Alec Baldwin in ‘Free Palestine’ altercation
NEW YORK – Actor Alec Baldwin smacked away a phone belonging to an anti-Israeli protester who cornered him at a Manhattan coffee shop demanding he say “Free Palestine,” a recently surfaced video of the exchange shows.
Unshaven and talking on his cellphone, Baldwin, 66, is minding his own business at the coffee shop when the protester starts recording him.
“Alec, can you please say ‘Free Palestine’ one time?” a woman behind the camera asks him, according to the video.
The 30 Rock actor ignores the woman, who then begins to jibe him about the fatal shooting on the set of his Western movie Rust in 2021.
“Why did you kill that lady?” the woman asked, recalling the death of Halyna Hutchins on the movie set. “You kill that lady and got no jail time?”
Baldwin glares at the woman as he heads to the door. A worker at the coffee shop tries to run interference, but the woman is undeterred.
“I’ll leave you alone, I swear!” she says, according to the video. “Just say Free Palestine one time!”
Baldwin opens the door and tries to usher the protester out of the coffee shop first, but she refuses.
The actor asks the worker to call the police as he refuses to parrot her words.
“Say ‘Free Palestine’,” the woman continues. “F– Israel. F– Zionism! Please say it!”
Apparently reaching his limit, Baldwin steps back into the coffee shop, asks a worker for “one quick favor” then shoots out his hand, striking the phone recording him.
The video was posted Monday by Crackhead Barney & Friends, an “anti-fascist interview show” that supports protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza.
“White devil Alec Baldwin attacked me While I was trying to get coffee,” the poster wrote.
It was not disclosed when the clash took place.
The New York Police Department said no criminal complaints were filed about the exchange.
(New York Daily News/TNS)