Kevin Spacey is being slammed for his response to sexual harassment allegations

After Kevin Spacey responded to allegations he made sexual advances towards Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp when he was just 14 years old (and Spacey was 26) by saying he was too drunk to remember and taking the opportunity to come out as gay, the Twitter reaction has been swift – and scathing.

Many have branded Spacey’s combined apology/public coming out as an attempt to deflect from the serious sexual harassment allegations made against him.

Nope to Kevin Spacey's statement. Nope. There's no amount of drunk or closeted that excuses or explains away assaulting a 14-year-old child.
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) October 30, 2017

I keep rereading this statement and getting angrier. Coming out is a beautiful part of being gay. Attaching it to this vileness is so wrong.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) October 30, 2017

(Kevin Spacey beats a man to death with an accordion)

“I’m sure you’ve heard the rumors. They’re true. I am indeed an accordion player.”
— Jason Steele (@FilmCow) October 30, 2017

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Kevin Spacey has just invented something that has never existed before: a bad time to come out.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) October 30, 2017

"I'm sorry, Mr. Spacey, but your application to join the gay community at this time has been denied."
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) October 30, 2017

In other news, Kevin Spacey didn't deny sexually assaulting Anthony Rapp when he was a 14-year-old boy. Also blamed drunkenness. Inexcusable
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) October 30, 2017

The classiest way to come out of the closet is as a PR smokescreen to distract people from the fact that you tried to molest a child.
— Guy Branum (@guybranum) October 30, 2017

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