This past Wednesday, the entertainment world was abuzz with reports claiming that actor Kevin Spacey is grappling with “homelessness.” However, over the weekend, Spacey himself addressed these rumors, criticizing the media for using sensationalized headlines to attract attention.
The uproar began after the UK Telegraph published a lengthy interview with Spacey, headlined: “Kevin Spacey interview: Homeless, cancelled and crooning in Cyprus.” The portrayal by journalist Mick Brown quickly gained traction, with numerous media outlets echoing the claim that Spacey was without a home.
Given Spacey’s own admission that most of his earnings are consumed by the financial repercussions of legal battles tied to sexual harassment lawsuits, the narrative was easily accepted. Indeed, he has openly discussed the significant financial strain he faces due to the millions he owes following these legal challenges.
In a tearful interview with Piers Morgan last year, Spacey lamented the heavy legal debts incurred while defending against #MeToo and sexual assault allegations. During his recent discussion with The Telegraph, Spacey mentioned that he currently lacks a permanent residence.
He reflected, “You get through it. In weird ways, I feel I’m back to where I first started, which is I just went where the work was. Everything is in storage, and I hope at some point, if things continue to improve, that I’ll be able to decide where I want to settle down again.”
“You get through it. In weird ways, I feel I’m back to where I first started, which is I just went where the work was,” Spacey said. “Everything is in storage, and I hope at some point, if things continue to improve, that I’ll be able to decide where I want to settle down again.”
As noted, these answers drove the media to their “homeless” headlines.
But now, Spacey is lashing out and saying that he isn’t actually homeless, is not living in desperate straights, but simply hasn’t bought a new home after selling everything off to fund his legal battles.
Spacey took to social media to clear up the story.
“Hi everyone. I don’t usually make it my business to correct the media, if I did, I wouldn’t have time for much else,” he started out.
“But in light of recent articles claiming I am homeless, 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 am OK,” he continued.
He then went on to blame The Telegraph for taking his words out of context.
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. In my conversation with Mick Brown, the wonderful journalist who wrote the story that was in The Telegraph where this rumor first began, I said I was basically living in hotels and airbanbs, and going where the work is just as I did when I first started out in this business. 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. But it is clear from the article itself that I am not one of them. Nor was I attempting to say that I was. 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.
He ended his address to the world with thanks, saying, “But I will now let you go back to your lives. Thank you just for paying attention for just a few minutes, and for indulging me, and for all the kindness that you’ve shown me. Thank you, see you soon.”
In the end, Spacey is telling fans that he is doing fine and that he hasn’t bought a house because he is chasing his opportunities and has no real need for a permanent residence right now.
