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Alec Baldwin announces a new reality TV series featuring his wife of 12 years Hilaria Baldwin and their seven kids. The show, titledThe Baldwins, will air on TLC in 2025. The timing of the announcement has caught some attention as Baldwin awaits trial in the involuntary manslaughter of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Fans were not at all kind to Baldwin as the news reached them via social media.
Fans came up with memes and outright hurtful comments to point out that the TV series was a PR stunt to improve his image during the trial. If convicted of manslaughter, Baldwin could spend up to 18 months in prison.
Fans Brutally Criticize Alec Baldwin’s New TLC Reality Series
On Tuesday,Alec Baldwinand his wifeHilaria Baldwintook to Instagram to announce their new reality TV series,The Baldwins, airing on TLC in 2025. The couple shared that the series will explore their chaotic home, including seven growing kids. Alec and Hilaria Baldwin welcomed their seventh child, daughter Ilaria Catalina Irena, in September 2022 (via Us Weekly).
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The video posted to Baldwin and TLC’s officialInstagrampage showed the seven children running around the house and wreaking havoc. In one of the scenes, theSNLstar struggles to get ahold of his kids, while stating to the camera,“We are the Baldwins, and we’re going to TLC! God help you all.”
Fans on social media are not at all happy that Baldwin is taking after the likes ofSylvester Stalloneand Kim Kardashian, by exposing his family life to the public. The timing is especially what irks them as the actor stands trial in relation to the accidental shooting on his movie set,Rust. Fans accused theMission: Impossible – Rogue Nationactor of initiating a PR campaign to save his image.
One fan took a dig at the shooting incident and added that Baldwin wanted his shot at fame. Another shared that it was clearly a move to clean up his image, which was the only reason he brought the kids into the picture. One fan shared that no one will be watching Baldwin’s PR show, while another fan was irritated at the celebrities’“fancy version of family vlogging”. Some of the fan reactions read:
I get it. He’s gotta shoot his shot.
— Tebow (@MinEffPodcast)July 13, 2025
https://twitter.com/ShadBoogie/status/1798136678114328943
This has to be part of some public relations campaign for Alec…
— Mickey Central (@Mickey_Central)June 08, 2025
No one will be watching
— Breanna (@bresap13)July 11, 2025
Basically the fancy version of family vlogging
— To The World (@LeeMinhyungN)June 12, 2025
According to Baldwin, the series will show the ups and downs of his life and may probably discuss the accidental shooting and its impact on his life. Baldwin’s history with media attention to his personal life hasn’t been great. In 1995, Baldwin allegedly assaulted a paparazzo who tried to videotape his then-wifeKim Basingerand their three-year-old daughter Ireland Baldwin (via PEOPLE).
Alec Baldwin Awaits Trial In The‘Rust’Accidental Shooting Incident
On July 19, 2025, Alec Baldwin was filming on the set of his filmRustwhen he accidentally discharged a gun being used as a prop. Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer of the film, was killed in the incident and director Joel Souza was injured. The Hutchins family filed awrongful death suit against Baldwinand a producer on the film was also charged in the suit.
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In April 2024, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced to 18 months in prison after she was found guilty of loading a live bullet into Baldwin’s prop gun (via BBC). Baldwin was indicted by a grand jury on an involuntary manslaughter charge in January 2024. In May, a Santa Fe judge denied Baldwin’s motion to dismiss the trial. His trial is set to begin on August 12, 2025 (via Deadline).
Alec and Hilaria Baldwin are parents to Ilaria Catalina Irena, 19 months, María Lucía Victoria, 3, Eduardo Pao Lucas, 3, Romeo Alejandro David, 5, Leonardo Ángel Charles, 7, Rafael Thomas, 8, and Carmen Gabriela, 10.
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