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.
He said that he and his brother were both fine and had spent the weekend on Long Island.
The accident happened on the Montauk Highway in treacherous weather conditions, according to the New York Post.
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 (pictured in a previous post) with his brother Stephen as a passenger when he went off the road and slammed into a tree
Baldwin interrupted his explanation to congratulate the staff of the Hamptons International Film Festival, where he attended the Chairman’s Brunch with his brother on Sunday.
‘This morning I was in this car accident. Guy cut me off [in front of a] big garbage truck the size of a whale,’ he continued.
Baldwin took another detour as he described his awe at the size of the garbage truck, which he theorized ‘must have been something commercial’ for hauling away debris from construction sites due to its massive size.
‘To avoid hitting him, I hit a tree. I hit a big fat tree,’ he admitted sheepishly.
‘It crushed my car, my wife’s car. I crushed my car,’ he continued. ‘I feel bad about that. [But] it’s all fine. I’m fine and my brother’s fine.’
He added thanks to the East Hampton Police Department for quickly arriving on the scene and complimented an ‘Officer Gerkin’ for his kind and professional demeanor.
Baldwin concluded by noting that he was about to fly out to LA to reunite with his family, and he ended with a sweet message for his wife.
‘And I’m still so proud of my wife. Hilaria, I love you more than anything and I’m very proud of you,’ he said.
Baldwin blamed the crash on a driver who cut him off in front of a ‘whale’-sized garbage truck. He said he swerved to avoid the truck and crashed his wife Range Rover into a tree
Earlier on Monday, Baldwin and his brother Stephen were pictured after crashing Hilaria’s white Range Rover into a tree in the Hamptons; pictured hours before the crash on Sunday evening in East Hampton, New York
The 30 Rock actor — who attended the Chairman’s Brunch at the 33rd Hamptons International Film Festival on Sunday evening with his 59-year-old brother — looked disheveled as he surveyed the wreck of his Range Rover after he ploughed into a tree – pictured with wife Hilaria in August
In her video, which she filmed front inside a car, Hilaria began by thanking fans for the kind messages they had been sending her.
The 30 Rock actor was previously seen looking disheveled as he surveyed the wreck of his Range Rover after he ploughed it into a tree.
In photos obtained by TMZ, Baldwin and his brother, who is the father of Hailey Bieber, were seen chatting with police as they walked around the smashed vehicle.
The stressed-looking Rust star — whose wife Hilaria was recently cut from Dancing With The Stars — was seen taking a tense phone call at the scene after the crash, which happened in treacherous rainy conditions on the side of the Montauk Highway, according to the New York Post.
His younger brother was seen snapping photos of the crash scene.
The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Alec and Stephen Baldwin for comment, as well as the East Hampton Police Department, but has yet to hear back.
Alec’s white Range Rover appears to have crashed head-on into a tree, which completely smashed up the front of the luxury SUV.
In July, Hilaria shared a humorous TikTok video of the two driving the SUV.
In the clip, she lip synced to Christina Aguilera’s What A Girl Wants while captioning it, ‘anytime I have to parallel park.’
Baldwin owns a 10-acre estate on Town Lane in Amagansett, nestled comfortably in the Long Island billionaire’s enclave
Stephen is also an actor, best known for starring the The Usual Suspects. He’s the father of the model Hailey Bieber, who married Justin Bieber in 2018; pictured with Alec in the Hamptons on Sunday, the day before the crash
Hilaria sat in the driver’s seat posing seductively for the camera just as she was about to park, while Baldwin was next to her in the passenger seat with a grouchy expression plastered on his face.
As Hilaria was about to parallel park, the video switched to an exterior shot showing her and Baldwin getting out to switch seats so that he could finish the parking job for her.
Back in the car, the yoga teacher made affectionate eyes at her husband, who now smiled slightly while bobbing his head to the music.
Among the photos of the scene was an image of a garbage truck, but its owner told the publication that the truck’s driver was not at fault in Baldwin’s crash.
The Hunt For Red October star was an expected guest at the Hamptons International Film Festival, which runs from October 5 through 13, as he is the co-chair of its Executive Committee.
‘He has been out there all week, he attended films and moderated panels,’ a source shared with Page Six.
Alec’s brother Stephen also works as an actor, though he hasn’t achieved the level of fame and acclaim that his older brother has.
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.
Stephen is the father of the model and cosmetics mogul Hailey Bieber, who married pop superstar Justin Bieber in 2018; pictured together on September 5 in NYC
Alec (center left) and Stephen (far left) are part of an acting dynasty that also includes brothers Daniel (center right) and William (far right); pictured in 1996 in LA
Stephen is the father of the model and cosmetics mogul Hailey Bieber, who married pop superstar Justin Bieber in 2018.
He and Alec are part of an acting dynasty that also includes brothers Daniel and William Baldwin.
Alec — who celebrity nearly four decades of sobriety last year following years of drug and alcohol abuse — owns a 10-acre estate on Town Lane in Amagansett, nestled comfortably in the Long Island billionaire’s enclave.
The property, located 100 miles from the actor’s family penthouse in Greenwich Village, features a 10,000-square-foot modern farmhouse, a pool, spa, covered porches and a pavilion.
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.
Baldwin, who strenuously denied pulling the trigger, faced a charge of involuntary manslaughter that was ultimately dismissed by the judge.
However the armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of the same crime and sentenced to the maximum 18 months in prison beginning last March.
Rust ultimately had its world premiere at a film festival in Poland last September before opening in the United States earlier this month to a polarized critical response.
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; pictured in October 20, 2021
Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but the judge dismissed the charge after it was revealed that the prosecution had withheld potentially exculpatory evidence; pictured with Stephen in Santa Fe on July 10, 2024
Meanwhile, this 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.
Baldwin claimed he had pulled back the hammer of the revolver, not the trigger, but the gun fired anyway.
Director Joel Souza was also injured in the incident.
In the court filing, The Departed star 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.
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.
The ammunition was filed under a separate case number and Baldwin’s legal team was not notified.
After the dismissal of Baldwin’s case, weapons supervisor Gutierrez-Reed moved to have her conviction dismissed or to receive a new trial.
In July, Baldwin’s malicious prosecution lawsuit was dismissed by a judge after both he and the defense failed to file any additional documents or make progress on the case for several months.
Baldwin subsequently accused several people in the Santa Fe, New Mexico, District Attorney’s office of malicious prosecution and civil rights violations in a lawsuit, but a judge dismissed it in July after both sides went months without filing any documents; seen in May in NYC
But Baldwin’s attorney, Luke Nikas, told the Daily Mail that the judge’s decision to dismiss the case was a ‘non-event.’
‘The court dismissed the matter without prejudice because we have been waiting to prosecute the case,’ said Nikas, who is a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
‘We have been in good-faith settlement discussions with the parties to the lawsuit, and will be refiling promptly if those discussions are not promptly and favorably resolved.’
