Alec Baldwin's Daughter Ireland Receives Backlash for Wearing Bloody Halloween Costume
Bad Taste
This is way past bad taste.
— ❌The Quipper🇺🇸👍❤⚘ (@quippingalong) November 3, 2021
It's way past disgusting.
A woman died. An innocent, unarmed beautiful woman was killed.
I can't.
Commenters who already disliked Alec Baldwin tended to come down the hardest on Ireland Baldwin for this story once it left the realm of her own Instagram comments.
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Rich celebrities don’t care about other people.
— 6974searchlight (@6974searchlight) November 2, 2021
Ok random Twitter user
— The Warlock Whorelock (@OzzyWhorelock) November 2, 2021
Many people thought that the costume was a sign of carelessness, and that Baldwin likely hadn't considered how it would inevitably be related to the recent tragedy. One user even posted a link implying that this costume was a sign of sociopathy.
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That’s more than enough now. First the terrible accident and now an utterly gruesome version of Halloween.
Pummpkins, ghosts and vampires are more than enough.
— Jennifer.f (@JenniferJAF) November 1, 2021
Commenters also pointed out plenty of ways Baldwin could have partaken in the Halloween aesthetic without referencing blood or violence.
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#CancelCulture just needs to leave Alec Baldwin's daughter alone, so what if she was wearing a sexy schoolgirl with a stream of costume blood streaming down her left eye and nostril? That's Ireland Baldwin's choice, which has nothing to do with the RUST accidental shooting. https://t.co/r7IalPfrfj
— Real Talk With Ricky Paquiot (@RealTalkWRicky) November 1, 2021
On the flip side, many people thought that this was an over-reaction and that Baldwin had no obligation to consider how every single action she took would be related to the tragedy. They remarked on how tangential her tie to the shooting really was.
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Was she cosplaying as a shooting victim of her dad? https://t.co/BfX00TRMNZ
— Islingtongirl (@Erinisaplace) November 2, 2021
I could see this as being offensive if she dressed up as the victim.
— Worm Rider 🔞 (@SandWor66688694) November 2, 2021
Seeing headlines about the costume, some readers initially assumed that Baldwin had dressed up as Halyna Hutchins herself, and were confused to find out that she merely dressed as a bloody schoolgirl.
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— Alice Smithee 🌊🌊🌊 (@ASm1thee) November 3, 2021
Many proclaimed the whole story "a reach," saying that both the outraged commenters and those who broadcast the story to a wider sphere were making a mountain out of a molehill.
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I mean it's not even the sin of her father, it was a fucking accident. 🤷♀️
— Tom Newman (@TomD1abloNewman) November 3, 2021
Finally, the conversation about Baldwin's costume ultimately came about around to debates about whether Alec Baldwin has any guilt in this shooting, or if it should be chalked up entirely to an accident.
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