Alec Baldwin "Mail order bride" Joke causes uproar

30 Rock star Alec Baldwin was joking around recently on The Late Show with David Letterman about getting himself a mail-order bride from the Philippines. His flip comedic statement might have been a mistake. In fact, he has angered a Phillipine Senator, who is hitting back hard with a prediction that the actor may face violence if he ever visits.

The actor is no stranger to controversy. The public divorce between Baldwin and actress Kim Bassinger became a he said, she said war of words that played out on the world stage. It even caused a heated controversy involving his 13 year old daughter Ireland, when a taped conversation that the actor left on her cell phone hit the internet. In the audio tirade, he unleased a firestorm of rage on his daughter, calling her a thoughtless little pig.

Baldwin told Letterman that he would love to have more children. He explained to the talk show host that he is thinking about getting a Filipino mail-order bride at this pointor a Russian one.

Philippine Sen. Ramon Revilla called Baldwin arrogant and labeled his remarks insensitive, uncalled for and an insult to millions of Filipinos. Revilla went on to say that it is against the law to buy a mail-order bride. In what sounded very much like a threat, he said, Let him try to come here to the Philippines and hell see mayhem.

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[laosandburma]

"Mail order bride" is an expression. He is making a joke towards HIMSELF for having had Kim Basinger and he's now approaching 50. My wife is Thai and we laugh at the stupid way things are viewed. Men DO get younger oriental women! It's a fucking fact! Or in general a westerner will want a sexy oriental. Yoko Ono was the first instance of racist feelings from the other side of the argument. It's a dumn issue and there was a time in 1966 when 4 famous

[FiIipinoUnggoy]

@squidb8 actually Philippines is the only country that could not take a joke... .. shows filipinos have shallow pride that even a nobody comedian can cause a stirr in a country....

[totoynani143]

Filipinounggoy / pignoypride are fucking Filipino hater just in case u people dont understand the meaning of their name- unggoy=monkey, there are actually on every Filipino vids convincing a lot of DUMB ASS Filipino( Fil AM) like redwall64. Redwall64 its alright for you not to learn your ancestry,be ashame to be a Pinoy, there are still people who r none Pinoy to fight for your Pride alright?

[attykon]

@laosandburma Yes, it is a DUMB issue...haha you thought it was spelled dumn, get the joke?

[redwall64]

@Greiffenhorst true. they are both TOO sensitive yet insensitive both at the same time. -.- I never really felt ashamed of admitting I was, am, Filipino, but sometimes I choose not to mention it.

[redwall64]

I'm Filipino and I didn't really find this offensive. Maybe it's just the side of me that didn't grow to like my home country that's talking, but I seriously DO think that some (fellow) Filipinos are indeed too sensitive. This kind of comments are also made among us Filipinos as well. It's just that others make much more fuss off of it when it comes from foreign people since they think they show pride or stuff by doing so. It was the same thing with the Claire Danes issue.

[PignoyPride]

Listen kids, this is what you call "banter"; NOT "joke" — there's a difference. There is nothing jocular about the FACT of Filipino and Russian mail order brides, since it's obviously TRUE; yet Filipinos are such insecure hissy fits (and you don't see Russians bitching). Only from the Filipino will you witness such mass hysteria. *sigh*

[gobanito]

And its true, as a nation Filipinos tend to be overly sensitive and very imature making a big deal about something so trivial and meant to be a light hearted joke

[dinnerandashow]

38 Asian women saw this video.

[nord23Lady]

People around the globe LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL :) from Philippines

[annmor090511]

that is not a funny joke!! it is a way of disrespecting filipino women!!!

[edojimenez1]

if only we were fortunate...our government sucks...