Hailey Bieber once admitted that prospective boyfriends had to impress her uncle Alec Baldwin before the relationship was accepted. Hailey Bieber née Baldwin is the daughter of Alec Baldwin’s brother, Stephen Baldwin and the cousin to Ireland Basinger Baldwin, Alec’s eldest daughter with his ex-wife Kim Basinger.
In a 2016 interview with E!, Hailey Bieber revealed her father was laid back with her boyfriends, but it was her uncle who was a tougher critic of her dating choices. She admitted the 30 Rock star appeared “silently but deadly,” when meeting her partners.
She explained to the interviewer that Alec Baldwin “stayed in the shadows,” but if anything went south, he would be the one to step in and resolve the issue. Although Hailey Bieber is close to her uncle, Alec, she admits though he is “loose and funny,” he is an “intense guy.”
In the following, we take a look at just how close Hailey Bieber is with her uncle, Alec Baldwin and if Alec has a relationship with Justin Bieber now. We also reveal how Hailey Bieber reacted to Alec Baldwin’s tragic incident on the set of his film, Rust.
How Close Is Hailey Bieber To Her Uncle, Alec Baldwin?
While Hailey Bieber is on speaking terms with her uncle Alec Baldwin, their relationship is not as close as it could be.
During a 2018 appearance on The Rachael Ray Show, Alec Baldwin revealed that Hailey and Justin Bieber had come to his house during the summer but didn’t speak that intensely about their relationship.
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Alec Baldwin was the person who tipped off the press about his niece marrying the popstar, although he admits it was not because of insider knowledge. He told the host, “People ask me, they say ‘Are they getting married, Hailey and Justin Bieber?’ And I said on some show, I said, on some red carpet, I said, ‘I guess ’cause that’s what I read online. I don’t know anymore than you do.'”
In a 2018 red carpet interview, Alec Baldwin explained that he wasn’t that close to the couple, but he does frequently text Hailey. “We met him [Justin Bieber] one time, but as I said, when you get married, I think it works best if you could really be together.”
Hailey Baldwin has also admitted she has a “sometimes complicated” relationship with her father, Stephen Baldwin. The two frequently fall out about politics, with Hailey supporting Democrats and Stephen being a Donald Trump supporter.
“That was a very hurtful situation for me,” Hailey explained. “I love my father, he’s an amazing dad, but we so strongly disagreed on [the election]. He and my sister strongly disagreed on it. My sister’s husband, like everyone on our side, just doesn’t agree with him. We don’t talk about it now. It’s not worth the argument.”
But ultimately she admits that although it was a “big issue,” for her, “My dad’s still my dad,” said told The Times. “I would never let politics get in the way of family.”
Did Alec Baldwin Attend Hailey’s Wedding To Justin Bieber?
Alec Baldwin did not attend Hailey and Justin Bieber’s second wedding and was in fact unaware of the South Carolina ceremony. “I didn’t know the wedding was now,” he said when asked on the red carpet. “They keep everything under wraps.”
The couple originally tied the knot during a private civil ceremony in New York. Alec seemingly confirmed their nuptials at the 2018 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles days later, telling Access, “They just went off and got married.”
“They didn’t want anyone but their families to know they got married. This wasn’t a wedding,” a source told People at the time. Although they had a large second wedding, which included Kendall Jenner and Camila Morrone as guests, Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria were nowhere to be seen.
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Asked what advice he would give his new nephew-in-law, the Beetlejuice actor, whose brother is Hailey Bieber’s father Stephen, said, “Keep working … don’t stop working.”
Alec Baldwin also explained his concerns at them marrying so young; “people who get married young — and they are very young — I want them to just spend time with each other,” he said.
“Obviously, him, in particular, has this crazy superstar career… If you want to have a successful marriage, you have to be together. You gotta stay together.”
Hailey Bieber’s other uncle, actor Billy Baldwin, also expressed his concern for Hailey’s marriage to Justin Bieber. “Cute couple. Great couple… complicated, though. I’m in a showbiz marriage and my wife was a celebrated recording artist like [Hailey’s] husband,” he said in reference to his own wife, Chyna Phillips.
“Clearly not on the level of her husband, but I say, “If you ever want to talk to me about the trials and tribulations… how to avoid the landmines.”‘
How Hailey Baldwin Felt About Alec Baldwin’s On-Set Tragedy
In October 2021, it was reported that Alec Baldwin was involved in an accidental shooting that killed one person and wounded another on the set of independent movie, Rust.
Hailey Bieber took to Instagram in the days following the October 2021 tragedy to express her feelings. “Sending all my love to the family of Halyna Hutchins,” she wrote on IG stories. “This is a truly unimaginable and devastating tragedy. My thoughts are also with Joel Souza as he recovers. I am absolutely heartbroken for everyone involved.”
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A source told People that Alec Baldwin was “hysterical and absolutely inconsolable for hours” following the shooting.
“This was pretty devastating,” the source explained to the outlet. “This is how he handles difficult times. Whenever something bad happens, in the short term, he removes himself from [the] public eye.”
The Emmy-award-winning, actor Baldwin was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter over the incident, but criminal charges were later dropped.
