{"id":2372753,"date":"2026-04-14T12:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2372753"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:32:15","slug":"alec-baldwin-wants-to-retire-after-rust-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/alec-baldwin-wants-to-retire-after-rust-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin wants to retire after &#8216;Rust&#8217; shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/videoelephant\/thumbnails\/86685683007.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Alec and Stephen Baldwin &#8216;safe and well&#8217; after car crashes into tree<\/p>\n<p>Actors Alec and Stephen Baldwin were involved in a car crash in East Hampton, New York. No one was injured, and both brothers have confirmed that they&#8217;re safe.<\/p>\n<p>unbranded &#8211; Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/10\/13\/alec-baldwin-stephen-baldwin-car-accident-east-hampton\/86682066007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alec Baldwin<\/a> is putting family first.<\/p>\n<p>The actor opened up about the tragic &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/07\/31\/alec-baldwin-rust-movie-shooting-lawsuit-dismissed\/85454418007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rust<\/a>&#8221; shooting, saying he&#8217;s no longer as interested in acting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because of the situation in New Mexico, which was very painful, I wound up staying home a lot,&#8221; Baldwin said on the Monday, April 13, episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/alec-baldwin-rust-health-retire-podcast-awards-chatter-1236561876\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter&#8217;s &#8220;Awards Chatter&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0podcast. &#8220;I was home with my kids for three-and-a-half years. I hardly worked at all, and that&#8217;s just changing now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A gun Alec Baldwin, 68, was holding on the New Mexico movie set went off in 2021, killing cinematographer\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/10\/27\/rust-shooting-santa-fe-sheriffs-alec-baldwin-live-round\/8560736002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Halyna Hutchins<\/a>. The movie armorer\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/04\/15\/rust-armorer-hannah-gutierrez-reed-sentenced-alec-baldwin\/73325809007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hannah Gutierrez-Reed<\/a>, now 29,\u00a0and Baldwin were both charged in the shooting. The former was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months in prison in April 2024. She was released last May.<\/p>\n<p>The latter&#8217;s involuntary manslaughter case was\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/07\/12\/alec-baldwin-trial-rust-case-dismissed\/74388113007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abruptly dismissed in July 2024<\/a>\u00a0due to allegations that prosecutors and law enforcement withheld evidence. Baldwin sued New Mexico law enforcement and public officials for their handling of the case, but that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/07\/31\/alec-baldwin-rust-movie-shooting-lawsuit-dismissed\/85454418007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit was dismissed<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Alec Baldwin and Stephen Baldwin <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/10\/13\/alec-baldwin-stephen-baldwin-car-accident-east-hampton\/86682066007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;crushed&#8217; car into tree, confirm they&#8217;re &#8216;fine&#8217;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since Hutchins&#8217; death, Baldwin has continued appearing in films and TV, though in low-budget or independent projects that were often small roles, cameos a la &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; or projects already underway around the time of the shooting. The &#8220;30 Rock&#8221; actor also has several upcoming minor-role projects, including the crime thriller &#8220;Kockroach&#8221; starring Chris Hemsworth, Zazie Beetz and Channing Tatum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m going to go off and do a bunch of things. But I was home, and I got used to it, and I don&#8217;t want to leave my house anymore,&#8221; he said of acting. &#8220;I don&#8217;t. I don&#8217;t want to work anymore, I really don&#8217;t. I want to retire and stay home with my kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A TLC reality show following Baldwin, his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/11\/13\/hilaria-baldwin-alec-baldwin-age-gap\/87249402007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wife Hilaria<\/a> and their seven children premiered in February 2025. A second season of &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/01\/27\/alec-baldwins-trailer-rust-shooting\/77971914007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Baldwins<\/a>&#8221; has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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 www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alec and Stephen Baldwin &#8216;safe and well&#8217; after car crashes into tree Actors Alec and Stephen Baldwin were involved in a car crash in East Hampton, New York. No one was injured, and both brothers have confirmed that they&#8217;re safe. unbranded &#8211; Entertainment Alec Baldwin is putting family first. 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