Kevin Spacey slammed for timing of coming out as gay

[TexasTowelie]

Kevin Spacey's statement of regret after being accused of trying to seduce former child actor Anthony Rapp has kicked up a backlash when the two-time Oscar winner then chose to come out of the closet, prompting many to question the timing and accusing the actor of trying to change the subject.

Rapp told BuzzFeed News that he was attending a party at Spacey's apartment in 1986 when an inebriated 26-year-old Spacey picked him up, placed him on his bed and climbed on top of him. Rapp, then 14, was able to get away without any physical harm.

"Kevin Spacey really tried to throw the entire LGBT community under a bus and call it solidarity in an effort to mask his personal failings," wrote civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson on Twitter.

Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of the gay rights group GLAAD, said in a statement that the story was really about unwanted sexual advances on Rapp and not Spacey's sexuality.

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[Lotusflower70]

1. Hell to the yeah

Conflating homosexuality and pedophilia is not acceptable. They have been fighting against that for decades. His words were repulsive.

[The Genealogist]

4. Thank you!

He is a sexual predator, and that is vile. Gay men especially are unfairly tagged as pedophiles, and it is crap like this that gives homophobes ammo to force us all back into the closet or worse.

[Lotusflower70]

7. You're welcome

It was absolutely ridiculous what he said. He was trying to minimize and make excuses. He was drunk. He didn't remember. He is gay. I was like seriously? His gayness is irrelevant to his actions. It was an insult to the lgbt community. He was trying to detract and deflect from the action with his homosexuality. I don't understand how some people don't see what is going on in that statement.

[BootinUp]

2. Great actor, suspect human. Eom.

[Sneederbunk]

3. Don't see the conflation. Do see 31 year-old allegation.

[DK504]

5. I thought he came out years ago.

[lunasun]

6. IMO disgusting response by Spacey. Good to see Ellis/GLAAD issued a statement

Hey Kevin -

[stopbush]

8. Yep. His excuse seems to be,

“hey, I’m gay, so there was nothing wrong with me sexually assaulting a male,” as if his sexual identity is an excuse for sexual assault.

“Hey, I may have raped that girl, but I’m hetero, and hetero males like girls.”

Lame.