On Tuesday, actor Alec Baldwin mourned New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) resignation following a lengthy investigation that concluded the governor sexually harassed multiple women throughout his tenure and broke state and federal law.
On Twitter, Baldwin wrote “Regardless of what you think of Cuomo, this is a tragic day. Party politics in this country draw ambitious but ultimately isolated, even socially maladjusted men and women who, given the current cancel culture, will likely have their shortcomings exposed and magnified[.]”
Regardless of what you think of Cuomo, this is a tragic day.
— AlecBaldwin(HABF) (@AlecBaldwin) August 10, 2021
Party politics in this country draw ambitious but ultimately isolated, even socially maladjusted men and women who, given the current cancel culture, will likely have their shortcomings exposed and magnified
Attributing Cuomo’s habitual sexual harassment as “shortcomings” and chalking it up to being “ambitious, but ultimately isolated, even socially maladjusted” did not sit well with other Twitter users.
Alec Baldwin responds to Cuomo resignation: "This is a tragic day"
— Wayne Dupree Media, LLC (@WayneDupreeShow) August 10, 2021
I guess Alec doesn't have any sympathy for the 11 women and the 74K pieces of evidence reviewed against Cuomo, eh? What a sick statement by the actor
He had 11 women come out against him, Alec. Delete this.
— rachel leishman (@RachelLeishman) August 10, 2021
Even granting your premises, how is the tragic part not the fact that the system allowed Cuomo to sexually abuse women, but the fact that it belatedly compelled him to stop?
— Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) August 10, 2021
PRO TIP 1: Blaming party politics and personality disorders is nothing short of deflection.
— Adrienne Lawrence (@AdrienneLaw) August 10, 2021
PRO TIP 2: The moment someone pulls the "cancel culture" card, you know good and well they're looking to preserve privilege and evade accountability. pic.twitter.com/aZVXCdjjWp
is this... alec baldwin calling andrew cuomo "socially maladjusted" https://t.co/S7R48aCeAe
— danielle tcholakian (@danielleiat) August 10, 2021
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer chimed in, calling Cuomo’s behavior “inappropriate” and noting that cancel culture did not play a part in his downfall.
Cancel culture is out of control - but what @NYGovCuomo did was not a result of cancel culture - or any culture - it was inappropriate and the idea you are defending it says a lot https://t.co/RIqRkaR27Z
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) August 10, 2021
Perhaps Baldwin is concerned about some of his “shortcomings” coming to light one day. After all, he’s no stranger to cancel culture. His wife, Hilaria Baldwin came under fire for pretending to be Spanish for years, including faking an accent and making up her origin story. To clarify, Hilaria Baldwin is a white woman from a well-to-do family who grew up in Boston.
Hilaria Baldwin paraded around for years claiming to be from Majorca, Spain and even said she moved to America when she was 19 to go to New York University. In December, a Twitter user posted a lengthy thread pointing out several discrepancies between Hilaria Baldwin’s claims that conflicted with evidence showing she was a white woman who grew up in the States. Reportedly, several former classmates and friends of the influencer butted in, noting that she did not go by the name “Hilaria” in school and she did not have an accent.
In response, Hilaria Baldwin made a seven-and-a-half minute long video where she offered an “explanation” for the confusion regarding her Spanish heritage.
“So, there’s been some questions about where I’m born. I’m born in Boston. And then, I spent some of my childhood in Boston and some of my childhood in Spain. My family, my brother, my parents, my nephew, everybody is over there in Spain now. I’m here. And so, there was a like a lot of back and forth my entire life and I’m really lucky that I grew up speaking two languages,” Hilaria Baldwin said in the video in an American accent. She added on, saying she tends to “mix the two” languages and it’s something she’s been insecure about. “Yes, I am a white girl. I’m a white girl,” she admitted.
But, according to Alec Baldwin, let's call lying about your ethnicity and committing sexual harassment "shortcomings" and when you get caught, blame it on cancel culture.