Kevin Spacey: ‘Secrets kept me safe’ | Interview with Allison Pearson in full 

Agreed !

Talk is cheap

Excellent interview and questions, couldn’t have done much else.

Agree 100%! Credit to both people in This interview. Spacey is intelligent and very likable but I have to believe he went way too far in the past .. what should happen now? I’m not sure

She is an excellent UK Journalist who writes for the Telegraph and is co presenter in a weekly podcast called Planet Normal

Despite molesting young boys? That's pretty sick

That’s weird

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@@belisimo99Its the only effect he had on our lives

Yikes…

I watched the documentary last week only because he has been one of my favorite actors. I’m reading all the comments of love and support and the fact that this was a really good interview. She did it exactly the way it should be done. But I’m still having a hard time accepting that these men that seemed so vulnerable and so authentic and real and had the same sense of shame and embarrassment I’ve seen with women that have been through the same experiences that I’ve never seen before with men. I know they are raised not to cry or not to be emotional and I thought they were being very vulnerable and real. I love Kevin but I’m sorry I do believe the men in that documentary. I know I’m probably the only one that’s going to say this but I did not feel that they were lying. What would be the agenda of going up into the public forum and share their experiences?

@@ChooseCompassiontotally agree ! I just felt it in my gut

some of these guys are coming forward decades later....and not even alleging things that are crimes. seems like they shoulda come forward earlier

Richard Dreyfuss’s son was very believable.

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His home i guess

The Ceiling could be higher.

It looks like a room in a lower level.

Those couch pillows, though

WHO GIVES A F?

I’ve always thought he’d be back, but superstardom would never be his again. He’ll easily find work, but that work will probably be regional theatre or microbudget Eurasian productions that get buried on VOD.

I agree

Yes. It's mostly about money, though, no noble intentions. Corporations are afraid to lose money so they fire people and reshoot scenes in movies. They would even put a finished film on ice just because Spacey acted in it. That means the work of thousands of crew members was for nothing. I hope that the Gore Vidal biopic will be finally released.

Two courts found him innocent, so I think he is.

@@toneloke454 3 accusers of Spacey have died. Their deaths led to his dismissal - go look it up. A very dangerous man...

Great actor. Such a shame he’s a predator too.

@@poerava he isn't, his accusers were all found not credible. try again.

@@ToCam-fl8ry Still waiting

Please watch the channel four documentary and reconsider. It features his brother as well.

Same. Terrific actor.

@@fmorley368 No I'd rather not. It's a hit piece against a man who was acquited.

Agreed tbh.

Imperfections or toxic red flags

Pedophile supporter

he knows that.

I was wondering about that too. What about anti-defamation suit like Depp did against Amber Heard? I think the person has to bring a lawsuit against the accused like slander. If it causes someone to lose ability to earn their living, destroy their reputation all due to lies. Idk if Spacey would go that route.

Exact;y -- Why isn't Anthony Rapp being removed from Star Trek??!! He is a total LIAR!!!

“Not guilty” in court doesn’t mean innocent. Evidence of predator behavior is very difficult to prove with physical evidence. Spacey can go f right off

No.

A dismissal doesn't make it not true though, courts aren't about the truth, courts are about being the best liar and "proving" those lies with documentation

In part because social media has become the new court of public opinion. Spacey should now go channel 4 for slander and reputational harm. He has the court finding now to support his claim!

They did it to Michael Jackson - one of the most beloved people in human history. They can do it to anyone.

Oh it’s true, ask any successful actor

Happens all the time, two courts found him innocent. Good enough for me, hope we see him in movies again.

@@clicheguevara5282 Jackson slept in Jordies bedroom for 40 nights then paid them off with $24 million. Nothing to see there is there?

🙄 name one movie with him who worth watching? Because I know none

​​@@sarahrean7174 these are my favorites: seven, Usual suspects, American beauty, LA confidential and a time to kill

@@MrSalimw Midnight in the Garden of the Good and Evil, American Beauty and Pay it Forward.

Hope to see him soon...great actor

Lame

🙄 oh please shameful

''very tough questions''? Which were they? She obviously was sympathetic to Spacey from the get go and her questions reflected that. Ms Pearson said at one time that nothing that Spacey was accused of was a crime in law. Since when has masturbating in a cinema, a public place, not been a crime? Are US citizens allowed to do that?

Spacey is a grub

Kevin is a dirty old man.

I would buy his stock

"heartbreaking".....uh huh

​@@PopCulturzTVyou clearly love the idea of court of public opinion...

Yes but there are many guys that claim Spacey assaulted them I just cannot believe all of them are lying .. so what happens now?

We don’t know

@@richardkovacs2006 he got himself into this mess, so let's keep it real. It wasn't just a few people that went after him. Everyone knew...it's Hollywood. Don't be naive or in denial..or both

I believe the courts not hearsay

Kevin spacey has countless stories about those men too I suspect. There are two sides to every story and the courts have heard both and made their decision. We should all listen to THAT story.

@@Wagyubaby A lack of evidence does not mean lack of crime. That's why he was acquitted, not proclaimed innocent. Learn how the legal system works and stop protecting predators.

@@MrPicklededeYeah because the courts are absolutely right. OJ was innocent!

Gross! He molested young boys

His "PRIVATE"? He acted BOTH Publicly + Privately in the manner he just stated was wrong in this MeToo Movement. Cute excuse... Because he didn't know GRABBING Others Body Parts was ILLEGAL before #Me Too. Sure. Right, Kevin. Believe your IGNORANCE 1 Billion %. Awww, Huney...C'Mere.

Where ? When exactly did he stand by that? "I didn't know what was wrong before the metoo movement." ? ​@CaspianRprtPreIslmcHstryOfME

GROSSSSSSS

Pedophile supporter

Watch the documentary

I watched the documentary and it was laughable. These people clearly want money! ​@@danas3818

OJ is innocent !

Ewwwwweeeeee 🤮

I think the height of it definitely has died down. Like it definitely isn't anywhere what it was around like 2019-ish

It's Dangerous (& Disgusting), Giving Pedophiles A Platform, So Evil.

It's not cancel culture, it's consequences. In the world of theater his proclivities had been an open secret, but he was too big to do anything. These men who came forward were very brave.

Totally

Pedophile supporter

'Allegations '

That is exactly the point. We have courts for digging into the truth. I don't trust anything I see or hear in the media anymore sadly.

@@IndianArma anyone who isnt a woke left weirdo knows he guilty

My favorite Usual

So U Support a Pedo - Ok Got It. This Man Has Sooo Many Abuse Victims, Young 12-14yr Olds Too. He Saw His Father Sexually Abuse His Brother Too.

Mike Tyson has become somewhat of a national treasure in America. He went to prison for anally raping a teenage girl. Completely rehabilitated.

@@edmann1820 And It's Disturbing When People Think Tyson Is Such A Great Guy......

Sounds like he gave quite a few barely legal guys a shaft also

His "truth"?!.... isn't there just the truth? By admission he behaved badly and won't do it again. Let's hope so. Unless convicted, he should be given a fair chance.

@@amalali504 "His truth.. Isn't there just the truth?" Not in this Oprah infused world that we know inhabit

More like everyone got HIS shaft...

@@nyshoefly That too

Even his tears in this interview aren't real. I don't feel I'm listening to a real person, but a character.

@@nicholasbogosian5420 Agree & well said.

I do too, watching it now. A lot of stuff is "allowed" ijn Hollywood if one is a a star, and he was. Just because he's a great actor doesn't' mean he didn't also do predatory things.

I agree with your sentiments, I think he is acting here as remember he was a good actor

I agree all those guys they talked to were honest about what happened....they all seemed genuine

He wasn’t acting…

@@marcustsenov853 Exactly. I wonder how many of his colleagues want him back.

​@@marcustsenov853he wasn't acting in what? LA Confidential? Usual Suspects? American Beauty? K-pax? Gotta love this "as if I said something mysteriously smart" bs comments

Kevin Spacey is fantastic and relatable and deserves to be championed again

@@richardkovacs2006 He wasn't "such an incredible actor" acting... in this interview? Brainless comments, undeniably...

And being accused does not mean a person is guilty.

🙄 honteux

Watch baby reindeer

I did watch Baby Reindeer My position is not that men are not groomed or assaulted by people in power(or of course woman) My opinion is spacific to Kevin Spacey I myself believe the Me Too Movement and Cancel culture played very heavily into the situation with Mr Spacey

​@@denisemurtaugh6042 His perversion as been spoken of ,well before the Metoo movement. He even made it onto South Park. He's assaults have been going on before he become famous and I wonder if the documentary even covered those accusations?

unfortunately, it may be true that the source of majority of talents is... abuse.

I've had the misfortune to meet this character, and he is no "gentleman". He was exceptionally rude to everyone around him and behaved with such entitlement it was incredibly unpleasant to be around.

Absolutely disgusting what he has DONE.

Pedophile supporter

Horrible...and he is not the only one

Pedophile supporter

Handsome? 😂

They turn their backs and point the finger because it helps keep the attention off of themselves; it's all smoke & mirrors. Kind of like Kevin's admissions that he is completely innocent in this, and other, interviews. Welcome to Hollyweird.

Open your eyes dear, he is guilty and the insiders know, that is why they are shunning him. He is a predator. He is being treated appropriately, he will not change & become respectful, he is now a full blown liability.

Some of the inappropriate behavior extended to teaching Master Classes and workshops where he would hit on his students. It's really no different to saying a professor should no longer be allowed to teach when multiple credible accusations come out. Some people only seem capable of abusing power.

He is a good actor remember.

Oh please he is an actor he is acting

Exactly my thought! Just keyboard warriors. Everyone I also meet has pleasant things to say about him.

Does he have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? What's his faith?

What's the documentary called?

Can't wait. What a waste of time and great talent ...

Vile.

Disgusted perv

not gonna happen. his career is over.

@@garretdrake2347 But there is a whole industry of ‘cancelled’ people online and working outside of legacy institutions. Gotta look on the bright side. Plus, people want to see his talent as an actor.

🤮🤮🤮

Have watched this several times now. He's not acting the nervousness and the jumpiness and the misery over the mother. Does he have something shameful to hide or elide? Undoubtedly, but it seems to be a sad consequence of the closet in which he was so long encased, outwardly translated into clumsy grabs and ever uglier fumbles and mistranslated tumbles. I feel very profoundly sorry for him. Hope springs eternal for his future, we hope.

Ah yes the great work of Kevin Diddler

True or NOT, leave the man alone. 😂

He's a fxxing weirdo and even worse a sick fuxk. I believe Anthony rapp.

Ya Kevin is bananas

Actually, Depp was accused of being a wife beater, if that's not an assault... And he lost his trials on both side of Atlantic. He really lost both trials, doesn't matter that Amber lost "even more" in the American one. I don't get this "Depp is more acceptable". The bandwagon of Spacey crashed, even the insurance case officially destroys all the HoC accusers, they missed the moment when the "bosses" needed another narrative and will pay for that IMO. The docu is already laughed out, the body language "nails it", I guess. The makers are in a totally different league now. No lawsuits, but no awards either, hardly any serious project in the future. The poor "mental" guy in the UK with his "hacked" mobile phone will land in jail most likely. For perjury. Spacey won't do a Marvel movie, but he wouldn't do it anyway. The question is if he has a clinical depression or not, because that will prevent him from work.

Spacey was found innocent.🙄

don’t compare it amber heard, johnny depp was found guilty

Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil is such an underrated film. RIP Lady Chablis

​​@@biboebbs624He was found liable for comments that his lawyer made. He did nothing wrong.

@@biboebbs624 Huh? He was not guilty. The jury saw through her lies. And even every body language expert doubted her. It was the worst acting ever seen.

Yes…but it will never happen, unfortunately.

lol

Citation

The insidious thing is how hard it is to distinguish real victims from people without conscience, who unbelievably pretend to be victims. …. those do exist. They are just as bad as actual abusers, because they exploit in a secondary manner victims of abuse, adding insult to injury. It’s that normal people can’t wrap their mind around somebody lying like that, that keeps these other abusers safe, while we as onlookers are helpless to identify what has happened as we don’t have the full picture. Ultimately it’s real victims suffering, who have a really hard time coming forward in the first place and then getting justice is even harder.

@@h.neubert8770 The percentage of people bringing false accusations is incredibly low. The type of probing investigation that goes into the accuser's life is such that victims often drop the action because they cannot bear the intrusion. Victims often find that they feel that they are on trial, and given the low success rate of prosecuting SA successfully, they find that they have been re-traumatised by being questioned (usually in a hostile manner) over events that are really upsetting to recall.

Life is

False, Look no further than Jussie Smollett who created a whole untrue humiliating story just in order to get his name in the press and to get TV time and exposure.

Well that’s why he’s expressing to the audience that he’s been working to become a better person and not do things like that anymore and he’s reached out to those he’s hurt and made uncomfortable. He’s apologized to people and has worked to become a better human being now that he sees the damage he’s caused some people the last 7 years. It’s crazy how no one wants to give him credit or some grace for that effort. I guess no one is allowed to learn from their mistakes anymore

He is probably wanting to clear his legacy too.

He’s broken down at times but not broken. He’s stand firm and strong against allegations that had zero evidence. He’s still trying, and using everything as a learning experience

It’s like that scene at the end of A Face in the Crowd. He’ll be big again, but it won’t ever be like before. He’ll be a working actor. He’ll be making films for the love of it, knowing they’ll most likely end up on VOD.

Pedophile supporter

There are hundreds of actors far better than he is who can do a great job and behave professionally. Mr Spacey had his shot and he ruined it.

It's incredibly dangerous how powerful and destructive a few words can be.

great comment; maybe one of the reasons why he is such an extraordinary actor - who else could have played Frank? Maybe Brian Cox - can't think of anyone else

i havent, but i can totally imagine that.

For what purpose?

@@sarahmaltby3551 Exactly?

Like Amber Heard was cleared first time? And OJ Simpson was cleared first time?

Great lawyers . OJ was innocent

He got the representation he could afford. Railroaded? Don't be naive.