Alec Baldwin has come under fire after asking his children who is the 'sexier' parent - him or his wife Hilaria Baldwin.

The Hollywood actor, 66, is gearing up for the release of his new TLC reality show The Baldwins, in which he appears alongside Hilaria, 41, and their huge brood - Carmen Gabriela, 11, Rafael Thomas, nine, Leonardo Angel Charles, eight, Romeo Alejandro David, six, Eduardo Pao Lucas, four, Maria Lucia Victoria, three, and Ilaria Catalina Irena, two.

In a promotional video ahead of the show's release on February 23, Alec and Hilaria sit down with their four oldest children where they were all tasked with answering questions about who is the better parent.

Seizing the opportunity to ask his kids a question for himself, Alec joked: 'Who's the most gorgeous, beautiful, sexy, smoking hot one of your parents?'

'I'm not going to call dad sexy,' Leonardo Angel Charles then exclaimed.

Viewers were left feeling 'weird' over Alec's question, however, and voiced their unease in the comments.

One asked: 'Who would ask their children that question?'

'I know Alec thought that was funny but to ask your kids essentially which "parent is sexier" is like ICK to the 10th degree,' said another.

A third wrote: 'I feel a bit weird hearing one of those descriptors used around kids...'

Another added: 'So incredibly bizarre.'

Others defended Alec's question, with one writing on Instagram: 'This is hysterical, and it is 2025. 

'Openness with children creates bonds rather than creating division.'

The Baldwins is set to premiere on TLC on Sunday.

It will see Hilaria set the record straight on her 'fake' Spanish accent, insisting that her bilingual upbringing has impacted how she sounds.

The former yoga instructor, real name Hillary Hayward-Thomas, who was born in an upscale neighborhood of Boston, has raised eyebrows over the years with her questionable dialect.

While her parents live in Majorca, she grew up in the states and is American - but she often uses a Spanish accent in interviews.

'I would be lying if I said it didn't make me sad and it didn't hurt and it didn't put me in dark places,' she said in the show.

'But it was my family, my friends, my community who speak multiple languages, who have belonged in multiple places, and realize that we are a mix of all these different things and that is going to have an impact on how we sound and how we articulate things and the words that we choose and our mannerisms.

'That normal. That's what's called being human.'

The Baldwins premieres Sunday, February 23 at 10/9c on TLC, with new episodes airing weekly. Episodes are available to stream on Max.