George Stephanopoulos' Alec Baldwin Rust Interview Was Intense

George Stephanopoulos talks about his emotional interview with Alec Baldwin after the fatal Rust accident, interviewing Christopher Steele about the Steele dossier and his wife pulling an April Fools prank.


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[JewandGreek]

George Steph's wife Ali Wentworth has worked with Alec Baldwin. A bit too cozy for my taste. I prefer objective journalism, if that still exists.

[susantunbridge]

Why Baldwin even being interviewed when the investigation is ongoing?

[TehMorbidAtheist]

Seth Meyers' interview of George Stephanopoulos's interview of Alec Baldwin is pretty intense.

[alicewatt]

When he said that he felt no guilt, that just horrified me and the way he said it was so non shelant! What a complete tool of the worst type

[jeanP]

That interview with Stanopolis just seems like a lawyer defending his client on cross examination.

[mariyamwaniki]

Funny, the older he gets the more he looks like Dukakis

[nicolev]

That interview was fucking ghoulish, not saying it was George’s fault. But most people would agree-ghoulish

[janenefreitag]

I just lost respect for George Stephanopoulos! That interview with Alec was a joke!

[a.schmidt]

One in a trillion? It’s pretty clear that there was criminal negligence on that set, so it was almost inevitable.

[HokkaidoSan]

Alec Baldwin has a lot of liability and culpability. Obviously it was an accident and he probably has a lot of guilt but he was a producer on that project and he cut corners. He put money over safety. That guy needs to face consequences for those things along with everyone who made the decision to cut corners. Some of his answered felt scripted or written by lawyers and PR. Baldwin cried while talking about himself and not what actually happen. From here on out, I wouldn't believe anything Baldwins says.

[sharondamongeot]

Alec made it clear he did not feel bad . He said he felt bad for what the armorer will go through Alec is a total creep ! He needs to pay for what he did .!!!

[jessyjulie]

One in a trillion chance? When he literally pointed a gun at someone. Even if its unloaded, u dont do that.

[thomasgriffing]

Alec chose George for the interview because he knew he would get favorable treatment, and he was correct. An unbiased reporter would have torn massive holes in Baldwin’s BS narrative.

[edithsmith]

Wait, what did Seth just say? Seth ‘I can only imagine how stressful it is to interview someone that has gone through such a traumatic experience’? Yep, he said it! Scumbag! I couldn’t watch the rest. They live in ivory towers, unaffected by peasants and lower life forms. If it had been someone that Seth loved, different story. Disgusting!

[myjeanification]

Why doesnt anyone mention the fact that George’s wife is friends with the Baldwin family?

[rodcormier]

I saw the interview.... he was pretty easy on Baldwin... Baldwin still has a lot 0f question to answer to ... it seemed Baldwin was trying played he was a victim to

[russellgatewood]

Seth is just as much a tool as George, objective reporting was once a requirement for the trade.Now nonexistent.Amazing to hear George Lying about the context.Did anyone else hear Baldwin state he feels NO GUILT.

[alexissweet]

That wasn't an accident, it was avoidable negligence. How could they say it was a one in a trillion thing when they knew safety precautions were not exercised and misfires had already happened

[graydonargast]

What a coincidence. One in a trillion also describes the likelihood that George Stephanopoulos wiill say anything intelligent during an interview.

[aethervvav]

Leave it to Seth to interview someone about an interview. And leave it to Seth would be a good segment.