Alec Baldwin’s new reality show is “shameless”, say ‘Rust’ shooting victim’s family

The family of the late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins have criticised Alec Baldwin for discussing her death on his new reality show The Baldwins.

On October 21, 2021, on the set of the film Rust, Baldwin discharged a revolver used as a prop and was unaware that it had been improperly loaded with live ammunition, resulting in the death of Hutchins.

In 2023, the actor was charged with involuntary manslaughter in a case which was then dropped and was tried again in 2024. The case against him was dismissed last July, and officially concluded in December 2024 after New Mexico prosecutors decided not to pursue an appeal of the court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against him.

On January 11, Baldwin filed a lawsuit against the district attorney and other Santa Fe officials for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations. On February 15, Hutchins’ family filed a lawsuit against the actor and others involved in the production.

The legal team working for Hutchins’ family, including mother Olga Solovey, father Anatolii Androsovych, and sister Svetlana Zemko, filed a notice of deposition yesterday (March 5) in Sante Fe New Mexico.

The Baldwins, which premiered February 23, looks at the lives of Baldwin and his wife Hilaria as they parent their seven children. During the show’s first episode on TLC, Hilaria discussed the impact the events had on her husband.

“Everyone who is close to Alec has seen his mental health decline,” she said. “He was diagnosed with PTSD and he says, in his darkest moments, ‘If an accident had to have happened on this day, why am I still here? Why couldn’t it be me?’”

She then tells her husband: “You wake up in the morning and you’re like, ‘Oh God, why did I have to wake up?’ You’re so dark and it’s so painful”.

Alec then responds: “My good friend said to me the other day, he said, ‘How are you doing?’ and I said, ‘I’m happier when I’m asleep than when I’m awake.’”

Lawyer Gloria Allred and her team released a statement to The Independent, which read: “The Baldwin reality show at once celebrates Mr Baldwin’s joy of being with his children while ignoring the fact that Alec Baldwin took a child away from her parents. That is the painful and actual reality with which Halyna’s parents and sister live each and every day”.

It continued: “It is long overdue for Alec Baldwin to admit and face the real-life consequences that he caused Halyna’s parents and sister. It is time for him to face reality under oath.”

The statement then asks: “Why is he claiming that he has PTSD? Is his reality show just a veiled attempt to create sympathy for himself with a future jury pool in our civil case? Is this just a shameless attempt to portray him as the real victim in this case?”

Since the incident, Rust director Joel Souza has explained that he has “no relationship” with Baldwin, saying: “We’re not friends. We’re not enemies”.

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