Alec and Hilaria Baldwin delete Twitter accounts after tell-all

Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria have both deleted their Twitter accounts just days after his TV interview denying blame in the Rust shooting.

Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria, have both deleted their main Twitter accounts just days after the Hollywood star’s interview denying blame in the shooting death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

The actor’s main @alecbaldwin account – which he had used for earlier official statements over the fatal Rust shooting – had been deleted by late on Sunday, The Hollywood Reporter noted.

At that time, Baldwin’s foundation account, @ABFalecbaldwin, was still active, as was his wife’s account @HilariaBaldwin, the media outlet said.

But by Monday, both of those accounts had also been deleted.

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin are both keeping a low profile after his tell-all interview. Picture: AFP

Baldwin’s other verified Twitter account, @alecbaldwin__, one he calls “a social media phantom limb,” was still up on Monday. He has not tweeted from it since October 19. The account does not include his previous statements on the death of Hutchins, a 42-year-old mother-of-one, during the filming of their Western movie in New Mexico in October.

The Baldwins were both still active on Instagram, however. The actor paid tribute to late UD politician Bob Dole, moments after reposting a sad-sounding song along with an image of someone sleeping outside under a full moon. He had recently also posted about his “tough times” and how his wife has “given him a reason to live”.

Hilaria, meanwhile, was business as usual, posting images of her kids on her Instagram Stories. Neither appears to have made mention of deleting their Twitter accounts, and Baldwin’s rep did not respond to requests for comment, The Hollywood Reporter said.

The hot-headed actor has been known to go dark on social media following past scandals. He had said “goodbye” to Twitter in January as his wife faced scrutiny when she admitted she was really Hillary from Boston and had not been born in Spain.

Baldwin during last week’s tell-all interview.

He also swore off the site in 2011 when he was booted from a Los Angeles-to-New York City flight for freaking out at crew members, and again before his wedding in 2012 after brawling with photographers.

He left again in 2013, writing “f**k this Twitter” after threatening to “f**k up” a reporter for the Daily Mail who’d accused Hilaria of posting a series of upbeat tweets during the funeral of James Gandolfini.

In 2014, Baldwin insisted in a 5000-word pity piece for New York magazine titled, “I Give Up”, that he wasn’t just leaving social media but saying goodbye to “public life”.

His second Twitter exit this year came just days after America’s ABC News aired his tearful interview over the Rust shooting.

In it, he claimed he had not even had his finger on the trigger when Hutchins died, and said that although “someone is ​responsible for what happened … I know it’s not me”.

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission