Alec Baldwin’s shock ‘slur’ to gala server revealed

A server allegedly targeted by an “agitated” Alec Baldwin during a gala event recently has claimed he called her an insulting name.

Alec Baldwin allegedly had a heated conversation with a server recently. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP

The server who was allegedly berated by Alec Baldwin at the 2023 PEN America Spring Literary Gala last week claims he called her a “peasant” as she walked away.

The woman, who does not wish to be named, told Page Six the alleged incident began when the 30 Rock star was blocking the servers’ path as dinner was starting to be served.

“I’m a sweep leader,” she said, “which means I basically tell the waiters when to put down the plates and we have to do it in a certain order.

“I was going to feed the head of the table but that’s who he was talking to, so I go up to him and I say, ‘I’m sorry sir, but we’re going to have servers walking through the tables here in a minute.’”

She said that she understood Baldwin, 65, wanted to schmooze with his pal but “me and my servers have a job to do”.

She said the comment set the actor off.

“So when is it a good time to talk to my friends?” she claimed Baldwin asked.

The server said she “did not expect that kind of reaction” and claimed that he was clearly “very agitated” and then said to her, “Do I have to explain it to you?”

Baldwin chatting with Diane Sawyer and Lorne Michaels during the event. Picture: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for PEN America

Not wanting to exacerbate the situation, she said she replied that he didn’t need to explain it.

“Well then step aside,” The Departed star allegedly said.

“Afterwards, many of my co-workers came up to me and said, ‘Do you know what he said while you were walking away?’ I didn’t catch it because I was focused on my work but apparently he was calling me a peasant,” she claimed, adding the star was “clearly mad that I told him kindly, ‘Excuse me’”.

He posed with his wife Hilaria on the red carpet earlier in the night. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America

She noted that other guests at the glittery gala didn’t have such a strong reaction to her requests throughout the evening.

“I said, ‘Excuse me,’ to Colin Jost and he was nothing but sweet about it,” she said. ‘He said, ‘Oh, I’m sorry’ and stepped aside.

“So I know it’s not a celebrity thing. Maybe it’s people’s upbringings? Who knows what makes bitter people bitter.”

The server said she wasn’t nervous about possibly getting in trouble for the incident.

“What could he say?” she said. “I approached him nicely; I was basically doing my job.”

Last week, a separate source alleged that the actor “was scolding” the server, adding that it was a “quick” interaction that went unnoticed by many.

Earlier in the evening, Baldwin put on a loved-up display with wife, Hilaria, 39, for their first red carpet appearance since his Rust shooting charges were dropped last month.

Baldwin’s reps did not reply to multiple attempts for comments on the alleged incident.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission

Originally published as Alec Baldwin’s shock ‘slur’ to gala server revealed