Philippine Senator Threatens To Beat Alec Baldwin Over Joke

MANILA, Philippines — Alec Baldwin's joke about getting a Filipino mail-order bride provoked a sharp response in the Philippines, with one senator saying Monday that the "30 Rock" star faces violence if he ever visits.

Baldwin, 51, who is divorced with a teenage daughter, said in a May 12 interview on "The Late Show" with David Letterman that he would love to have more children.

The Emmy-winning actor quipped that he was "thinking about getting a Filipino mail-order bride at this point ... or a Russian one."

Baldwin has been involved in a bitter dispute with his ex-wife, Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger, over custody of their 13-year-old daughter, Ireland.

Philippine Sen. Ramon Revilla said Monday that Baldwin's comment was "insensitive and uncalled for" and an insult to millions of Filipinos.

He called the actor "arrogant" and said he is apparently unaware that the Philippines has a law against mail-order brides.

"Let him try to come here in the Philippines and he'll see mayhem," Revilla said, using a local idiom that implies the speaker will personally administer a beating.

The senator is a former action-movie star who occasionally still appears on Philippine TV.

Comments

[Prakosh]

He better be an awfully big Filipino or he might find out he has bitten off more than he can chew!

[ElTommo]

i lol'd.

[Garrett123]

Putang in amo baldwin!

[Goliadkin]

Hey, I speak Latin, too. I'm sure Alec does love putang. That's what he's mailing-ordering from da Phils.

[ElTommo]

oh, dear god, the comments on this post have me rolling on the floor! HAHAHAHA

[lillypad1]

Hoy Ramon, Joke lang iyon. Relax ka lang pare.

[Jigglypuff]

Joke lang pero, Sen. Ravilla should get busy making sure the Philippines is in compliance with human trafficking laws instead of relaxing.

[Shawn Smith]

OK, apparently this is my bad for not reading carefully. I guess he said it in an interview. Still.

[Shawn Smith]

Dear Sen. Ramon Revilla,

Do you not understand the difference between Alec Baldwin and Jack Donaghy? You see, 30-Rock is pretend, and Jack Donaghy is a pretend person who says a lot of offensive and culturally-insensitive things. I hope that helps.

Warm regards.

[Camis]

alec baldwin has a major chip on his shoulder about women, and woman can see that. i think he should bow out of the public limelight and go work on himself for a while. he IS arrogant. and a jerk.

[Beowoof]

That's OK, but I've got a long list of celebs who should drop out first.

[sngfx]

Relax Francis.

[Goliadkin]

He's a brilliant actor and comedian, IMO. What he said is very mild humor. Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh say far more despicable things every day.

[ElTommo]

An arrogant actor?

Noooooooooooooooooooo waaaaaaaaaaay!

[Rubyfoo]

In the civilized world we combat words with other words. Not so everywhere.

[Garrett123]

Are you seriously referring to the U.S. when you say that?
Pull your head out and look at our history both recent and past.

[emncaity]

Of course not. She said "in the civilized world." We're not even civilized enough to consider health care a human right--and if other countries (who are civilized) do, we think they're wrong as hell.

[Halfwit]

The Philippines.
Not our problem since 1946.

[Garrett123]

You have the perfect moniker.

[ElTommo]

i double lol'd.

[masha2008]

but you sure took full advantage of her as long as you could.

[luvgun]

Please read your history. Understand how much damage the United States inflicted on the Philippines (and continued to do so even after 1946), most especially on the economy. A good part of the reason is that the U.S. raped and pillaged the country while it ruled over the islands. Today, it continues as an economic and political bully.
Even playing field my ass. America, pay us back for all the lives you destroyed, wealth and resources you took unfairly, then we'll stop being your problem.

[Halfwit]

I love Alec Baldwin.

[hu.man]

A friend of mine from way back got one of those brides from Philippines because I think he thought those folks' expectations were low and he could push her around. She was a cutie and ended up pushing him around! Best laid plans of men and mice...

Alec, women may just not be your forte - regardless of geographic origin!

[hamptonsdude]

As long as there are Americans willing to spend their dollars to get wives this way, the mail order bride industry is here to stay.

The documentary "Childern For Sale" by NBC showed young cambodian girls being sold to westerners for sex. It was a shame seeing this american doctor who went to cambodia to get 3 teenage girls for $60 a night.

Do you think parents would sell these children if there are no westerners willing to pay for underage sex?

Same logic goes to the mail order bride issue.

[ElTommo]

Um, yes, yes they would. Maybe not as sex-slaves, but one way or another. Desperate people have been selling their children for various and sundry reasons for just about forever.

'The west' may be the source of many problems, but it isn't responsible for everything, damn it.

[G-guy]

I seriously doubt it.
If they met face to face, this guy would run for cover, and likely
tip-toe away from this like Sean Hannity would his waterboarding promise.

[johnbkk]

There is a big difference between marrying for money and human trafficking. One is voluntary the other is not.

[Goliadkin]

Good point!

[baddadd49]

I hope his kidneys fail

[baddadd49]

baldwin is no comedian,and if any repub would have siad this you libs would have been playing the race card before the words left his mouth. butr he is a lib so he gets a pass, typical.

[surlybird]

You really are clueless.

[Quaoar]

If he were a Repub it would have been a male-order bride.

[Amondale]

HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!

fanned

[Garrett123]

WOOT woot!!

[FDRliberal]

Hilarious comment!

[paulmedina]

OMG! This was balls-out funny! Too perfect!

[nocoward]

oh oh

[Camis]

hang on! i'm a "lib" and I can't stand the way Baldwin treats women and talks about women.
i also think he is superficial and arrogant when he talks about politics. I agree with many things he "stands for," but I don't listen to him or read his blogs because his approach is so patronizing.

please don't assume that all "libs" think alike and blindly support anyone. we are individuals.

[emncaity]

It's a joke, stupid. Wise up. Liberal/conservative has not a damn thing to do with it.

[emncaity]

And incidentally...it's no mystery what would happen if Baldwin were right-wing. Fox Alleged News would be downplaying it as overreacting and stupid 24-7--which would make them right at least once this year, as much as I hate it.

[Ripedia]

You demonstrate the all-too-common lack of a sense of humor among conservatives.

[gnostic19]

so he matches misogyny with violence?

[Californian2020]

No offense to Filipinos, but getting a Filipino wife is easier than drinking water... they're a dime a dozen. You only have to visit the Gulf region to see that they are so many of them and work for peanuts. So this senator should feel good that a Hollywood movie star wants to "marry" a Filipina and not use her solely for sexual pleasure.

[Jigglypuff]

It's called human trafficking...they smuggle or lure these women and girls, (some are children), and they enslave them.

[Garrett123]

you are the biggest tuurd I have seen posting for months.

[masha2008]

in the gulf region, are the filipinos you know wives or laborers? as far as i know the filipino women there are workers (maids, seamstresses, nannies etc).