Alec Baldwin Boycotted The Emmys This Year. And He Told The World Why In A Series Of Tweets

30 Rock star and notoriously smooth-voiced Alec Baldwin didn’t attend the Emmys this year, nor did his sketch meant to open the show ever hit the airwaves. And, in typical celebrity fashion, he tweeted about the cause: a falling out he had with Emmy broadcaster Fox and its parent company News Corp.

Baldwin had recorded a sketch that was supposed to open the Emmys on Sunday night. He played the part of a TV exec, but – at least in his opinion – Fox and parent company News Corp.

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