat and give the money to PETA, like Pam Anderson did with her leather-draped Dodge Viper.
I can’t believe I just suggested that.
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Sorry Alec none of that stuff makes you gay. Those shoes do. And why is he hangin’ with Sid Vicious’ mom? I thought she was dead.
And I’m guessing he’s talking about Ted Nugent.
http://deceiver.com/2008/10/30/alec-baldwin-kindness/
Way to be not bitter. Douche.
Pasta, you beat me at calling him a douche. I guess I’ll have to call him a tool.
I just can’t get over how bloated he looks.
If that’s what vegetarianism does to you, I’ll keep eating meat, thanks.
Ever notice that the bigger the idiot, the more likely they are to associate themselves with PETA?
It’s getting to the point now where it is more surprising to see a celebrity support PETA and mean it.
The leather seats were gifts.
Dear Lord,
Please deliver me from all further thoughts about a lard laden Baldwin brother being dragged around by a speed boat.
Especially when such thoughts inevitably involve a speedo.
I promise to be good from now on.
Amen.
My theory is that if you publicly subscribe to a vegetarian diet, PETA will pretend not to notice you wearing leather or fur or having furniture made from animal skins.
Notice how PETA never attacks a celebrity who doesn’t eat meat but uses other animal products, but will personally attack a celebrity who openly practices an omnivorous diet using animal products. Basically, this organization is so fickle that if you tell everyone you’re a vegetarian (all you really gotta do is talk the talk…), that nothing you do is ever inappropriate.
Seeing how many people who endorse PETA are callous, rude, and abusive individuals, I think it’s kind of pointless for them to get on their high horse (heh!) and espouse “righteous” causes. On the other hand, you’ve got to consider the type of people who support any funie- activist group…usually the type of people overcompensating for their personal lives. I know I’m pretty sheltered and not worldly, but having met a lot of PETA supporters…they’re usually not kind people.
*156,000 hits
Kidding!
Someday, a cure will be found for Acute Anal-Retentiveness. Then PETA will cease to exist and cock-fighting will become the national pasttime. Or not.
Oh for christsakes, everybody knows you don’t put leather seats on a boat. Dorkhats.
How does PETA feel about human leather? Are they in favor of that being harvested?
‘Cause then we can do a PETA serial killer movie. “It rubs the lotion in it’s skin, so I can have comfy seats on my boat and not hurt animals”
Here you go squid.
http://www.go2marine.com/product.do?no=165666F&WT.mc_id=gb1
It’s waterproof on the cow, why not the boat? It wouldn’t be my choice either though. My yacht seats are covered in gold, and platinum.
He should stick to reading from a script. ANything he says outside of something he is getting paid to say is just a bunch of crap.
The President of PeTA is a total babe! Being a vegan is clearly fantastic for your face.
Ahaha, old people.
PS: Alec Baldwin, is he the one that told his daughter she was a “pig”? What a lovely man.
Don’t worry Lyteup,
When Alec called his daughter a “rude and thoughtless little pig”, it was in a totally nonthreatening vegan sort of way.
you are so lame! there is nothing in this at all. nice way to spend your day- failing to expose alec baldwin eating meat and then write a story about blahblahblah. so weak. so tired.
Just a little correction…If you can find a 25′ boat that has leather seats, let me know. Especially white ones. Any boat seat will be made of vinyl, not leather. Leather holds water for a long time, and becomes hard after getting wet. Not trying to rain on the parade of Baldwin hating because I will sit in the front row for that, but just a little fact checking would clear this one up. I do think he is gay as hell though, if that helps….
Why is it that everybody is so angry and bitter and abusive toward folks who chose not to eat meat? This entire thread wouldn’t exist if such weren’t the case.
Most people chose not to eat meat because of moral issues. Just like doctors who do peacework in poor contries or people who foster children and, dare I say, animals. Hardly something to ridicule somebody for.
Nitpicking at someone for doing what they feel is right, especially when it doesn’t affect you, really just points out that you feel threatened by their choices and the example they’re setting; that you feel guilty.
If you really feel that it’s okay to eat animals then you should argue the philosophy and morality of the issue, not scour the internet for evidence of Alec Baldwin being even slightly hypocritical in his beliefs, because if the way we treat animals IS wrong, it’s not going to suddenly become right if Mr. Baldwin has some leather seats in his boat.
I don’t think it’s the refusal to eat meat in and of itself, so much as the proselytizing about not eating meat.
That works out beautifully, as long as it goes both ways. Which it usually doesn’t.
Remember the NAZIS made lampshades from human skin and they were animal lovers and hitler was a VEGETARIAN