A strange video posted by disgraced actor Kevin Spacey on Christmas Eve is racking up millions of views on YouTube.
The video shows the actor addressing the controversy surrounding him while in character as Frank Underwood from Netflix’s “House of Cards.”
“I know what you want,” Spacey tells the camera. “You want me back. Of course, some believed everything and have just been waiting with bated breath to hear me confess it all. They’re just dying to have me declare that everything said is true and that I got what I deserved. Wouldn’t that be easy if it was all so simple? Only you and I both know it’s never that simple. Not in politics and not in life. But you wouldn’t believe the worst without evidence, would you? You wouldn’t rush to judgments without facts, would you? Did you?”
The three-minute video was released the same day that it was announced that Spacey would be facing indecent assault charges against a teenage boy in Nantucket back in 2016.
The two-time Oscar winner was fired from House of Cards last year after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. The show’s final season debuted in November on Netflix, with Robin Wright leading the series after killing Spacey’s character off screen.
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“Oh sure, they may have tried to separate us, but what we have is too strong, it’s too powerful. I mean, after all, we shared everything, you and I. I told you my deepest darkest secrets, I showed you exactly what people are capable of. I shocked you with my honesty, but mostly I challenged you and made you think. And you trusted me, even though you knew you shouldn’t.”
In October 2017, actor Anthony Rapp alleged that Spacey made unwanted sexual advances towards him about 30 years ago, when Rapp was only 14. At the time, Spacey released a statement that he did not remember the encounter but owed Rapp “the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior.” He also publicly came out as gay, with many criticizing him for using his coming-out to deflect the allegations.
In August, the LAPD was investigating a sexual assault case against Spacey, and London’s Old Vic Theatre, where the actor served as artistic director from 2004-2015, conducted its own investigation, resulting in “20 personal testimonies” of “alleged inappropriate behavior” carried out by the actor. Spacey has not commented on those allegations, and the investigations have not resulted in any formal charges.
Netflix had no comment. A legal representative for Spacey did not immediately reply to EW’s request for comment.