Alec Baldwin: Ex-NFL player in viral fight with United employee at Newark Liberty Airport ‘is guilty of workplace abuse’

Alec Baldwin is weighing in on a viral video of a United Airlines employee fighting with former NFL wide receiver Brendan Langley at the Newark Liberty Airport.

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Baldwin, whose movie “Rust” has been under fire for work safety issues after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot and killed on set, left a comment on an Instagram page alleging that the airport employee “is the victim” in the video.

“The guy working at the airport is the victim. He came to work to do a job. The other guy, with his big mouth, is guilty of workplace abuse, where people come to work with an expectation of safety, even civility. This a**hole who hit this guy should be put on a no fly list,” Baldwin said, courtesy of TMZ.

Here’s what went down in the airport incident, according to TMZ:

Witnesses say the 2 began arguing before pushing, slapping and ultimately punching each other. The video starts mid-fight … the worker seems to push the passenger, who then slaps the employee in the face, and then all hell breaks loose.

The Broncos drafted Langley in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He spent two seasons in Denver, playing mostly on special teams. He currently plays for the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL.

Langley gave his side of the story on his Twitter account:

its crazy how u can get assaulted by an actual airline employee and defend urself, but media will run the narrative that they want to… this is the problem in our society today smh dont believe everything u read! @TMZ tbh this is s****y of yall. taking another mans pain as a joke

u can clearly see soooo many @united employees watching everything unfold while im basically begging for help. craziest part not one of them helped De-escalate the situation! it was like they wanted it to happen. like i had a target on my back

every angle shows me walking away from buddy, i had a whole ass flight that morning i did not want any smoke! he followed me all the way down to the kiosk just to cause me bodily harm. im honestly still shocked.

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