Alec Baldwin's medical mystery

Feb 12, 2010, 6:02 GMT

Alec Baldwin's hospitalisation was a "misunderstanding".

The '30 Rock' star was taken to New York's Lenox Hill Hospital after a caller, believed to be his 14-year-old daughter Ireland, phoned 911 to say he was "unresponsive" but left the medical facility after just an hour.

His spokesperson said: "This was a misunderstanding on one person's part. Alec was quickly released from the hospital, he's completely fine and will be at work. If there was a real problem, he wouldn't have been released within an hour."

According to reports, Ireland - the actor's daughter with ex-wife Kim Basinger - called emergency services following an argument in which the 51-year-old star threatened to take an overdose.

However, sources have insisted there were no drugs or alcohol involved in the incident.

In April 2007, Alec was left humiliated when a phone call in which he called Ireland, then 11, a "rude, thoughtless pig" after she failed to answer the phone when he rang her for a call pre-arranged by a court overseeing his custody battle with Kim.

Alec later admitted he had considered suicide following the outcry sparked by his message.

He said: "I spoke to a lot of professionals who helped me. If I committed suicide they would have considered that a victory. Destroying me was their avowed goal."