Stephen Baldwin, the father of Hailey Bieber, has sparked fresh concern online after sharing an emotional new TikTok video.
The 60-year-old actor, who recently opened up about stepping away from Hollywood because of his faith, surprised followers Thursday when he filmed himself crying while listening to Christian music.
In the clip, Baldwin appeared in a black baseball cap worn backwards as his eyes welled with tears while Clara Woods’s song This Is the Air I Breathe played in the background.
“So blessed. So blessed. So blessed. He is the air I breathe #Hallelujah,” he wrote in the caption, before urging his 401,000 followers to “have a great day.”
The unusually emotional post quickly drew candid reactions from TikTok users, including one who commented: “Terrifying per usual. Thank you, Stephen.”
Another viewer directly appealed to his 29-year-old daughter, writing: “Hailey, girl, come collect your father… he’s freaking us out.”
Representatives for Baldwin and Bieber have been contacted for comment.
Stephen Baldwin, Hailey Bieber’s father, worried fans with a TikTok video showing him in tears as he listened to Christian music
Baldwin and Bieber pictured in 2014
Fans candidly expressed their thoughts about the bizarre upload, with one writing, ‘Terrifying per usual. Thank you, Stephen’
‘Well hallelujah but you’re scaring me, dude,’ said another person.
And someone else added, ‘Thank god my parents don’t have social media.’
‘This is scary,’ one social media user put plainly, and one said, ‘…sure, but why record this moment?’
On Reddit, more people weighed in about the jarring post, with one person writing, ‘This can’t be good.’
Someone replied to the thread, ‘Feels like a [mental breakdown] with a lil christianity mixed in but i’m just an outside observer.’
‘It’s just so hard to tell where the [mental breakdown] ends and the christianity begins,’ added another.
One observer pointed out, ‘Very odd combo of nostril-quivering weeping while listening to Christian Music + the uncanny stare straight into the lens.’
There were also fans who reasoned that Baldwin’s behavior is correlated to his previous struggles in Hollywood.
‘This poor man has seen some horrific things in his life!!! I hope he finds peace in Jesus!!!’
Another begged Bieber, 29, ‘Hailey, girl, come collect your father… he’s freaking us out’
Someone else added, ‘Thank god my parents don’t have social media’
‘This is scary,’ one social media user put plainly
One person said, ‘…sure, but why record this moment?’
On Reddit, more people weighed in about the jarring post, with one person writing, ‘This can’t be good’
Baldwin wore a black baseball cap backwards and his eyes filled with tears while playing Clara Woods’s song This Is the Air I Breathe
One observer pointed out, ‘Very odd combo of nostril-quivering weeping while listening to Christian Music + the uncanny stare straight into the lens’
There were also fans who reasoned that Baldwin’s behavior is correlated to his previous struggles in Hollywood
It comes after earlier this month Baldwin opened up about his faith and what led him to abandon the entertainment industry.
‘Jesus and the Holy Spirit fascinated me,’ Baldwin, whose brothers are actors Alec Baldwin, 68, William Baldwin, 63, and Daniel Baldwin, 65, told People.
He said that following his role as McManus in 1995’s The Usual Suspects, he found himself at a crossroads in his life and career.
‘I probably could have pointed myself in the direction of becoming a big star,’ he told the outlet. ‘But that wasn’t me. I didn’t want to be Tom Cruise, and have to make $100 million at the box office.’
Baldwin highlighted milestones in his life, including getting sober in 1989, marrying his wife Kennya, 58, in 1990, and having a spiritual awakening as a born-again Christian in 2001.
