Remember when I told you about Alec Baldwin’s little Philippines problem? Seems there’s been a whole new wrinkle to tell you about, and man, is it ever a winner. Not only has Baldwin, with his unpleasant remarks at the expense of the entire Filipino country, been threatened by representatives of the government, but it’s gone one step farther.
Alec Baldwin has been oh-ficially declared an “undesirable alien” by the Filipino government, meaning he is not allowed anywhere in the country. Ever. He will “only be allowed back in with approval from the country’s Department of Foreign Affairs.”
Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan said in a statement: “by being in the bureau’s blacklist, Baldwin is forbidden from entering the country as he is deemed an undesirable alien.”
Nicely done, people of the Philippines! Which of our celebrities will you ban from the country next?
My bet: Paris Hilton.
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:37 am
Kay–to be fair, by all accounts he wasn’t really being MALICIOUS specifically. The worst you can say was he was being extraordinarily insensitive. And he’s already issued a public apology, along with some vague mentions about raising money for anti-human-trafficking causes. It’s just that it hasn’t done any good.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:51 am
i really really feel bad for alec Baldwin (he is one of my fave hollywood actors) but I cannot condone his malicious cooment concerning the Filipinas. I am a filipina and is currently living abroad with my husband and two sons…we are talented and hardworking people and knowing that people like him could not see what we are really made of is just bad…so I guess he deserve what my country is doing for him now…if he’s ä good person he can always make a public apology…