Actress Kim Basinger has hired a bodyguard for her 11-year-old daughter after a voice-mail tirade by her father, actor Alec Baldwin, was made public last week, Basinger's spokeswoman said on Monday.

Basinger's spokeswoman, Annett Wolf, issued a statement on Monday denying the actress released the voice mail and said the recording was "not sealed under a court order."

"Kim did hire security in response to the media attention on her daughter in order to allow Ireland to maintain her regular routine and activities uninterrupted," Wolf said.