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"It&amp;apos;s been a rocky road for Alec Baldwin and his daughter Ireland Baldwin, but from the looks of their embrace in NYC on Wednesday, you&amp;apos;d never know it.\r\n\r\nThe father-daughter pair were all smiles as they hit the streets of NYC&amp;apos;s Meatpacking District, arm-in-arm, while dressed for the winter weather.\r\nBut things weren&amp;apos;t always so sunshine and smile-filled for the actor, 53, and his daughter with ex-wife Kim Basinger.\r\nPHOTOS: 30 Rock&amp;apos;s best guest stars\r\nIn 2007, while in the midst of a nasty divorce with Basinger, Baldwin left a voice mail for Ireland, then 11-years-old, telling her &amp;quot;You are a rude, thoughtless little pig. You don&amp;apos;t have the brains or the decency as a human being. I don&amp;apos;t give a damn that you&amp;apos;re 12-years-old or 11-years-old, or a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn&amp;apos;t care about what you do.&amp;quot;\r\nBaldwin&amp;apos;s behavior caused a court to ban him from seeing Ireland while Basinger, 58, was granted primary custody, with the actor retaining visitation rights.\r\n\r\nIn September, Baldwin came to his 16-year-old daughter&amp;apos;s defense when a tweet she sent out around Jay-Z and Kanye West&amp;apos;s hit song, &amp;quot;N***** in Paris&amp;quot; caused her followers to accuse her of being a racist.\r\n&amp;quot;Anyone who thinks that quoting the title of that song is racist is a disgrace to the human race,&amp;quot; Baldwin tweeted."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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