{"id":1072297,"date":"2021-12-01T11:43:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1072297"},"modified":"2021-12-01T11:44:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T16:44:09","slug":"alec-baldwin-sits-for-abc-news-interview-after-fatal-rust-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-sits-for-abc-news-interview-after-fatal-rust-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin Sits for ABC News Interview After Fatal &#039;Rust&#039; Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falec-baldwin-sits-for-abc-news-interview-after-fatal-rust-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1072297&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Alec Baldwin sat down with ABC News\u2019&nbsp;George Stephanopoulos for the actor\u2019s first formal interview since that fateful day on October 21 when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the his movie <em>Rust.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The interview is set to air Thursday at 8pm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"640\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.2465753424658\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AN <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABC<\/a> EXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GStephanopoulos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GStephanopoulos<\/a> has the 1st exclusive interview with Alec Baldwin following the deadly shooting on the set of \u201cRust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the primetime special event TOMORROW 8pm ET on ABC and stream next day on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Hulu<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bQhUPfKDcW\">pic.twitter.com\/bQhUPfKDcW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1466023100647100428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ABC interview comes nearly a month after Baldwin gave a roadside interview in which he expressed deep grief for having been involved in Halyna Hutchins\u2019s tragic death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was my friend,\u201d a grief-stricken Baldwin said at the time. \u201cThe day I arrived in Santa Fe to start shooting, I took her to dinner with Joel the director.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Baldwin also shot and injured director Joel Souza when he fired the gun on set.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alec Baldwin speaks in public for first time amid ongoing &#039;Rust&#039; movie set shooting investigation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q11UIoDmwJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The tragic incident reportedly occurred on the Bonanza Creek Ranch set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Alec Baldwin was shooting his upcoming Western,&nbsp;<em>Rust<\/em>. 42-year-old Halyna Hutchins died after being transported via helicopter to the University of New Mexico Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Several questions still remain as to how the tragedy unfolded, such as how a live round ended up in the chamber, why did Alec Baldwin not check the gun before firing, why were proper safety precautions not followed after several crewmembers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2021-10-22\/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-set\">voiced concern<\/a>, and, most importantly of all, who bears the most responsibility.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The film\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/24\/head-armorer-on-alec-baldwin-rust-movie-set-said-she-almost-didnt-take-her-last-job-over-fears-she-was-not-ready\/\">head armorer<\/a> Hannah&nbsp;Gutierrez-Reed and assistant director&nbsp;Dave Halls have come under heavy scrutiny. Investigators say they were the last two individuals to handle the firearm before it was given to Baldwin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18958354\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hannah-gutierrez-reed-crash06-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18958354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hannah-gutierrez-reed-crash06-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Halls was&nbsp;reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/crew-member-baldwin-careful-with-guns-before-fatal-shooting\/\">fired<\/a> from a previous job after a gun went off on a set, wounding a crew member. Halls reportedly said \u201ccold gun\u201d on the&nbsp;<em>Rust&nbsp;<\/em>set, before handing Baldwin the gun.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u2018Rust\u2019 AD Was Fired From 2019 Film Set for Gun Mishap\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JM5jfP1BmHs?start=90&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/prop-gun-shooting-alec-baldwin-halyna-hutchins-e6b4d769e5df47ee0c23d4ad69f1992d\">some complacency<\/a>\u201d in how weapons were handled on the <em>Rust<\/em>&nbsp;set.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In early November,&nbsp;a crew member of the film who held Halyna Hutchins after she was fatally shot&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/rust-crew-member-sues-alec-baldwin-producers-in-fatal-set-shooting\/\">filed a lawsuit&nbsp;<\/a>alleging that&nbsp;<em>Rust<\/em>&nbsp;producers, including Alec Baldwin, failed to follow proper safety protocols on set.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the&nbsp;<a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast\/id329875043?i=1000541925549\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><em>WTF With Marc Maron<\/em>&nbsp;podcast<\/a>, actor George Clooney said that \u201cstupid mistakes\u201d led to Hutchins death, noting that he always checked the chamber of the gun on any set before firing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single time I\u2019m handed a gun on the set \u2014 every time \u2014 they hand me a gun, I look at it, I open it, I show it to the person I\u2019m pointing it to, I show it to the crew. Every single take,\u201d&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/george-clooney-comments-rust-shooting-alec-baldwin-halyna-hutchins-set-safety-222146936.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Clooney said<\/a>.&nbsp;\u201cYou hand it back to the armorer when you\u2019re done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clooney noted that it would be \u201cinsane\u201d for an actor to be handed a six-gun and not squeeze the trigger at the ground six times to ensure the absence of bullets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alec Baldwin sat down with ABC News\u2019\u00a0George Stephanopoulos for the actor\u2019s first formal interview since that fateful day on October 21 when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1072297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}