Kim Basinger says ex-husband Alec Baldwin wasn’t always “emotionally and mentally available” to face serious issues regarding their daughter Ireland.
“You know we’re all fine, we all get along, whatever. But he is a challenge. We’ve had our challenges,” Basinger, 68, shared on Facebook Watch’s Red Table Talk on Wednesday as she discussed her 26-year-old daughter’s struggle with her mental health.
“I don’t think Alec was emotionally or mentally available for those kinds of conversations. You know, Alec has a very different way of going about his life.”
While Ireland believes her father suffers from anxiety, she believes his upbringing made it difficult for the 64-year-old actor to capitalize on his emotions, describing him as “someone who grew up in a family that did too.” suppressed or told he is weak because he feels that way.”
“I don’t think Alec was emotionally or mentally available for those kinds of conversations,” Basinger said while speaking to Baldwin about daughter Ireland’s mental health. Red Table Talk/Facebook
Basinger and Baldwin married in 1992, welcomed Ireland in 1995, and engaged in a vicious custody battle during their 2002 split.
“There are things I would go to my father for,” Ireland continued, “but if I ever tried to have that conversation with him in any way, I don’t think he would be able to do anything.” really absorbing it.”
Baldwin and Basinger married in 1992, their union lasting a decade before divorcing. Ron Davis
Ireland spoke to none of her parents for a time due to drug abuse.
“I have a lot of alcoholism and drug addiction in my family,” she shared during a one-on-one with Willow Smith, 21. “I had a night where I went way too far drinking and taking pills because I couldn’t even go to bed at night.
Ireland speaks to Willow Smith about her past drug abuse history.Red Table Talk/Facebook
“I had isolated all my true friends, isolated my family. I had no control over anything in my life. I struggled with the eating disorders I had. I haven’t spoken to my parents in a year. I saw them here and there but I was so ashamed of what I had become and how I was living.”
She has since reestablished her relationship with her parents and has been “free from anorexia and bulimia” for years.
Alec is currently expecting his eighth child, his seventh with current wife Hilaria Baldwin.