Kevin Space came out as gay late Sunday night in response to accusations of attempted pedophilia, and people are losing their minds.
Spacey was accused by “Star Trek” actor Anthony Rap of making sexual advances when Rap was only 14 years old. The “House of Cards” star released a statement denying any memory of the event, which allegedly happened more than 30 years ago. He also discussed the fact that he’s gay, which set the internet on fire.
— Kevin Spacey (@KevinSpacey) October 30, 2017
Kevin Spacey treating alleged abuse like you would treat losing your keys when you were drunk last summer is all you really need to know
— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) October 30, 2017
Kevin Spacey has immense wealth & fame, and yet never came out as a gay man until he needed a distraction from this story – & sympathy. https://t.co/VEDQQ5vM5C
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 30, 2017
Kevin Spacey: My sexuality is none of your biz.
Anthony Rapp: Kevin Spacey assaulted me when I was 14.
Kevin Spacey: I’m a proud gay man!
— Lara (@LarzMarie) October 30, 2017
Very brave of Kevin Spacey to come out as a forgetful predator.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) October 30, 2017
No, Kevin Spacey. You don’t get to use your sexuality as a distraction from sexual assault.
You just threw the gay community under the bus.
— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) October 30, 2017
News organizations:
1) it’s NOT news that Kevin Spacey is gay
2) don’t you dare make that the headline
3) this is about sexual assault
— Richelle Carey (@RichelleCarey) October 30, 2017
Y’all, Kevin Spacey didn’t just whip up that statement. He knew it was coming. You don’t report this without reaching out for a response.
— Ira Madison III (@ira) October 30, 2017
Good morning to everyone except Kevin Spacey, who has thrown the gay community spectacularly under the bus to distract from his own badness.
— Fiona Longmuir (@EscapologistFi) October 30, 2017
One of the first things I said when I showed up to work this morning was that Spacey playing the gay card was kind of genius. It changes the narrative slightly, and it could be enough to distract from the allegations of trying to get a 14-year-old boy in bed. Obviously, that didn’t go unnoticed by several people.
We’ll now just have to wait and find out if this is the only allegation against Spacey. Hollywood is crumbling. Who knows what will happen next?