Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria were seen getting dressed up as the actor hosted a human rights event in New York this week.
The couple were seen heading to the Robert F Kennedy Ripple of Hope awards gala together on Thursday night, with Alec wearing a sharp suit ahead of his hosting gig, his first since the tragic death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust.
Alec, 63, accidentally shot and killed the cinematographer, 42, when a gun he was holding went off during filming for the Western film in New Mexico in October, with the film’s director Joel Souza also injured.
Hilaria, 37, was seen wearing a pink patterned gown, covered with a black coat and black face mask as the pair headed to the event.
Once at the New York Midtown Manhattan Hotel, the couple were seen posing for photos with other patrons as well as sitting together at a table enjoying a meal.
Alec, who was hosting the event, took to the stage to tell the crowds: ‘Good evening and welcome. Thank you for all coming out tonight, it’s great to be together in person.’
He then encouraged the room to clap, repeating: ‘It’s great to be together in person.’
The actor then joked: ‘My wife and I have six kids – anything to get out of the house for 30 minutes!’
Alec and Hilaria’s public appearance comes after he shared an open letter from some of the crew members of the film Rust, hitting back at reports it was a dangerous set.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins had been killed when a prop gun Alec had been holding misfired, fatally wounding her and also injuring director Joel Souza.
A selection of the crew wrote an open letter on Thursday, which was shared by Alec on Instagram, attempting to ‘express a more accurate account of [their] experience.’
They wrote: ‘Unfortunately, in the film industry, it is common to work on unprofessional or hectic productions to gain experience and credits. Many of us have worked on those types of productions. Rust was not one of them. Rust was professional.’
Addressing speculation surrounding conditions on set, they continued: ‘We do acknowledge that no set is perfect, and like any production, Rust had areas of brilliance and areas that were more challenging. While we stand firmly with our unions and strongly support the fight for better working conditions across our industry, we do not feel that this set was a representation of the kind of conditions our unions are fighting against.
‘We do support any and all efforts to make film sets safer to work on for all cast, crew and working animals. The descriptions of Rust as a chaotic, dangerous, and exploitative workplace are false and distract from what matters the most: the memory of Halyna Hutchins, and the need to find modern alternatives to outdated industry firearm and safety practices.’
They added that the ‘disgruntled few’ crew members who quit the production before the accident did not ‘represent the views of all of us’ who were ‘enjoying’ working on the film prior to the tragedy.
Alec has been cooperating with detectives amid a police investigation into the incident.
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