He says he came forward because he knew there were more victims out there
Anthony Rapp does his first interview since exposing Kevin Spacey as a sexual predator
by Anonymous | reply 97 | February 6, 2018 2:51 AM |
Please... he came forward to promote Anthony Rapp. Hate that fucker.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | February 3, 2018 12:00 AM |
Amen R1! God I hate RENT.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | February 3, 2018 12:01 AM |
You hate him for exposing a pedophile??!
by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 3, 2018 12:07 AM |
Pedo bear alert @ R1/R2!
by Anonymous | reply 4 | February 3, 2018 12:09 AM |
A "pedophile" who fell drunk on top of him at a party and nothing else happened. A "pedophile" who, like Harvey, remains out of jail without a single charge against him.
And here come the "Everyone's a pedo" cunts, right on schedule. You bitches are ruining DL. Go the fuck away.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 3, 2018 12:10 AM |
If I screamed #metoo every time I was the victim of frottage, I could never ride the subway.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 3, 2018 12:11 AM |
I still think the #metoo movement is about systemic abuse of women.
Gay men who are uncomfortable with unwanted sexual advances don't count.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 3, 2018 12:14 AM |
One of those Acts of Courage that just happen to be good for one's career. Rapp is an asshole who enjoyed bringing down his fellow actor and fellow gay man -- in the name of some greater good bullshit. I will never watch him in anything again. Plus he can't sing for shit.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 3, 2018 12:14 AM |
I hope he feels happy destroying someone's life and career as well as ruining the storyline of House of Cards.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 3, 2018 12:15 AM |
Oh, look, Kevin is posting from that rehab in Arizona! Any hot, straight male nurses whose ass or cock you grabbed?
by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 3, 2018 12:15 AM |
Who the fuck would want to molest that ugly little troll who gets into strange men's beds late at night?
by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 3, 2018 12:15 AM |
"Any hot, straight male nurses whose ass or cock you grabbed?"
Right... this is his sin? On a gay site? Or is it a FORMER gay site?
So much sanctimonious bullshit.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 3, 2018 12:22 AM |
Rapp had dozens of other people help to destroy the "life and career of Kevin a Spacey. The common denominator was the closeted sociopath Kevin Spacey. Spacey is unworthy to be considered a "fellow" anything unless he is your fellow predator and sexual assaulter.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 3, 2018 12:26 AM |
It comes across as so famewhorish that it diminishes any potential power he ever had... which is little to none.
Sad his career is in such arrears, but destroying the legacy one of America's most respected actors didn't help anybody.
I don't disbelieve him, either... but, to quote Whoopi, what happened wasn't "rape-rape". It just wasn't. It's a nothing.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 3, 2018 12:27 AM |
Let me guess: the Spacy apologists are mostly straight women who really believed in his romance with "Diane," right?
And the usual trolls who keep them company.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 3, 2018 12:28 AM |
r14, maybe you forgot about all the other victims
by Anonymous | reply 16 | February 3, 2018 12:28 AM |
I know A Rapp. He is a great guy. We took classes together back in the '90's. He lived in this neighborhood then. I believe him. I trust him.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 3, 2018 12:30 AM |
Did he confront Mr. Spacey before making it a media story? Not everything needs to be judged in the court of public opinion.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 3, 2018 12:32 AM |
Watch Rapp on that pathetic talk show and every sentence is laced with the same Subtext: "Look at the great thing I did... I am thrilled at how much people love me for WHAT I DID... All of this was to help other people so PRAISE ME." Not. Buying. Any of it. And, no, he didn't confront Mr. Spacey privately. What fun would that be? Doesn't count unless a camera is on you and Sharon Osborne is asking you questions about how brave you are. vomit.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 3, 2018 12:34 AM |
[quote]I hope he feels happy destroying someone's life and career as well as ruining the storyline of House of Cards.
The weirdly distant turn being taken in some of these anti-Rapp replies seems familiar...
by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 3, 2018 12:42 AM |
r18, Buzzfeed (who did the initial interview with Rapp) said they reached out to Spacey and he didn't respond
by Anonymous | reply 21 | February 3, 2018 12:43 AM |
People have been hating on Rapp here since the story broke, R20.
I laugh at the people who think Rapp brought down a fellow gay man. They should be saying "brought down a gay man who lied about his sexuality for decades and who only came out of the closet when everything DL speculated about for years came to light." And why should anyone have to confront their assailant privately? Why do you think Spacey deserves to have his behavior addressed in private and kept a secret? He has many victims, Rapp isn't the only one.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 3, 2018 12:52 AM |
With everyone now on the "I was molested" train, I have to drag my tired ass out on the circuit to keep my brother in rhinestones for his Bedazzler.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 3, 2018 12:56 AM |
All those victims and not one official criminal charge? Anywhere? crickets...
Committed no crime but let's persecute him just the same. Great for the gay community in general, by the way. Thanks, Anthony!
by Anonymous | reply 24 | February 3, 2018 12:56 AM |
Please do not feed the troll in r24 or any of the others.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | February 3, 2018 1:00 AM |
It is curious that none of the allegations, even the most recent ones, have led to any criminal charges. When this scandal broke, I thought Spacey was over. But now, I'm not so sure anymore. The backlash will only intensify. Rose's behavior seems emblematic of where the movement is headed.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | February 3, 2018 1:12 AM |
It's not happening, cunt at R25. R26 is much more dead on as to where things are going.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | February 3, 2018 1:15 AM |
r26, London Police are investigating three different incidents involving Spacey
by Anonymous | reply 28 | February 3, 2018 1:43 AM |
Young Kevin Spacey was ridiculously sexy.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | February 3, 2018 1:50 AM |
"investigating"... we'll see. That's starting to sound like "The check is in the mail" to me.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | February 3, 2018 2:28 AM |
London Police are investigating, but after the Jimmy Saville fiasco a celeb just has to fart in an elevator and they will "investigate".
by Anonymous | reply 31 | February 3, 2018 2:29 AM |
At least he got Spacey to finally come out.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | February 3, 2018 2:36 AM |
Just think, if Anth Rapp had put a stop to Spacey earlier, Justin Timberlake never would’ve made it onto a movie screen.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | February 3, 2018 12:28 PM |
Fuck this guy. He couldn’t wait until House of Cards was finished? Cunt.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | February 3, 2018 12:36 PM |
Nothing innocent about being alone in your host's bedroom at the end of a party when you know your host is drunk. I find Rapp's tattle disgusting.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | February 3, 2018 2:05 PM |
More power to him. He did the right thing!
by Anonymous | reply 36 | February 3, 2018 2:08 PM |
What R22 said.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | February 3, 2018 2:10 PM |
so let's get this straight, so to speak: She allowed you, as a14 year old, to got to a cast party, unaccompanied - where there was alcohol and drugs, you were14, required you have a parent accompany you. She allowed you to leave the apartment where you were staying to go to this party, where it was mostly adults. The only time I was with 14 year olds was my nephews graduation from 8th grade. Anyway, back to the story: your mother set you loose, you went to a party where adults were drinking, which they do at adult parties, and an older man hit on you - he rolled over on top of you - no penetration, no forced sex - and it was almost 40 years ago and you're still tramautized? perhaps your mother, who was required to be responsible for you, as you were under age, could she go on air and explain her decision to allow you to go to the party? You were 14, but she let you go. Yet, she's not part of the story. It was probably weird, unwarranted, but did this really ruin you for the last 30-40 years. He copped a fell, you precious princess. Call up your mom and ask her why she allowed it to happen, and then get over yourself. And, perhaps, you ca explain how a guy rolling on top of you 40 years ago had ruined you.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | February 3, 2018 2:40 PM |
he's just so brave, I can't imagine having someone roll on top of me almost 40 years ago and the trauma. You know who's also brave? His mother, for keeping her mouth shut about why she allowed her 14 year old son to go to this party. Sometimes, the victim is responsible for their poor decisions - and their parents. Could you maybe ask his mother why she made the decision she did?
by Anonymous | reply 39 | February 3, 2018 3:03 PM |
I’m going to be honest. After reading the DL threads from earlier last year, Spacey’s misdeeds were long overdue to be exposed. And reflecting that week in November when he got dropped by everyone, it seems as if lots of people knew his downfall was coming. But Rapp is no hero IMO. After reading an article about Rapp after Spacey’s downfall it was clear to me that Spacey’s success made him jealous & bitter over 30 years (apparently Spacey hosting the Tonys was the final straw). Also it seems as if the House of Cards toxic environment allegations were supposed to come out first, but Rapp basically cut in front of that by running to Buzzfeed instead of the mainstream news outlets (NYT, WaPo) so he’d be first. And some of Rapp’s comments since then, particularly on Twitter, just reek of attention whoring. I even watched the Talk segment and it just seemed like he wanted the attention. Even the fact that Rapp’s big secret was known on DL mons before just shows how he used that story to get noticed. This doesn’t give Spacey a pass, but Rapp shouldn’t be carried out on people’s shoulders either.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | February 3, 2018 3:16 PM |
[quote]I still think the #metoo movement is about systemic abuse of women.
Let's be #moiaussi then.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | February 3, 2018 3:17 PM |
R7, unfortunately gay men are still treated like heterosexual women’s accessories - we’re expendable but we make them look & feel good. And there is still the idea that because we’re men we’ve been afforded privilege. So we haven’t suffered as much as women have.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | February 3, 2018 3:32 PM |
[QUOTE]Also it seems as if the House of Cards toxic environment allegations were supposed to come out first, but Rapp basically cut in front of that by running to Buzzfeed
This rat bastard wanted to be known as the man who brought Spacey down.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | February 3, 2018 3:34 PM |
How is is that Charlie Sheen can still find work despite numerous incidents of using and abusing women, rampant drug use, and a nasty divorce in which he was accused of domestic battery and child abuse? Spacey is a lot more respected for his work than Charlie Sheen ever was. Spacey will never be able to shake off the asshole label but he'll work again if he wants to.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | February 3, 2018 3:43 PM |
R44... I'm not sure anymore. I do think that Spacey's major motion picture and TV series days are done. He's too big a risk now. But if the next 18-24 months are scandal free, he could possibly do indie work (which he's better at anyway).
by Anonymous | reply 45 | February 3, 2018 4:01 PM |
So many fucked up people on this thread. Before Anthony Rapp's interview, rumors of Kevin Spacey preying on men were all over DL. The Old Vic set up a hotline and more than a dozen people came forward. There were definitely more victims.
Anthony took down a serial predator who got away with it for 30+ years, who the fuck cares if he gets a fame-boost out of it? You hate Anthony so much that you think more straight young men deserved to be molested while Kevin Spacey continued to hide?
by Anonymous | reply 46 | February 3, 2018 4:01 PM |
"preying on men" aka hitting on or coming onto men. THAT'S the crime that should cost him a career? Again, you do know where you are, right? And in what year? Fuck you pearl-clutchers, male or female.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | February 3, 2018 4:18 PM |
First, it was all about "WHAT I DID" for Rapp. Now he's on his "DON'T YOU LOVE ME FOR WHAT I DID?" tour. That is the most annoying part -- and the most revealing as to the motives behind it. Fucking actors.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | February 3, 2018 4:20 PM |
If you step back and take a calm look, the anti-Rapp replies here are extremely odd -- unless you take into account that their purpose is to divide DL, one thread at at a time. I would not engage with any of them directly, ever. The FF choice seems the best remedy.
If you haven't had a chance to read it, I happened upon this thread, which helps shed light on why these kinds of divisive replies keep appearing (over and over) in threads about rape and coercion. The trend seems more sinister than run-of-the-mill trolling.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | February 3, 2018 4:24 PM |
[quote]Buzzfeed (who did the initial interview with Rapp) said they reached out to Spacey and he didn't respond
He's probably depressed he can't just shove his hand down strangers pants anymore, which apparently some here think is a right of being gay.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | February 3, 2018 4:25 PM |
I've never seen any comments from Rapp suggesting he was traumatized by this event, but it was obviously memorable and awkward enough that its stayed with him all this time. And I do think it must be galling to watch a major creep rise to fame and glory knowing his predatory habits have been allowed to continue. Rapp's alluded to this story enough over the years that the reveal of the perpetrator was inevitable in this current climate. Having had adults make incredibly inappropriate gestures towards me as a child, I can completely understand how that lingers in the memory. Doesn't mean I'm traumatized by it, but it certainly colors your view of the world as you enter adulthood. Sexual harassment doesn't always end up in criminal court. I seriously doubt Spacey will ever be brought in for rape charges, as he's got the money to pay off any accusers. Doesn't mean that the victims aren't out there, if even a fraction of the gossip is true. And in light of what has come out, I'm inclined to believe they are true.
So, spare me these "all Spacey did was hit on men" bullshit. It's a load of crap and you know it. There's a big difference between making an uncomfortable pass at someone, and backing them into a corner and shoving your hand down their pants.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | February 3, 2018 4:25 PM |
R47 No, "preying on men" like grabbing their crotches against their will, and sometimes in professional settings. That should cost anyone their career, in any year. Fuck you for minimizing a closetcase using his power and authority to assault unwilling participants for 30+ years and thinking it should get a pass because it ruined a TV show.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | February 3, 2018 4:27 PM |
Spacey needed to be brought down. Rapp’s mother needs to be brought down as well. Only a stupid cunt would let their teenage son go to a party with other adults, drugs and alcohol there. Also, isn’t it rumored that Rapp had a thing going on with his own brother? Mother Rapp should be stoned.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | February 3, 2018 4:32 PM |
eeeeek, a crotch grabber! Like straight men don't do variations of this all the time. "Officer, he slapped my ass with his towel in the locker room!"
And the notion that Kevin Spacey, two time Oscar winner, is walking up to random men and grabbed crotches is absurd. We don't know if there was drinking or flirting or laughing or whatever led up to it but it's still easy to avoid. Slap the hand away, move away, laugh it off and leave... but call the Enquirer? Fuck no. One of those accusing assholes was upset that PORN was playing in Kevin's home in London. eeeeek, clutch those pearls...
And I don't care about the stupid TV show. I just think this stuff reeks of sexual McCarthyism and I'm not rewarding cunts like Rapp for it.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | February 3, 2018 4:35 PM |
Yeh, because when you were all FOURTEEN, you made nothing but wise decisions, and never got into a precarious situation.
People who take advantage of people that young deserve to be taken down. I'm floored by the people defending the predator here.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | February 3, 2018 4:38 PM |
Please do not feed the anti-Rapp trolls in this thread, and see my message at r49. The trolls here are absolutely beyond reason, because their only purpose is to cause division.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | February 3, 2018 4:54 PM |
[quote] grabbing their crotches against their will, and sometimes in professional settings. That should cost anyone their career, in any year.
I don't think it should necessarily cost someone a career. Charges can be made and (if proven) court punishment can be meted out.
But if we start throwing out all criminal artists' careers, we won't have many left.
Michelangelo pretty much admitted in a written letter that he sexually molested a pre-pubescent boy. He begged the boy's guardian uncle to keep quiet about it & not report him. Caravaggio murdered a man and got away with it, by fleeing the country & the authorities. Picasso reportedly bought stolen goods / contraband (priceless, invaluable artifacts stolen from the Louvre) - and then committed perjury in court.
All of these actions were not only wrong, but illegal & socially unacceptable at the time these artists committed them.
Should all those artists have lost their careers too? Should they have been all fired without trial, and not allowed to finish their works? If so, we'd lose a lot of world-famous art. Point is we're already praising works by alleged child molesters, murderers & thiefs. People have prints of them hanging in their college dorm-rooms, and neatly arranged on coffee tables. We separate an artist's work and his private life transgressions.
Spacey should keep on working, he's a decent actor. He's already been publicly humiliated and he can pay damages for any impropriety (if proven).
by Anonymous | reply 57 | February 3, 2018 5:45 PM |
Do you feel the same way about Weinstein, R57? Most of his victims were young starlets that he took advantage of, not cases of forcible rape. Should he be continue to work in Hollywood?
What about a winning little league coach? A passionate teacher? A doctor? A business owner who employees dozens of people? Should those people have their actions over looked as well, or no, because they're not artists and only artists deserve escape from scorn and/or punishment?
by Anonymous | reply 58 | February 3, 2018 6:23 PM |
R58 - yes, it should be the same with Weinstein. He should do prison time for any criminal activity (if proven), pay compensatory damages, and continue working. If he re-offends - another round of prison and paying damages. Also, AFAIK, Harvey is accused of rape, whereas Spacey isn't.
Little league coaches and teachers to minors cannot continue working with children, by law. They can work as teachers for adults. Same could be applied to Spacey (if Rapp's accusations are proven). He can be greenlighted to work with adults, but not with minors.
Doctors have a somewhat similar situation to lawyers - they are a licensed profession. In order to keep the state license, you need to avoid criminal convictions. If you get a conviction - you are required to go in front of an industry-wide ethics committee (the Bar Association in the US / the Law Society in the UK). They adjudicate whether you can keep your license, or whether it will be revoked. Lawyers (and other licensed professionals like doctors, etc.) therefore already face much harsher repercussions for even the smallest criminal transgression (e.g. a minor drug conviction - possession of cannabis) than other working people. One could say that is non-egalitarian & too punitive, but that's currently the price one pays for choosing to work in a regulated profession, where licenses to work are issued by the government.
Depending on the jurisdiction, company directors & trustees (also a government-regulation profession) are generally required to maintain a clean criminal record to work, by law. E.g. if they file for bankruptcy or have certain crimes - they are automatically barred from being a director for a certain number of years, though not forever.
The reason why the above professions are so strict and hold their workers to a much higher standard than other industries (e.g. retail, marketing, entertainment, etc) - is because regulated professionals often deal with life-and-death or very critical matters. They're also often required to testify in legal and medical records, which need to be correct and true. That's why only people deemed "of good character" are licensed and allowed to work in these fields. "Good character" doesn't mean they're good people - it just means they can be trusted to actively & honestly help their clients (patients, defendants in court, etc).
Entertainment (acting, producing, etc.) is one of those industries which doesn't require a license to work. Moreover, it doesn't require a "good character" assessment by a gov't body. In fact, many Hollywood actors' careers can continue despite, and sometimes even thrive on, "bad character" - drug offenses, DUIs, fights with photographers (battery), destruction of property, defamation of character against other actors, etc.
Whereas, regulated professionals would face an ethics hearing & potentially lose their work license for the above. In fact, an actor can still work even if he's diagnosed with a mental illness - that's how low the bar is for actors & entertainers. Whereas, a director, etc. (in many jurisdictions) would be mandatorily disqualified if medically diagnosed with a disorder.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | February 3, 2018 7:50 PM |
How could A.Rapp be with a man of 26 years old at 14 years old ? both in the KEVIN SPACEY's apartment ? Where were the A.Rapp 's parents ? I couldn't ever have been in that kind of situation, at his age, because my mother was very "present" and attentive with me (she always knew where I was....She has taken very seriously the "mother work"!!!!).
by Anonymous | reply 60 | February 3, 2018 9:15 PM |
Spacey's fall from grace was obviously long overdue, however, there's just something really sly and calculating about Rapp.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | February 3, 2018 9:58 PM |
The real problem with being a victim of sexual harassment or assault is that if you keep the incident a secret you're branded as weak for allowing for possible further assaults to others, but if you do speak up you're accused of looking for publicity and jumping on the bandwagon. Most victims don't speak up because there was a stigma and if the assaulter was powerful or influential it could very likely derail the victim's career. I believe Anthony Rapp.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | February 3, 2018 10:13 PM |
But we also live in a world where, far before the current hysteria, there are "recovered memories" and other bullshit that play into the hands of nutcase variety victims (as opposed to real victims of crimes, etc.) Roseanne's dad had to die thinking the whole world thought he had molested Roseanne and her sisters (I wish he'd sued since it was in print in her book and countless articles) when nothing of the kind happened as she later admitted.
Patron saints of this kind of hysteria like Richard Jewell and those poor teachers at McMartin need to be remembered more than ever. Wait until you get the goddam facts people and, yes ,proof. There are too many nuts out there. Rapp may not be one of them but he's still enjoying his self-righteous contribution to the McCarthyism a bit too much for my taste (and way too much for what actually happened to him that night).
by Anonymous | reply 63 | February 3, 2018 10:28 PM |
Nah, the "Me Too" crowd were patting themselves on the back and for exposing another Jimmy Saville. After three months all they've got on Spacy is a bunch of drunken dick touching.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | February 3, 2018 10:29 PM |
R62 we all believe Anthony Rapp. We just think that Anthony shouldn't be using this for publicity -which it seems like he is.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | February 3, 2018 10:49 PM |
R38=R39
by Anonymous | reply 66 | February 4, 2018 12:09 AM |
Why should anyone "believe" or "disbelieve" Rapp? Let's wait for a fair trial and a cross-examination of Spacey and Rapp - then we can "believe" what the court finds out.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | February 4, 2018 12:22 AM |
I could care if he were attractive.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | February 4, 2018 12:23 AM |
"he's just so brave, I can't imagine having someone roll on top of me almost 40 years ago and the trauma. You know who's also brave? His mother, for keeping her mouth shut about why she allowed her 14 year old son to go to this party. Sometimes, the victim is responsible for their poor decisions - and their parents. Could you maybe ask his mother why she made the decision she did?"
How about blaming the victim and not the perpetrator? Are Anthony and his mom responsible for their own actions, but not Kevin? And if she had told her kid not to attend the party you'd probably be calling her a "helicopter parent"
by Anonymous | reply 69 | February 4, 2018 12:32 AM |
"And if she had told her kid not to attend the party you'd probably be calling her a "helicopter parent"
Those are the two options? Let a kid go to an adult actor party alone or hover like a helicopter?
This is what we call Logic Impaired. Please tell me you are female.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | February 4, 2018 12:37 AM |
Rapp's mother can be legally responsible too as she was his legal guardian / parent with custody. Depends on whether she sent him out into the night with a trusted adult chaperone / temporary guardian. If she fell short of the required parental standard, it could be criminal neglect.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | February 4, 2018 12:46 AM |
Rapp is milking the situation and yet this is his first interview since the story broke in October or whatever? Ok.
The hypocrites tearing down Rapp for tossing a fellow gay man under the bus are hilarious. Yeah let's protect Kevin "I have loved many women in my life" Spacey by trashing Rapp who hasn't been hiding in the closet for the last 30 years. Cause that makes sense.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | February 4, 2018 12:51 AM |
Rapp the famous self-proclaimed "bisexual"? Yet another Act of Courage good for his career (on Broadway anyway).
And it may be his first TV interview -- on CBS promoting that shitty show of his -- but his Twitter of how many have come after him in anger counts. He's riding the Victim wave big time.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | February 4, 2018 4:29 PM |
[quote]Michelangelo pretty much admitted in a written letter that he sexually molested a pre-pubescent boy. He begged the boy's guardian uncle to keep quiet about it & not report him.
Was there even an age of consent in those days? Regardless, they should repaint the Sistine Chapel ceiling all white!
by Anonymous | reply 74 | February 4, 2018 4:47 PM |
How do we know Pope Julius didn't?
by Anonymous | reply 75 | February 4, 2018 4:50 PM |
For all those calling for Rapp's mother's head on a spear, you're in luck. The woman is dead, from a long, painful bout with cancer. So that might be the reason she hasn't come forward to tell her side of the story. We're not sure, she could just be shy or not on social media. We're checking. It's okay that you didn't know about it. It was kept very hush hush for these past fifteen or so years. All Anthony did was write a book about it, so...
by Anonymous | reply 76 | February 4, 2018 5:00 PM |
In FRANCE the age of consent is 15 years old. You can live your "sexual life", at 15, as you like.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | February 4, 2018 5:46 PM |
[quote]The hypocrites tearing down Rapp for tossing a fellow gay man under the bus are hilarious. Yeah let's protect Kevin "I have loved many women in my life" Spacey by trashing Rapp who hasn't been hiding in the closet for the last 30 years. Cause that makes sense.
r72, this is a clear case of bierasure, neither Spacey nor Rapp are gay, but you could never tell that from the press coverage.
Rapp is openly bisexual. As for Spacey, he has had relationships with (and sexually harassed) both men and women. It was clear that he 'came out as gay' as a cynical move to detract from the accusations of sexual harassment.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | February 4, 2018 6:33 PM |
When I went to school we had bi-erasures. They were two-toned and the pink half erased pencil and the white half erased ink. It didn't really erase ink. It just rubbed away the paper.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | February 4, 2018 6:39 PM |
R74, 16th C. Florence didn't have an age of consent as such - they had a general age for marriage. It was a deeply Catholic society after all. Pre-marital sex, sex outside marriage and gay sex were outside the law.
Michelangelo's letters (if published) would have caused a scandal and potentially landed him in prison. He was 66 and the boy (Francesco "Cecchino" de Zanobi Bracci) was 13, sent to him by a rich uncle as an apprentice. Michelangelo wrote some very smutty poems and letters about the kid: "Do yet attest for him how gracious I was in bed When he embraced..." He apparently referred to him as "the flame who consumes me".
Even back then, a 66-y.o. artist being sexual with a 13-y.o. boy from a good family (or fantasizing about it in writing) would not go down well with society. (Young girls were a different matter.) On top of the pederasty problem, homosexuality was a potential criminal offense.
It also didn't help that the kid died mysteriously a year into his apprenticeship with Michelangelo, "cause unknown". That made the whole thing look even more suspicious. Could it have been suicide after molestation?
That's why Michelangelo freaked out and begged his friend (the kid's uncle) to "burn" his p*do letters. Guilty or not, he knew he'd be in hot water with society & the law if this ever came out.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | February 4, 2018 6:42 PM |
The other things the Rapp haters insist on harping on is why did Rapp go to the party? Why was he alone at the party? Why did his mom let him go to the party? Strange how they don't ponder why Spacey invited a 14 year old to an adult party in the first place.
I know several 13-16 year old boys. They, as most teens, are annoying and I certainly wouldn't invite any of them to an adult party. It's bad enough that they attend family functions to be frank. So why did Spacey invite Rapp? What were his intentions? Oh....right. To end up picking him up, putting him on the bed, and drunkenly "falling" on him. Because accidentally falling on a teen boy is a totally normal occurrence, right? Happens all the time.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | February 5, 2018 4:46 PM |
They were in a production together at the time. You invite everyone to a cast/crew party to avoid hurt feelings. Most likely it was a notice put up on the backstage cast board at the theater.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | February 5, 2018 4:54 PM |
They were not in a production together, R82.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | February 5, 2018 5:00 PM |
Because it's still "alleged" and because there are so many nuts out there, why would I believe some unidentified dude? Blindly? jesus... you do realize there are people out there who think they are Napoleon. Or stalkers who are sure they are married to Sandra Bullock or whatever.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | February 5, 2018 5:21 PM |
(And we live in a day when respected magazines will print stories about rape in a fraternity house and the whole thing be a figment of the victim's imagination -- and a revenge plot on some guy who wasn't into her. Formerly respected magazines, I should say. Believe NOTHING, folks, until there is proof).
by Anonymous | reply 86 | February 5, 2018 5:25 PM |
[quote]We separate an artist's work and his private life transgressions.
Except that Spacey didn’t limit his transgressing to private settings, he poisoned many of his working environments.
Also, it was apparently not uncommon for him to have those who refused his advances fired, thereby eliminating their ability to express themselves artistically.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | February 5, 2018 5:48 PM |
Easily replaced
by Anonymous | reply 88 | February 5, 2018 5:57 PM |
R87, who did Spacey hit on and then fire for refusing?
by Anonymous | reply 89 | February 5, 2018 8:58 PM |
[quote] For all those calling for Rapp's mother's head on a spear, you're in luck. The woman is dead [...] It's okay that you didn't know about it. It was kept very hush hush for these past 15 or so years. All Anthony did was write a book about it, so...
And of course everyone on the planet has read Rapp's book about his mother's demise.
After all, it's on the high-school syllabus next to Steinbeck and Hemingway.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | February 5, 2018 9:05 PM |
[quote]Rapp is openly bisexual.
Nah, not so much.
When you did come out, you said you were a bisexual. However, you do prefer the term 'queer.' Why is that?
The only reason I didn't entirely love "gay" is because it would make seem false any romantic or sexual relationships I ever had with women, but I'm absolutely primarily gay, no question. I did not feel like when I was having any relationships with women that it was running away from my true nature. I think there is an ultimate preference. I do know some gay men who absolutely never want to touch a woman ever. I also like the umbrella term of "queer." There's a part of me that likes that queer also means unusual or strange. I do think it's unusual and strange, and I don't think that's a bad thing. It's OK that it's unusual and strange.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | February 5, 2018 9:55 PM |
[quote] Rapp: "I'm absolutely primarily gay, no question. I did not feel like when I was having any relationships with women that it was running away from my true nature."
"Primarily" gay = bisexual. Same as "primarily" straight = bisexual.
The word "primarily" implies that one is nevertheless "incidentally" or "occasionally" in theory or in practice smthg else.
He's a self-declared Kinsey 5.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | February 5, 2018 10:03 PM |
Oh yeah. THAT last quote really makes me change my mind about him. What a sweetheart.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | February 5, 2018 10:03 PM |
I don’t really care about either of these queens, but I love that in one of the other threads devoted to this topic, someone referred to Anthony Rapp as a “known teen slut”. 😄
by Anonymous | reply 94 | February 5, 2018 10:35 PM |
[quote] And of course everyone on the planet has read Rapp's book about his mother's demise. After all, it's on the high-school syllabus next to Steinbeck and Hemingway.
Well, all you know-it-all cunts are sashaying around here pretending to know all the facts, so you ought to know that pretty big one.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | February 6, 2018 2:33 AM |
R89 No one as far as we know. It's one of those things where if people keep repeating the same lie over and over again, everyone will start to believe it. I guess this rumor stems from the fact that Kevin Spacey was a producer on House of Cards, that's it. People on long running productions, especially low level crew, get replaced all the time. It's quite a stretch to say that Spacey had a hand in it.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | February 6, 2018 2:39 AM |
"No one as far as we know. It's one of those things where if people keep repeating the same lie over and over again, everyone will start to believe it. I guess this rumor stems from the fact that Kevin Spacey was a producer on House of Cards, that's it. People on long running productions, especially low level crew, get replaced all the time. It's quite a stretch to say that Spacey had a hand in it."
Yeah, I'm sure it's just a coincidence that he vanished from the set after repeatedly turning down Kevin's sleazy advances
by Anonymous | reply 97 | February 6, 2018 2:51 AM |