Alec Baldwin slaps phone out of ‘free Palestine’ agitator’s hand

Published April 23, 2024 10:46am ET



Alec Baldwin slapped the phone out of the hand of a person confronting him over the Rust shooting, who demanded that the actor say “free Palestine.”

Baldwin was in a coffee shop when the person started recording him using her cellphone, and she asked him to say “free Palestine” one time while asking, “Why did you kill that lady?” The agitator was referring to the on-set shooting that Baldwin was involved in while filming the movie Rust, which resulted in the death of 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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