Kevin Spacey โClaims โHe Is living As A Lounge Singer โคIn Cyprus, โFacing Financialโ Hardship
Paphos, Cyprus โฃ- Kevinโค Spacey, โฃthe two-time Oscar winner once laudedโค as oneโ of Hollywood’s most talented actors,โ has revealed he is currently living โin Cyprus and working as a lounge singer to make โends meet.In โฃa recent interview with โฃ The โTimes, Spacey described a โฃdrastically altered life following numerousโฃ allegationsโฃ of sexualโข misconduct and โsubsequent legal battles.
The revelation comes asโข Spacey attempts a career resurgence after being acquitted of sexualโ assault charges inโค the U.K. inโ 2022 and found not liableโ in a U.S. civil case brought by Anthonyโข Rapp.โ However, a โnew U.K. civil suit filed byโฃ an anonymous complainant alleging sexual assault โis scheduled to go โฃto trial this โyear, โขand lingering accusations continue to impact his โprofessional prospects. โSpacey’s situation underscores the โคlasting consequences of the #MeToo movement and the challenges facedโ by figures accused of misconduct as they attempt to rebuild their lives and careers. His โcurrent circumstances raiseโข questionsโฃ about the financial toll of legal battles and reputationalโค damage, โand whether โฃa full return to prominence is absolutelyโฃ possible.
Spacey told The Times he โlost “pretty much everything” and isโข now โreliant on friends for financial support.โ He โdetailed performing nightly at a bar in โPaphos, singing songs โby artists like Tom Jones and Frank Sinatra. “I don’t knowโ what I’m going toโ do,” he said. “I’mโข just tryingโ to get by.”
Most recently, Spaceyโฃ wrapped โคproduction in the U.K. on anโฃ under-the-radar sci-fi thriller called the Tenth Planet. โHe appeared โat the โVenice and Cannes film โfestivals earlier this year,where he was honored and invoked the name of Dalton Trumbo,the screenwriter blacklisted during the McCarthy era,in comments referencing his own career challenges. Spacey has been vocal about eyeing a comeback.
Spacey wasโฃ acquitted of the sexual assaultโ of four men in the U.K. two years ago, and wasโค found not liable in a U.S. civil caseโ brought by actor Anthony Rapp, โwho alleged Spacey molested himโ when he was 14. A spate ofโค men alleged similar abuse by the actor during his time working in โtheโค U.K. โtheater scene and on House โOf Cards.
The American Beauty star โขis now facing a U.K. suit from an anonymous complainant,โ who โขalleged sexual assault; news of that โcivil case, โwhich will go toโ trial this year, came shortly after the airingโ of a โค2024 documentaryโ aboutโข Spacey on Channel 4 and Examination Discovery,โข which unearthed more allegationsโค of wrongdoing, including fromโฃ actor Ruari Cannon.After โGuy Pearce noted earlier this year he wasโ “made to feel โuncomfortable” by โฃSpacey on the set of โ1997’s โค L.A. โConfidential, the latter responded by telling the Oscar-nominatedโ actor of โ The Brutalist to โ”grow up.”
Spacey hasโค saidโค in the past that he may have behaved inappropriately during his career, โคbut denies that he behaved illegally. Brianโฃ Cox, Liam Neeson and Sharon Stone have โขpublicly defended theโฃ veteran actor.
