The 55-year-old actor, whose show 'Up Late With Alec Baldwin' was suspended recently by MSNBC, was caught abusing a reporter on camera but he has denied using a gay slur.
"I can assure you, with complete confidence, that a direct homophobic slur (or indirect one for that matter) is not spoken," Baldwin wrote in the Huffington Post.
The hot-headed '30 Rock' star slammed the country's obsession with the private lives of the famous, saying paparazzi should be outlawed.
The actor said he was ready to quit showbiz if that stopped him and his family being followed by photographers.
Also Read
Later, his daughter Ireland to jumped in to defend her father, saying paparazzi did cross the line.
"My dad has an infant child to protect... Boundaries have to be made. Paparazzi have jobs to do, but some of them jeopardize people's lives and cross a line. My point being, what my dad said was wrong. What my dad felt wasn't," Ireland tweeted on Saturday.