On the evening of Monday, December 18, 2023, the Alec Baldwinwho was walking near a protest rally when he was “targeted” by people taking part in it.

In a video posted on social media, a protester shoved a phone in the actor’s face, demanding to know if he supports Israel.

“Because I’m in Hollywood?”Baldwin replied. “You ask stupid questions. Ask me a smart question.”

Baldwin and the protester continued to yell at each other before police removed the actor. A crowd of people followed him and some mocked him for the fatal shooting of filmmaker Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust” in 2021.

It is unclear why the actor was near the march organized by “Within Our Lifetime,” a Palestinian-led community organization that has been active in New York since 2015.

As Baldwin walked away from the police, a voice in the crowd began shouting, “Who do you think you are?”, to which the actor replied, “Stop crying!”, huhas the protesters continued to boo him, before he pointed his finger indiscriminately at the crowd and said: “I want peace for Gaza».

As the police removed him, one protester shouted: “You killed someone though, right? You are a murderer!”referring to the shooting on the set of the movie “Rust.”