{"id":943035,"date":"2021-10-30T20:28:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=943035"},"modified":"2021-10-30T20:28:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:28:47","slug":"alec-baldwin-gives-emotional-on-camera-interview-following-rust-shooting-halyna-hutchins-was-my-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-gives-emotional-on-camera-interview-following-rust-shooting-halyna-hutchins-was-my-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin Gives Emotional On Camera Interview Following &#039;Rust&#039; Shooting: Halyna Hutchins &#039;Was My Friend&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-gives-emotional-on-camera-interview-following-rust-shooting-halyna-hutchins-was-my-friend%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=943035&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 spoke to photographers on the side of a road in Vermont on Saturday, where he told paparazzi that <em>Rust<\/em> cinematographer Halyna Hutchins \u2014 who he killed last week while filming the movie <em>Rust<\/em>&nbsp;\u2014 was his \u201cfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not allowed to make any comments, because it\u2019s an ongoing investigation,\u201d Baldwin told photographers. \u201cI\u2019ve been ordered by the Sheriff\u2019s department in Santa Fe. I can\u2019t answer any questions investigation. I can\u2019t.\u201d<\/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<p>\u201cA woman died,\u201d the actor added. \u201cShe was my friend. She was my friend. The day I arrived in Santa Fe to start shooting, I took her to dinner with Joel, the director.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, while on the set of <em>Rust<\/em>, Baldwin was rehearsing with a gun that he was told did not contain live ammunition. The actor later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/28\/santa-fe-d-a-baldwin-pulled-the-trigger-doesnt-mean-charges-will-be-filed-doesnt-mean-they-wont\/\">pulled the trigger<\/a>, fatally shooting Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18535690\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-27-at-4.40.25-PM-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18535690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-27-at-4.40.25-PM-2.png\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Actors and crew members on set on of the movie \u201cRust.\u201d Insider Edition\/Serge Svetnoy\/YouTube<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Baldwin continued talking to photographers on Saturday, he was seen snapping \u201cexcuse me\u201d at his wife,&nbsp;Hilaria, who appeared to try to speak with him while he was talking to cameramen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe were a very, very \u2014 excuse me \u2014 we were a&nbsp;very, very,&nbsp;you know, well-oiled crew, shooting a film together, and then his horrible event happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>After being asked how the meeting went with Hutchins\u2019 husband Matthew and her son, Baldwin said, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t know how to characterize it. They\u2019re mortified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilaria then blurted out, \u201cYou guys, you know what, no details.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDo me a favor, I\u2019m going to answer the question,\u201d Baldwin then said to Hilaria.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin continued:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p>The guy is overwhelmed with grief. This is something that, you know, there are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this. This is a one-in-a-trillion episode. It\u2019s a one-in-a-trillion event. And so, he is in shock. He has a 9-year-old son. We are in constant contact with him, because we\u2019re very worried about his family, and his kid.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs I said, we\u2019re eagerly awaiting for the sheriff\u2019s department to tell us what their investigation has yielded,\u201d Baldwin added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he will ever again work on another film set that involves firearms, Hilaria was seen shaking her head no, but Baldwin replied, stating, \u201cI couldn\u2019t answer that question. I really don\u2019t have any \u2014 I have no sense of it at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor went on to say that while fatal shootings on film sets are extremely rare, he is nonetheless \u201cextremely interested\u201d in \u201can ongoing effort to limit&nbsp;the use of firearms on film sets.\u201d Baldwin also admitted that he is \u201cnot an&nbsp;expert in this field.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHow many bullets have been fired in films and TV shows in the last 75 years?\u201d Baldwin asked. \u201cThis is America. How many bullets have gone off in movies and on TV sets before? Billions, in the last 75 years. And nearly all of them without incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, what has to happen now is we have to realize that when it does go wrong \u2014 and it\u2019s this horrible, catastrophic thing \u2014 some new measures have to take place,\u201d the actor insisted. \u201cRubber guns, plastic guns, no live, no real armaments. But that\u2019s not for me to decide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s urgent, it\u2019s urgent that you understand, I\u2019m not an expert in this field,\u201d Baldwin affirmed. \u201cSo, whatever other people decide is the best way to go. In terms of protecting people\u2019s safety on film sets, I\u2019m all in favor of it, I will cooperate with that in any way that I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the photographers asked if he believes production of <em>Rust<\/em> will ever start up again, Baldwin replied, \u201cNo, I don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo just do me a favor \u2014 you know, man, my kids are in the car, crying,\u201d Baldwin said to the&nbsp;paparazzi before leaving.<\/p>\n<p>While it remains unclear, it appeared that Baldwin pulled over on the side of a road to talk to the photographers, who were following him while he was in a car with his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a courtesy to you, I came to talk to you,\u201d the actor added. \u201cI\u2019m not allowed to comment on the investigation. I talk to the cops every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both <em>Rust<\/em> head armorer&nbsp;Gutierrez-Reed and assistant director Dave Halls have also been under heavy scrutiny in the past week, as they were the&nbsp;one of the few people who handled the firearm before it was given to Baldwin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18535698\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/hannah-gutierrez-reed-crash06-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18535698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/hannah-gutierrez-reed-crash06-scaled.jpeg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It has been reported that&nbsp;Gutierrez-Reed has only worked on two film sets&nbsp;as <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> \u2014 <em>The Old Way<\/em> and <em>Rust<\/em> \u2014 and that the 24-year-old had been the subject of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/27\/report-rust-armorer-hannah-gutierrez-reed-infuriated-nicolas-cage-on-previous-gig-you-just-blew-my-fing-eardrums-out\/\">numerous complaints<\/a> while on the set of The Old Way, and had&nbsp;infuriated the film\u2019s star, Nicolas Cage, who reportedly yelled \u201cyou just blew my fucking eardrums out!\u201d at Gutierrez-Reed while on set.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez-Reed broke her silence in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/29\/rust-armorer-breaks-silence-blames-producers-i-have-no-idea-where-live-ammunition-came-from\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> issued by her attorneys on Friday, in which she blamed producers, adding that she has \u201cno idea\u201d where the live rounds of ammunition came from, and that people have \u201cslandered\u201d her to the media.<\/p>\n<p>As for Halls \u2014 who&nbsp;handed the gun to Baldwin and told him it did not contain live rounds \u2014 it has been reported that the assistant director was <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 and wounded a member of the film crew.<\/p>\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>On Wednesday, investigators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/27\/alec-baldwin-shooting-there-was-complacency-on-this-set\/\">said<\/a> there was \u201csome complacency\u201d in how weapons were handled on the movie set, but that it\u2019s too soon to determine whether charges will be filed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Watch&nbsp;below:&nbsp;<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alec Baldwin spoke to photographers on the side of a road in Vermont on Saturday, where he told paparazzi that Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins \u2014 who he killed last week &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"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-943035","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\/943035","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943035\/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=943035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}