Alec Baldwin and his wife have both deleted their Twitter accounts just days after the actor gave his <a href="https://vt.co/entertainment/celebrity/alec-baldwin-not-responsible-for-halyna-hutchins-death-rust" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first interview</a> about the fatal on-set shooting of Halyna Hutchins. On 21 October, while on the set of his new movie Rust, the 63-year-old actor fired a revolver containing a live round. The shot killed 42-year-old cinematographer Hutchins and injured 48-year-old director Joel Souza. Baldwin maintains that he believed the gun to be unloaded. In the aftermath of the incident, Baldwin used his verified @alecbaldwin Twitter account to issue statements about the event. However, followers noticed on Sunday night that the account appears to have been deactivated. Meanwhile, his wife's account (@hilariabaldwin) also appears to have disappeared, and the account of his foundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) has been set to a more restrictive setting, only allowing access to approved followers. <img class="wp-image-1263137910 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/12/2E02FYH-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="1943" height="2560" />[[imagecaption|| Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria. Credit: Abaca Press / Alamy]] Baldwin gave his first official interview about the incident last Thursday. On the ABC special, <a href="https://vt.co/entertainment/celebrity/alec-baldwin-not-responsible-for-halyna-hutchins-death-rust" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alec Baldwin: Unscripted</a>, he broke down in tears while speaking to Good Morning America host George Stephanopoulos, and claimed he did not pull the trigger. "I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them, never," he said. However, the actor also stoked controversy by saying that he did not feel responsible for Hutchins' death, saying: <blockquote>"I feel that someone is responsible for what happened, and I can’t say who that is, but I know it’s not me. I mean, honest to God, if I felt that I was responsible, I might have killed myself if I thought I was responsible. And I don’t say that lightly."</blockquote> [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1466588963632783360]] Baldwin went on to defend his actions, saying: "I probably handled weapons as much as any other actor in films with an average career, never shooting or being shot by someone. And in that time, I had a protocol. And it never let me down." He added that he had always trusted prop experts to carry out safety checks for him, explaining: "When that person who was charged with that job handed me the weapon, I trusted them. And I never had a problem, ever." Though the actor and his wife have left Twitter, they still appear to be active on other social media platforms. [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/CXJi2Gkl2rm/]] Hilaria posted a cozy selfie of the pair kissing under the mistletoe on Monday, captioned: "'Tis the season." <h6>Featured Image Credit: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy</h6>

Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria deactivate Twitter accounts following his first interview since 'Rust' shooting

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