When the first Harvey Weinstein revelations came out earlier this month, there was some muttering on Twitter about the other big names – not particularly adjacent to Weinstein – who were going to be outed as predators. Kevin Spacey was one of those names. At first, I wondered if anything would come of it. After all, most of the predators and sexist douchebags being outed this month were like Weinstein, in that they used their power and authority to harass, demean, abuse and threaten women. But now it seems like it’s Kevin Spacey’s moment. Anthony Rapp, a 46 years old actor, tells Buzzfeed that Kevin Spacey made a sexual advance on him when he was just 14 years old (and Spacey was 26). You should read the entire Buzzfeed article here.
In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Anthony Rapp is publicly alleging for the first time that in 1986, Spacey befriended Rapp while they both performed on Broadway shows, invited Rapp over to his apartment for a party, and, at the end of the night, picked Rapp up, placed him on his bed, and climbed on top of him, making a sexual advance. According to public records, Spacey was 26. Rapp was 14.
For years, Rapp, now 46, told no one about his experience, and he has never spoken with Spacey since. But as Spacey’s star began to rise through the 1990s and 2000s — including a Tony Award, two Oscars, a decadelong run as the creative director of the Old Vic theater in London, and six seasons and counting on the hit Netflix series House of Cards — Rapp’s frustration, anger, and incredulity with the sexual boundary he said Spacey crossed with him grew as well. Seeing Spacey now, “My stomach churns,” Rapp said. “I still to this day can’t wrap my head around so many aspects of it. It’s just deeply confusing to me.”
Now, after the accusations leveled against Harvey Weinstein have sparked an unprecedented conversation about sexual abuse and harassment in the entertainment industry, Rapp said he feels compelled to come forward.
“And not to simply air a grievance,” he said, “but to try to shine another light on the decades of behavior that have been allowed to continue because many people, including myself, being silent. … I’m feeling really awake to the moment that we’re living in, and I’m hopeful that this can make a difference.”
Rapp goes in greater detail about Spacey trying to “seduce” him (Rapp’s words), knowing full well that Rapp was only 14 years old. Rapp says that he looked even younger than 14 as well, and it’s clear from the build up to the moment in Spacey’s bedroom that Spacey had been grooming him as a victim for a short time.
Buzzfeed notes that they tried multiple times to get Spacey or his people to comment on Rapp’s accusation and that they never got a call back. Once the article was published, Spacey posted this to his Twitter:
— Kevin Spacey (@KevinSpacey) October 30, 2017
Spacey seems to be very close to passing this off as a weird drunk moment that he does not recall, which… I mean, if I was just hearing this one rumor about Kevin Spacey for the first time today, I would maybe say “he deserves the benefit of the doubt.” But these stories about Spacey have existed in whispers for decades and Rapp will not be the only person coming forward, mark my words. There are stories about parties and payoffs and more, I’m absolutely positive. Plus, if we’re giving anyone the benefit of the doubt, let’s give it to Anthony Rapp – it is so brave for him to come forward and tell his story publicly. I believe you, Anthony. I believe you.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I have been waiting all morning for this.
More is going to fall out of Kevin. There are pictures of him grabbing young men online
“More is going to fall out of Kevin.”
Part of me wants to lmao at tbe typo, part of me wants to projectile vomit.
Yeah there is a lot to vomit about. He equated being gay to being a pedophile.
Denise, thank you for saying what I didn’t know how to articulate. What he did here is so, so harmful to gay folks.
denisemich
The trolls are already out online saying this is to be expected from a liberal Hollywood Clinton supporting sexual deviant. I’m so angry I can’t see straight.
@EA
Don’t pay attention to the storm of trolls because half of them are Russians and some are alt-righters who sit in rooms and troll for stories. They live to yank your chain.
Kevin Spacey is no secret, and I feel sorry for his victims. From the whispers, I gather it was violent sometimes. It is heartbreaking to think of the victims carrying this around for so many years. 🙁
EA, the hypocrisy of the right is breathtaking. It is rage inducing but I think eventually it will be clear that the left is soundly denouncing these monsters. Unlike the right, who elected one to our highest office.
@esmom Weinstein and Spacey were both open secrets but the left gladly took their political donations and leveraged their cache to open doors to more wealthy donors. It is only when they are publically exposed that we all clutch our pearls in outrage. Hypocrisy is on both sides of the aisle.
@megan, Political Campaigns should not take years and millions of dollars. Fox news is a hotbed of racism and sexual assault. Fox news is the propaganda machine for Republicans. It is horrible. The NRa is responsible for millions of deaths each year and republicans continue to take funding from them. However let’s talk about Weinstein and Spacey cuz that’s equivalent ( sarcasm).
You guys I’m trying, I really am but these trolls are my friends and neighbors. The election has ripped off their masks and instead of shaking my head and laughing at how ridiculous they are I now realize that they vote and hire people and sit on college boards and produce movies and teach third graders and approve mortgages, etc. I feel sick.
That part pissed me off too. And you’re right, Enough Already. There is a difference between how the left handles finding out that a liberal man is a serial abuser vs. how the right handles abuse committed by powerful men- especially if it’s one of their own. A person on either side can be complicit in rape culture of course, but the right consistently runs the most horrible smear campaigns against women who come forward about abuse, only to turn around and exploit these issues as weapons against the LGBT community, Jewish people, and people of color and immigrants when it suits them.
@denisemich I guess in your world view everything has to have an equal opposite. Like if the right is evil, the left must be perfect.
Many politicians who champion women’s rights, speak out against child sex abuse, and have been champions of the LGBT movement took money from serial abusers. Sorry if that doesn’t fit your need for exact equivalences, but I am not giving Democrats a pass for doing exactly what we attack Republicans for doing.
We might be voices in the wilderness but I agree with you, Megan.
Anthony Weiner, anyone?
“Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Liberals and Conservatives have enough blame to share but I do see a difference in the tone depending on political view. The response from the right seems to blame “liberal, Hollywood elites” who are continuing tomprove they stand against “family values and decency”. They seem to think the victims are opportunists who got in over their heads and this wouldn’t happen if women were “purer” and stayed in their lane. A lot of conservatives feel a woman has to earn respect, that it’s not a basic right, imo. Response from the left seems to be more along the lines of all sexual predation needs to be stopped. I’m not attempting to gauge sincerity, only tone.
denisemich, a pedophile is someone interested in pre-teen children. Not a 14 year old teenager. So no, not to defend Spacey, but he did not equate it to pedophilia. The only ones who do are the ones misrepresenting what a pedophile is.
Otaku Fairy, well to be fair, Hollywood until recently, does seem to protect predators. Just reference the love, protection, defense and adoration of Roman Polanski for example. And Woody Allen. And I am a lefty. I always thought it was rich of Streep and others to slam (as well-deserved as it is) Trump, when they laud and cheer on Polanski and Allen, and until they had no choice until recently, covered for Weinstein.
@denisemich
This is it, exactly. It just enrages me to think of all the damage he has done to the LGBTQ community, especially in light of the hostilities encouraged by and brought forth from the current shitshow of this badministration. I am a married CIS lady with teens who happen to be CIS, but my heart breaks for all the vulnerable kids ( and adults, once vulnerable kids themselves) who have been endangered by this selfish fu$kery from Spacey.
Jesus.
^^^Yup!
Kevin spacey’s behavior is atrocious. I do question why Rapp’s mother or agent wasn’t at this party.
I am not blaming the victim. I am questioning the adults responsibility for not being available to protect a child in an inappropriate situation.
Megan: Thank you! I am consistently amazed at the blind, one dimensional idealization of the left on this site. I am most certainly a liberal, too, but I am NOT (cannot be) stubbornly, willfully oblivious to the huge hypocrisy and the glaring faults of the left (such as the shady antics of both of the Clintons.) Politicians on BOTH sides are terribly, depressingly far from perfect.
More stories will come out for sure. There have been too many rumors about this, just like Weinstein.
Wow. I have always respected Spacey. Thought he was one of the good guys. The only rumors I have heard is that he is gay but prefers to live closeted. Brian Singer is the only Hollywood celebrity that I heard accusations of predatory behavior towards young men. I’m actually feeling pretty shocked.
Exactly! Time to bring all of the predators down! Spacey and Weinstein or just the tip of a very large iceberg!
I’m not a regular reader of blind items, yet HW and KS are two names that have had numerous, terrible BIs attributed to them. And the recent allegations are even worse than the BI/rumors.
Yes-wasn’t he linked to Jeffery Epstein the billionaire paedophile, along with Clinton, Prince Andrew et al?
I used to love him and thought he was so talented until I heard these rumours. Now I just can’t anymore.
@CHRISTIN
If these blinditems are so famous and “everyone” knows why can’t anyone in these comments provide at least one link? I can bring up tons on Bryan Singer. But I think it’s slightly smug to claim common knowledge when one can’t easily locate these blind items about Kevin Spacey. Many of us read gossip but not blinds (which usually are vague and can apply to anyone).
TC – I’m a bit confused by your use of the words “famous” and “everyone”. My point was that you didn’t have to search very hard to find those rumors.
I remember reading one rumor (maybe even on this site) and then doing a very simple search to find a lot more were out there.
Why no links? I think most of us trust that wise readers on this site can do their own searches. If you Google his name and either “rumors” or “gossip”, the first hits are Gawker compilations of gossip submitted about him, (at least two articles) from 2015. I remember reading at least one of these.
In case doing the suggested Google searches is not possible for you, here is one of the Gawker articles:
http://defamer.gawker.com/people-keep-telling-us-about-kevin-spacey-s-aggressive-1686507320
GOOD. It breaks my heart because I love Spacey as an actor, but it’s high time he gets outed for the f-cking predator he is. I loathe how he came out, using it as deflection. This does not help us LGBT people, it’s just going to pour fuel on the fire homophobes started.
But good. Victims of power players in Hollywood deserve to be heard, they deserve justice and restitution.
there is a special circle in hell for people who prey upon and abuse children. he is a talented actor and apparently a vile predator. take him down with the rest.
Hopefully Spacey’s BFF, Bryan Singer will be next.
YES PLEASE. where there is smoke there’s fire. underage boys fallen victim to bryan singer and his $$$ protects him. Let the dragging begin
Right? Rumors, and more than rumors, about Spacey targeting young teens have been around for longer than Bryan Singer’s rep for young boys. I remember when Spacey moved to London, people said flat out it was because 16 is legal in the UK. Does anyone not know he’s a chicken hawk?
It didn’t happen but if it did I was drunk. And I’m totally gay. Bye!
gtfoh
Yes, girl. This is nasty. “I’m sorry IF it happened but by the way I’M GAY, so let’s talk about that instead!”
TRASH. You are trash. I am so f*cking done with the Rapey White Men of 2017.
Thank you Shambles for saying exactly what I wanted to day.
Agreed. I can’t even with his statement.
This, a million times this! The worm has finally turned- we will no longer put up with this. The end.
I’m gay, y’all. Focus on that.
Its not just ‘white’ men. To feed this narrative is dangerous, and frankly dismissive and insulting to those of us who have suffered abuse by none white men.
Anna, I did not mean any insult, nor did I say that white men are the only sexual abusers. Right now, in pop culture news, it’s a slew of white men that are finally being called out. Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Mark Halperin, Bill O’Reilly. That’s what my comment focuses on. These are all white men with power who abuse it to sexually assault those with less power, and the privilege that comes with their race is absolutely part of the problem. I was not dismissing people who have been abused by non-white men, and there’s no “narrative” I’m trying to feed. I’m talking about what is literally right in front of us. I’m sorry for what you went through.
@Shambles- thank you for clarifying, I’m sorry if I came off as accusing. I just get a bit tired of hearing that ‘white men’ are the root of all evil when I’m from a society with next to no white men and have been horribly treated by them my whole life. I do understand what you are saying and I’m very glad that these powerful men are finally being called out.
Anna, I think you hit it with your last sentence. It’s power. White men are called out more because they have more power and are able to quash their accusers.
Times a million Shambles. Utterly ridiculous to throw out the diversion and no one will focus on the vile accusation. Disgusting
Yes, that was such a horrible way for him to try and defend himself.
I have so many loved ones in the gay community, and it hurts to think that bigots will use this as an example to justify their bigotry. Sigh.
Bluhare
This. Shambles is not a racist and you make an excellent point as well. Thank you for understanding that this is textured.
Exactly. Connecting a non-apology with “BTW I’m gay.”? As Shambles said: Spacey is trash.
I was also taken aback by his statement. He not only is using his sexuality as a defense but his wording makes it sound like his sexuality is the problem. Very confusing and very damaging to the LGBTQ community. I applaud Anthony’s bravery. What a horrible thing to carry around for all these years, but it’s also never too late to speak out. And, I agree, he’s not the only one we’re going to hear about being victimized by Spacey. Just the first. Ugh….my heart hurts.
Shambles ftw. Sexual orientation as defense…no, that’s not going to harm the LGBTQ community at all.
Seriously. How appalling that he thinks he can “pivot” like that and sweep everything under the rug with a big, dramatic revelation. Scum.
and just a couple of months after letting off a string of tasteless jokes about coming-outs during Tony show.. ughh, disgusting.
I’m sick of Rapey men in general. Shit, let’s not forget they come in every color they just haven’t all been outed yet.
Wanda Syke’s comment “You can’t hide under the rainbow” was so on point.
Yea these stories have been around forever including the theater community. There was an issue with him being the tony host in theater circles for this reason.
Also please notice that he came out in this statement. Such a blatant try to steer the headline away from Spacey assaults a kid
There’s a high profile theatre Brit in a similar rumour mill position. I’m sitting here torn between hoping the rumours aren’t true but also hoping, if they are true, someone has the courage to come forward.
All this awfulness needs exposing.
At some point with Spacey there were just too many stories for me to believe none of them were true. At some point the issue is you.
It’s part of why I never got into House of Cards. Can’t stand him
Datalounge always put him on a par with Bryan Singer and it seems the folks there were right all along.
I do TRY not to fall into the no smoke without fire thing but it’s getting increasingly difficult with regards to Hollywood, isn’t it?
Sixer – someone other than Max S-C? That one really broke my heart a little bit.
Max I was upset about. There was a brilliant article somewhere – LRB? I forget – drawing comparison between his method and his behaviour. Really, really, upsetting.
But no. It’s a luvvie.
Ack. This is like the BBC scandal, when all of our childhood icons were suddenly revealed to be predators, and just like that, all of my good memories were tainted.
Not that it’s all about me, of course, but it still stings to think of my investment in these people who turn out to be scumbags.
I haven’t seen much about MSC, because it’s not a big deal on this side of the pond, so I’ll check out the article. Thanks for the recommendation. I’ve been researching a book on his work with Brenton, and the Joint Stock collective, and suddenly I’m a little scared to dig any deeper.
It’s exactly like that. Horrible.
It was a blog:
http://www.danrebellato.co.uk/spilledink/2017/10/21/max-stafford-clark
Really sensitive and thoughtful article, I think.
(The luvvie I’m talking about is a Datalounge casting couch theorist regular.)
Sixer: Are you talking about Sir Ian? Because if so I’ve heard those rumours too, and let’s not forget he is still very close to ummmm Brian Singer and Spacey and Singer both run in similar circles.
Sir Ian was outed by Rupert Everett in one of his gossipy memoirs. Except he told it as amusing rose spectacled anecdotes, and most people focused on the anecdotes about people like Madonna or his ascerbic wit and or simply dismissed him as a bitchy queen.
The shiny belief in Hollywood ended for me when I got into celeb gossip. Sometimes the accounts are so numerous and similar that they are true. No one can fabricate 20 similar sounding stories.
Yes. Here in the UK, this has morphed into a political scandal. Women (MPs, aides, journos) working in Westminster have been running an online group/database of names because there are so many powerful men you have to avoid being alone with. Two ministers included, apparently.
I am with you, Nicole. I have seen too much and also heard enough that I can’t be a huge fan of anyone anymore. I can like someone’s work or like them for the most part, but the aggressive PR machines hide a lot. All celebrities have an unattractive side and do crappy things, but the criminals like Spacey (and the others) that will be exposed are evil, yet the average moviegoer would never know that.
Who covered for him? They need to be exposed too.
ETA @ Sixer I heard some whispers over yonder, but I didn’t know that!! Is a massive scandal brewing?
Magnolia – it’s consuming all the political news, even over Brexit. I think there’s going to be a statement in the House today over what they’re going to do about it. By all accounts, they’re going to have a third party and anonymous reporting service. Which is a good thing, if true. But it just goes to show – anywhere that power is concentrated, abuse of women will increase.
Magnolia – blimey: still escalating. Facebook note from today from one of our most senior political journalists: http://www.facebook.com/pestonitv/posts/1939403306384405
And this, in a London newspaper today – the previous PM knew all about it and tried to get a reporting procedure implemented but was blocked by his own MPs: http://twitter.com/youngvulgarian/status/924964643185025028
I’m sure there are plenty in the Congress watching the situation in the UK very closely. I expect that will be the next frontier in allegations in the US.
It is disgusting. The story is that Kevin Spacey assaulted a child. And sexual orientation has nothing to do with this type of deviant behavior. Rumors of this nature that never die need to be investigated in some way so that the person is cleared or indicted.
If this opens the floodgates to out other pedophiles, it will be horrifying but necessary.
Bryan Singer, R. Kelly and other pedophiles need to be exposed and taken down.
I agree. But just like with Weinstein, Russell, Singer and more…people will always look away when there’s money and “genius talent” involved. These communities are depraved on another level. Now that I have friends working in these circles the stories I’ve heard have honestly made me want to curl in a ball. And everyone just accepts it because the people in power will do nothing. You think the academy doesn’t know about these men? They all know. Heck everyone once in a while a story leaks out only to be buried
I think if Spacey crumbles, Singer will go down too.
I’d never heard of the Apt Pupil lawsuit until today.
My first thought was of Singer, as well, when these allegations came out. They “partied” (ew) in the same circles, no?
Jesus there is so much I didn’t know.
I never heard anything. But… Saying it might have happened and then outing himself is beyond words.
He knows that people will talk about his sexuality now. Not about his crimes or potential crimes. What a dick!
it was beyond gross
This is how he comes out? Oh my.
I read years ago that he was notorious for getting young boys and men drunk and “having his way with them”. He apparently had a thing in particular for very young straight boys. Then about 2 years ago a guy I was dating told me a story about when he was working for a famous couple in his early 20s. He was at a Christmas Party and they were all singing songs and he was paired up with Kevin Spacey. As soon as he said that I looked at him and said “I think I know where this story is going…” he was surprised and I was like “finish, but I just hope you got away!”, anyway he said he and Kevin were having a grand old time, Kevin knew he was straight and not interested, Kevin got him very drunk, and they were having a blast together. He went to the kitchen to have a breather and mentioned to the chef that Kevin was “such a nice guy!” and the chef (who had been there for 20 years) dropped his knife, looked him in the eye and said very seriously “You be very very careful around Spacey and keep your back to the wall.” When he asked about it the chef told him that Spacey was notorious for getting young pretty men drunk and having sex with them – with many regrets and tears the next day amongst the young men. The warning went on and on and many examples were given. It has been KNOWN for YEARS that this is his MO. He was also rumoured to be a frequent guest at the notorious pool parties discussed at length in An Open Secret and elsewhere.
yep
There are men like that in my home town. I work with you g people, and many times it turns out that they have alrieady been preyed upon by older men, many times at parties where they get them drunk. I know that not all People under the rainbow are like that, but it hard to to judge Some of the mentality they have, yes I know straight people prey on teens and children, too. when I was at college, there was a circle
Of women, too who girls had to be warned about, especially because they did not look like the steterotype
Of lesbians. Some of the young boys in economical need that I have talked with, have been invited to become part time
Prostitutes to this older men. We’ve talked to them to elevate their expectations of themselves, they have to know that they can have whatever sexual
Orientation and still have goals of having a good job, a family! It is sucha delicate situation to talk about.
When I was in school in NYC, he taught a course and the whispers going around were to keep the pretty young boys far away from him. At the time, he has a suspiciously young protege that hovered in the back to be at his beck and call. About time he got called out!
Brave man.
I wonder how these scandals will play out when the victims are male children.
It’s time we get to that. I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be even more messed up than Harvey. What the heck is Corey Fieldman waiting? Now’s the time…
Oh, Kevin. Don’t segue from “I might have done this awful thing but I was drunk so I don’t remember”, which in itself isn’t great, to OH, BY THE WAY, I’M PROPERLY PROPERLY GAY, A THING YOU HAVE ALL KNOWN FOR YEARS.
Oh, just argh and sigh to everything.
I suppose Datalounge’s “Kevin likes the twinks” conspiracy theories weren’t conspiracies at all.
Datalounge has been on this (and several other big names) since the early 2000s at least.
Yep. There are names I am kind of expecting to see over the coming weeks, for precisely that reason.
Datalounge, and Gawker collected more than one round of e-mailed allegations about him nearly three years ago. I never watched HoC after reading rumors of how aggressive he was with young men working on the set.
Well that was manipulative as hell from him to come out now. I guess he learned a thing or two by playing frank underwood? What a POS.
Yeah, he really used his coming out as a way to steer the attention away from Rapp’s allegations, didn’t he? I hope he’s not succesfull with that spin. Very brave from Anthony Rapp to come forward.
Kevin Spacey is a disgrace. Trying to cover up sexual abuse by coming out of the closet, really. Despicable.
Anthony: Kevin Spacey abused me when I was a child.
Kevin: I don’t remember and must have been drunk. But hey, I’m gay so it’s totally cool.
/eyeroll.
Hope he gets taken down like Harvey Weinstein.
Exactly! I’m so disgusted that he actually tried to use coming out as a way to manipulate the conversation.
Really gross how Spacey has tied his coming out into this. Unfortunately it’s served its purpose and a lot of outlets are presenting it as him coming out because it’s been revealed he made drunken advances on a guy, totally ignoring the part where that the guy was 14.
Hopefully more people come forward, because there’s definitely a hell of a lot more. It’s got to be hard though. With Spacey (and Singer and probably more) victims aren’t just (‘just’) opening up about abuse, many of them will also have to publicly reveal they’re gay or bi.
As ususal: “But IF I did behave then as he describes, I OWE him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate DRUNKEN behavior…” A non-apology.
The little word ‘if’ still indicates that this never happened. You owe someone an apology? Then APOLOGIZE! Say “I am sorry.” And inappropriate drunken behavior? No, just no.
He’s the OJ of apologies.
I’ve heard the stories about him being with men, but not underage. We’ll soon see if the dam breaks or not, but this surprised me.
Yep I have heard rumors that he was gay for years. I did not know the pedophile part. Ugh really Spacey? Now I have to cancel him too.
Hollywood-The place for pedophiles and rapists to live their best life.
Nooo, that would be the Vatican. Hollywood might come in second though. So many badly protected, and often broke, young people.
I believe him. And Spacey is trying to deflect attention by coming out. Some sites are even running his statement as Spacey comes outs ffs.
As of his gayness is more shocking than his predation.
I saw a weird rumour Farrell will come out to support Spacey, because Spacey was his ‘mentor’ in the gross and career sense.
So glad this is going to bring Kevin Spacey down. He’s a terrible person.
I have to say, while it’s very wrong that Kevin Spacey is trying to conflate being gay with being a pedophile, large age gap relationships involving barely legal “twinks” do seem to be more socially acceptable in the gay community and I think there needs to be some soul searching on that. Even all the “campsite rule” stuff that Dan Savage preaches seems odd to me. Just don’t date high schoolers.
Btw – yes straight men also date in age gap relationships but I don’t see 50 year old straight men celebrated for dating 18 year olds. More 22 year olds. Courtney Stodden was considered a victim and no one thought it was good. Young men are never considered victims, whether their abuser is male or female.
True. Look at president Macron and his mother-wife.
Courtney Stodden was considered a victim because she was 15 or 16 when that started. 18-and 19-year-olds who decide to hook up with or date someone older than them aren’t victims unless there are other circumstances involved.
And the Hollywood house cleaning continues. All the talent in the world won’t save you if you’ve been monstrous all these years.
Spacey had so very much to lose too.
may it be a precursor for a similar cleanup elsewhere …
I am very reluctant to believe there has been any change in attitude while pussygrabber in chief remains in the White House with the support of the majority of republicans.
Netlfix just announced it will pull House of Cards after this season. I don’t know if that was in the plans anyway, but at least he’s off the screen.
Kevin Spacey can fuck right off. Even as a lesbian I have to deal with the “predatory gay” stereotype when it comes to children and I don’t mean in a casual “people are assholes to the gays” way. Not every part of the United States is California or New York. This gets used against people all the god damn time in all earnest seriousness in court cases, in custody hearings. And Kevin Spacey has the audacity to think he can using coming out – a community he mocked and never wanted to be a part of – as a shield or deflection from these allegations? Oh hell no.
Thanks for your statement.
Oh Jaina, my heart goes out to you.
I’m with you, Jaina. I’m a lesbian. My brother and sister-in-law were always welcoming to me over the years, insisting I attend family events, kid birthday parties–even though they knew I was gay and didn’t like it. But I noticed early on how they never offered to let me babysit or have the kids over to my place by themselves–even when her straight brother kept them at his place all the time. Fortunately, the kids are grown up now, and I get along great with them. But you’re right, this always really hurt my feelings.
adastraperaspera, I am so sorry.
Me too, I’m really sorry that you had to experience that, the only consolation maybe that with a great auntie like you your nieces and or nephews will know better.
+1000.
Was 14 the legal age of consent in NY at the time? Just wondering if that’s why he’s skirting the whole “I climbed on top of a child” aspect in his nonpology.
I saw a conversation between 2-3 guys on Facebook (not friends of mine, we all follow the same comedian) and one guy was defending Anthony Rapp, two others were pulling the usual rape culture crap, “why was he going to an industry party alone at 14?” “Where were his parents?” They also called each other cute little names, like dickbag, troglodyte, and I think Tolkien neck beard? I forget. As I do not have the energy to engage with two idiots online, I did not point out that he was ONLY fourteen, therefore not able to legally consent to sexual ANYTHING at that age, and nothing else matters beyond those facts. I believe Anthony Rapp. F#ck Kevin Spacey, and f#ck this bizarro world that we all live in. Yeah, it’s always been this way, but doesn’t it feel like we’re a soda in a vitamix now?
This whole nasty schmozzle makes me want to weep, but somehow, justcrimmies, your “soda in a vitamix” struck me as exactly how I feel. Thank you for that inspired genius. I feel so exasperated that there is a world of people, in ALL walks of life, who seem to be completely devoid of anything approaching a moral compass. The attitude that the only crime is being found out is so pervasive, and I just wonder if any of this pond life ever look at themselves in the mirror and think they are truly “successful” or “winning at life”? I can only hope that there is a special circle of hell selected specifically for these disgusting specimens. It’s like lifting up a rock and seeing all the squirming, vileness underneath.
Maybe his parents trusted Kevin Spacey? Stories like this make most parents get really leery about where they let their kid’s go. I know Anthony was a child actor so maybe he had gone to these parties before. The whole thing sounds like Spacey was grooming him.
Agreed and agreed. My (limited) understanding is that he was a very mature, independent kid, responsible, maybe from a single mother household so perhaps his only option was to basically get himself from A to B alone? That would make entirely too much sense, knowing how predators like Spacey operate. Plus, this happened in the 80s, and if a multitude of websites and memes have taught us anything, it’s that the 80s was a different, simpler time. Except that it wasn’t, everyone was just less aware and more willing to keep things quiet if they were aware.
Predators are experts at finding their opportunities – a party is comprised of many people and you’d think that would be normally a safe place. It’s not like his parents sent him to Kevin’s for a weekend alone.
And as for Anthony Rapp, much respect for the guts it took to make these allegations. I wish him nothing but the best.
Yep. #ibelieveyou
Well way to give the bigots a nice gay=predator boost with that statement, Kevin!
And yeah if you think this is the only accusation against Spacey you are dreaming!! A certain director of a certain superheroes franchise must be sweating this morning…*ahem*.
Oh and again, Stop with the “cancelling” everyone who has worked with these guys. Spacey was an open secret. Is Jennifer Garner cancelled now? Samuel L. Jackson? Did you like Baby Driver? Too bad! It’s EVERYWHERE. Cancel the predators sure, but beyond that you may as well never watch a movie again.
Agreed. I’m not cancelling any of these abusers’ former co-workers until I see how they respond after the abuse is made public like this, what they do moving forward, and what role (if any) they chose to play in covering or enabling the behavior.
Good. I’m glad someone is speaking out about Kevin, finally. Brave man that Anthony is.
Now for the take down I am waiting for- Singer.
Can’t wait until Singer goes down either.
I hope Corey Feldman gets his and CH’s abuser(s) named!!
I was waiting for it after HW TR now KS…there been tons of stories on internet KS liking young boys in 20s no metter if heterosex.or gay.He was harassing them (PA on sets, waiters in bars,restauransts etc)
Numerous….I do believe he is a predator and I hope more people will come forward .
Datalounge and obviously new more then.Lets hope people will finally listen.
I hope that Mr. Rapp gets some kind of closure from exposing Spacey. It must have been so hard keeping it bottled up inside for so many years.
I hope so too. That’s a long time to have to deal with that. I’m glad he felt the strength to come out with it now, hope he feels some peace.
As for Kevin, I’ve heard little rumors here and there over the years, but this is really appalling.
Forgive me for being so lazy not to look it up, but in Rapp’s case he was not actually raped was he? There is a big difference being touched or groped over your clothes than being actually raped. Don’t get me wrong, being groped is pretty bad.
@Lolo
No, Rapp wasn’t raped, but still violated and being put in an uncomfortable situation at fourteen. I believe Rapp, I do.
It’s pretty f*cking gross that the bigger, more scandalous story for so many people seems to be that Spacey came out and not that he sexually assaulted a child. Worse that Spacey himself is trying to form the narrative as some revelatory declaration of being true to he is and brushing off that silly, drunk moment from his past because like, he’s super sorry and stuff, but at least it helped HIM be a more honest person, okay?
Next on the list of predators:
Bryan Singer
David O. Russell
To some extent Aronofsky – but he seems to like the rumors that surround him so we’ll see if he just skates by.
Mark my words, they’ll get theirs.
Agreed Chris. All of this list needs to go into the garbage fire where they belong. The rumors about them and confirmed stories are a mile long.
Let’s add Dan Schneider to that list. Been waiting years for that.
OMG yes him too.
Dan Schneider’s victims are still very young, that’s probably why nobody has accused him publicly.
I hate him so much, because he actually groomed those girls; messed them up forever by not even allowing them to see themselves as victims.
Dan Schneider is the one I want to see go down in a flaming ball of flaming shit.
Hey did anyone happen to notice how much attention the Hollywood websites gave that tribute to Brett Ratner? I mean Gal Gadot dropped out due to a scheduling conflict. No big deal just a tribute to Brett Ratner right? I mean no reason for the the media to be at a tribute to Brett Ratner right? That’s why they were banned from the tribute to Brett Ratner. Right?
Look closer.
I noticed and have been waiting for something to drop since Friday night.
David Geffen
Rose McGowan just dropped a few names on Twitter in regards to the revolting Spacey news and yes, Geffen and Singer were among them.
Now I have unsubscribed my Netflix show “House of Cards” because I am a really huge fan of Kevin Spacey. I am really disappointed and completely grossed out and then finally comes out that he is gay?. That is a really disgusting excuse. Not that of the fact that you are gay because I knew that all along and I was still a huge fan but you were slimy and preyed on a young boy!
I am so hurt by Kevin Spacey and I am not a fan of his anymore.😭😭😭 I am so hurt.
i hate the fact that he’s deflecting from being accused of sexual assault by coming out, it’s just so manipulative. go away, kevin.
Already, some leaders in the LGBT community have come out to condemn Spacey’s sad and disgusting attempt at misdirection. I hope everyone sees this for what it is, but I await right wing evangelical response. My hope is that everyone else will focus on the assault, and the system in which it occurred.
Misdirection is what Kevin has ALWAYS done. Any time a story that shows him in a bad light, he goes out of his way to deflect to something else. Any time there was a blind item about an male a-lister being inappropriate with a young man, he deflects. Well.. He can’t deflect anymore. It’s out… He’s a predator and he’s done. Rapp isn’t the only one he’s done this to.
I love Kevin Spacey, HOC is our go to show for hubby and I. As a “Me too” and as a human being I am beyond disgusted with Kevin Spacey’s behavior, and hiding behind the “I was drunk” is the same MO the man who hurt me used.
In my mind KS just Frank Underwooded the s**t out of his crime and it makes my skin crawl, what a despicable, vile creature Spacey is!! I believe you Rapp, and anyone else who is brave enough to come forward.
I am friends with a lot of London theatre types. Every single one of them has a story from Spacey’s days as AD of the Old Vic about his ‘hiring processes’ and the things he’d threaten if one would not comply. Anthony Rapp is very brave, and I suspect he’s going to be the first of a very long list.
His statement is disgusting and an absolute insult to the LGBT community.
Gosh. I almost forgot he was at the Old Vic. Yes. an insult to the LGBT community.
Yep and not just theatre types, any young bloke with a pulse was/is fair game to Spacey. My Husband used to drink in a pub with a load of other builders, in Waterloo when Spacey was at the Old Vic.
Spacey took a fancy to one of the teenage apprentices they had working with them, and although the Lad told him in no uncertain terms he wasn’t interested, Spacey just wouldn’t take no for an answer. Spacey followed him out of the pub one evening, and the apprentice ended up having to punch him, just so he’d leave him alone.
The entitlement of certain people is outrageous, he seemed to think a working class boy, should be flattered at his attentions.
What a tosser the bloke is.
Throwing the LGBT community under a bus just compounds his bad behaviour. Shameful stuff.
I heard he was aggressive too, and the gay man I knew told everyone to stay away from him, he was mean. He also told me he like them young, but I thought he meant of legal age.
That Dog walking/mugging in the Park incident from London more than a decade ago certainly takes on a whole new light now doesn’t it?
Oh yes Heidi he was more likely to be dogging, than dog walking.
Having said that, I don’t care what consenting adults do tbh. But harassing non consenting adults and kids is utterly beyond the pale.
I wonder if Corey Feldman will ever get to spill the beans.
My husband was living in London when that happened and definitely the gossip at the time was that KS was doing something sketchy himself, not just out walking his dog.
Yes. I remember that dog walking episode and from the general press reaction, even then, I figured even that that he had either been mugged cruising, or had been harrassing someone to the point where a punch was necessary. I also always side-eyed how fast he noped out of Hollywood when he was at the height of his acting powers and then settled in UK theatre, I was wondering if he’d done worse because he had the cache to get away with it.
A lot of stories about him online for years.
Sadly, I find his level of predatory behaviour unlikely to stop at rejection, and I say this as someone who was a fan of his. I just haven’t been able to not side eye him for a while now.
As for Brett Ratner there’s a quote of his floating around: “My closest friends are James Toback, Roman Polanski, Warren Beatty, Bob Evans — these are the guys who have helped me and given me the best advice.”
Enough said.
Ditto to all of that, Bex.
about damn time.
KS has ALWAYS been a nasty pice of work. still is.
Poor Anthony! I love him on the new star trek, he is very talented.
Spacey came on to my friend on the set of House of Cards in a work-inappropriate way. My friend is about 30 years younger than Spacey. and told people on set. He was told he was “a little old” for Spacey’s type, and they ignored him. I posted about this incident here, on Celebitchy, in a thread about Spacey and someone ripped into me for “outing” him and spreading rumors. It happened to my friend. It wasn’t hearsay. Although there was a lot more hearsay coming out of that set.
wow thanks for sharing this. Spacey rumors have been around for years. What’s the hearsay from the House Of Cards set? I wonder how Robin Wright will deal with this? anything about her?
I don’t have any examples specifically so: Take this in a “I heard this from a 3rd party” fashion- but HoC producers have for years been sending out memos to young male PA to keep a “respectful distance from Mr Spacey” and not go near his trailer. Apparently he would very aggressively hit on those people that fit his type
I’m so sorry this happened to your friend and hopefully this will help them heal, in a way
My brother worked on the Superman film here in Australia years ago, he works in film art departments. He told me that all the crew were well aware of KS inviting men to his trailer for ‘ massage’ of a happy kind. The problem came when he had a legit proper masseuse come to the trailer for a theraputic maasage and KS wanted more from the guy who was straight. All the crew thought he was an asshole.
KS has been a ticking time bomb for years – unfortunately, this first accusation sounds like some he can (and is) trying to pass off as a drunken incident from years ago. I suspect more accusations of abominable behavior to come!
(and as for HofC – I can never watch it and not think he sounds like Fog Horn Leg Horn)
Once all of this starts impacting the bottom line in Hollywood (making money), only then will there will be real change. If people stop supporting movies and box office declines due to this culture of sexual harassment perhaps something will actually be done. Hollywood, just like the rest of America, only worships one god and that is the almighty dollar bill.
With multiple block buster movies about to be released and awards season coming up, now would be a good time to put Hollywood on notice that they need to take this seriously and put in formal structured processes to prevent sexual harassment. The thought of folks not showing up in theaters is probably the wake up call they need.
#SupportSexualHarrassmentReform #BoycottHollywoodMovies
is not just about the sexual harassment culture in Hollywood, the bottom line is the casting couch culture, because sexual harassment and sexual abuse are the criminal side of a system that is based on casting couch culture. Now, casting couch is not illegal and is consensual and that’s what allows predators to feel protected by power and money, is that they’re allowed and free to use their power to get laid. Because for every victim of a sexual abuser in Hollywood there are 10 or more women (or men) willing and eager to get a role/audition/opportunity in exchange for sex. That’s the environment which allows all this to happen.
As consumers we have so much more power than we realize and by threatening the bottom line we can bring about change in the whole culture. Force change that no longer will the whole casting couch culture be tolerated and supported. Nothing is more important than money to corporate America and Hollywood. As consumers we need to work together to bring about the change we seek.
This is upsetting. I love House of Cards but I won’t be able to focus on the show from this point on. I always assumed that he is simply gay so deep in the closet that even a moth would not find him but this is beyond distrubing. Making advances on a minor kid…and then direvring the topic towards homosexuality is just incredible,as if it has to do anything with assaulting a minor. It has nothing to do with being gay even if he is ashamed of that.
Repulsive. Nothing new though, we all knew it. I detest his deflection, coming out just to divert accusations, to create stories that would drown out allegations about his horrid behaviour.
F-ck. I love him as an actor. Why do they all gotta be so f-cking inhumane.
Choke on a turnip you POS. Gays preying on kids is one of the cornerstones of homophobic rhetoric. Talk about moltov cocktail thrown.
Not today satan, not fucking ever.
This doesn’t surprise me, but the age does surprise me. He was clearly drunk, since the victim said he was swaying in the doorway, but that only let down his inhibitions to do something he wanted to do. He knew the kid and how old he was. It does not sound like he was blackout drunk. So I’m not buying he doesn’t remember doing this because he was drunk.
I’m happy that Anthony Rapp has got his story out and is getting public/media supprt. But, I’ve been reading the comments on this, and was thinking how much less support a woman would get if she had come out as a single accuser. People tend to believe women “lie all the time” when there’s been no evidence of that.
Not the time and space to discuss this, friend. I agree with you thoroughly, but due to homophobia, coming out as gay can still be a career-tanker, and because of that, no victims really talk. A woman assaulted by another woman, or a man assaulted by another men deserves a conversation that does not stray. And the conversation is: men (and women) who are lgbt get assaulted and they don’t get to speak out at all because homophobia is still rampant enough to destroy careers in their infancy, adolescence and even maturity.
I totally agree with the homophobia angle. But I was commenting on the casual observers. The commenters on other sites I was referring to probably didn’t even know Anthony is gay. But they weren’t throwing around the usual cliches that I see all the time. I definitely didn’t mean to conflate and detract from the issue at hand, sorry about that. But It was just a noticeable difference in attitude that I observed.
Read above, comment #32, the person said a male wasn’t believed because he was “too old”.
Yeas ago, when Bryan Singer was accused by 2 different males, the were also disregarded and the lawsuits were dropped.
While I don’t disagree with you, I do think there are a couple of factors at play here. Firstly, Spacey has been an ‘open secret’ like Weinstein, thus people in the industry aren’t surprised and people expect more stories to come out. Few assume Rapp is the only one. The environment right now is also a factor. I doubt this would have gained traction even a month ago, it would have died like all the Bryan Singer stories.
I feel like the real test will be one person – male or female – coming forward about someone no one suspects already or who has a great reputation.
It’s easy to get depressed by the flood of news but I think we should remember that Rapp bravely naming Spacey is significant in a good way. Until recently, he felt like he couldn’t. Right now, he can. As can others. People will listen. There will be consequences. Who knows how long that will last but it’s something ….
Bryan Singer’s days are numbered, surely.
I’m just waiting for someone surprising to be exposed, someone who has kept their dirty secrets hidden a lot better …
You’ve got more strength than I do. I am so glad that survivors are able to come out now and be heard instead of being slandered, then buried. But it f-cks me up that they had to endure it in the first place. And i t’s just so rampant, it’s everywhere. And how do you fix it?
Oh don’t get me wrong, it’s depressing as hell but as a #metoo the past few weeks have been in a strange way therapeutic. I talked to people about things I should have talked about years ago that happened when I was a child and it has helped somewhat.
Singer had his accuser accused and even counter sued. I hope the hype that there’s now will encourage more people to come out because sadly one single victim can’t get the media and popular opinion interested and they’re usually end up being shamed and called liars.
This is so frustrating to me. First of all, my heart hurts for Anthony (who I love!!) because the whole experience just sounds so awful and the way he describes that it follows you your whole life is painfully relatable. Second, using this as an opportunity to come out is definitely an attempt to distract from the allegations. It alsofeeds into the rhetoric that gay people prey on children, which makes me upset. The whole thing just sucks. The bright spot is that Anthony felt he could speak out and I’m glad he got to tell his story
For someone who has so carefully guarded his open secret for so long he really messed this up with those tweets. So not only is he a predator, he’s a fool.
I really hope buzzfeed kepp on with the pedophiles exposè.. this is terrible beyond any words, I feel sorry for Rapp and all the other victims.
The damage he just caused to the LGBT community with a single tweet. Unbelievable.
This! He throws the LGBT community under a bus. I wonder if he’ll be expecting the community to throw a shield around him? I hope not.
First of all, point me to the non-Fox News viewer who is surprised or even uttering a subdued “Hmm” in reaction to Spacey coming out. This is not “news” … And by that I don’t mean because Spacey’s sexuality is, or should be, obvious, even though he’s talked about it enough in the past himself that in this case it is, but because it’s not a big deal in any way, shape or form to be gay, bi or straight.
Being any of those things is NOT related to perving on a 14-year-old to whom you’re in a position of power over (as the well-known star of a play he’s appearing in). Gay, straight or otherwise, that’s gross, sexually coercive behavior under the very best interpretation of the events.
I also think he wants his statement to read like, ‘I was drunk and don’t even remember doing that … If I did,’ to give all kinds of deniability, but what it sounds more like to me is that he’s hit on so many underage boys, he can’t even narrow it to down to this one incident.
Yep. This is like when Barry Manilow came out. The reaction was: “He wasn’t out? I felt like I knew that already.”
I woke up this morning and was shocked at what I read about KS. I felt he was gay due to the whispers for years. But when AR bravely told his story and described the “encounter” with KS my stomach turned. As a gay man, KS his coming out and said he was sorry insulted me. Being gay is not the same as pedophilia. What a sick bastard! What is it with this guys who hold so much power and prestige in Hollywood? They take advantage of the most vulnerable in the business. I hope KS gets the full wrath. As for me, I liked KS but now I could care less. I have no desire to watch any of his work. To me, he’s become a pedophile.
Ok bear with me here : i have been a celeb follower for about 10 yrs…i live about 3500 miles from LA and i have known for yrs that Spacey was gay AND liked YOUNG men ( 26 to a 14 yr old YUP thats disturbing and likely not a first for Spacey). I also knew Weinsteins rep…so if i knew…thousands in LA knew. And we hear about countless others…but Hollywood protects these peolple cause they make them lots of money. Jeepers watch Ray Donovan and its not hard to see who the plots are based on.
So ifs a cesspool filled with pedophiles, sexual predators etc why are people still trying to get famous….$$$$$ its always about the $$$..😢
The entertainment industry is not much different from the sports industry. The main players in both of these fields make billions of dollars for their corporate bosses. That is why their bosses will defend them even in cases of rape, drug use, domestic violence, and assault. That is why they go away for a certain period of time before their bosses bring them back on board and all is forgiven. Because in this world, as long as you have the talent or popularity to make someone out there rich, you will be given a second chance. It typically takes a huge scandal such as the one involving Weinstein, where many of the victims are rich and powerful themselves, to ruin that person’s career. And I would not be surprised if Weinstein works again even if it is a decade from now. He can set up shop in a much more misogynistic country such as Russia and make films from there. It’s sad that our world worships these people so much. I enjoy movies and TV shows, but I don’t see these entertainers as gods. I don’t like sports so I at least don’t give those athletes and their owners a dime of my money. Unfortunately, there will always be millions of people who will tune into sports and movies. They can be protected and the industry will see another day because they know the money will always roll in and the world will continue to watch movies and football games even if we don’t approve of the crimes that the actors and athletes commit in their personal lives.
I have heard horror stories about Kevin Spacey before this came out. Glad it is and hope there are more stories about this so his coming out won’t hide what a monster he is. He is trying to use a bait and switch and I hope people see through it.
I don’t understand how someone can pass that off as “drunk behaviour”. I never made sexual advances on MINORS/CHILDREN when drunk and partying. This is borderline paedo behaviour.
I’m having a M Streep moment. I had no idea he was gay. And I had no idea he was a predator.
Geez, now I know how Merril felt.
Except Meryl did know.
Exactly. Some of us didn’t know about Spacey because he typically flies under the radar and those of us who aren’t fans of his wouldn’t regularly follow his personal life in the gossip columns. I always thought he was creepy without knowing much of anything about his private life. Even though I didn’t know, these allegations do not surprise me. Meryl Streep has been in the entertainment business for nearly half a century. None of us can compare what we know of either Weinstein, Spacey, or other sexual predators to what A/B/C list stars see on a daily basis.
I have so much respect for those people coming forward with their terrible experiences of abuse. Hopefully after this Weinstein-snowballing period, people who experience these scary things will have the courage to go to the police. The predators need to get proper punishment, by that I mean jailtime. Hopefully this will stop being a media/hashtag thing and be treated like the CRIME that it is.
So the headlines we will see, is: “Harvey Weinstwin behind bars after 50 women came forward with their stories. An unanimous jury agreed on a guilty verdict” etc. etc.
That will also be better in the future for those who are innocent. Because that kind of stories will appear as well.
I hope you all understand my point, I’m Danish so my english is not amazing.
No mention that Anthony Rapp is THE Mark of the musical and movie Rent? I looked at the picture of Anthony at 14 – he looked no older than 11 y/o.
Well, finally someone gets the headline right. Kudos.
Okay, I totally believe Rapp and all the others that have come forward to call out these do*chebags for what they are, but I still cannot wrap my head around why all these people have not come forward before now? Why have years and years gone by with no one doing anything about it? I’m sure some have had hesitancies in biting the hand that feeds them, or perhaps feelings of shame/embarrassment/powerlessness/fear, but is that the case with all of them? What have they taught the people that look up to them for their accomplishments in their field? To not address it when it happens? These questions may never be answered, but I really do hope that if someone does this type of thing to anyone else, that person will speak up right then and there.
Did you read what Phaedra said up thread? People who spoke up were not believed, he was just someone, a worker and he was the HoC star. The other case, a young boy who probably stayed too long at a party. He is still victim shamed 30+ years later. Can you imagine back then? There was no social media, no way to reach the audiences.
Wow. I always knew there was something creepy about him. Makes sense if he hangs around with Bryan Singer and those pool parties. Ugh. Someone take all these creeps down. The survivors coming forward are heroes.
Being a New Yorker, I’ve met a few aged 20 something male actors that were “mentored” by him. One guy actually told me that he didn’t mind the sexual favors in return for possible stardom—but I could tell that it was killing him. It’s about time he was exposed. I was waiting for this one. So horrible.
That’s so sad. Hope that guy is doing better now.
Wow, I knew Spacey was gay but hadn’t heard anything about sexual harassment in his case at all. Having said that, I totally believe Rapp, and it’s despicable for something so traumatizing to happen to a child, no wonder it’s still with him all these years later. I hope he gets some justice all these years later for what this monstrous man did to him and no doubt other boys just like him.
Also, he’s a phenomenal and respected stage actor himself, and I’m loving him in the new Star Trek series.
A friend told me a story about a male actor friend of hers when Spacey was at the Old Vic. Following an audition, Spacey asked the actor guy to dinner at the Ivy to discuss the role. During dinner he made a move on the actor. When Spacey was turned down, he got angry and left leaving the out of work actor with the entire bill and needless to say he didn’t get the part.
So vile and dangerous of KS to conflate being gay with his “forgotten” paedophiliac grooming. I had heard similar allegations re KS and sex workers in London.
Know some people that operated in Hollywood circles ( basically drug runners & hooked up the wealthy with all kinds of bad) who knew the real gossip and saw actors/Hollywood at their worst, Kevin Spacey isn’t a “nice” guy lets just put it that way.
I’ve started watching Star Trek Discovery. I’ve been meaning to but this story bumped it up my list (it’s on Netflix in my country).
I’m aware that Rapp isn’t the show itself, just as Spacey isn’t HoC, but it feels like a small thing I can do that sends a message, as a consumer.
Of course Netflix is not up for sainthood either http://www.celebitchy.com/535892/robin_wright_netflix_lied_i_was_told_i_was_getting_equal_pay_its_not_true/
Yeah, I’m aware. Netflix hasn’t cancelled HoC because of this as some people are reporting – they decided months ago to end it. And you can bet plenty of higher ups were well aware of Spacey.
As consumers, though, we do genuinely have some power to pressure media organisations. If they think it will have a financial effect, they’ll respond. It’s pretty much the only power we have to make change in the entertainment industry.
Thirteen years ago his brother Randall Fowler, from whom he’s estranged, said their father used to molest him. He said their moth
He said the mother knew of the abuse but didn’t stop it. He said he had hoped that the father only abused him and not his younger brother Kevin He said he used to beat the kids including the sister who left home early. When the father died he brought up the abuse in front of the whole family and was then ostracized with Kevin becoming closer to the mother. If Kevin was molested, he’s still evil for doing it to others. But it would kind of explain how he got to this place
I must have been living under a rock for years. This is the first time I have ever heard anything about Spacey and his creepy, disgusting, pedophile ways. I so loved House of Cards.. Kevin Spacey you are dead to me you piece of lower than life maggot food!
I hadn’t either. But these things are covered up expertly.
It just keeps getting worse.
I hope that director, BRIAN SINGER, is next. His nasty actions have been open ‘secrets’ for years.
I am waiting impatiently.
Kevin Spacey is disgusting but he wouldn’t be considered a pedophile. Pedophilia is not something that should be taken lightly. He’s likely a sexual predator but that doesn’t make him a pedophile.
He’s a pederast.
A pederast is PRE-TEEN. So, no, he is NOT a pederast. Patty is right. Anthony was a 14 year old teenager. Not a pre-teen child.
As an 80s child, I remember what Anthony Rapp looked like back then. We are not talking about one of those teenagers that looked older than their age. He was around 15 in Adventures in Babysitting, but he looked closer to 12 or 13. The fact that Spacey, an adult, could look at him and see him as a possible sexual conquest is beyond disturbing. So while Spacey might not fit the official definition of pedophile, the line is a bit blurry in this case.this case.
There should be no pass for any adult coming on to a14 year old. Full stop.
No one with morals is ever THAT drunk.
My brother-in-law was an actor in the early 90s. He starred in the children’s movie, Airborne, and he was a regular on All My Children. While he was still acting, he was at a party in LA, and Kevin Spacey aggressively tried to kiss him. Granted he was of age, but Spacey still came onto him a little too forcefully. He was able to push him away easily enough, but he shouldn’t have even had to do that. So, I definitely believe Rapp, and I know there are other stories that will come out soon enough.
Plus, Spacey tried to deflect by coming out!! What a POS. As a member of the LGBT community, I was insulted and saw right through it.
Who thinks Patrick Dempsey will come forward now? Yeah, me neither.
http://laineyblinds.blogspot.ca/2007/11/no-more-favours.html