Kevin Spacey Admits There Was ‘Fire’ Behind Misconduct Allegations: ‘I Hit on a Lot of Guys’

Kevin Spacey believes his years-long exile from Hollywood may finally be coming to an end.

During a Monday, June 29, appearance on Bill Maher‘s Club Random podcast, Spacey, 66, said he feels “much more welcomed” in the entertainment industry after he was acquitted or found not liable in multiple legal cases that stemmed from allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment that derailed his career.

Over 50 men came forward with accusations against the former House of Cards star since 2017, and Maher, 70, shared that he thought “there’s too much smoke to be no fire.” However, Spacey admitted that he did cross a line.

“I never said there was no fire,” Spacey responded. “It just wasn’t a raging forest fire. It was a small kitchen fire that could have been put out with an extinguisher. I hit on a lot of guys.”

Spacey continually denied all allegations against him and was acquitted or not found liable in the cases that reached a jury.

The Oscar winner also spoke about one allegation in particular from Anthony Rapp. In 2017, Rapp, now 54, claimed to Buzzfeed News that in the 1980s, Spacey sexually molested him. At the time, Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26.

The American Beauty star consistently denied the allegations and in 2022, a jury found Spacey not liable on all accounts.

“There are certain cases where part of something is true, but it’s been rethought, it’s been redesigned, or it’s been entirely made up, certainly in the case of Anthony Rapp, which is a case that we won in federal court in New York,” Spacey told Maher.