Kevin Spacey posts bizarre Christmas video
Disgraced actor Kevin Spacey, seldom heard from since his #MeToo scandal blew up in 2017, posted a bizarre and disturbing video to YouTube on Christmas Eve in which he appears to channel his malevolent “House of Cards” role, murderous politician Frank Underwood – who was killed off in the wake of the allegations against the actor.
“You didn’t really think I was going to miss the opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas, did you? It’s been a pretty good year,” Spacey says to the viewer, breaking the fourth wall as his character did on the Netflix series. “And I’m grateful to have my health back. And in light of that, I’ve made some changes in my life, and I’d like to invite you to join me. As we walk into 2020, I want to cast my vote for . more good in this world.”
The 60-year-old “American Beauty” star added that he’s “dead serious.”
“It’s not that hard, trust me. The next time someone does something you don’t like, you can go on the attack. But you can also hold your fire and do the unexpected. You can . kill them with kindness.”
Spacey was hit with an onslaught of sexual assault allegations in 2017 in the wake of those leveled against then-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
The actor continues to maintain his innocence and he no longer faces criminal charges, as two of the cases were dropped in July, and an accuser from a third case died.
Since the allegations came to light, Spacey has only ever posted on Twitter three times, including Tuesday’s video. In the first of those, posted on Oct. 30, 2017, Spacey stated that he was “beyond horrified” to hear the allegations of actor Anthony Rapp, who accused him of making sexual advances towards him in 1986 when Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26.
In that tweet, Spacey, who claimed he didn’t remember the encounter, also apologized for “what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior.”
In the second video, posted on Christmas Eve of last year, Spacey posted another odd video, also delivering a monologue as Frank Underwood.