News of the procedure was first shared by the actor’s wife, Hilaria Baldwin, in an Instagram post on Tuesday.
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Alec Baldwin is recovering from hip replacement surgery.
Hilaria Baldwin, the actor’s wife, revealed the news in an Instagram post on Tuesday, sharing that the procedure was necessary after going through a “very intense chapter of chronic pain.”
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“Alec got a new hip today…it was long overdue. We’ve been through so much together…as a partner and while you heal, I so want you to leave behind this very intense chapter of the chronic pain and improve your quality of life,” she writes.
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Hilaria thanked the doctors who helped her on her hip replacement journey, and “the other amazing people who so generously got her to be safe 🩵”.
In the comments, Baldwin had a sweet response for his wife: “And you. Thank you..”
In February, Hilaria celebrated the highs and lows of their relationship through an Instagram post dedicated to the night they first met.
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“What a journey we have been through, to, in and around and continuing…every emotional place that I don’t think any of us could have predicted,” she wrote alongside a photo of the two hugging in a restaurant. “But here we are…always standing, surrounded by all of you amazing humans, our little girls…and together. In it with you, Alec…here I am, here we are…never alone 🫶🏼”
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News of the actor’s hip replacement surgery comes after prosecutors dropped criminal charges against him in April in relation to his involvement in the 2021 set death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
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