The “STAR” (April 11,2000) printed photos of Mr Spacey & a young man sharing a intimate afternoon in Oakland Memorial Park near Topanga (just outside of the LA area). I know the “STAR” is not the most reliable source of info, but the photos speak for themselves. Mr Spacey is only 2 years older then I am. I wish I was in his shoes: handsome, dating 21 yr old models , winning Oscars, and so on. ;-}
Apparently there have been rumors about Mr Spacey’s sexuality for some time now. Well I’ll never date him, so who he sleeps with is of little importance to me, but it would be nice to see him take his boyfriend to the Oscars next year if he wanted to without fear.
Esquire intimated several years ago that Spacey was gay when they did a cover story on him. They did everything but come out and say he definitely was.
But big whoop - dude’s a brilliant actor; and who cares, really? Anyone who would be “angry” at that is a slope-brow whose opinion could not possibly be worth a damn. Tell them I said so.
Not that I care, because the man is a damn genius either way, but I read his Playboy interview. He doesn’t say either way, other than to say that he was pissed at “Esquire” for the implication. He says that they misquoted him and twisted his words.
According to something I just read (in “Entertainment Weekly” I think), the woman he brought to the Oscars (Diane something) is his girlfriend. This came, I think, from his publicist. And, yes, I know, that’s what a publicist would say.
I never hate myself in the morning. I sleep till noon.
–Sig line courtesy of Wally
Mr. Spacey has publicly stated (most recently, in my mind at least, on the television program 60 Minutes that it is none of our damn business, but that he is not gay. He supposedly has been seeing a woman for several years.
Regardless of that, I love him as an actor. He brings a brilliant intensity to every role I have seen him in. Everyone knows about his Oscar-winning roles, but if you really like him you should check out a flick called Swimming With Sharks. Not the best movie ever made, but Spacey is alternately hysterical and disturbing.
BTW ReservoirDog, I * loved * your movie!! It was fantastic and disturbing too!
There is a thread in GQ about ‘Pulp Fiction’ when I heard Tarrantino had some tie ins with ‘Reservoir Dogs’ which I had not yet seen, and prompted me to rent it last weekend.
The thing about Kevin Spacey is, who cares?? If he is, fine, if he isn’t, fine. Why is this of * any interest * to anyone??
I did check out ‘Swimming with Sharks’ but to this day, I just don’t get the ending of that movie. It didn’t seem feasible that he would have shot and killed the girl that he said he was in love with earlier. Why would Spacey keep him around after that?? It didn’t make any sense.
Judy
“Muck should replace ‘suck’. For ‘muck’ is yucky, while ‘suck’ feels very lucky. So, don’t stay stuck on suck, switch to MUCK, today.”
I took a peek at the tabloid rag out of morbid curiosity. What the hell kind of expose was THAT? Mr. Spacey could have been out birdwatching with his simple-minded cousin for all we know, it’s not like they were ducking into the bushes for 20 minutes or something.
Mr. Spacey at least attempted to answer the question, whether or not he lied. My boy Ricky Martin completely dodged the question by Babwa Walters - “I don’t think that’s really important to the artist…” blah blah blah. Same thing George Michael said way back when, and look how great he turned out.
I think we can all agree we don’t care who Kevie sleeps with. Maybe he is straight. What makes me angry (and this goes doubly for Ricky Martin) is that unless these respected artists come out, the stigma is still going to be there. My roommate made the Ricky/George Michael correlation right after the Baba interview, saying “Jeez, look at his career now. He’s caught playing doctor, comes out, and his career takes off! Take a note, Ricky.”
If Kevin Spacey is straight, more power to him and his girlfriend. I hope they have mad, passionate sex. However, if she’s a beard, then shouldn’t he be using his position of power to be proud of what he is? Arg.
A little persistance goes a long way. Announcing:
“I go on guilt trips a couple of time a year. Mom books them for me.” A custom made Wally .sig!
Why, oh why do people care? I like Ricky Martin’s nonanswer. If I ever become famous I’d like to give a nonanswer just like that. Well, the husband and children might give me away, but still the point is: Do you want to have sex with me? I’ll give you your personal answer when we meet.
I’d just like to point out that Kevin Spacey is an incredible comedic actor, something not a lot of people would necessarily know.
He did an episode of Saturday Night Live a few years ago that was absolutely hilarious. He did a skit where he was auditioning as various other movie stars for the original “Star Wars”. He did Christopher Walken as Han Solo, and had me rolling on the floor. Jack Lemmon as Chewbacca (“How come I’ve got to wear the fur suit when Matthau gets to play Obi-Wan? Call my F*cking agent”). Great impersonations. He also does an excellent Johnny Carson and a number of other celebrities.
Well, I wouldn’t call one more pop hit (and not a very big one at that) his career “taking off.” His mainstream career died years ago, but he lives on amongst us faggots (although I suppose his career did resurge more amongst us after his outing than among the mainstream).
This I disagree with. Do I want him to come out? Of course. Do I feel he must come out? No - it’s totally his choice. I would only advocate outing him if he were working against the gay community’s better interest (i.e., a senator who votes against pro-gay legislation). And although I do feel he and Ricky have the right to dodge the question, when asked bluntly (as Barbara Walters did to Ricky), then I just think it’s a cop-out not to answer it just as directly, so then I feel free to make fun of them. But is it their responsibility to come out and then from that point on identify with the gay community? No. But kudos to Ellen Degeneres for doing it anyway.
Sam Stone, I’ve got a tape of that SNL skit, I LOVE it! When he acts like Al Pacino and ends up beating ‘Dennis Rodman’ I was almost rolling on the floor.
Even the “Mr. Peepers” monkey bit was hilarious mainly because of Kevin playing straight man (doctor?) to the monkey business.
“Muck should replace ‘suck’. For ‘muck’ is yucky, while ‘suck’ feels very lucky. So, don’t stay stuck on suck, switch to MUCK, today.”
It matters not to me, since I don’t see that there is any chance of dating him myself. But I saw an interview in Salon (or something) where he flatly denied being gay.
He actually said he enjoyed exploiting the rumor that he was gay - many a beautiful young woman would try to “tempt” him into trying out heterosexual sex, and he’d oh-so-tentatively go along with it. With young woman after young woman. If it’s true, what a scam!
Only he knows the truth, I guess, but he seemed to not wishy-wash around the issue.
Ok, I have a question that’s very important. Why the FCK should anybody care who’s gay or not? Everybody should ask themselves, “Do I need to know? Is it vital for my very existance to know this piece of incredibly personal information about someboy else?” Hmmm, I doubt it. I would be thankful if people would just shut up about celebrities and everybody else and let people fck who they want. I know I’d be a lot happier, and I’m sure others would agree with me, if I stopped being privy to things that belong in the bedroom.
“Life is cheap, abortion makes it cheaper.” Peter Goldsmith in The Stand
Here’s the thing I don’t get about the Ricky Martin interview. All of those people that Barb interviews have to approve any topic that she wants to discuss ahead of time. She made a little reference to that in the interview. So, if he was all gung-ho to talk about it and be asked, then why did he dodge it?
Gay or not, it makes no sense.
I never hate myself in the morning. I sleep till noon.
–Sig line courtesy of Wally
I refuse to believe it. Even if he comes out and says that he’s the flamingest gay man ever to walk the earth. Even if he shoves his tongue straight down Ricky Martin’s throat. Even if he starts appearing in gay porn flicks.
There is no way that MY Kevin is gay. (Of course I don’t have a crush on him, whatever makes you think that?)
