Ireland Needs Security

KIM BASINGER has confirmed reports she hired a security guard to protect her daughter from the media following her ex-husband Alec Baldwin's recent phone tirade against the youngster.

The Oscar-winning actress stepped up security around her Los Angeles home after Baldwin called 11-year-old daughter Ireland a "rude, thoughtless little pig" during a recorded telephone conversation.

The actor has been criticised by film fans after the conversation was leaked on the internet. He has apologised publicly and in private to his daughter.