Kim Basingerhonored ex-husbandAlec Baldwin’s daughter Carmen on her 8th birthday earlier this week.
In the comment section, Ireland’s mother Basinger, 67, wrote, “Carmen…… such A beautiful twosome…… you are so beautiful…….I love you 2 ….. together in this picture…… But YOU Know how to get it done and she will learn from you……..👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍🙏🏻✨🥰🌈❤️🌸.”
Alec shares Ireland with Basinger. They split in 2002 after nearly nine years of marriage, when Ireland was 7 years old.
He now shares six kids with wife Hilaria (whom he wed in 2012): daughters Carmen and MariLu, plus sonsRafael Thomas, 6,Leonardo Ángel Charles, 4,Romeo Alejandro David, 3, andEduardo “Edu” Pao Lucas, who turns 1 next month.
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Sharing aphoto of all six of her kidsMonday, Hilaria wrote on Instagram, “Happy 8th birthday Carmen…we love you so…other than the babies, we almost got the photo all smiling 🤣 ❤️. Ps that’s my hand under Edu’s arm.” She also shared asilly outtake from the group photosession.
“Divorce is hard on a kid, no matter how you cut it. And ours was very public and nasty, so I brought up Ireland in a very unconventional way,” said Basinger at the time. “… I just wanted her to be free. If she wanted to have her friends over and write over the walls with pen, that was fine. I wanted her childhood to be full of love and light and animals and friends.”
Though Basinger and Alec were embroiled in a four-year custody battle over their daughter following the split, she said they had since moved on and were on better terms. “[Alec and I are] cool now, though,” she said. “Life goes on.”
In April 2019, Hilaria told PEOPLE about her “great"relationship with stepdaughter Ireland.
“There’s obviously things in the past … with her parents, they’ve suffered, and I don’t get involved in that,” she said at the time. “I think that’s one of the smartest things I’ve ever done. I’m here, everybody knows that I love them and I care about them and if they need me I’m here, and I’m never going to put my nose where my nose doesn’t belong.”
source: people.com
