The latest stop on Alec Baldwin’s “I’m retreating from public life” tour took him to Adam Carolla’s popular podcast.
On The Adam Carolla Show’s March 26 edition, Baldwin called in seemingly unannounced to chat up the host, “Bald” Bryan and Alison Rosen.
Baldwin wasn’t plugging any new project, nor was he eager to answer questions from Carolla. Instead, he used his air time to vent about journalism (again), feign indifference regarding the many unpleasant stories about him and, mostly likely, continue to do damage control on his career.
“I’ve had the entire Internet shoved up my ass for the past few months. Is there anything you can recommend for that?” Baldwin said, laughing.
Carolla tried to ask what specific issue was bugging him at the moment, but Baldwin wouldn’t bite.
“It’s not even worth going into … in the end, who cares?” Baldwin said. Obviously, Baldwin cares deeply, either for personal reasons or fear his career could be hurt by the fallout.
The podcaster treated his guest with great care and deference, while Baldwin complained about the crush of commentary in the culture today.
“All of journalism, from one end to the other, it’s all opinion and analysis. The facts are lost,” Baldwin said.
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