Alec Baldwin Is ‘As I Often Am, Miserable’ In Emotional Instagram Video

Actor Alec Baldwin is headed back to work.

On Friday, the “30 Rock” actor posted an emotional video to Instagram where he was talking about traveling for a work trip. He captioned the video, “Settling into my least favorite place…an airport. Getting ready to do my least favorite thing…travel alone.”

“I have only one purpose in this life,” he continued. “And I count the minutes until I get back to it.”

On Friday, Alec Baldwin posted a six-minute-long video to Instagram talking about how hard it was for him to leave his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, and his six children behind as he traveled for work.

“I am at the airport and I am about to go on a trip to go do a little job and I am, as I often am, miserable,” the actor said while repeatedly rubbing his forehead. “I'm very sad whenever I leave my family.”

In the video, he admitted that he hasn’t been much rest and that he hasn’t been sleeping. “I’m sorry my eyes are still so puffy,” he said. “I’m not sleeping.”

Alec Baldwin shares a daughter, Ireland, 26, with his ex-wife Kim Bassinger. He and Hilaria have six children together: Carmen, Raf, Leo, Romeo, Edu, and Marilu. He said “I love you” to all of them and his wife in the Instagram caption.

“I don't think you make the choices we've made without having an abundant clarity of wanting to have a lot of kids,” Baldwin explained. He said that having six children at home, with the oldest child only being eight-years-old, was still “unbelievable” to him.

Having six kids at home, with the oldest being eight years old, is still "unbelievable" to him, he said.

“I don't have anything else in my life,” Baldwin said. “I really don't have anything else in my life that matters to me on that scale, and I really mean that. I'm not asking anyone to pin any medals on me but I just haven't done anything else in my life that even remotely means anything to me.”

Baldwin said that he has been working “minimally” in the past few years because he wants to spend more time with his growing family. He encouraged his followers to “cherish the time you have” with family and friends as well.

“I hate to leave my family,” he continued. “I'm turning down jobs I think I shouldn't do because I hate to be away from my kids. I hate to be away from my wife and kids. I'm on my way to go on a trip and leave my family – it's not that long – but I hate it. I really hate it.”

He added that his kids “pull me into a world I never dreamed I would be a part of… it’s unbelievable.”

“I have a good partner,” he said before signing off by telling fellow parents watching to “Hug your kids and love your kids and make every day count.”

Although Alec Baldwin has been taking fewer films in the past few years, one of the films he did take on was the Western film "Rust." Unfortunately, while on set, Baldwin claimed that a gun he was holding went off. The gun contained a live bullet that struck and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

The fatality sparked a national debate about gun safety and had stars like “Red Notice” actor Dwayne Johnson swearing that he would never again use a real gun on set.

The investigation is still ongoing. In January 2022, Alec Baldwin voluntarily turned over his cell phone to authorities and said that he has been fully cooperating with the investigation. Baldwin has stated numerous times that he does not believe that he will be criminally charged in the fatal shooting. He also claims to have no knowledge about how a live round ended up in a prop gun.

As the investigation continues, Baldwin has been tapped to narrate a brand new true-crime series called “Art Fraud” among his other projects.