Alec Baldwin thanks fans for helping get wife Hilaria to 1MIL Instagram followers for her birthday

Alec Baldwin he made it a mission to help his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, have a million followers on Instagram by her birthday on Friday, January 6.

It took two days of pleading and requests from the actor on the social media platform, prompting some criticism from people who called his campaign “shallow” and “weird,” but his wife did, in fact, cross the million threshold. of followers. Instagram.

In a show of gratitude, the longtime Hollywood leading man penned a simple note reading, “Thank you so much to everyone who helped my wife get 1 million followers,” and then posted it on his Instagram page alongside with the simple title: “Truly”. .’

Hilaria, who turned 39 on Friday, reposted her husband’s message to thank everyone who participated in the virtual birthday giveaway.

‘Grateful to all of you. It’s like a fun party we’re all at,” she shared, along with a green heart emoji. ‘I love you all. Let’s make 2023 awesome.

She also shared a photo from her birthday party at home, along with another expressing her gratitude for all the well wishes on her special day.

‘Love you all for the birthday wishes and for helping me celebrate turning 39…here’s lots of cake, wild Baldwinito dance parties and getting dressed up with my husband.’

The Academy Award-nominated actor first took to Instagram to ask his followers for a birthday present for his wife on Thursday.

‘I would like to ask you, as a birthday present or even as a simple gesture for my wife, would you follow her on Instagram?’ she asked herself, sporting a scruffy silver beard and a black T-shirt.

After referring to his wife as his ‘favorite person’, he shared that he ‘would like to ask you for a small favour’, adding: ‘It looks like she is only inches away from a million followers on Instagram. And I would like to ask you, as a birthday present from her… would you follow her on Instagram?

The next day, Hilaria’s actual birthday, Alec enlisted the help of the couple’s nine-year-old daughter Carmen in an 11-hour effort to reach the finish line, which at the time was just a few thousand followers away. .

“Follow my mom on Instagram please and thank you,” she said, after receiving encouragement from her dad as she sat in the backseat of the family van. Alec then proceeded to focus on himself and announced, “Today is the day,” in reference to his wife’s birthday.

The former 30 Rock star made one last pitch for people to follow Hilaria on Friday night, just before she headed out for her birthday dinner with friends, only this time she offered insight into why it’s important that her wife crosses the million mark.

“Hilaria is someone for whom social media is a big part of her platform in terms of promoting her work, her podcast, and other things that she’s doing,” she explained in another video.

Over the years, Hilaria has had three podcasts, the most recent being Witches Anonymous, which she co-hosts with Michelle Campbell and launched last October. As a yoga instructor, as well as a general health and lifestyle enthusiast, she also often uses her Instagram platform to promote things related to those inspiring endeavors.

Alec went on to confess that he also finds Instagram a great tool to reach people, calling it “a very useful format, Instagram to promote my podcast.” I have very good interactions on Instagram.

Despite offering an explanation for their request for Instagram followers, a large number of people took the time to ask why the couple cares about the number of Instagram followers.

Countless commenters asked questions like, ‘I wonder why this is so important’ and ‘And this is important, why?’

Some fans went as far as to use sarcasm, while others turned somewhat nasty with their comments, writing: ‘No! What a pathetic and modern thing to propose to strangers. Follow, continue? Dear god man. Grow up.’

‘Is a million followers the important thing on a birthday? Give me a break,’ wrote one person, which actually prompted other people to share similar comments.

“I hope he’s living a better life now, we’re all praying he makes it to 2 million,” was one example of where sarcasm was used.

‘SAD THAT THIS IS CONSIDERED AN ‘ACHIEVEMENT’, was another popular sentiment.

The Baldwins had a large following who saw the Instagram follower request as a way to reach out to people with shared life stories.

‘People are so hateful. Happy birthday Hillary! You are an amazing husband to her. I was going to follow her. I heard a snippet from one of her podcasts and I appreciate her curiosity and her personality. I know it will be worth following. Have a wonderful celebration! one person shared, which seemed to garner support from others.

And then there were some people who just saw all this as a fun way to communicate with each other.

“Kept checking her follower total yesterday like I was checking a game score, happy for her,” wrote one supporter, which seemed to sum up what others were feeling.

The Baldwins shared photos and videos of Hilaria’s birthday celebration on their social media platforms.

The couple, who have been married for over 10 years, are the proud parents of seven children: sons Eduardo, two, Romeo, four, Leonardo, six, and Rafael, seven, plus daughters Ilaria, three months old, María, two next month, and Carmen, nine.