NYPD cops won’t shed any tears if Alec Baldwin makes good on his wish to move to a gated community in Los Angeles, police sources told The Post on Monday.
“I say: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out of the city,” said one source, who knows Baldwin from the actor’s Greenwich Village neighborhood.
“I don’t like the guy. It’s a pain in the ass to deal with him every time he blows his top at the press and we’re called in to clean up the mess.”
The source noted that while Baldwin “knows how to play the game with the cops and not piss us off,” it’s not entirely clear if he’s showing his true colors.
“I don’t know if he’s acting or if he’s sincere in showing respect to the police,” the source said.
“Maybe it’s sincere and because of his upbringing. Or maybe he’s just not trying to get arrested.”
Another police source familiar with the actor’s cases said Baldwin “has a weird, almost-paranoid personality.”
“Good riddance!” the source said.
“He chose a career to be a public figure and he acts surprised whenever the media wants to take his photo or his wife’s.”
“I don’t get it,” the source added.
“Nothing will change for him if he moves to L.A. The press will hound him out there, too.”
In the cover story of this week’s New York Magazine, Baldwin said he’s soured on the city because he and his family don’t have any privacy.
“I just can’t live in New York anymore,” he said.
“Everything I hated about L.A. I’m beginning to crave. L.A. is a place where you live behind a gate, you get in a car, your interaction with the public is minimal.”
“I used to hate that. But New York has changed,” he added.