Alec Baldwin 'Rust' shooting trial: Reality show is a ‘terrible PR blunder,’ expert says
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Experts questioned the wisdom of Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria, starring in a reality show amid his involuntary manslaughter trial for killing Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film 'Rust.'
"Their social media accounts have been a stream of self-absorbed posts about how they are the ultimate victims, and they seem oblivious to how tone-deaf their continued self-promotion is." Stephen Baldwin exits the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Beth Keuchler leaves the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Stephen Baldwin appeared in court again Thursday. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Stephen Baldwin walking outside the courthouse. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Alec and Hilaria Baldwin exit the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Witness testimony for Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter continued Thursday. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Baldwin is on trial for the fatal shooting of "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Alec and Hilaria Baldwin leave court holding hands. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Hilaria Baldwin attends her husband Alec Baldwin's trial for involuntary manslaughter in Santa Fe County District Court, Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 11, 2024. In October 2021, on the New Mexico set of the Western movie "Rust," a gun pointed by Baldwin discharged a live round, killing the film's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and wounding its director. (Ramsay de Give/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) Witness testimony for Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter continues today, nearly three years after the fatal shooting of "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Alec Baldwin talks with his wife Hilaria Baldwin in First District Court during the first day of testimony in the case against him, in Santa Fe, N.M. Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Eddie Moore / Journal/Pool via REUTERS) Alec Baldwin embraces his brother, actor Stephen Baldwin, during a break in his hearing in Santa Fe County District Court, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool) Alec Baldwin leaves his hotel in Sante Fe, NM, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Baldwin is on trial for involuntary manslaughter after the fatal shooting of "Rust" cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Hilaria Baldwin departs the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital) Rebecca Rosenberg is a veteran journalist and book author with a focus on crime and criminal justice. Email tips to rebecca.rosenberg@fox.com and @ReRosenberg.
"I think it’s a terrible PR blunder," said defense attorney Timothy Parlatore of the reality show project. "When you’re on trial for something like this it has to be your sole focus. This trial will be over in less than two weeks. There is no need to go and do these things before a trial in a way that can negatively impact you." A post shared by Alec Baldwin (@alecbaldwininsta)