Hilaria Baldwin Announces Social Media 'Break' Amid Alec Baldwin’s Fight With Halyna Hutchins' Husband
06.03.2022 - 01:05
/ perezhilton.com
Hilaria Baldwin is taking a step back from social media.
The 38-year-old former yoga instructor took to Instagram on Friday to announce to her followers that she will be going on a “break” from social media, except for sharing a picture “from time to time” to let everyone know that the family is doing alright while on her hiatus. She wrote:
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Hilaria added in the caption:
It is unclear how long the momma plans to stay off the ‘gram, but a source for People stressed that there was “nothing” happening behind-the-scenes that forced her off the platform:
This social media time off comes in the aftermath of the tragic shooting on the set of the Rust that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza. While it was previously reported that Alec allegedly discharged the prop weapon, the 63-year-old actor insisted during an interview with George Stephanopoulos in December that he “didn’t pull the trigger.” He added at the time:
However, the 30 Rock alum was still hit with a wrongful death lawsuit from her widower Matthew Hutchins, who filed the complaint on behalf of himself and their 9-year-old son Andros. The family claimed in the lawsuit that Alec, armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, assistant director David Halls, and the other defendants listed “failed to perform industry standard safety checks and follow basic gun safety rules while using real guns to produce the movie Rust, with fatal consequences.”
In response to the complaint, attorneys for the Beetlejuice star told E! News that “any claim that Alec was reckless is entirely false,” adding:
Of course, everyone needs a social media detox every now and then