Four years ago, the actor Alec Baldwin temporarily deleted his Twitter account after unleashing a homophobic rant against a Daily Mail writer, referring to him as a "toxic little queen."

The writer had, based on scant evidence, accused Baldwin's wife, Hilaria, of posting upbeat social media messages on her Twitter and Instagram accounts while she and her husband were attending his pal James Gandolfini's funeral—a truly heinous charge, if unfounded.

Today, Baldwin has vowed once again to take a break from Twitter after a strange meltdown.

It all began yesterday, when the 30 Rock actor sat down for an interview with PBS Newshour to discuss the mounting sexual assault allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and Baldwin's good pal, James Toback.

"You heard the rumor that [Weinstein] raped Rose McGowan. You heard that over and over, and nothing was done. We've heard that for decades and nothing was done," said Baldwin. When the interviewer said "well nobody said anything," Baldwin replied, "Well but what happened was Rose McGowan took a payment of $100,000 and settled her case with him.