After all this Harvey Weinstein stuff, nobody's dirty secrets are safe!
Kevin Spacey has come out as gay, after actor Anthony Rapp told
Buzzfeed News that the Oscar winner sexually assaulted him when he was only 14-years-old.
Rapp claims that he met Spacey in 1986, when they were both starring in Broadway shows. Spacey was 26 and Rapp was 14 at the time, but that didn't stop Spacey from trying to make a move on him. The
American Beauty star invited Rapp to a party at his apartment, but he became bored and started watching TV in a bedroom. Soon, he realized all the other party guests had left, and a drunk Spacey appeared.
"He picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold. But I don’t, like, squirm away initially, because I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ And then he lays down on top of me. He was trying to seduce me. I don’t know if I would have used that language. But I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexually," Rapp explained, revealing that he fled to the bathroom to get away.
"I was like, ‘What is happening?’ I saw on the counter next to the sink a picture of him having his arm around a man. So I think on some level I was like, ‘Oh. He’s gay. I guess.' Then I opened the door, and I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to go home now.’ He followed me to the front door of the apartment, and as I opened the door to leave, he was leaning on the front door[frame]. And he was like, ‘Are you sure you wanna go?’ I said, ‘Yes, good night,’ and then I did leave," he added.
Almost immediately, Spacey issued a statement via Twitter and used it as an opportunity to come out as a gay man, after decades of refusing to speak about his sexuality. Here's what he wrote:
"I have a lot of respect and admiration for Anthony Rapp as an actor. I’m beyond horrified to hear his story. I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago. But if I did behave as he described, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior, and I am sorry for the feelings he describes having carried with him all these years. This story has encouraged me to address other things about my life. I know that there are other stories out there about me and that some have been fueled by the fact that I have been so protective of my privacy. As those closest to me know, in my life I have had romantic relationships with both men and women. I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man. I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior.â€
People are NOT happy that Spacey is trying to take attention away from the allegations by using his gayness, either.
"No no no no no! You do not get to “choose†to hide under the rainbow! Kick rocks!" Wanda Sykes tweeted. "Bye bye, Spacey goodbye, it’s your turn to cry, that’s why we’ve gotta say goodbye. #ROSEARMY. Dear fellow media: Keep focus on #AnthonyRapp BE THE VICTIM'S VOICE. Help us level the playing field," Rose McGowan commented.
We have a feeling this is just the beginning...