Alec Baldwin, 49, issued a public apology concerning his scathing tirade against his daughter, Ireland, yesterday. He and his ex-wife, Kim Basinger, have been involved in a protracted and bitter custody battle since their divorce in 2002. His brutish remarks were recorded and released by TMZ.com for public consumption and it may end up causing him to lose his suit for custody.

Baldwin wrote on his website: “Although I have been told by numerous people not to worry too much, as all parents lose their patience with their kids, I am most saddened that this was released to the media because of what it does to a child,” he wrote. “I’m sorry, as everyone who knows me is aware, for losing my temper with my child. I have been driven to the edge by parental alienation for many years now. You have to go through this to understand. (Although I hope you never do.) I am sorry for what happened. But I am equally sorry that a court order was violated, which had deliberately been put under seal in this case.”

“In such public cases, your opponents attempt to take a picture of you on your worst day and insist that this is who you are as a person”. “Outside the doors of divorce court, I have friends, I have respect from people I work with and I have a normal relationship with my daughter. All of that is threatened whenever one enters a court room.”

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