In a Wednesday, Nov. 27 interview, Alec Baldwin responded to the recent news of his MSNBC show being cancelled, his homophobic remarks, and accusations that he alienated the staff at the news network.

The actor attacked TMZ and the New York Post while defending himself against claims the media organizations made against him.

TMZ revealed a video of Baldwin screaming out homophobic slurs at a paparazzo earlier in November, calling him a "c---sucking f----t," when he tried to take pictures of the actor and his family returning from the court verdict against Baldwin's stalker.

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On Nov. 26, the Post published insider information about why Baldwin was let go from his MSNBC show. A source at the network said the actor was not amiable to work with and was alienating the staff he worked with. The insider cited two instances, one where Baldwin demanded a humidifier be installed in the studio, and another when he wanted a dressing room already reserved for a cancer patient.

Apparently when the staff did not acquiesce to his demand for the dressing room, Baldwin shouted that he didn't "give a f---k if she had cancer or not" and that he wanted the room regardless.

Talking to Gothamist this week, the actor said the following about the accusations:

"Showing a video in which I call someone a 'c---sucking something'... you can't really tell what I'm saying, and we live in a world in which the phrase 'TMZ's enhanced audio' exists. 'TMZ's enhanced audio.' And then with the Post... there's nothing you can do when you get thrown in this washing machine, nothing. You know? Nothing. All you end up doing is just defending yourself all day long."

The actor went on to defend his homophobic remarks by suggesting that MSNBC political commentator Martin Bashir made similar statements on air. Baldwin also went on to deny the fact that he used the expletive, which got him in trouble with the gay community.

"I dispute half the comment I made... if I called him 'c---sucking maggot' or a 'c---sucking motherf---er'... 'f----t' is not the word that came out of my mouth. That I know," he said. "But you've got the fundamentalist wing of gay advocacy-Rich Ferraro and Andrew Sullivan-they're out there, they've got you. Rich Ferraro, this is probably one of his greatest triumphs. They killed my show. And I have to take some responsibility for that myself."

The 30 Rock star also spoke about the insider that gave information to the Post about his rude behavior toward staff and throwing his weight around. He suggested that he had only one enemy, the alleged source.

"People who I worked with that I cared about-these people were all very supportive of the show. Now there was somebody on the staff who I did not want to work with. There was somebody on the staff who I thought wasn't a good fit for me. And I wouldn't rule out if that person went to the Post and gave them that story," he said.

He did admit that there was some truth to the stories published by the publication, but punctured holes in their reasoning and suggested that he was being misrepresented.

"These stories with the Post, the way they work, they have to have some kernel of truth," he explained. "So if I complained, as I did, I said to them... I didn't ask for a humidifier, I asked for humidification. So we had a day where... my voice would crack, it was heavily air conditioned. I found it tough to talk."

"I did not demand someone put a humidifier in," he said. "And the woman using that dressing room, I was told she's allergic to some chemical, no one ever, ever, ever said to me that somebody had cancer, and I never said 'I don't give a f---k.' "

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