Actor Alec Baldwin blasts Americans, says they are ‘uninformed’ and ‘know little or nothing’ about world issues

Hollywood actor, Alec Baldwin has slammed Americans for being ‘uninformed’ while appearing at the 42nd Torino Film Festival in Turin, Italy.The Rust actor, 66, gave his scathing assessment during a press conference on Monday, November 25, adding that Americans ‘know little or nothing’ about world issues.’There’s a hole, a vacuum… a gap in information for Americans,’ he said in a clip shared by The Hollywood Reporter on X.   ‘Americans are very uninformed about reality, what’s really going on  climate change, Ukraine, you name it. The biggest topics in the world, Americans have an appetite for a little bit of information.”You know what’s going on from the news, but information in America is driven by money. It’s a business.’ He went on to say that the vacuum is ‘filled by the film industry. Not just the independent film industry, not just the documentary film industry but narrative films as well.’ The father-of-eight was honoured with the Lifetime Award at the festival.He appeared at the press conference on the condition that questions about the fatal Rust shooting, where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed, would not be permitted, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Rust ceased production after a prop gun held by the Still Alice star went off on October 21, 2021, killing cinematographer Halyna and wounding director Joel Souza.  During the conference, he was also asked about his hopes and concerns for Donald Trump’s administration, and he said that there ‘are many challenges to face.’ The Golden Globe Award winner listed ‘the environment, the problem of plastic, of permafrost’ as ‘real problems to solve.’ The post Actor Alec Baldwin blasts Americans, says they are ‘uninformed’ and ‘know little or nothing’ aboutworldissues appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.