Some men are made for fatherhood, and you can definitely count Alec Baldwin among them. But with seven children and baby No. 8 on the way, many are now questioning what appears to be a “trend” among rich, famous and powerful men expanding the already large broods of children they have – and why.
Baldwin is a true Hollywood icon. Having started in the 1980s, he’s since appeared in the theater and in numerous movies and TV shows. Baldwin’s first marriage was to movie star bombshell Kim Basinger.
The couple met while playing lovers in the film “The Marrying Man” back in 1990 and went on to marry in 1993. A few years later, they welcomed their daughter Ireland. Baldwin and Basinger separated in 2000, and their divorce was finalized two years later. Today, Ireland is 26 years old and making a name for herself in Hollywood as a model and actress. She has also begun to DJ.
In 2011, Baldwin began dating the woman he is currently married to – Hilaria Thomas, a former Manhattan yoga instructor. The couple moved to Greenwich Village in New York in August 2011 and became engaged the following year. They tied the knot in June 2012 and have since welcomed six children together.
Their six kids are Carmen, 8, Rafael, 6, Leonardo, 5, Romeo, 3, Eduardo, 18 months, and Lucia, 13 months. According to Us Weekly, the children “love having so many siblings to play with.”
In March 2022, Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Thomas announced they were expecting their seventh child together. On July 12, 2022, Hilaria posted a baby scan on Instagram, captioning it, “Unsurprisingly, Alec and I are making a very Baldwinito looking baby…yet again.”
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Baldwin, 64, and his 38-year-old wife encountered several hardships along the way to their seventh child together. In November 2019, Hilaria announced she had a miscarriage four months into her pregnancy, making it her second miscarriage that year.
Baldwin and his wife announced the birth of their fifth child together in September 2020. “We had a baby last night,” Hilaria wrote in an Instagram post. The couple welcomed their sixth just five months later via surrogacy.
Baldwin is one of several men in the spotlight at the moment over the number of children he has. The others include billionaire Elon Musk and rapper/actor Nick Cannon.
On July 25, 2022, Cannon welcomed his eighth child with model Bre Tiesi, who had a livestream of the all-natural birthing process on YouTube. With the new bundle of joy, Cannon has eight children with four women, including songstress Mariah Carey. On a radio show in July 2021, Cannon said he was having all his children on purpose, adding, “I don’t have no accident. Trust me there’s a lot of people that I could’ve gotten pregnant that I didn’t. The ones that got pregnant are the ones that were supposed to get pregnant.”
Meanwhile, in November 2021, SpaceX and Tesla founder Musk had twins with a top executive at Neuralink, taking his count of children to 10. His other nine children were with his ex-wife Justine and former partner singer Grimes.
With the growing cost of having children and raising them until they are 18, many have cast aspersions on the real reason these men have so many kids. Is it a way for them to flaunt their wealth? Amplify their legacy? According to Baldwin, it’s none of the above.
In an attempt to shut naysayers down, Baldwin posted a video of two of his infant children with their mom to Instagram on July 19, 2022, with the caption: “People comment about how many children we have and ask why. This is why. The thing in this life that matters most to me are these people.”
Fans backed the actor, with one commenting: “Family is everything and it’s no one’s business how many children you have or why.”
“I think it’s wonderful, all the love is clear to see in your family. Let people talk its all jealousy. You and Hilaria are great parents, life’s for living,” another wrote.
Baldwin’s Instagram is filled with pictures of his children and wife, many captioned with loving words expressing how grateful he is for his family. He also reposted a video his wife had shared when announcing the arrival of their seventh child together back in March, captioned:
“We were pretty sure our family was complete, and we’re beyond happy with this surprise. I’m sharing with you the moment we told the kids – as you can see, they are super excited! Our new baby is a very bright spot in our lives. A blessing and a gift during such uncertain times. I’ve missed you during my break from social media. … I’m back and looking forward to continuing with you this wild journey that we call ‘life.’”
Despite what some may think of his choices, it appears he is happy with them, which may be all that matters at the end of the day. So to Baldwin and his wife, who also hit their milestone 10th anniversary in June 2022, we wish them and their happy family well.
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