Liv Tyler Threatens To Call Police On Woman With Crying Baby
JUN 18, 2009 AT 09:15 AM
Liv Tyler threatened to call the police after witnessing a woman on Santa Monica Blvd. yelling at a crying baby in a stroller. Liv walked over, checked the little girl to make sure that she was ok and then headed over to her car to dial 911. The woman then began to scream at Liv saying it was none of her business.
No word on whether or not the actress actually made the call.
What do you think? Did Liv do the right thing by getting involved?
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that woman should turn around and call the police on Liv for wearing those high waisted shorts! that is a crime in itself.
as for the child incident, none of us was there so to say if Liv had a right to call police is not able to be determined. One time I yelled at my kid for running into a parking lot and a guy pulled out and threatened saying I was going to make my kid deaf by yelling at him. Uhhh, my kid just pulled out in a parking lot where cars were pulling out...I'd rather have him deaf than dead from a car...we do not know the situation, so you can't say if she was right or not.
You sound like a complete idiot. stupid looser!
The above poster is right, we don't know what happened; stop calling people names just because you don't agree with what they say. Is “loser” not “looser”. Some of you people here at INO love throwing words around and calling others names, but can't even learn how to spell sh!t right.
I don't get it. Why is she a loser?
I don't think she is a loser, she said she was looking out for her son. She screams at him out of fear and desperation, if your kid is running out in traffic you might scream "GET OVER HERE, NOW!!" That doesn't mean you are abusive. Is hard to be a parent, sometimes kids slip away out of your sight, you have to have eyes in the back of your head. Is a natural reaction as a parent to act quickly and panicky, especially when you think your kid might be in danger. The above poster is not a loser; some women on INO are just plain old, bitter, angry women.
They love to pick on others and call them names; I guess it makes them happy, in their miserable lives.
How about this, you are all losers!@
we are loser?...LOL I think is better than being a stupid cun*t...
please elaborate. what makes this person a loser? She reprimanded her kid when he ran into a parking lot with cars. Would you rather the child not learn from the situation and do it again and possibly get hit?
nice to place judgement and not even explain yourself.
loser
The most troubling thing about your paragraph is that you have reproduced. Oh dear.
Honey, you need to check your priorities, NOW.
You are absolutely right. None of knows the whole situation, so we can't say if she was right or not. You are not a loser (as those above say) for refusing to pass judgement on a situation without knowing all the facts. You sound like a fair-minded and wise person.
8457 points
Absolutely Liv did the right thing! It's an innocent child, so why would you scream at it? The baby can't help it, as they don't cry for the heck of it...
I would have called 911 too. It's emotional abuse.
Yes indeed! i would of done the same eact thing. Good for you Liv it was a very nice thing to do for the child's sake.
2675 points
does anyone know why was she yelling at the kid?
I'm torn about this, because if somebody really is abusing their child they need to be reported. HOWEVER (and this is a big however), Liv only witnessed a milisecond in this child's life and she jumped to a pretty big assumption based on this one incident. I think it's important that family and friends, and people who actually know the mother report her...but not total strangers. I could go on about how celebrities shouldn't judge anyone else's parenting, because they are not exactly used to being the primary caregivers, but it's irrelevant....the take home message is that a one time incident is a pretty small sample size in my book.
3110 points
often enough friends, families and neighbours don't alert some authorities B/C they KNOW the (abusing) person.
i think that liz did right. she did NOT know exactly what happened but that few seconds she got seemed crucial to her so she wanted to call s.o. who has the better right to decide what is going on. it would have been wrong if she would have started a discussion and tried to tell the stranger how she should do things from that few moments of watching.
I love Liv and I think she just wanted to do the right thing. How many times do people walk by abused children and not do a thing. Go Liv!
28805 points
I think it's pretty noble of Liv to get involved. That's pretty cool, no matter how you slice it. There's really no reason to be yelling at a child that small. They're learning everyday. Yelling surely isn't the answer.
4185 points
I read somewhere else that the lady was hitting the kid on the chest? So not sure what really happened....but yea I would have did the same thing and got out and ask the lady what the hell her problem was!
Liv should have minded her own business, unless it is an extreme case you do not get involved in other peoples family affairs
If the woman was swearing at the child or being really nasty, then Liv is really brave for calling the police. Most of us are too afraid to get involved so kudos to her. I wonder if this was a family member or the child's nanny as she looks a bit too old to be the mom.
26150 points
Yelling is not terrible, but at a baby...come on! I think if what she witnessed was enough to make her so uncomfortable as to call the police then what she did was totally acceptable.
3110 points
you're right, yelling at a baby is so wrong. just slap it! ;)
X17 Online says they have video of the lady hitting the child on the chest, and Liv making a U turn to go over and stop the lady. The site states that the lady didn't speak english, and Liv was explaining to her that you can't hit a child.
The child was probably crying after looking at the outfit Liv had on!
Wow you are obviously a moron!
Chill out, it was meant to be funny, some of you on this site have a stick so far up your a*s.
1932 points
I thought it was hilarious!
that doesnt look like a baby in the stroller. it looks like a toddler throwing a fit, and if the lady wasnt hitting the child, then I dont think random people on the street, no matter how famous and entitled they are, should call 911 about a woman yelling at a toddler thrashing around in a stroller throwing a fit. what is with everyone being so afraid to discipline or yell and spank their children? no wonder our society is rotting with spoiled insolent narcissistic gen X and Y brats everywhere.
*standing ovation!* Thank you! I'm so sick of all this coddling behavior in child rearing. Parents have stopped thinking and observing their own children since all these "studies" and research into child raising has come out. Instead they rely on other people to tell them what's best. In the meantime we have disrespectful self-centered young adults growing giving bj's in the 5th grade (oh YES they are....ask around) into selfish and annoying adults. If you can't discipline your child while they are young, what kind of AUTHORITY will you have when they are older? While you are "on your child's level" speaking to them in a calm and comforting tone your kid is raising holy hell and screaming in your face. Who's in charge in THAT situation. STOP BEING THEIR FRIENDS AND START BEING THEIR PARENTS. Then you have parents who DO correct their kids but live in fear that some stranger or even their own child will call and report them for abuse. And courts are so weary of being called out later that they will probably prosecute the parent. Come on folks. Parents were doing a pretty darn good job before Dr. Spock came out. Suddenly we need books to tell us how to raise kids? PLEASE! Name the decade with the worst behaved children. We're IN IT NOW!
THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS! The children of the yuppies with their "time outs" and the brats of the older Gen X-ers are horrible. Everyone has this mentality that their child does no wrong when in fact they are looking through rose colored glasses.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! in an age of entitlement you are a voice of reason.
I think it's sad you think parenting or correcting means yelling. That is not an example of parenting, it's an example of a frustrated parent losing their temper. The only thing that teaches a child is that it is okay to raise their voice and yell when they feel frustrated. I also laugh that you would call a child in grade 5 a "young adult". My daughter will be in grade 5 next year and believe me, she is very much still a child, and an innocent one at that. Clearly you know little about children if you think yelling at an over-tired or exhausted toddler is going to stop them from "giving bjs in the 5th grade" or becoming "selfish and annoying adults". I don't know all the particulars of this situation so I won't speculate on whether Liv was helping or interfering - but I certainly am tired of listening to all the backward and plain bad parenting advice that advocates yelling or spanking. Parenting is about teaching, it is about setting boundaries and socializing children, and it is very, very hard work if done properly that requires patience and restraint on the part of the parent. This woman expects a level of self-control from a child that clearly she doesn't possess herself!
1932 points
True that!
45371 points
Guess what? I'm going to admit right now that I have spanked my son! (OMG, call the police!) He's not a spoiled brat by any stretch, and I don't think one needs to feel "entitled" to feel responsible for a child's welfare. I would do the same thing if I saw someone screaming at or hitting a child.
actually, that "baby" looks even older than a toddler-probably 3 or 4 years old.
No one knows the situation. The child may have been throwing a tantrum! If that was the case, then NO she shouldn't have gotten involved! BUT, if she witnessed some sort of abuse, then YES. I have a feeling that this was NOT the case....she overstepped her boundaries.
And yes, I am a mom of two.....
129675 points
I totally agree with you.
I agee with both of you. If the woman was physically abusing the child, then call the police, but yelling at a child is not a crime (even if it is something we would not choose to do) and if the police were called for that, I hope they did not respond. But since we don't know the whole story, it is difficult to say.
Jun 18, 2009 @ 10:02 am<-- She witnessed the lady hitting the "baby" in the chest! That IS abuse, would you really do that to your children??
129675 points
Where does it say that?
22960 points
If the lady hit the kid...then ok call 911, but who knows if the kid was throwing a fit to her way. Guess it really depends on what Liv saw.---em's
I believe in spanking when it's absolute necessary but hitting a child in the chest is wrong!
From those pictures I'd say the kid was just throwing a fit and she needs to mind her own business. It happens, get over it.
perhaps the lady was yelling because the child was screaming on top of his lung and she wanted to be heard. it's a no win situation.....people will yell at you for not controlling your children and then there's people will give you sh*t for yelling and for trying to control your children....and what did Liv do? she yelled at the lady....doesn't make sense to me.
I agree with you!
2895 points
This is probably a stretch, but she probably saw something happen that she thought was abusive, knew she was likely being followed by paps and became involved to help and knowing it would be documented on film. If it was just a tantrum and the lady was just overreacting, I can't see Liv Tyler injecting herself in that situation. But who knows.
GREAT for her. I would (and have) done the same thing. If more people stepped up and took a chance at protecting children, maybe we wouldn't read about so many children who are emotionally or physically abused, children who are killed after being left in cars by their unfit parents, or children who are severely injured or ultimately killed by abusive parents. I am a parent and freely admit that I have on occassion yelled at my children. (Though I always wish that I'd been more controlled and not done so). Having said that, the child in this picture looks a little young to garner such treatment. Moreover, I'm going to take a wild guess that this woman, who looks to be quite old, is NOT the child's parent, but instead a care giver. If that was you child being yelled at by a care giver, wouldn't you want someone to intervene. I sure would.
yes. as bystanders we often think it's somebody else's responsibility to notify authorities. Liv absolutely did the right thing.
It is always good to care about a child, any child. Liv Tyler is a mother and probably had a natural reaction to a situation. However, that being said, celebrities who have nannies and spa days and jet off to the islands every time they break a nail know nothing about the lives of real people. People who have to worry about things like bills, morgages, and being left homeless or without electricity for not having enough money. In fantasy land where Liv lives a spoiled self indulgent child is to be expected, not disciplining a child in the real world could lead to behavior that is both self destructive and socially unacceptable. All she did was add more stress to this woman's life. Exactly how is that going to help the child. If the situation warranted calling the police than she should have called them and not tried to handle it her untrained self. She probably had a deal with the company who made that hideous outfit to guarantee it would be in so many celebrity magizines and she used this poor woman to get paid. And if you are enough of a poser to believe anything you read on X17 (you know the people who get paid more if the picture is more dramatic than it really is) than you are not intelligent enough to have an opinion.
You really need to get off your high horse. Yo have NO idea what really transpired and whether it was appropriate fro Liv to react the way she did or not. You sjust sound like a bitter b!tch.
Right back at ya, Anonymous. If that is your real name. I have the same information to go on here as everyone else so how is my opinion or take on the situation any different than theirs? It's not, none of us know what the real deal is, so calling this woman an abuser and lauding Liv Tyler as a hero of children is just as ridiculous as me calling her an opportunistic bitch. Therein lies the point.
I've seen your name a lot on this site and you never have anything to say without a snarl and a bad attitude. what gives?
I get disgusted very easily with comments. I love celebrity gossip, it's like soap operas I can watch at work. But then after I hear a good juicy bit of gossip (fully knowing that most of it is made up and publicist driven) and all of a sudden in the comments people are throwing around words like hate and kill about people who they don't even know in a situation they have a very limited knowledge of like it's a life or death situation they are personally involved in. That really pisses me off. Then i have this childish need to make them look stupid or at least point out that they do not represent the masses. Even now I feel like why would you single me out for having a bad attitude when sooo many people before me used words like "stupid loser" or "idiot" (words I try to never use about humans) just because someone disagreed with them. I don't feel like I have been any where near as snarling as that. I think I just don't agree with a lot that is said and I like to speak up when I feel that way. I also should say that when I have some humourous reaction to a thread or article the usual suspects around here usually beat me to the punch. Ya'll really do know how to bring the funny, I'll give you that. So don't hate me because I'm snarky, even celebrity gossip loving independant thinkers with little self control have feelings too. Oh, and I also hate my job.
So, this is what you do while you're at work??? I hope you don't work for the government because I would hate to be using my hard-earned tax dollars for your celebrity gossip enjoyment. let me guess, you're an immigrant, right? hopefully legal but probably not.
Do you even have a job? I'd be willing to bet anyone with your mental abilities pays enough taxes to buy the government a couple of pencils a year so yeah you really should be worried about both those dollars you contribute. Who hasn't heard of independant contractors? I get paid when the customer needs me. When they don't, I can do what I want. That's where all the hate for my job comes from. I do it because I make a good living in a very short amount of time, but in order to do it I have to be available all day even if that day doesn't require me to do jack. It sounded like the ultimate gig when I got into it but now I see it as boring and unchallenging. Thus the need to go to silly sites with moronic hobags like yourself and exchange less than intelligent words with nameless mouth breathers just so I can feel some sort of human (and in your case I use that term lightly) connection as to fend off the insanity of the boredom. Any other questions ass hat?
OK Tellulah, now you could say I might have a bit of an attitude problem.
yeah, yeah, yeah...you can get off your soapbox now and untwist your panties. And, since you asked, I am a nuclear engineer and make about $200K per year. Any other questions? No, I didn't think so. Get a new job, this one is turning your grain to mush nd not doing anything for your nerves.
sorry, that was supposed to be "brain", not "grain", obviously.
Yeah OK. I am so totally sorry to have upset the "nuclear engineer" with the spelling disability.
Apology accepted. (and it was a typo)
5870 points
Your tax dollars are going where ever the government wants them to and there's not much you can do about it..get over it. I am sure you are losing a lot of sleep tossing and turning thinking about a governement worker on a computer for 15 mintues a day checking out a celebrity gossip website. Get over yourself. You sound ridiculous.
I also read on another site that the woman was hitting the child.
I agree that if Liv saw something that was enough to make her uncomfortable and want to call the police, then she did the right thing.
I think another site has video. Maybe that's why she got out of her car and approached the woman and baby, she knew it was on tape.
I also agree that those shorts are a crime! Yikes!
whoever said x17 has a video is a liar! there's no video or any picture of the lady hitting the child....I'm not saying she didn't, I'm just saying we shouldn't judge until we know the whole story. X17 is famous for reporting lies after lies after lies - I don't trust them one bit. And for the record, Liv did NOT call the police or CPS - she only threaten the lady that she will. I don't think Liv has any business getting into their face because she could have made the situation worst.....I mean look at that old lady face....does it look like she help the situation? Doesn't look like it.
1800 points
It's always within your rights to call the police. Also, Liv is a mother, and probably instinctively knew that the child was not in a good situation. In Disney World a similar thing happened to me. The baby was screaming and was being ignored. A woman from Canada said that the police would have arrested the woman for doing that. I'm glad Liv intervened. Poor kid.
16315 points
i wasn't there, i don't know the situation, and i don't know liv tyler....but she seems to have a good head on her shoulders, and if she felt that the child was in danger then she did the right thing by calling the police.
I think Liv did the right thing. X-17 reported that the woman was hitting the little child in the chest and they usually report the truth.
I think it would have been awesome if someone had hit that old bag a time or two. Hopefully CPS was called.
WHERE'S THE VIDEO?????
Liv did the right thing!
And she still looks very beautiful even without make-up and wearing ugly shorts.
She absolutely did the right thing! Child abusers can hide behind "it's none of your business." If the woman isn't a child abuser, then let her explain it to the police, and let them decide.
x17 said the crying baby is a little boy and here it's a little girl....which is it? no one can keep the fact straight can they??
Does it really matter?
I've read liv was a bi***h but i didn't know how much of a Bi**h she was , thank you for giving me a notion of it.
I think it does matter anonymous 3:13....one site reported that she was driving and then slam on the brake made a u-turn (almost got in an accident) jump out of the car and yelled at the lady....in another site, it said she just happen to be walking by and saw the lady yelling at a child so she yelled at the lady...some site said Liv witness the lady hitting the child but other site didn't even mentioned anything about hitting....my point is, nobody knows exactly what happen so how can we even judge or make any assumption? Vera asked if Liv did the right thing and I'm saying how can we even answer that when we don't have all the facts.
You're right. I can see how all of these things you just listed matter, but whther it was a boy or girl certainly doesn't.
IT WAS NONE OF HER BUSINESS!! HOW WOULD SHE FEEL IF SOMEONE DID THAT TO HER.
Wow you sound LIKE A STABLE INDIVIDUAL! MUST USE CAPS!
She theoretically might not feel particularly impressed but as a society I think we should be thankful there are still people like Liv who are willing to speak up on behalf of those who are unable to themselves. I'm sure Liv, like every other human being, has encountered many flustered mothers disciplining Toddlers who deserved it and is aware of the difference between that and a child in a dysfunctional situation.
If this was an older child then yes she could have had reason to scream at it, however it looks to be a toddler/baby, and if that's the case then the woman should not have been screaming at him for crying. Live did the right thing in this case. I have a 4 year old who regularly throws a fit and yes you shout at them, but when he was a little younger I tried not to, especially not in public.
Good on her.... why do people yell at a crying baby... do they really think that is gonna make them stop?????
She did the right thing. Many are accustomed to an occasional swat, which probably doesn't harm, but BEATING (which according to sources is what this woman was doing) is at best mean and at worst CRUEL. It's also against the law.
Hitting teaches violence, not self control. I believe this subject is controversial because those that feel hitting is OK were raised that it's OK, so it seems normal. Some mistakenly reason that when children aren't hit they don't learn discipline, but that's exactly wrong. Hitting just teaches people to do the right thing out of fear, not out of self control. Children do need discipline, but they need to encounter consequences that are not violent. They don't need all the "extra's" in life until they earn them.
I'm shocked that people think hitting produces good results. Other cultures have never hit as much as the American culture. We hit and also have the least law abiding and most violent culture on the planet.
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