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Alec Baldwin Banned from the Philippines over Mailorder Bride remarks


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Alec Baldwin has been officially banned from the Philippines over remarks he made about mailorder brides on Letterman, May 12.

Philippines Immigration Commissioner, Marcelino Libanan, released a statement Thursday saying:

“By being in the bureau’s blacklist, Baldwin is forbidden from entering the country as he is deemed an undesirable alien.”

The ban came after Baldwin’s appearance on Letterman, May 12 where he made comments about his previous failed relationships. When asked if he would have more kids, Baldwin said that he would love to have more children and that he was “thinking about getting a Filipino mail-order bride at this point – or a Russian one.”

Baldwin later realized his remarks were causing outrage and posted the following apology published on the Huffington Post, saying:

“I’d like to offer an apology and a clarification to remarks I made recently.

While on the David Letterman program, I joked that I might need a ‘mail-order bride’ to achieve the goal of having more children in my life. I believe that most people understood that this was a joke and took it as such. (A dated reference, no doubt, and another sign of my advancing age.)

However, I do apologize to anyone who took offense.”

Which was obviously not enough to convince the Philippines government of his sincerity.

Here’s a video of Baldwin’s remarks on Letterman, the ones that started this whole mess:











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4 Archived Responses to “ Alec Baldwin Banned from the Philippines over Mailorder Bride remarks ”

  1. You can't say anything without causing offense to someone these days. Maybe the word “mail-order” is out of date and he said “internet chat bride”.

  2. Maybe that's why the Philippine government was insulted. Perhaps they want to be pictured as a high-technology center, and Baldwin's statement about mail-order brides was so retro. At least the Russians apparently aren't so uptight about the situation. I can imagine what would happen if the U.S. branded every foreigner as “undesirable” who referred to the “cowboy” stereotype.

  3. Anonymous
    Jul 30, 2011

    The Philippines is a very authoritarian society, and the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) Commissioner, Marcelino Libanan, is free to make a determination of "undesirability" upon his own. Lucky for Baldwin he isn't a suspected pedophile.