Alec Baldwin Reveals He’s Been ‘Fired’ From Acting Jobs Due To ‘Rust’ Shooting: ‘Taken Years Off My Life’

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Alec Baldwin says he’s just been “fired” from an acting job because of the controversy surrounding his role in the accidental shooting on the set of “Rust”, saying that the whole experience has “taken years off” his life.

In an interview with CNN that aired on Friday, Aug. 19, Baldwin addressed the fallout to his career after a prop gun he held, not knowing it had been loaded with live ammunition instead of blanks, fired and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins; her widower is suing the production company behind “Rust”, with Baldwin named as one of the respondents in the suit. “I got fired from another job yesterday,” Baldwin told CNN, revealing he’s lost five acting jobs. “There I was all set to go to a movie, jump on a plane,” he added. “I’ve been talking with these guys for months and they told me yesterday we don’t want to do the film with you because of this.” READ MORE: Alec Baldwin Was ‘1,000 Per Cent Nervous’ He’d Be Murdered By Trump Supporters After ‘Rust’ Shooting He also commented on Donald Trump telling his social media followers that Balwin “probably shot her on purpose.” “There is just this torrent of people attacking me who don’t know the facts,” he said, admitting the stress he’s been under “has taken years off my life.” He credited wife Hilaria Baldwin. “If I didn’t have my wife, I don’t know where I would be right now,” he said. “If I didn’t have her, I probably would have quit, retired, gone off, you know sold everything I owned, got a house in the middle of nowhere and just you know did find something else to do, sell real estate.” READ MORE: Alec Baldwin Adamant He Did Not Pull Trigger In ‘Rust’ Shooting: ‘Everyone On Set Knows What Happened That Day’ Baldwin also said that Hutchins