News Comment: Kevin Spacey

Articles from the New York Times:

Kevin Spacey Criticized for Using Apology to Anthony Rapp to Come Out

This articles deal with the recent story about Kevin Spacey in summary Spacey was accused last Sunday by Anthony Rapp  to have made sexual advances on him when he was 14 years old. after all this a huge debate started mostly because spacey’s sexuality had been of public interest for many years but it had never been cleared out. after this accusation was made Spacey made a public statement saying that he does not remember the incident but if he did it he feels terrible and extends an apology to Rapp.  after saying that he expressed his sexuality saying that the recent events mad him think and now he wants the world to know he is gay.

after this there was huge media backlash on Spacey for his timing to come out. with many artists saying he was only coming out to take away the fact that he tried to have sex with a child.  as Dan Savage said on twitter “Nope to Kevin Spacey’s statement. Nope. There’s no amount of drunk or closeted that excuses or explains away assaulting a 14-year-old child.” and Billy Eichner “Kevin Spacey has just invented something that has never existed before: a bad time to come out.”

My opinion:

Yes this a sensible subject, we are in a moment when a lot of old issues are coming out of the shadows. and it’s a good thing 30 years ago there was not twitter or internet at least not in the way we know it today. so many horrible thing happened and no one knew or people just made the blind eye. So this exposing that is happening right now is in many way a good thing.

I wasn’t sure if Kevin Spacey did it or not but thanks to his declaration I’m almost certain he did it. this is a clear example of a diversion that went horribly wrong. For me this is just him trying to calm things down by throwing a more juicier thing to the press. Honestly I’m glad that didn’t work. And I say this with a broken heart because Kevin Spacey has always been a big role model for me in theater and acting (I have broken heart because he tried to make a diversion instead of assuming the blame not because he’s gay) Now I’m happy that the media din’t fell into the trap and actually covered the whole spacey advancing on a 14 year old.

Good way to remind people that in these days nothing is secret. This is definitely a double edge sword.



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