Alec Baldwin blamed the bitter custody battle between him and ex-wife Kim Basinger in part for the anger and frustration he was feeling when he berated his daughter in a phone message leaked to the media last year. In the message, Baldwin called the 11-year-old a "rude, thoughtless little pig." He was apparently upset that she had missed his phone call."I’m disappointed," the 50-year-old actor told a crowd Monday in San Francisco, where he was promoting his new book, "A Promise to Ourselves."

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