Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger’s daughter Ireland candidly reveals why she quit Hollywood: ‘I can’t handle it’
Ireland Baldwin has opened up about her decision to quit Hollywood, admitting that it became a ‘really dark place’ for her.
The former model, 29, left Los Angeles in 2020 and has since been living with her family in Portland, Oregon.
Speaking to Emily Ratajkowski on her podcast High Low with EmRata last year, Ireland shared that she ‘couldn’t handle’ Hollywood and ‘bowed out of that world.’
She said: ‘I just really couldn’t be in LA anymore.
‘It started to take a toll on me, and especially over Covid it’s just become a really dark place.
‘LA can be a wonderful place but it’s also a trap. It’s filled with a lot of people who definitely don’t have your best interest.’
Ireland, who is the daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, grew up in the spotlight and felt the pressure to ‘become a star’ because of her famous parents.
The writer also spoke candidly about the trials and tribulations of the modelling industry.
Ireland Baldwin has opened up about her decision to quit Hollywood
The mom-of-one, who is the daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, grew up in the spotlight
‘Modelling was something that was just so easy when I was young and the fashion industry is a tough one,’ she said.
‘I had great experiences, I had horrendous experiences.
‘Unless I could really pick and choose and use that platform for good, I just really didn’t want to be involved in it anymore.
‘It’s kind of like this cat and mouse game that I just wasn’t interested in.’
Ireland also tried her hand at acting, but quickly put a stop to pursuing it further.
‘I can’t act for s**t,’ she admitted with a laugh. ‘It’s not in my blood.’
Ireland is in a relationship with her boyfriend RAC – real name André Allen Anjos – and the pair share one-year-old daughter Holland.
Earlier this week, Ireland was spotted enjoying a holiday season reunion her dad Alec in downtown Manhattan in New York City.
Ireland candidly divulged: ‘I just really couldn’t be in LA anymore. It started to take a toll on me, and especially over Covid it’s just become a really dark place’
She is mom to one-year-old daughter Holland, whom she shares with boyfriend RAC
The Oscar-nominated actor, 66, were seen embracing, as she was accompanied by her partner, musician RAC, 39, and Holland.
The father-daughter reunion came four months after a summer vacation in which Ireland brought her daughter to meet her seven-half siblings Alec shares with wife Hilaria, 40.
In recent years, Alec and Ireland have been on seemingly solid footing.
She has become a first-time parent, while he has been balancing his family, career and legal fallout from the tragic shooting on the set of his film Rust in October of 2021.
