Hilaria Baldwin didn’t fully grasp what a prenup was before signing one with husband Alec Baldwin.
“After my first marriage I said, ‘Let’s have a prenup,’” Alec, 66, who was married to Kim Basinger from 1993 to 2002, recalled during the first episode of TLC’s reality series The Baldwins on Sunday, February 23.
Hilaria, 41, recalled not entirely understanding the concept at the time.
“I just don’t understand quite what a prenup is. Because you are like, ‘After a certain number of kids it is this.’ And I was like, ‘You know what? I will just sign it,’” she noted. “Which was probably very stupid of me back then.”
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Hilaria continued: “Now, I would read it again. I just said, ‘I won’t sign it. I don’t really want to think about the end by the beginning.’ And then you were like, ‘I don’t want to do it either.’”
The Baldwins offered an unfiltered look at Alec and Hilaria’s dynamic more than a decade after they tied the knot. In addition to Alec and Hilaria, the TLC series stars their seven kids: Carmen Gabriela, 11, Rafael Thomas, 9, Leonardo Ángel Charles, 8, Romeo Alejandro David, 6, Eduardo “Edu” Pao Lucas, María Lucía Victoria, 4, and Ilaria Catalina Irena, 2. Alec also shares daughter Ireland, 29, with his Basinger, 71.
While the reality show might come as a surprise to some, a source previously told Us Weekly that the pair were considering a way to document their hectic lives.
“Alec and Hilaria may be pitching reality show ideas soon,” the insider said in November 2023 about how Alec and Hilaria would only move forward with a series if it were “the right fit that would authentically show who they are as a family.”
The plan was to have a show that felt authentic to the Baldwins.
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“They genuinely love spending time together so it would have to be something that shows their personalities, everyday laughter and adventures. It would have to be something very real and show how they spend their time together,” the insider added. “Alec’s favorite thing is spending time with Hilaria and their kids, and anyone who’s around them knows they just love being together. They love the idea of a show where they can show people who they are and what matters most to them.”
That same month, Alec discussed how being a father changed his priorities. “With me, everything’s about my family,” he shared on Kelly Ripa’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast. “Once we had five and then six and then seven kids, I can’t go anywhere for any length of time.”
Alec discussed how traveling for work has become difficult because he would need “12 plane tickets” to accommodate his family. “Nannies, kids, my wife, I need, like, 11 [tickets],” he said. “They don’t even have 11 seats in the business class section of the plane.”
The Baldwins airs on TLC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.
