Recently embattled actor Alec Baldwin and his young wife, Hilaria, are considering coming to reality TV.
Talk show host Kelly Ripa broached the subject during the latest episode of her “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast: “When I think about you and Hilaria and your seven young kids — now I know what you’re going to say but just go with me — this has reality TV written all over it.”
Baldwin, whose role in the fatal shooting of director Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” has had him tied up in court a great deal in the last few years, revealed that the couple “have thought a lot” about an unscripted show.
“With me everything’s about my family,” he said. “I have really tried in the last several years, once we had five and then six, and then seven kids, I can’t go anywhere for any length of time.”
The three-time Emmy winner explained it’s no longer as “easy to pick up and go because he needs 12 plane tickets.”
“Nannies, kids, my wife, I need, like, 11,” he said, adding, “They don’t even have 11 seats in the business class section of the plane.”
The couple, who have been married since 2012, are the parents of Carmen, 10, Rafael, 8, Leonardo, 7, Romeo, 5, Eduardo, 3, Lucia, 2, and 1-year-old Ilaria. The “30 Rock” star also shares daughter Ireland Baldwin, 28, with ex-wife Kim Basinger.
Baldwin, 65, recalled how traveling expenses to California for work a few years ago cost him so much he realized he was “not going to make a dime.”
“I’m desperate to work from home,” he confessed.
Hilaria Baldwin, 39, is a wellness entrepreneur, author and podcaster.
A source said that the family would move forward with a series that would “authentically show who they are as a family,” according to Us Weekly.
“They genuinely love spending time together so it would have to be something that shows their personalities, everyday laughter and adventures. It would have to be something very real and show how they spend their time together,” the unidentified person told the outlet. “Alec’s favorite thing is spending time with Hilaria and their kids, and anyone who’s around them knows they just love being together. They love the idea of a show where they can show people who they are and what matters most to them.”
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