Actress makes case for accused gay predator Spacey
Kevin Spacey’s former co-star, Robin Wright, thinks the actor should begiven the chance to “reform” following his sexual assault scandal.
The 58 year-old disgraced actor is facing several accusations that hesexual assaulted men, including actor Anthony Rapp, who claimed thestar made unwanted advances on him when he was just 14 years old. The allegations caused the star to be removed from Netflix drama‘House of Cards’, which Robin also stars in.
And now Robin has said that she believes all human beings, includingKevin, deserve a “second chance”, providing they can show “growth”from the result of their actions. When asked if Kevin should be offered a career reprieve, 52 year-old Robin said: “I don’t know how to comment on that, I really don’t... I believe every human being has the ability to reform. Has the abilityto reform. In that sense, second chances, or whatever you are going to call it – absolutely, I believe in that. It’s called growth.”
‘House of Cards’ is gearing up to air its final season on streamingsite Netflix and Robin admits the show was almost cancelledcompletely following the allegations against Kevin, because of the“climate” at the time where other stars - including the likes of Harvey Weinstein – were being accused of sexual misconduct.
Dolly Parton is reportedly set to be named the MusiCares Person of the Year at the 2019 Grammy Awards in February. The 76 year-old country legend has been rumoured by sources to be the recipient of the prestigious award, which she will be honoured with at the glitzy award ceremony early next year.
According to New York Post’s Page Six column, several sources have named the ‘9 to 5’ hitmaker as the honoree for the gong, but said that a Recording Academy spokeswoman could not confirm her selection, stating that “nothing has been finalised” as of the time of writing.
If Dolly does get the award, she will be the first country and western star ever to win the coveted prize and one of only six individual female artistes. Previous winners have included the late Aretha Franklin, Sir Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel and Paul Simon.
Outside of her chart-topping music career, the Jolene singer is an active philanthropist and recently revealed her initiative to inspire children to read more books by assisting with the YouTube Kids’ global Reading Month. Dolly – whose father, Lee, couldn’t read or write – said: “I believe initiatives like Reading Month in YouTube Kids that encourage kids’ love of reading at an early age are so important. These are the moments when dreams are born and these are the memories that last forever.”
Speaking to Net-A-Porter’s Edit magazine, Robin said: “[It came] very, very close [to being axed]. Because of the climate at that time. The air was thick, you know. Harvey Weinstein... People were [saying] ‘we have to shut everything down or otherwise it will look like we are glorifying and honoring this thing that’s dirty’.”
Last month it was reported Kevin was facing a new allegation of sexual assault, which was being investigated by LA County District Attorney’s Office. The accusation follows three new allegations of sexual harassment that were filed in London in July and brings the total number of men who have made claims again Kevin to over 30.