I actually thought the audio was hilarious when I heard it on the radio on Friday. The whole time I was laughing under my breath. It was basically like hearing a sibling being yelled at by my parents. The pig comment was bad, but the girl might have deserved it depending upon if she were acting like a pig or not.

I can't think of any situation where I'd ever use language like that on a child of mine (assuming I'll have children), but even I know I have my limits (say if the offense were on the level of murder or purposely destroying expensive property). At worst, Alec Baldwin is a jerk and his daughter won't suffer any mentionable harm from that fact. While at best, he cares about his daughter a lot and got overly pissed at some of her nasty behavior. I'm guessing the truth is somewhere in between. Either way, this shouldn't have become a public issue.