Alec Baldwin Leaves Talent Agency That Scored Big for Kim Basinger

Days after Alec Baldwin’s (49) ranting voice-mail message to his daughter surfaced on the Internet, the actor has severed ties with his longtime talent agency, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

Baldwin’s publicist, Matthew Hiltzik, denied there was any link between the actor’s decision to leave Creative Artists Agency and the storm of media attention sparked by the private phone message made public last week.

"This is purely a personal matter," Hiltzik said. "It has nothing to do with his very talented agent at CAA, who has done great work for him."

Baldwin, 49, who currently stars on the popular television comedy "30 Rock," is not immediately seeking representation from another agency, Hiltzik said.

CAA’s client roster still includes Baldwin’s ex-wife, actress Kim Basinger, with whom he is waging a bitter, six-year battle over custody of their only daughter, Ireland. The 11-year-old girl lives with her mother.

Perhaps Baldwin left because Kim Basinger just scored a fat new modeling deal with beauty giant, Coty. The 53-year-old will represent the Lancaster skincare line, which calls itself the "anti-ageing expert," in their new ad campaigns worldwide, except in the United States. Basinger’s new gig brings her back to her cover girl roots, as the former Breck girl was a Ford model in the 70s.