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Alec Baldwin rages at reporter who claimed he tweeted during James Gandolfini’s funeral

Another day, another Alec Baldwin meltdown. The infamously volatile actor blew up following a report that he and his wife, Hilaria, were tweeting during James Gandolfini’s funeral. It initially appeared that the couple was tweeting from inside The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in Morningside Heights — but a friend later said that they had left as the event was still going on because Hilaria wasn’t feeling well.

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Once outside, Hilaria sent a few tweets, including, “Making smoothies with @rachael_ray on the @RachaelRayShow!” Alec, meanwhile, posted a link to a trailer for the movie “Dirty Wars.”

When online criticism erupted about their tacky tweeting, the pair started whining that they were the ones who were wronged. “Someone wrote that my wife was tweeting at a funeral,” Baldwin tweeted. “Hey. That’s not true. But I’m gonna tweet at your funeral.”

The former “30 Rock” star wasn’t done. He later launched into a profane Twitter tirade aimed at a reporter for a British newspaper who had written about the couple’s supposed funeral tweets. In a series of furious posts, Baldwin called the male scribe a “bitch” and warned, “I’m gonna find you . . . you toxic little queen, and I’m gonna f–k . . . you . . . up.” A short time later, he tweeted that he had fired his publicist (he didn’t) — and then closed his Twitter account.