{"id":2089967,"date":"2025-10-14T10:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T10:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2089967"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T10:36:38","slug":"alec-baldwin-blames-garbage-truck-the-size-of-a-whale-for-crashing-wife-hilarias-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/alec-baldwin-blames-garbage-truck-the-size-of-a-whale-for-crashing-wife-hilarias-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin blames garbage truck the size of a &#8216;whale&#8217; for crashing wife Hilaria\u2019s car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Alec Baldwin assured his fans he was fine following <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/13\/celebrity-news\/alec-baldwin-crashes-range-rover-into-a-tree-in-the-hamptons\/\">his car crash in the Hamptons<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin explained <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPxMpfBDnpN\/?igsh=MTB6NThkOGZ2bGhmaQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in an Instagram video<\/a> Monday night that he was with his brother Stephen when he crashed his wife Hilaria\u2019s white Range Rover into a tree.<\/p>\n<p>Alec said a huge garbage truck cut him off and he swerved to avoid hitting it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Alec Baldwin assured fans he was fine after crashing his wife Hilaria Baldwin\u2019s Range Rover into a tree on Monday. <span class=\"credit\">Alec Baldwin\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The car was significantly damaged in pictures exclusively obtained by Page Six. <span class=\"credit\">Matt Agudo\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI crushed my wife\u2019s car, I feel bad about that but it\u2019s all fine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cMy brother Stephen was visiting me. And we spent the weekend out there for the film festival,\u201d he said, referring to the Hamptons International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning I was in a car accident, this guy cut me off,\u201d he continued. \u201cA big garbage truck \u2026 a garbage truck the size of a whale \u2026 it was the biggest garbage truck I\u2019d ever seen \u2026 to avoid hitting him, I hit a tree. I hit a big fat tree and crushed my wife\u2019s car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He expressed regret at damaging Hiaria\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Alec said a huge garbage truck cut him off and he swerved to avoid hitting it. <span class=\"credit\">Alec Baldwin\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cTo avoid hitting him, I hit a tree, a big fat tree,\u201d he said. <span class=\"credit\">Matt Agudo\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI crushed my wife\u2019s car and I feel bad about that,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s all fine and I\u2019m fine and my brother\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alec said he was going home to Los Angeles and professed his love for Hilaria, 41.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still so proud of my wife,\u201d he said, seemingly referring to her recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/08\/entertainment\/how-hilaria-baldwin-reacted-to-shocking-dancing-with-the-stars-elimination\/\">getting eliminated on \u201cDancing With the Stars.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A large blue disposal truck was photographed at the scene. <span class=\"credit\">Matt Agudo\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Alec did not appear to be injured. <span class=\"credit\">Matt Agudo\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHilaria I love you more than anything and I\u2019m very proud of you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In pictures from the scene of the crash, Alec, 67, spoke to a police officer and a large blue disposal truck was also at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>There was significant damage to the Range Rover, which had a cracked hood due to the impact with the tree.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The actor looked somber and stuck his hands in his pockets. <span class=\"credit\">Matt Agudo\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>His brother Stephen was also photographed at the scene. <span class=\"credit\">Matt Agudo\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A source told Page Six that Alec has been in the area for the Hamptons International Film Festival, which started on Oct. 5. The closing night was Sunday, Oct. 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actor is a co-chair on the Board Executive Committee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has been out there all week, he attended films and moderated panels,\u201d the source told us.<\/p>\n<p>Alec took a break from the Hamptons festival on Saturday to pop over to the Buffalo Film Festival, where he\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPpn6VRDp6d\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared video of himself eating dinner\u00a0<\/a>in Buffalo, NY.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alec Baldwin assured his fans he was fine following his car crash in the Hamptons on Monday. Baldwin explained in an Instagram video Monday night that he was with his brother Stephen when he crashed his wife Hilaria\u2019s white Range Rover into a tree. Alec said a huge garbage truck cut him off and he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2089968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[344890,350772,24003,344889,375809],"class_list":["post-2089967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-alec-baldwin","tag-celebrity-car-crashes","tag-celebrity-news","tag-hilaria-baldwin","tag-stephen-baldwin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Alec-Baldwin-blames-garbage-truck-the-size-of-a-whale.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2089967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2089969,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089967\/revisions\/2089969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2089968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2089967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2089967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2089967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}