Alec Baldwin has shared the one thing he wants above all else for his eight children, and given the times, it’s more heartfelt than you might expect.
Talk to E! News at the premiere of the documentary Gaslit On June 12, the 68-year-old actor said, “I want my kids to grow up with hope, because right now it’s more hopeless than I’ve ever seen.”
He developed this thought with the passion that characterizes him, emphasizing the importance of continued commitment.
“We must continue to fight to prove to our children that we must continue to fight. We must have hope, and we must continue to fight to take the reins of power in our society, and this responsibility, this tremendous responsibility, far from the people who will abuse it.”
Baldwin shares seven children with his wife Hilaria Baldwin, 42: Carmen, 12, Rafael, 10, Leonardo, 9, Romeo, 8, Eduardo, 5, Maria Lucia, 5, and Ilaria, 3. He is also a father to Ireland, 30, with ex-wife Kim Basinger.
He brightened the mood with a joke about his more immediate parenting ambitions.
“For a while I thought I just wanted them to push my wheelchair. I told them, ‘I want you to train and get strong because you’re going to be pushing the old man in my chair soon.'”
The remark touches on something Baldwin has spoken about before, the particular challenges of being an older father.
He was in his 50s when he and Hilaria welcomed their first child together in 2013, and in a 2025 episode of The Baldwins he thinks about mathematics with a certain frankness.
“These kids are going to turn around and they’re going to be ready to go to college, and I’m going to be old. I’m going to be 80 years old. I try not to think about it. What I need is more time with my kids, you know?”
Hilaria, who is 26 years younger than her husband, has spoken equally openly about the dynamics of their relationship.
“Take a 27 year old yoga teacher married to an older, rich and famous man, it seems ridiculous. It seems like a bad SNL sketch,” she told Daily Mail in an interview published on May 29.
“Luckily it worked, but we make fun of it all the time in our family. I think people expect Alec to want someone he can lead with, and we’re on the same level together.”
