Kim Basinger says ex-husband Alec Baldwin wasn't always "emotionally and mentally available" to face serious issues regarding their daughter, Ireland.
I didn’t talk to my parents for like a year. I tortured myself with my eating disorders that I had. “I have a lot of alcoholism and drug addiction in my family,” she shared during a one-on-one segment with Willow Smith, 21.
Speaking about her co-parenting relationship with ex Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger said he "operates in a very different way in his life"
... I wanted her childhood to be full of love and light and animals and friends." And ours was very public and nasty." And I don't think Alec was emotionally or mentally available for that kind of talk." Added Basinger, who was married to Alec from 1993 to 2002, "I mean, come on. But he's been — but he's a challenge." No, that was not – Alec's a funny one," she went on.
Kim Basinger and daughter Ireland discussed Alec Baldwin's parenting style on Red Table Talk.
Basinger revealed she lived with agoraphobia for years, while Ireland said she suffers from cardiophobia, a fear of one’s own heartbeat. He’s been forced to finally deal with these things.” Back in 2016, the L.A. Confidential actress provided an update on her relationship with the 30 Rock star, saying that the two are now on good terms.
Oscar-winning actress Kim Basinger has revealed she suffers from anxiety and agoraphobia that has left her unable to leave the house.
"Everything used to make me nervous, like … where do I step to open the door? I would no longer go to dinner." And for many years I would not go through the tunnels at Malibu.
Kim Basinger -- sitting for an interview for the first time in more than a decade -- discussed the severe anxiety she struggled with that kept her from ...
"It's like something shuts down in you and you have to relearn everything," she said. "Everything" made her nervous, she said. "My basket was almost full, and I found something really overcoming me in such a way that I couldn't breathe," she told the "Red Table Talk" hosts.
Kim Basinger and Ireland Baldwin are the guests on Jada Pinkett Smith's Red Table Talk on Facebook Watch.
The big question surrounding this season of Red Table Talk is when the show will directly address the Oscars slap. On this week’s episode of Red Table Talk, hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and Gammy (a.k.a. Adrienne Banfield-Norris), Basinger and her daughter Ireland Baldwin sit with the ladies to discuss Basinger’s crippling agoraphobia, which left her socially anxious and with serious fear of public situations. Her daughter Ireland also opened up about her own anxiety, eating disorders, and drinking problems over the years.
While appearing on 'Red Table Talk' alongside daughter Ireland Baldwin, Basinger detailed her battles with anxiety.
“Everything became a big job to figure out how to do it,” she said. So I left the basket, and I made it to my car, and that was the last time I drove for almost six, seven months.” Once the school faculty began thinking something was “differently wrong” with Basinger, she said they made her take tests, which showed she had anxiety.
Kim Basinger has shared her struggles with ex-husband Alec Baldwin in a very rare Red Table Talk interview, which aired on Wednesday.
The couple separated in 2000 and divorced in 2002. Bitter divorce: The couple separated in 2000 and divorced in 2002. A challenge: The star made is clear that she and Alec didn’t see 'eye to eye' adding, 'We’re all fine and we all get along, whatever. But he’s been — but he’s a challenge.' He's been forced to finally deal with these things.' He's really been dealing with things that kind of have been thrown at him.
The iconic actress was married to Alec from 1993 until 2002 and they share a daughter named Ireland. Kim has hinted she struggled in her marriage to Alec ...
The actor fired a gun towards a camera – with a single bullet hitting Halyna in her chest and also exiting her body and striking film director Joel Souza, 48, in the shoulder. She added: “He's been forced to finally deal with these things.” “There's things I would go to my father for, but if I ever even tried to have this conversation in any way with him, I don't think he would be able to really absorb any of it.” He's really been dealing with things that kind of have been thrown at him.” She said of her father: “He deals with anxiety greatly, but he's someone who grew up in a family that would suppress that as well, or tell him he's weak for feeling that way. Jada asked the actress: “Parenting can be difficult, and Ireland having the anxiety issues that she's had, was that a difficult process with Alec, or were you guys able to kind of see eye to eye on how to handle it?”
Basinger told the host Jada Pinkett Smith that she and Baldwin "went through a heavy-duty, very out loud when you're in the public, divorce." "And (Ireland) had ...
And I don’t think Alec was emotionally or mentally available for that kind of talk. But he’s been — but he’s a challenge.” No. No, that was not – Alec’s a funny one.
The 68-year-old actress, who divorced Baldwin in 2002, also admitted the former couple faced “challenges” during their nine-year marriage. Basinger was sitting ...
The couple’s daughter also spoke about the way her dad deals with emotions. However, the Bond girl did reveal in a 2016 interview with The Edit that the former couple are “cool now”. During the show, Basinger detailed her past relationship with Baldwin and referred to their separation as “heavy-duty, very out loud when you’re in the public, divorce.”