We owe it to Alec Baldwin for letting us know big families are expensive.

For much of his career, Alec Baldwin could just get on a plane to wherever his next acting job was, alone, no questions asked. 

These days, with seven young children with his wife Hilaria (Hillary?) Baldwin and multiple nannies – because, like I said... seven young children – it's a little more difficult. Especially because planes to LA might not have business class space for them all.

"Nannies, kids, my wife," he said in a November 2023 interview with Kelly Ripa on the Let's Talk Off Camera podcast, listing off the 11 other people who need plane tickets when he travels for work.

"They don't even have 11 seats in the business class section of the plane."

He also recalled a work trip to California that required him to pay for four adjoining suites in a hotel in order to fit everyone in. Then he realised he was not going to make any money from the job.

"I look at my wife and I go, 'You realise we're not going to make a dime, we're not going to make one cent. Here we are, mashed potatoes [are] $20 room service, a Diet Coke is $11, you realise we're not going to make a penny'.

"The private plane, the hotel, the room service. We're going to break even on this job I'm doing."

On the podcast, Ripa told Baldwin his family dynamic "has reality TV written all over it". She is not wrong. Can you imagine the chaos? 

Baldwin responded that they have thought about making it happen.

"Everything I do is filtered through the idea of my family, so jobs I take, jobs I don't take," he explained. "Shows we have considered, pitches we've heard and even one or two pitches we've made about our family and that reality show is all so we can just stay home and work from home.

"I'm desperate to try and work from home," he said.

It seems his manifesting worked. In June 2024, Baldwin and his wife Hilaria announced their upcoming reality TV show, The Baldwins.

"We’re inviting you into our home to experience the ups and downs; the good, the bad, the wild and the crazy," he said in an Instagram video. 

"Home is the place we love to be most."

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You don't need 12 business class seats if you don't leave your home. Plus, Baldwin may have more legal bills to cover in the future.

The announcement of their TV show comes as Baldwin awaits a July trial for involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal 2021 shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust. 

The Baldwins share seven children: Carmen Gabriela, 10, Rafael Thomas, 8, Leonardo Ángel Charles, 7, Romeo Alejandro David, 5, Eduardo "Edu" Pao Lucas, 3, María Lucía Victoria, 3, and Ilaria Catalina Irena, 19 months. 

Baldwin's eldest daughter Ireland, with ex-wife Kim Basinger is 28, and made him a grandfather last year, with the birth of her first child Holland.

This article was originally published on November 3, 2023, and has been updated since with new information.

Feature image: Instagram @hilariabaldwin.

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