Over the weekend, Rent’s Anthony Rapp revealed to Buzzfeed that back in 1986, when he was just 14 years old and Kevin Spacey was 26, they had a night he will never forget. Not in a good way, in a nightmare inducing way that has lasted 31 years.
He alleges that Spacey invited him over to his for a party. Then something happened. Rapp says, “My memory was that I thought, Oh, everybody’s gone. Well, yeah, I should probably go home.” He didn’t and Spacey, “sort of stood in the doorway, kind of swaying. My impression when he came in the room was that he was drunk,” adding, “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.” Then he told the site, “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.” Eventually Rapp was able to push the man, who was almost twice his age at the time, off of him, retreat in the bathroom and then eventually head home wondering what just happened. It is night that has stayed with him for over three decades and he feels “fortunate that something worse didn’t happen.”
The story went public and Spacey responded to accusations on Twitter. He says he does not remember the night and blames what might have happened on “deeply inappropriate drunken behavior.” He is also sorry for the pain that he caused his fellow actor.
But that is not all that the Oscar winner revealed, he also finally came clean about all of those rumors that he is a Gay man. He confirmed that he has “had relationships with both men and women.” But he chose “now to live as a Gay man.”
He concluded his statement by saying, “I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior.”
Seven minutes after Spacey posted his statement, the Star Trek: Discovery star Tweeted, “I came forward with my story, standing on the shoulders of the many courageous women and men who have been speaking out to shine a light and hopefully make a difference, as they have done for me. Everything I wanted to say about my experience is in that article, and I have no further comment about it at this time.” Rapp has been openly out for a long time, so it will be interesting to see if he will comment further after Spacey’s apology and confession.
UPDATE: To give you some perspective of what Rapp looked like at the time, it was around when he filmed Adventures in Babysitting. Therefore, he looked like a 14-year-old going on 15 and not 14 going on 21.
After last year’s Tonys, it seemed like James Corden would be a shoe in to host the awards show again this year. Shockingly, he won’t be back. But, I love the new MC that CBS has choosen! It is Kevin Spacey. That’s right, he is swimming with the sharks of the Great White Way on June 11th.
I think he is a brilliant choice, but how does he feel about it? He said, “I was their second choice for ‘Usual Suspects,’ fourth choice for ‘American Beauty’ and 15th choice to host this year’s Tony Awards. I think my career is definitely going in the right direction.” The he continued with, “Maybe I can get shortlisted to host the Oscars if everyone else turns it down.” I have been thinking he should host Hollywood’s biggest night, so I am thrilled to see what he does with Broadway’s. What do you think of the choice?
Before he was Lex Luthor in Superman Returns, he already mastered being criminal genius on Wiseguy. My toes could tell in 1988 that the 28 year old actor was going to be a big star!
While most people are excited to see Independence Day: Resurgence, Finding Dory or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows this Summer, I can’t wait to see Nine Lives on August 5th. After watching the second trailer for the meowelous family movie with Jennifer Garner, Kevin Spacey as a cat and Christopher Walken dancing, I am even happier than a kitty on catnip.
Maybe I am biased because Mr Fuzzypants and my cat are the same breed, but I think this looks like a great movie that everyone can enjoy this Summer and for many Summers to come.
Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Garner are going to star in the purrfect family movie this August. Spacey plays a workaholic businessman who doesn’t spend enough time with his family in Nine Lives. When he is late to his daughter’s birthday party, he knows he has to get her the purrfect present. He decides to get her cat, but Christopher Walken has other plans for him. He turns the daddy into a kitty and now Spacey has one week to reconnect with his family or he will be a feline forever. Can he do it?
August 5th can’t come soon enough for me because this movie looks like he feel good movie of the summer that we will then enjoy whenever we need a smile on our faces! And I am not saying this because Mr Fuzzypants is the same breed as my cat, although that didn’t hurt.
BTW I almost hated using that click bait title because I think this movie is so much more than that, but I couldn’t stop myself.
