Highlights

• Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger had an ugly divorce and custody battle over their daughter, Ireland.
• During a 2003 interview on The Howard Stern Show, Baldwin admitted to wanting Basinger to be happy.
• Basinger and Baldwin had a difficult time communicating during their marriage.

Alec Baldwin's Rust scandal has pretty much-eclipsed everything else in his otherwise impressive life and career. So much so that fans and critics alike have dug up "inappropriate" things he's said in past interviews in an attempt to smear his character. This includes things he has said on The Howard Stern Show. Of course, the most successful radio host of all time was once known for his shocking and outrageous sense of humor. His radio show, which is now on SiriusXM, inspired every star to really push the envelope. And that's precisely what Baldwin did every time he appeared.

But it was during his 2003 interview that he pulled back the curtain on his relationship with his ex-wife, Kim Basinger. During this, Baldwin admitted to Stern what it was really like to see his ex-wife move on with other men...

Alec Baldwin Commented On Kim Basinger's Dating Life After Their Divorce While On The Howard Stern Show

Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin got married in 1993 and finalized their divorce in 2002. While the Batman star has largely been out of the public eye, aside from losing a chunk of her net worth buying a town, Basinger spent years being scrutinized by the press. And this was mostly during her highly-public and extremely contentious divorce from Alec Baldwin. This is something Baldwin has blamed on their divorce lawyers.

Since then, Baldwin and Basinger have basically said nothing about one another to the press. This seemed to have been for the benefit of their daughter, Ireland Baldwin. Therefore, we know little about what each other thinks about what happened to their love lives. But in 2003, Baldwin shed light on his divorce from Basinger. On top of this, he admitted how he actually felt about seeing her move on with her life...

• Following Baldwin and Basinger's divorce, the two waged an ugly custody battle over Ireland

During Alec Baldwin's 2003 appearance on The Howard Stern Show, the Departed star was asked about his dating life. Given that Baldwin was newly single after almost ten years of marriage, Stern was fascinated with his exploits. But even after Baldwin started to explain what he'd been up to, Stern turned the conversation to his ex-wife, Kim Basinger.

"I'd still bang Kim. Even though you'd say she's a 'load of trouble' and a 'big pain in the a**'--"

"No, I would never say that," Alec Baldwin protested.

"You won't say it, but I know what you're saying," Stern replied.

"We'll talk after the show," Baldwin smiled.

"I'd still bang her."

"And you have that option now."

"If Kim Basinger hooked up with me, that's got to kill you," Stern joked.

"I think that would kill a lot of people. They'd close their eyes and they'd have that picture."

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Alec Baldwin then got into Kim Basinger's dating life following their divorce. He claimed that Bruce Willis gave him the "best" advice.

"[Bruce Willis] said, 'Your greatest wish is that your ex-wife meets another guy'. And that's really, really true. Once they meet somebody else -- once everybody moves on -- I want everybody to be happy."

"Has Kim moved on?" Howard Stern asked.

"I wouldn't know," Baldwin replied before addressing the rumors that Basinger had hooked up with Eminem. "Whatever makes anybody happy. Lenny Kravitz, Eminem. Don't care."

• Kim Basinger was only rumored to have dated Eminem
• Kim Basinger has been in a long-term partnership with Mitchell Stone since 2014

After Stern asked if things were good between him and Basinger, the Glengary GlenRoss star said that things were 'as good as they could be under the circumstances'.

"It was a stressful situation."

After asking about whether or not Alec Baldwin's then-girlfriend was allowed to be around his daughter, Ireland, Stern said:

"New mommy's a lot more fun to be around than old mommy."

"[It's] Pamela Anderson," Alec Baldwin joked. "New mommy's my lawyer in my divorce."

What Alec Baldwin And Kim Basinger Said About Their Divorce

As far as Hollywood divorces go, Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger's 2002 split was absolutely brutal. While Baldwin tried to talk around the gruesome details while speaking to Howard Stern in 2003, Basinger revealed a bit more. Although her comments were on The Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett-Smith in 2022. During this, she said the following:

"[We] went through a heavy-duty, very out loud when you're in the public, divorce."

Basinger then told Pinkett-Smith that she and Baldwin didn't see eye-to-eye when they were co-parenting their singular child. This internal struggle seemed to play into the now-infamous voicemail that Baldwin left for Ireland in which he called her an assortment of names. Baldwin later claimed he was very clearly taking his anger out on his daughter when it was meant for her mother.

"Obviously, as most people can deduce, I was really speaking to someone else on that voicemail."

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According to Time, he also accused Basinger of leaking the voicemail recording in order to smear his character.

During her 2022 appearance on Red Table Talk, Kim Basinger claimed that she and Alec Baldwin had a hard time communicating during their marriage. This was a contributing factor in their divorce. She claimed that he came from a family that didn't value being in touch with one's feelings. Of course, this is just her perspective.

Yet, in the older years of Ireland Baldiwn's life, her mom and dad have been able to see eye-to-eye. While they have little to do with one another, it's clear that the vitriol that existed between them has come to a close.

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