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Piers Morgan Uncensored

Kevin Spacey: Honest or Acting?

Piers Morgan Uncensored

Piers Morgan Uncensored

Society & Culture, Sports, News

3.6375 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

There has been an unprecedented global reaction to Piers' interview with Kevin Spacey. And as you would expect with an A-list superstar who’s been embroiled in the most serious of scandals, opinion is sharply divided. Kevin Spacey wants to get back on the Hollywood horse. In fact, he needs to. But does he deserve a second chance? Is it even possible? To discuss Spacey and a whole lot more, Movie reviewer extraordinaire,The Critical Drinker and pop culture critic Nerdrotic. Joining them, author of 'The Case For Cancel Culture', Ernest Owens & Uncensored regulars; Esther Krakue and James Barr. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Did you think he was sincere?

0:03.0

I'm so grateful that I am alive and I got through this.

0:06.0

When we see actors crying on camera, it's kind of what they're paid to do.

0:10.0

I do have some empathy for Kevin Spacey. I can't believe I'm actually saying that.

0:14.0

Hollywood has no moral compass. They would invite him in open arms if they thought he could sell ticket.

0:20.0

I'm sorry to say this, but this was his Prince Andrew moment. The public is going to hear the part where he knew Jeffrey Epstein. They're not going to get past that part. Kevin Spacey appears to have a bunch of skeletons in his closet and the more I learn more about him, the more I dislike him. I think people are perhaps more willing to forgive Will Smith because they understand at least why he did what he did.

0:39.4

Yes, he slapped Chris Rock, but I think his bigger crime

0:41.4

is marrying a disloyal witch in Jada Smith.

0:45.9

There's been an unprecedented global reaction

0:48.1

to my interview with Kevin Spacey.

0:50.6

As you'd expect, with an A-List superstar

0:52.3

who's been embroiled in the most serious of scandals,

0:55.0

opinion is sharply divided.

0:57.0

Many people saw a diminished and humble man whose stellar career has been wrecked by allegations that were never proven in court.

1:03.4

Others simply cannot see past the severity of the claims that were made in the first place.

1:07.7

That's a major part of the debate about Hollywood culture, about cancelled culture, about the Me Too movement itself. The further to prosecute in the first place. That's a major part of a debate about Hollywood culture, about cancel culture,

1:11.3

about the Me Too movement itself. The further to prosecute in the court of public opinion,

1:16.4

the eagerness to believe all people who make allegations seems more important now in our culture

1:21.8

than the verdict of an actual court of law. Spacey was disarmingly honest about the fact

1:27.0

his behaviour has been extremely uncomfortable,

1:28.7

but he insisted it wasn't illegal and no one's proven it was. You talk about bad behavior

1:34.5

that you committed. What do you mean by that? What's your idea of bad behavior when you look back

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