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Alec Baldwin and MSNBC Part Company

Nov 26, 2013  •  Post A Comment

MSNBC and Alec Baldwin, who has been hosting "Up Late" on the cable channel, have come to what’s being called a "mutual parting," with the actor’s show pulled from the network’s schedule for good, USA Today reports.

The move comes in the wake of a brouhaha over Baldwin’s alleged use of a gay slur during a confrontation with a photographer, as we reported previously.

Following the incident, MSNBC placed the show on suspension, with word surfacing soon afterward that the cable channel was not eager to have him return.

Now, MSNBC and Matthew Hiltzik, a rep for Baldwin, have released a statement saying: "We are jointly confirming that ‘Up Late’ will not continue on MSNBC."

MSNBC also released a statement, saying that the decision is a "mutual parting and we wish Alec all the best."

That statement came after media reports surfaced saying Baldwin had been fired, USA Today notes.

Among the outlets reporting that Baldwin had been fired was the New York Post’s Page Six, which added this colorful note: "Besides demanding a humidifier because he claimed the air at 30 Rock was too dry, Baldwin alienated staffers when he demanded a separate makeup room being used by a woman with cancer who is sensitive to hairspray.

"When Baldwin was told he couldn’t have his way, he allegedly bellowed at the top of his lungs, ‘I don’t give a f–k if she has cancer or not, I want that f–king makeup room.’”

Thumbnail image for alec baldwin-up late-msnbc.jpgAlec Baldwin on "Up Late"

4 Comments

  1. Excellent. Now when is Martin Bashere getting canned…

  2. Didn’t you get the memo? It’s okay to bash Christians. Anyone else, you’re outta here.

  3. Oh, your absolutely right…I don’t think I there has ever been anyone saying a bad word about Muslims in this country.
    Oh…wait a minute…ARE YOU FREEKIN CRAZY?

  4. stop talking trash about my a$$hole angry dad like that. he deserves his own makeup room if u can find a big enough room for his ego.

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