Kevin Spacey speaks to press after leaving court at Southwark Crown Court on July 26, 2023 in London, England Source: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

Watch: Kevin Spacey Tells Piers Morgan He's Losing His Home, Was 'Handsy' with Men

Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 3 MIN.

Kevin Spacey spoke on Piers Morgan's YouTube show "PiersMorgan Uncensored" about the impending loss of his house, owing "many millions" in legal bills, and getting "handsy" with men – though he denied "groping" anyone, The Daily Beast reported. (Story is behind a paywall.)

The 64-year-old actor "admitted to 'pushing the boundaries,' being 'too handsy' and 'touching someone sexually in a way that I didn't know at the time they didn't want'" in the interview, The Daily Beast relayed, calling his appearance on "Piers Morgan Uncensored" "the latest in an attempt at a redemptive press tour that the actor launched in May with his first on-air interview since 2017."

"Some people would say that that is criminal," Morgan replied, "that if you grope people in a sexual way against their wishes, that that is a crime."

Spacey took issue with Morgan's characterization of his conduct.

"I agree that the word grope is a very odd word," the "Se7en" actor said, before offering his own take and saying, "I have caressed people, I have been gentle with people. That is the way that I am. You're making a pass at someone, you don't want to be aggressive. You want to be gentle. You want to see if they're going to respond positively."

Spacey maintained that "grope" "is not a word that I associate with my experience."

Morgan pressed the point: "If you're being handsy, you're groping people and they don't wanna do it – "

"Then they should let you know they don't wanna do it so that you can understand it's non-consensual and stop," Spacey rebutted.

Variety reported on how the conversation also turned to Spacey's financial situation, which, the star of "The Usual Suspects" said, is bleak.

Tearfully, Spacey disclosed that his house "where I have been living in Baltimore is being foreclosed on. My house is being sold at auction, so I have to go back to Baltimore and put my things in storage."

The actor went on to say, "I'm not sure where I am going to live now."

The appearance followed an interview last month in which Spacey lamented his exile from the silver screen to Dan Wootton, telling the journalist, "It seems that some are content with just canceling me forever. It's a life sentence."

Spacey's interview with Wootton came in the wake of a new British documentary, "Spacey Unmasked," in which a number of fresh allegations were leveled at the actor.

"Were there times when I would flirt with some of the people who were involved in those programs who were in their 20s? Yes," Spacey told Wootton. "Did I ever hook up with another actor? Yes. Did I make a clumsy pass at someone who wasn't interested as it turned out? Yes." But, as he has since the first allegations were made, Spacey denied assaulting anyone.

Spacey's career was derailed when allegations against him first came to light and he lost his starring role in the Netflix series "House of Cards." The ramifications extended to his film work, with his work in Ridley Scott's "All the Money in the World" left on the cutting room floor and his scenes quickly re-shot with actor Christopher Plummer.

At the time, Spacey issued a statement in which he addressed accusations from "Star Trek" actor Anthony Rapp, who claimed that Spacey had made unwanted sexual overtures to him when Rapp was 14. Spacey offered Rapp "the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior." He also came out as gay in the statement – a combination of topics that he now regrets.

Spacey told Morgan that he had "no time to respond" when Rapp's accusation made headlines, but all the same, "it was a bad statement. I should have made separate statements about my sexuality and about his accusation."

It is unclear whether any new charges or court cases will arise in the wake of "Spacey Unmasked," in which, Business Insider noted, "10 men – nine of whom had not previously come forward with their stories – ...have accused the Hollywood actor of inappropriate behavior, including sexual harassment on the set of 'House of Cards' to masturbating in a movie theater during a showing of 'Saving Private Ryan,' according to Rolling Stone."

Thus far, and after two trials, Spacey has not been convicted of any crime. "Last year, the actor was found not guilty of all charges of sexual assault against four men between 2001 and 2013 after a trial in London, and in 2022 a US court dismissed a sexual assault lawsuit against him," the BBC noted in a report on Spacey's interview with Morgan.

"Spacey is currently involved in a civil trial over an allegation, which he denies, that he sexually assaulted a man in 2008," the BBC noted.

Watch Spacey's interview with Morgan below.


by Kilian Melloy , EDGE Staff Reporter

Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.

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