<div><p>Actor Alec Baldwin has revealed that he considered suicide after an infamous voicemail rant in which he described his daughter as a "rude, thoughtless, little pig" became public two years ago.</p><p>The Oscar-nominated star of "The Departed" and hit television series "30 Rock" made the admission in the July/August issue of Playboy magazine due to go on sale in the US on Friday.</p><p>Baldwin revealed he was mortified after the April 2007 leak of the voicemail, in which he could be heard shouting at then-11-year-old daughter Ireland and threatening to "straighten her out."</p><p>The voicemail surfaced as Baldwin was embroiled in bitter legal wrangling with ex-wife Kim Basinger over custody arrangements and visitation rights.</p><p>Asked about his suicidal thoughts, Baldwin told Playboy: "I (was) very serious. I spoke to a lot of professionals, who helped me.</p><p>"If I committed suicide, they (Kim Basinger?s team) would have considered that a victory. Destroying me was their avowed goal."</p><p>Baldwin also criticized the rise of celebrity news television shows and web-based social networking phenomena such as Twitter.</p><p>"I would be so happy if those shows went off the air. It is a huge problem in our business -- this microcosmic analysis and elevation of people who are just witless and talentless, or people with talent, like Lindsay Lohan, who struggle," Baldwin said.</p><p>"This society is very wired together, and it?s the most neurotic a society has ever been. Twitter, all this stuff, I don?t view as anything good."</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=52812678&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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