Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, didn’t go into filming their eponymous TLC docuseries with many expectations.
“I think we didn’t think it through very much, which I look back now and I’m thinking ‘What were we thinking?’ But at the same time, I’m so glad that we didn’t because it is so raw and it is so true and it was a very vulnerable time,” Hilaria, 41, exclusively told Us Weekly at the grand opening of Planet Hollywood in Times Square on Tuesday, March 111. “It’s interesting to look back and even though it’s not that long ago, it really was a diary of how we were coping and moving forward.”
She added, “I’m very grateful that we did it and we were so lucky with the people that we did it with and I don’t say that lightly.”
Alec, 66, and Hilaria costarred with their seven young children — the 30 Rock alum also shares eldest daughter Ireland with ex-wife Kim Basinger — in TLC’s The Baldwins, which showcases the married couple’s family dynamics. Filming began shortly after Alec’s Rust fatal shooting scandal. (Alec fired a prop gun in 2021 that ultimately killed the film’s director of photography. He was indicted and charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, which were dismissed at trial.)
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“We’re so lucky because Sarah Reddy helped tell our story,” Hilaria told Us on Tuesday. “Howard Lee really, really is the one that believed in us and saw this. Just to be heard and seen and speak is such a special thing.”
Alec, meanwhile, joked to Us that he “didn’t make any decisions” during season 1.
“I didn’t have any input at all,” the actor quipped. “My wife and Sarah just shoved me around all day long for months.”
Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Planet Hollywood
Alec also weighed on the possibility that filming The Baldwins could have impacted their marriage.
“Well, we’re always going to get a response [like] that [when doing] reality TV, among other things,” Alec said. “I hosted game shows and did Match Game for a while and that was all to put money in our foundation, to get to charity, and you’re always looking for alternative forums to do that with. And so, we did that and when you do things like this, people are always like, ‘Oh, this is another silly thing you’re doing.’ I really don’t care. We had fun.”
According to Hilaria, she and the kids also enjoyed the production.
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“We had so much fun and, like, the kids had fun,” the yoga instructor said. “It was such a good experience.”
While The Baldwins season 1 is currently airing on TLC, Hilaria teased that more episodes could be coming down the pipeline.
“We’ll see,” Hilaria hinted, before Alec chimed in to add that “she’ll be back.”
Alec and Hilaria took a break from filming and parenting alike to attend the grand opening party of Planet Hollywood in New York City.
“Well, I went to the opening of the original Planet Hollywood,” Alec recalled. “This was the beginning, I think, of that kind of movie star, celebrity-centered club restaurant. It was more like music and things like that — House of Blues eventually — but Danny Akroyd and those guys and these things were a huge success. And then, they kind of petered out. They’re reopening again, which is a great idea.”
Hilaria, for her part, was only “6 years old” when the eatery originally launched.
“But look at this!” she gushed. “This is such an iconic place. It really is, and we’re in the heart of New York, so it’s such a fun thing to be part of.”
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
