Kevin Spacey has clarified that he is not homeless after a recent interview in which he implied he “literally [has] no home” following his career downtown after sexual assault accusations.
In 2017, the Oscar-winning actor was accused of sexual assault by Anthony Rapp, before more individuals came forward with further allegations over the following years. Spacey was found not liable for battery relating to Rapp’s accusations in New York in 2022, while the following year he was found not guilty in the UK in relation to nine counts of sexual assault.
After the allegations surfaced, Netflix terminated its relationship with Spacey, with the final season of House Of Cards made without him, while a planned Gore Vidal biopic for the streamer was cancelled. His scenes in 2017’s All The Money In The World were also reshot with Christopher Plummer.
Spacey has denied all the allegations.
In an interview with The Telegraph last week, the actor claimed that his downturn had left him with no permanent residence, saying: “I’m living in hotels, I’m living in Airbnbs. I’m going where the work is. I literally have no home, that’s what I’m attempting to explain.”
He went on to say that his home had been auctioned off, as “costs over these last seven years have been astronomical” and he has “had very little coming in and everything going out”.
Spacey has now released a new Instagram video where he clarified his initial comments, saying: “I feel the need to respond. Not to the press, but to the thousands of people who have reached out over the past few days offering me a place to stay, or have just asked if I’m OK.
“And to all of you, let me first say that I am truly touched by your generosity, full stop. But I feel it would be disingenuous of me to allow you to believe that I am indeed homeless in the colloquial sense.”
He went on to criticise how the Telegraph story was framed, while praising the interviewer who conducted it, adding: “I’ve been working nearly non-stop this entire year, and for that I have so much to be grateful for. And there are many people, as we all know, who are indeed actually living on the streets, or in their cars, or in terrible financial situations, and my heart goes out to them.”
Spacey said it was “clear from the article” that he is “not one of them”, or that he was “attempting to say that [he] was”, continuing: “Which is why it was a shame that The Telegraph chose to undermine the work of their own journalist by selling him out with a knowingly misleading headline for the sake of clicks.
“But I will now let you go back to your lives. Thank you for just paying attention for a few minutes, and for indulging me, and for all the kindness that you’ve shown me.”
Earlier this year, Spacey responded to claims by L.A. Confidential co-star Guy Pearce that he “targeted him”, sharing a video with the caption: “Grow up, Guy Pearce. You are not a victim”.