Alec Baldwin has shared a bizarre claim about what caused his car crash in the Hamptons on Monday morning.
The 30 Rock star, who was driving his wife Hilaria’s Range Rover with his brother Stephen as a passenger, slammed into a tree causing severe damage to the vehicle.
‘This morning I was in this car accident. Guy cut me off [in front of a] big garbage truck the size of a whale,’ Baldwin shared in an Instagram video.
‘To avoid hitting him, I hit a tree. I hit a big fat tree,’ he explained.
He said that he and his brother were both fine and had spent the weekend on Long Island.
Alec Baldwin blamed his Monday morning car crash in the Hamptons on being cut off by a ‘garbage truck the size of a whale’ in a video he shared on social media
The 30 Rock star was driving his wife Hilaria’s Range Rover with his brother Stephen as a passenger when he went off the road and slammed into a tree
The accident happened on the Montauk Highway in treacherous weather conditions as a powerful Nor’easter pummeled Long Island causing major flooding
The accident happened on the Montauk Highway in treacherous weather conditions, the New York Post reported.
Millions of Americans in New Jersey and New York were under a state of emergency Monday due to a powerful Nor’easter.
Major flooding occurred on Long Island as the region was battered by strong winds and heavy rainfall.
‘It crushed my car, my wife’s car. I feel bad about that,’ Baldwin said. ‘It’s all fine. I’m fine and my brother’s fine.’
He also thanked the East Hampton Police Department for quickly arriving on the scene to offer assistance.
East Hampton Town Police Department Chief Michael D. Sarlo told the Daily Mail in a statement: ‘At approximately 12:01pm on Monday, October 13th, the EHTPD responded to a motor vehicle accident on State Route 27, Pantigo Road near Cross Highway.
In photos obtained by TMZ, Baldwin and his younger brother were seen chatting with officers as they inspected the smashed vehicle.
Stephen Baldwin, who is the father of Hailey Bieber, was also seen taking photos of the crash scene.
Among the photos of the scene was an image of a garbage truck but its owner told the TMZ that the truck’s driver was not at fault in Baldwin’s crash.
Hilaria reiterated that Alec and Stephen were unharmed in her own video and thanked fans for their well-wishes
The accident ‘crushed my car, my wife’s car. I feel bad about that,’ Baldwin shared in his video. ‘It’s all fine. I’m fine and my brother’s fine’
The brothers had spent the weekend on Long Island where they were seen Sunday night at the Hamptons International Film Festival in East Hampton, New York
Hilaria Baldwin also posted a video to Instagram in which she reassured fans that her famous husband and brother-in-law were unharmed and thanked well-wishers for their concern
Baldwin blamed a ‘whale’-sized garbage truck for making him crash into a tree
He said another driver cut him off, so he swerved to avoid the truck
It’s unclear if the truck at the scene was the one Baldwin referred to, but the owner of the truck he referred to said it’s driver was not at fault
Hilaria Baldwin also posted a video to Instagram in which she reassured fans that her famous husband and brother-in-law were unharmed and thanked well-wishers for their concern.
‘Thank you for caring,’ she said while sitting in a vehicle and smiling into the camera.
Hilaria, who was just voted off ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, is currently in Los Angeles where Baldwin is set to join her shortly.
The Hunt For Red October star is co-chair of the Hamptons International Film Festival Executive Committee.
‘He has been out there all week, he attended films and moderated panels,’ a source shared with Page Six.
Stephen Baldwin also works as an actor, though he hasn’t achieved the level of fame and acclaim of his older brother.
He’s best known for appearing in 1995’s classic thriller The Usual Suspects, but he also had major roles in 1996’s Bio-Dome, opposite Pauly Shore, and in the 2000 sequel The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas.
He and Alec are also brothers to actors Daniel Baldwin and William Baldwin.
Baldwin’s wife Hilaria, who was just voted off ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, is currently in Los Angeles where Baldwin is set to join her shortly
Alec and Stephen are part of an acting dynasty that also includes brothers Daniel and William Baldwin
Baldwin was seen speaking with the attending police officer
The disheveled actor looked distressed while taking a phone call and pacing around his wrecked car
Baldwin has been sober for almost 4 decades following years of drug and alcohol abuse.
He married Hilaria in 2012 and they share seven children together.
He was previously married to actress Kim Basinger with whom he has a daughter Ireland.
In October 2021, while filming the Western movie Rust in New Mexico, Baldwin was holding a prop revolver that went off and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
The film’s director Joel Souza was injured in the incident.
The case against Baldwin was dismissed in 2024 after it was discovered the prosecution had withheld evidence in the case, and did not share information about or access to live ammunition brought in by a retired police officer who said it could be related to the Hutchins killing.
This past January, Baldwin filed a civil lawsuit, accusing several people in the Santa Fe, New Mexico District Attorney’s office of malicious prosecution and civil rights violations after he was charged over the shooting.
In the court filing, he and his legal team accused prosecutors of trying to ‘scapegoat Baldwin for the acts and omissions of others, regardless of the evidence or the law,’ according to the Associate Press.
