{"id":4592320,"date":"2021-12-02T20:58:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T01:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4592320"},"modified":"2022-12-05T12:27:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T17:27:11","slug":"alec-baldwin-first-interview-rust-shooting-george-stephanopoulos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/12\/02\/alec-baldwin-first-interview-rust-shooting-george-stephanopoulos\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin In Tears As He Says He&#8217;d &#8216;Go To Any Lengths To Undo&#8217; Fatal Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Alec Baldwin was emotional throughout his ABC News interview about the tragic &#8216;Rust&#8217; shooting, and admitted he feels &#8216;guilt&#8217; for Halyna Hutchins&#8217; death.<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/alec-baldwin\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Alec Baldwin<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0finally opened up about the October 21\u00a0<em>Rust<\/em>\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/25\/rust-set-shooting-injury-report-medic-details-saving-halyna-hutchins\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >on-set\u00a0shooting incident<\/a>\u00a0that claimed the life of cinematographer <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/22\/who-is-halyna-hutchins-cinematographer-alec-baldwin-fatal-shooting\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Halyna Hutchins<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0while speaking to\u00a0<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/george-stephanopoulos\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >George Stephanopoulos<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>of ABC News on Dec. 2. During the emotional, hour-long interview, the 63-year-old actor shed several tears when recounting how Halyna was <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/21\/alec-baldwin-fatal-shooting-prop-gun-director-crew-member-dead-rust-set\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >accidentally shot and killed<\/a>, while director <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-joel-souza-4564882\/\"  ><strong>Joel Souza<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was injured,\u00a0on the Western film&#8217;s set in New Mexico. Alec revealed that he &#8220;<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/12\/01\/alec-baldwin-gun-rust-shooting-first-interview\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >didn&#8217;t pull the trigger<\/a>&#8221; of the gun, which was loaded with a live bullet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alec Baldwin gets emotional talking about the 9-year-old son of the late Halyna Hutchins: &quot;I think to myself, &#39;This little boy doesn&#39;t have a mother anymore.&#39;&quot; <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NQfXdJ88ta\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >https:\/\/t.co\/NQfXdJ88ta<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BaldwinABC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >#BaldwinABC<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Xwi3EG7hS\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >pic.twitter.com\/8Xwi3EG7hS<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1466582228704677893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Through tears, Alec was incredibly remorseful as he said, &#8220;I would go to any lengths to undo what happened.&#8221; He went on to remember his late friend Halyna. &#8220;She was fantastic&#8230;the people who watch the dailies said that her work was beautiful. She was someone who was loved by everyone who worked with and like by everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">Also during the interview, Alec reflected on meeting <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/24\/alec-baldwin-hugs-halyna-hutchins-husband-son-new-mexico-pics\/\"  >Halyna&#8217;s husband <strong>Matthew Hutchins<\/strong><\/a> and her 9-year-old son<strong> Andros<\/strong> at the Santa Fe Hospital. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know what to say&#8230;he hugged me and he goes, &#8216;I suppose we&#8217;re going to go through this together&#8217;,&#8221; Alec recalled. &#8220;I think to myself, this little boy doesn&#8217;t have a mother anymore &#8230; and there&#8217;s nothing we can do to bring her back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pressed by <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >@GStephanopoulos<\/a> on the fact that some people say you&#39;re never supposed to point a gun at anyone on set, Alec Baldwin says: &quot;Unless the person is the cinematographer who&#39;s directing me at where to point the gun for her camera angle.&quot;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">Read more: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zYugqKhIVW\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >https:\/\/t.co\/zYugqKhIVW<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nkr4UBYjip\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >pic.twitter.com\/Nkr4UBYjip<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1466581968833945600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">In the photos taken on Oct. 24, Alec looked distraught and somber as he hugged Matthew, who kept his face covered with a mask. &#8220;I told him, &#8216;I don&#8217;t know what to say, I don&#8217;t know how to convey to you how sorry I am and willing to do anything I can to cooperate.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4592346\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alec-baldwin-first-interview-since-shooting-shutterstock-embed.jpg?w=620&#038;resize=620%2C891\" alt=\"Alec Baldwin\" width=\"620\" height=\"891\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Alec Baldwin (Photo: MediaPunch\/Shutterstock)<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-12\">Alec has been laying low since the\u00a0<i>Rust\u00a0<\/i>shooting occurred. He spent a lot of time in <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/30\/hilaria-baldwin-coffee-run-vermont-alec-photos\/\"  >Manchester, Vermont<\/a>\u00a0with his wife <strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/hilaria-baldwin\"  >Hilaria Baldwin<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and kids, thought at one point the actor <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/30\/alec-baldwin-speaks-halyna-hutchins-1st-video\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >briefly spoke to reporters<\/a> who were questioning him about the incident. The shooting is still under investigation, and Alec has said that he will keep cooperating with authorities to uncover <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/30\/alec-baldwin-speaks-halyna-hutchins-1st-video\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >how a live bullet<\/a> ended up on the set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alec Baldwin was emotional throughout his ABC News interview about the tragic &#8216;Rust&#8217; shooting, and admitted he feels &#8216;guilt&#8217; for Halyna Hutchins&#8217; death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191609813,"featured_media":4592333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Alec Baldwin's 1st Interview After \u2018Rust\u2019 Shooting: Video","mt_seo_description":"Alec Baldwin was emotional throughout his interview about the 'Rust' shooting, and admitted he feels 'guilt' for Halyna Hutchins' death.","_pmc_canonical_override":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2021-12-03T01:58:34Z","apple_news_api_id":"8212fb71-559b-4f9b-ad45-344fa6c79b77","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2021-12-03T02:48:07Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AghL7cVWbT5utRTRPpsebdw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[378005375,378005365],"tags":[195944,784011],"_post-options":[],"coauthors":[378007513],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/alec-baldwin-first-interview-since-shooting-shutterstock-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C349","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc8i1J-jgFG","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4592320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191609813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4592320"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4592320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4945874,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4592320\/revisions\/4945874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4592333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4592320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4592320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4592320"},{"taxonomy":"_post-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post-options?post=4592320"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4592320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}