Kevin Spacey Comes Out as Gay and Apologizes to Anthony Rapp for Past Inappropriate Behavior

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Kevin Spacey Comes Out as Gay and Apologizes to Anthony Rapp for Past Inappropriate Behavior

 

Kevin Spacey has come out as a gay man and issued an apology to Anthony Rapp after the Star Trek: Discovery star gave an interview to Buzzfeed News on Sunday, in which the Broadway vet publicly accused the House of Cards star of making a pass at him when he was just 14 years old.

Soon after the story hit, the two-time Oscar winner apologized in a lengthy statement on social media.

“I have a lot of respect and admiration for Anthony Rapp as an actor,” he wrote. “I am beyond horrified to hear his story. I honestly do not remember the encounter as it would have been over 30 years ago. But if I did behave then as he describes I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior and I am sorry for the feelings he described having carried with him all these years.”

Spacey also wrote, “This story has encouraged me to address other things in my life…I have loved and had romantic encounters with men throughout my life, and I choose now to live as a gay man.”

A few minutes after Spacey’s post, Rapp tweeted, “Everything I wanted to say about my experience is in that article, and I have no further comment about it at this time.”

While many fans have reacted in support of Spacey’s coming out about his long-rumored sexuality, there has also been a big backlash online over the apology for his past behavior. Commenters have called out the 58-year-old actor for “deflecting” from the issue at hand.

 

 

 

On Sunday, Rapp, who is now 46, alleged that the inappropriate interaction occurred when Spacey befriended the young star while they were both performing on Broadway and he went to party at the then 26-year-old actor’s apartment.

“He was trying to seduce me,” Rapp said to the publication. “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, who was starring in Precious Sons opposite Ed Harris at the time of the alleged event, claims that he went into the actor’s bedroom to watch TV because he got bored. He says that he did not realize everyone had left and when Spacey came back into the bedroom. He claims that the actor picked him up, climbed on top of him and made a sexual advance.

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