Updated / Thursday, 4 Mar 2021 09:03 Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin has said he deactivated his Twitter account following the reaction to a comment he made about Gillian Anderson. The Hollywood actor responded to a post about Anderson - who is American but played Margaret Thatcher in The Crown - "switching accents". Baldwin wrote "switching accents? That sounds . . . fascinating", apparently a reference to his wife Hilaria, who was engulfed in controversy after allegedly faking her Spanish heritage. Hilaria and Alec Baldwin The 62-year-old 30 Rock star, who recently became a father for the seventh time, shared a lengthy video on Instagram while driving home and announced he had deleted his Twitter account.