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Alec Baldwin Back at Work After Hospital Visit

Alec Baldwin was taken to the hospital early this morning, but he was released an hour later. His rep said it was a misunderstanding on one person's part (reportedly his daughter Ireland, 14) and that Alec was fine. People reports that he went to work at his hit show 30 Rock today.

But Baldwin, 51, was only at Lenox Hill Hospital for an hour before being released. He later went to the set of his NBC hit show at Silvercup Studios in Queens, N.Y. A source close to Baldwin told PEOPLE that drugs or alcohol were not behind the reason for his brief trip to the hospital.

His rep, Matthew Hiltzik, downplayed the incident and predicted it wouldn't prompt Baldwin to call out sick. "This was a misunderstanding on one person's part," Hiltzik said in a statement Thursday. "Alec was quickly released from the hospital, he's completely fine and will be at work today."

Some reports said his daughter became alarmed when she couldn't wake him up and called 911. He agreed to go to the hospital when the EMTs arrived, just to allay her fears. Some said he had taken a sleeping pill, but his rep says there were no drugs or alcohol involved.

In any event, we are glad to hear he's well and ready to host the Oscars with Steve Martin.

Posted on February 11, 2010

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