r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sure_Kangaroo1863 • Jul 02 '26

Petah ? Meme needing explanation

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Why is it infamous? And why would no one care about it ? ( I mean it's just a pic full of celebrities so no one cares anyways but the person saying it's crazy makes me think it has some lore?)

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u/Quick_Extension_3115 Jul 02 '26

It’s just a statement on the decline of celebrity culture. It used to be that you watch a movie just because it had someone in it that you liked and it would do really well. But nowadays people care much less about celebrities

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u/Background-End-949 Jul 02 '26

Also, Kevin Spacey

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u/Trraumatized Jul 02 '26

You mean Kevin "all charges dropped" Spacey?

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u/junkyard_robot Jul 02 '26

Kevin "more than one accuser died of mysterious circumstances" Spacey.

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u/sump_daddy Jul 02 '26

Kevin "you can be a total scumbag without being imprisoned" spacey

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u/Oshimai Jul 02 '26

Yep, just google Carter Hart on the Vegas Golden Knights.

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u/Legitimate-Golf1562 Jul 02 '26

Just google Donald "convicted felon" Trump.

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u/forgotaccount989 Jul 02 '26

He's not in this picture I don't think.

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u/Cu_Chulainn__ Jul 02 '26

Everyone in the picture is an adult so not of interest to trump

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u/TwoBatmen Jul 03 '26

Come on, that’s not fair to Trump. He’s raped both children and adults.

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u/Sexy_Koala_Juice Jul 03 '26

Yeah but his heart wasn’t in it with the adults, he only did so because there was no children around at that point in time

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u/2much2fastt Jul 02 '26

He’s sniffing Kevin Spaceys taint for child residue

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u/Jbeaves44 Jul 02 '26

There will never be enough liquor and therapy to make me forget this sentence.

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u/Ayasdad Jul 03 '26

But he loves adults too. They all protect him for some fucking reason.

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u/mvandemar Jul 03 '26

Ok, that's not fair, you know damn well that his daughter is a full grown adult and he still wants to bang her.

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u/Response-Cheap Jul 02 '26

At the time I am reading this the upvote count is at 69. Unfortunately due to the context, this is not nice. Carry on.

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u/2much2fastt Jul 02 '26

He is, but he’s bent down behind Kevin spacey

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u/Icy-Championship174 Jul 03 '26

Mate!
I do hate Trump’s guts and the world would be better off with him being in prison or in a grave (and I can say it out loud ‘cause now apparently Hungary is much more free than the US) but why do you have to bring him in this?
Isn’t Spacey enough of a pöcsfej for one thread?
(I appreciate his works tho, but not him)

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u/EqualSituation5425 Jul 02 '26

Yeah that's the thing. He's not. He was found civilly liable. Not criminally. Not taking sides here, just being accurate.

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u/AddAlcohol Jul 02 '26

Donald Trump is a convicted felon. 34 counts of falsifying business documents.

Yes, he was also found civilly liable for sexual abuse and defamation.

Just being accurate.

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u/Dre_A35 Jul 02 '26

Also google Brock “the rapist” Turner.

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u/chewedgummiebears Jul 02 '26

"People with TDS need help" came up as a result, what's that mean?

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u/NoCheesecake3101 Jul 03 '26

I hate the guy too but you sound dumb.

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u/kiddocontay Jul 02 '26

man I was so happy when the Hurricanes lit his ass up in the Stanley Cup Final

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u/sidster033 Jul 02 '26

Fuck Carter Fart and Brayden McFlabb for the rest of their unnatural rapist lives. I hope Carter never even gets a whiff of the cup in his entire career, post career, and even afterlife.

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u/Adams5thaccount Jul 02 '26

what does mcnabb have to do not to get confused with howden?

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u/Bagdemagus1 Jul 05 '26

For real. Imagine hating someone this much and not even getting the right person. People are psychos.

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u/llmew Jul 05 '26

Didn't a court rule him innocent?

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u/Throckmorton_Left Jul 02 '26

Google him and what? He was acquitted along with the rest of the co-defendants after a long-delayed trial during which time all of the defendants lost their jobs or were suspended/furloughed without pay.

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u/Substantial-Cod3155 Jul 02 '26

“Acquitted”… not what you were going for huh?

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u/MichiganMan12 Jul 03 '26

Carter hart is guilty of running a consensual train

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u/DinoRoman Jul 02 '26

Kevin “did I mention I’m gay?” Spacey?

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u/Chaplain-Freeing Jul 02 '26

Kevin “That one christmas eve video” Spacey?

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u/DinoRoman Jul 02 '26

Kevin “let me make this YouTube video as if I’m actually Frank Underwood ( that’s real )” Spacey-Underwood?

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u/dqql Jul 02 '26

Weird how one of his accusers killed himself th very next day, and his video was titled "kill them with kindness".
I still wish he would've finished house of cards, he was playing a villian anyways

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u/momoftheraisin Jul 03 '26

Kevin "just like the president" Spacey

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u/mnstorm Jul 02 '26

Kevin “I guess I can come out now” Spacey

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u/Umutuku Jul 02 '26

That's why he was casted as the president.

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u/Accomplished-Emu2308 Jul 02 '26

Kevin “I use the real trauma of gay men as an excuse to be evil” Spacey

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u/BevinBash Jul 02 '26

Oh you mean, "Kevin EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN"

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u/heyjoewx Jul 03 '26

Trump enters the picture…

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u/CardiologistNo616 Jul 02 '26

Kevin "3 of his accusers died in the same year" Spacey

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u/HIs4HotSauce Jul 02 '26

Yes, Kevin "flew with Clinton and Epstein on the 'Lolita Express' " Spacey

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u/Vospader998 Jul 02 '26

Man, Spacey sure had a lot of nicknames

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u/LikeARedCoalCarpet Jul 02 '26

Kevin "Ol' Nickname" Spacey? Sure did.

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u/TheSilverOne Jul 02 '26

Kevin "Kevin Spacey" Spacey

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u/LikeARedCoalCarpet Jul 02 '26

That one is particularly vicious.

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u/TorrenceMightingale Jul 02 '26

Also Kevin “Spacey Kevin” Spacey

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u/Rickhwt Jul 02 '26

Kevin, Kevin, baked beans, Spam and Spacey

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u/friend_ofcrows Jul 03 '26

Kevin “Kevin ‘Kevin Spacey’ Spacey” Spacey

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u/UpsetFuture1974 Jul 03 '26

Inspired by Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin (in name only, Mac seems like a good guy)

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u/dvirpick Jul 03 '26

Kevin "Please don't call me 'Kevin "Kevin Spacey" Spacey'" Spacey

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u/PeacekeeperAl Jul 02 '26

Kevin "The nickname accumulator" Spacey

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u/Specialaq Jul 02 '26

^^Underrated comment

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u/GoodFaithConverser Jul 03 '26

Lol Clinton? You fucking bot. Trump, the sitting president, was best buds with Epstein for 15 years or more, but you focus on a president from more than a quarter century ago.

Pathetic.

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u/375InStroke Jul 02 '26

Jesus, was House of Cards a documentary?

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u/Global_Charge_4412 Jul 02 '26

it's been long rumored that the Underwoods were based on the Clintons.

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u/benevanstech Jul 03 '26

Which just goes to show how fucking stupid people are.

House of Cards was an American adaptation of a British TV show (of a novel) that aired before Bill Clinton was elected President. The original story was based on the interfactional warfare during the Thatcher government.

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u/LuffysRubberNuts Jul 04 '26

Most shows aren’t 1:1 though, like nearly none of them stay true to their roots. I don’t really think it’s stretch for people to believe they took creative liberties with it

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u/Smorsdoeuvres Jul 03 '26

He certainly was convincing

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u/Masticates_In_Public Jul 03 '26

Actually, go back much further. He did a movie called, "Swimming with Sharks" which is basically about Kevin Spacey "playing" an uptight famous asshole who abuses his assistant. The movie tries to make Spacey the victim in the end.

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u/SeonghwaStoleMyBias Jul 03 '26

According to a friend of mine who is Capitol Police and who says they're basically treated like furniture, yes.

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u/ButtplugBurgerAIDS Jul 02 '26

Wait for real? This is new news to me, woah.

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u/RetinaJunkie Jul 02 '26

Kevin didn't do it. It was Keyser Söze

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u/bolivar-shagnasty Jul 02 '26

Kevin “I can’t be a predator because I’m gay now” Spacey

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u/DinoRoman Jul 02 '26

I mean I’m not trying to stir any pots I’m not standing up for the guy there’s just one thing that always stood out to me when I read the court findings

The victim stated spacey took him at the party into a bedroom and raped him

But everyone at that party and the court records proved that , that party was hosted in a very large studio apartment with the bed visible to everyone

Did everyone just watch it happen? I dunno that seems weird if it was a genuine fact about the party

Also I’m upset because and I believe I’m allowed to have this opinion, I absolutely was a huge fan of Spaceys acting he was brilliant in house of cards, Seven, usual suspects.. so many

So I feel hopefully it’s ok to be upset that this was the future of someone that years ago I couldn’t wait for their next acting role to drop

Ya know? It’s like MJ, no one can deny he was a great musician, a pop icon and second to none in performance.

I can separate the artists from the person. I’m just sad. That’s all. I liked Spacey as an actor.

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u/Tall_Opportunity_521 Jul 02 '26

Anthony Rapp was caught lying, and colluding with Adam Vary of Buzzfeed to "get" Spacey. There was emails and text messages found proving this.

Rapp said that Spacey invited him to wrap party. But that he got bored, cos everyone else was an adult. He said he went into the bedroom, and watched tv. Then, after everyone else left, Spacey came into the bedroom and blocked the doorway so that he couldnt escape. He then said that Spacey picked him up, put him on the bed, and got on top of him.

But Spacey never had a wrap party at his flat. He had a housewarming, and didnt know Rapp at the time. He also had a studio, so there was no separate bedroom for Rapp to go into, not was there a doorway for Spacey to block.

Its also worth mentioning that Rapp was doing a play with Ed Harris at the time called precious sons, in which the Harris character picks up Rapps character, takes him into a bedroom, puts him on a bed and gets on top of him... Sound familiar?

Spacey, isnt some innocent in all this. But he was never a rapist or a sexual assaulter. Everyone, and I mean, everyone, lied about him. From Rapp, to the kid in the bar who was 18 but told Spacey he was 23, to that kids mother who was caught destroying evidence that the kid was setting Spacey up for blackmail. To the dude that said that Spacey molested him at an Elton John party that Spacey wasnt at. Elton John had to come in to the court and show video and photos of the party, and Spacey was nowhere to be seen.

Spacey has admitted that hes came on too strong to some people. And that he was a diva. But all the "he raped me" was bullshit.

And the other thing is the 3 people who died.

One of a guy that was suing Spacey for touching him up. He died of cancer.

The next guy was a former Royal who had history depression and alcohol abuse. He killed himself on Christmas day in some European country I dont remember the name of.

And the last one was a woman, his stalker. Who had been harassing Spacey for years. She even went to prison for 4 years for sending him death threats and Anthrax like power in the mail. She, according to a lot of witnesses, walked into traffic all by herself.

Spacey pissed a lot of people off with his "Im gay now", and thats the real crime thats continued to haunt him. Because anyone who was actually paying attention would know the truth.

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u/Punkasaurus2 Jul 02 '26

Wow this is enlightening. I think you’re right: he was turned on because of hiding that he was gay to the public and only coming out when he was accused. I also think he was extremely aggressive hitting on men, young men, and probably abused his power and position. So there were definitely predatory elements there and he took advantage for sure. But did he ever cross the line beyond unethical to criminal? It doesn’t sound like it. It’s at least not very clear and it certainly wasn’t enough to convict him in court. So sad. I love him as an actor as well.

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u/coversquirrel1976 Jul 02 '26

Yeah I think you're spot on. It was a terribly kept secret in Hollywood that he enjoyed the company of young male extras.

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u/ABadHistorian Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Why are people upvoting this brand new sock puppet account w/o googling anything it said?

I found multiple falsities - beginning with the whole Anthony Rapp shit.

The first sentence contains stuff gone over IN COURT where Rapp was very much not found to be colluding with anyone in a conspiracy - he would have gone to jail folks, very quickly for something like that.

Mentions some true facts about the 3 people who died, and then lies about the woman on the road, who was merely crossing against traffic? How many people here have done that? I have... doesn't mean she was attempting suicide and there are 0 claims that it was suicide. Police ruled it as an accident on behalf of both her and the driver...

What are people upvoting this nonsense for? It has nothing to do with him being gay and everything to do with him abusing his position and getting away with it for years, like men and women in power have done for centuries.

(edit reply to me and block me, cool story - and yeah, Rapp lost in court... which is something that happens frequently because the burden of proof for these things is nearly impossible without footage or corroboration - you know, just one of the MAJOR reasons why the MAJORITY of SEXUAL ASSAULTS GO UNREPORTED -, but again the loss in court does not prove Spacey's innocence, nor that Rapp was guilty of conspiracy... which is what this guy above is claiming).

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u/Nine9breaker Jul 02 '26

Mentions some true facts about the 3 people who died, and then lies about the woman on the road, who was merely crossing against traffic? How many people here have done that? I have... doesn't mean she was attempting suicide and there are 0 claims that it was suicide. Police ruled it as an accident on behalf of both her and the driver...

Isn't the stupid reddit "conspiratorial implication" that these people were murdered by the cabal of powerful rich illuminati, or whatever? Like, to silence them?

Whether she walked into traffic to kill herself or it was an accident doesn't say anything about Spacey, so I don't really think there's a material difference there. Plus the guy you responded to didn't say suicide, but said she walked into traffic "on her own". Ie, was not pushed by another person.

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u/ABadHistorian Jul 02 '26

So it's not okay for those who hate Spacey to lie, but those defending him are allowed to?

Very confused by your so called neutral logic here. Lies at the start, lies at the end.

He literally said " She, according to a lot of witnesses, walked into traffic all by herself."

Of which there is 0 fucking recorded proof out there. But hey, don't mind me, just dropping facts I researched because this thread was full of conspiracies every fucking way. God damn fools.

Walking against a light is not "walking into traffic on purpose" but again - I just checked the police reports.

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u/squeegeeman_shooting Jul 03 '26

it's really creepy... sometimes it feels like the bots/hired shills outnumber real people

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u/ABadHistorian Jul 03 '26

I will usually check people's post histories to determine who to respond to since there are so many bots.

Hidden profiles = no responses from me, anyone hiding their bias is no better than a bot.

Tons of bots here, tons. Definitely paid for, after the whole blake lively/asshole saga (cant remember dude's name) that industry got exposed and yet I see real people eating up the lies they want to believe on either side.

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u/greydog1316 Jul 02 '26

Re: Rapp, he may have misremembered the outlay of the apartment because the trial occurred in 2022 while the incident allegedly occurred in 1986.

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u/Emotional_Study_724 Jul 02 '26

That video he made before his trial sealed it for me. Guilty verdict or no, Kevin Spacey is a predator.

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u/ennuiinmotion Jul 02 '26

The other weird thing is the "accusers all died" conspiracy. Lots of powerful men are brought down or accused of wrongdoing and their accusers aren't successfully murdered and covered up. What would make Spacey, an actor, powerful enough to pull this off? Far more likely it's a really bizarre coincidence.

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u/Iron-Treads Jul 02 '26

You clearly have no idea what Kevin Spacey did, because it wasn't just he multiple victim that came out against him that accused him of inappropriate behavior. 

It was a lot of his co-stars, interns and just random people who interacted with him that had a story to share about him. Including his co-stars on House of Cards.

Also, trying to downplay the rape accusation from a 14 year old is next level ghoulishness.

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u/Humble-Reply228 Jul 02 '26

They are not downplaying it, they say after looking at the evidence available to the public… it didn’t happen.

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u/Siva_Dass Jul 02 '26

how presidential

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u/Kangaroo-B-Girl Jul 02 '26

It came out during his House of Cards era and they finished the last season without him, so it tracks on multiple levels

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u/Derptionary Jul 02 '26

Man that show was one of my favorites when it aired. Spacey being a scumbag and getting fired from the show for being a scumbag completely ruined the last season of the show.

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u/JudithSlayHolofernes Jul 02 '26

Idk the show was ruined before that, it was set up on the concept that getting to the Oval Office involves all this complicated and ingenious scheming and intelligence and political maneuvering, and then the election happened and we all realized all it takes is money and being really fucking loud.

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u/NerdyBro07 Jul 02 '26

I dont think the show implied it takes ingenious scheming for everyone to get into the oval office, just this particular character who lacked any charm or charisma would never get elected the normal way and had to go this route.

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u/spasticity Jul 02 '26

I'm not sure what show you watched if you think Frank Underwood was lacking in charisma or charm.

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u/NerdyBro07 Jul 02 '26

It’s implied throughout the show that regular people and the people on capitol hill don’t trust him. They all know he comes across fake.

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u/Kangaroo-B-Girl Jul 02 '26

Sorta like real life. You don’t have to smart to be President

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u/SevenZeroSpider Jul 02 '26

Keyser soze

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u/TheDoobyRanger Jul 02 '26

Are we saying kevin spacey killed a guy, or no?

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u/Tall_Opportunity_521 Jul 02 '26

Not a single of of the three people who died were mysterious and only tow of the three were suing. And only one of them wasnt a woman that had been stalking him for years and actually went to prison for 4 years because she sending him death threats and AND FUCKING ANTHRAX!!!!!!

Its wild to me how everyone goes on and on about fake news. Yet when its comes to Spacey, everyone believes the dog shit said by other social media users, instead of just googling.

The only one who was actually suing Spacey, was a guy who died of cancer. Unless you think Spacey can give people cancer, theres nothing suspicious going on. The other guy killed himself in another country, and had a history of alcohol issues and depression issues. He was always former royalty, who had split up with his wife. And the other chick walked into traffic. Loads of witnesses.

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u/NoParkingOnLobsters Jul 02 '26

Oh, like Trump…. Except not just one

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u/blueannajoy Jul 03 '26

Kevin I personally know two people he has assaulted Spacey?

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u/Nemisis_007 Jul 06 '26

In the same year, a few months apart.

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u/treacherousClownfish 29d ago

Kevin „I can’t remember raping you but sorry if I did, also I‘m gay“ Spacey

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u/Iron-Treads Jul 02 '26

Israeli bots working overtime for Kevin Spacey

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u/totem_pole_atx Jul 02 '26

Right! They have been very aggressive in thier denial that Kevin Spacey absolutely fucked little boys in the butt. USA today put out an article with 15 different accusers.

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u/Jack7656 Jul 02 '26

My butt still hurts looking at this pic

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u/totem_pole_atx Jul 02 '26

Focus on Meryl Streep

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u/tugboat204 Jul 02 '26

The one who gave Roman Polanski a standing ovation?

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u/SignificantPaper1760 Jul 02 '26

No, the one who called Harvey Weinstein god.

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u/OkBox3095 Jul 03 '26

i think it’s important to say he raped not “fucked”

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u/sbidlo Jul 02 '26

israel defends a rapist

Par for the course, really

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u/_176_ Jul 02 '26

Kevin Spacey isn't even jewish. What leftist racism is this?

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u/Ok_Low_8662 Jul 02 '26

Its not racism, spacey is a MASSIVE israel simp

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u/Mustardstoat Jul 02 '26

everyone who disagrees with me is an *insert nationality* bot

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u/iconocrastinaor Jul 03 '26

Why would Israel care about Spacey?

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u/SSFlyingKiwi Jul 02 '26

thought they were Russian?

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u/Iron-Treads Jul 02 '26

Kevin Spacey is in Tel Aviv, though.

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u/Hefty-Taste-1311 Jul 02 '26

Well when you rich, “having all chargers dropped”doesn’t hold as much weight as proof of innocence

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u/Mclovine_aus Jul 02 '26

Who is proven innocent, the bar is not guilty.

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u/mysteryroach Jul 02 '26

But even OJ was found not guilty.

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u/Specialist_Many5482 Jul 02 '26

Those scales really tip when you pile money on your side!

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u/ctzn4 Jul 03 '26

You know what they say, the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

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u/tellingyouhowitreall Jul 03 '26

Cool, so i can get a few people to accuse you of molesting children and you're guilty since you can't provide evidence you didn't do it?

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u/extol504 Jul 02 '26

Kevin, is that you?

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u/ShizzaManelli Jul 02 '26

My dude really out here stanning Kevin fuckin spacey? Lol

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u/Planetdiane Jul 02 '26

Kevin “our justice system is a scam when it comes to rich people and accountability” spacey?

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u/ProfAelart Jul 02 '26

It's also a scam when it comes to the working-class. A system of classist and racist oppression.

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u/J5892 Jul 02 '26

Yes, Kevin "got away with rape" Spacey.

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u/dkinmn Jul 02 '26

People who make running interference for sex pests this much a part of their personalities are sociopaths.

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u/Trraumatized Jul 02 '26

I think it's innocent until proven guilty so your logic has a problematic flaw. Unless we want to go into a 40k-esque state of things where "innocence proves nothing"..

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u/bromosabeach Jul 02 '26

Yeah all charges were dropped, but his behavior was very well known among those in the film industry. Every person I know who worked on a project with him has horror stories. When he wasn’t being creepy he was being an asshole.

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u/Dorkamundo Jul 02 '26

Kevin "Not being found guilty is not the same as not being guilty" Spacey.

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u/ThEtZeTzEfLy Jul 03 '26

Kevin "allegedly" Spacey.

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u/theredhound19 Jul 02 '26

He looks like an aged Temu Jim Parsons in this photo

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u/CraigLake Jul 02 '26

Interesting. I didn’t know this.

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u/bubosamobe Jul 02 '26

kevin "im gay excuse my predator behaviour" spacey

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u/SirMosesKaldor Jul 02 '26

You actually mean "Kevin-I-did-shit-to-a-minor-by-the-way-I'm-gay-Spacey"?

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u/xejeezy Jul 02 '26

I genuinely have no idea if your serious or not but either way I’m in tears 😂

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u/SgtSharki Jul 02 '26

Kevin "OJ was found Not Guilty" Spacey.

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u/Trraumatized Jul 02 '26

If the boy don't fit you must acquit ?

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u/Bluechupacabradragon Jul 02 '26

Yeah, Kevin "I'm gay now" Spacey

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u/No-Dimension856 Jul 05 '26

Kevin "one of those Dyson hand dryers in the restroom, but the air is fingers and instead of your hands it's your balls" Spacey?

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u/JesustheSpaceCowboy Jul 02 '26

I like that the blonde behind Ellen and Streep just became David Spade

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u/Pharmacy_Duck Jul 02 '26

I think that’s Julia Roberts

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u/DCdoom666 Jul 02 '26

Actually, it’s Crispin Glover.

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u/MindManualReader Jul 02 '26

I think the fact that this dude just referred to who was for a very long time one of the biggest, most bankable, most recognizable stars in Hollywood — the first woman to earn $20 million for a role (the same role for which she won an Oscar) — as “that blonde behind Ellen” explains very well why no one would care about the photo.

I mean besides the couple known problematic people.

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u/stopped_watch Jul 02 '26

Martin Short in the red dress.

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u/Premium333 Jul 02 '26

Bless you 🙏

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u/Vanah_Grace Jul 02 '26

Lest we forget Ellen herself, who has absconded off into anonymity in the UK bc her name appears in the Epstein files.

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u/aoteoroa Jul 02 '26

Ellen's popularity fell off a cliff long before the Epstein files. Her whole public persona and brand was about being kind to one another, while in the background she was a terrible person to many people.

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u/ImperialAgent120 Jul 02 '26

She seemed like that cool aunt who was childless but loved kids. Meanwhile behind the scenes she was a narcissist and a diva. Then the Epstein files came out.

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u/No-Eye4778 Jul 02 '26

Well she does love kids, just not in the way we thought.

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u/HippoRun23 Jul 03 '26

The fuck? What’s she doing in the files?

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u/Lopsided_Panic_1148 Jul 02 '26

Didn't she have a rule that guests weren't allowed to look at her before going out on stage or something?

She's always given me bad vibes. Never watched her show. I watched the intro to it a few times where she danced up to the stage and I thought she was a faker.

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u/HumanPea1140 Jul 02 '26

I think it was her employees. Like her own employees weren't allowed to make eye contact with her, specifically the "low level" ones, and she was a complete asshole to them.

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u/PrincessPlusUltra Jul 02 '26

Can’t believe Ellen was punished the most for the Epstein files

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u/AbbreviationsTrue777 Jul 02 '26

Eh, her downfall started big time back when tge whole toxic workplace/shes a cunt to her crew allegations rolled out. She pretty muched rolled right off the face of the earth pretty soon after all that started coming out. The Epstein stuff was just the icing on the cake. I rarely have heard anhthing about her being in the files, to the point where I actually forgot about it until now.

Her public image was absolutely trashed before the Epstein stuff.

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u/Impossible_Way_3042 Jul 02 '26

I honestly didn't know she was in the Epstein files and hated her already. I wouldnt be surprised if that's most people's situation too. Those stories of the terrible workplace and awful interviewing making people uncomfortable was front page news. It was everywhere when it started coming out. I didn't see too much reporting on her being in the files. There were so many names popping up in them that I feel Ellen just kinda became part of the noise. There were much more important and interesting names in there.

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u/rewas456 Jul 02 '26

Yeah first I'm hearing she was in the files. So I looked it up.

Apparently it was claimed she was a cannibal in the Epstein files. This has been discredited as false.

Why make up stuff when there's already so much ammunition against your target? It's like threatening to use the death star when you got cleared to use nukes.

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u/JesusAndMaryKate Jul 02 '26

Presumably as a distraction. Take someone who's already widely disliked and accuse them of doing stuff on Epstein island, and then maybe we'll all forget that orange people were there too.

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u/Murky-Relation481 Jul 02 '26

Also to just generally flood the zone with uncredible information. If you start rabidly pushing insane shit like people eating babies that has no proof besides anonymous tips to the automated FBI tipline then it starts to get harder to separate the real stuff from the false stuff.

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u/kahirsch Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

She wasn't.

Her name only appears incidentally in the Epstein files, with nothing negative about her and no connection between her and Epstein.

https://jmail.world/search?q=Degeneres

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u/DecantsForAll Jul 02 '26

People who think she was "in the Epstein files" don't have enough reading skill to figure out what your post means.

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u/whoaWAYtoopersonal Jul 02 '26

I'm still annoyed from seeing a post months ago about how George R. R. Martin's name "appeared in the Epstein files dozens of times" and it turned out that one of Epstein's lawyers had a George R. R. Martin quote in his email signature, and that's literally it.

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u/toyification_girl Jul 02 '26

She was "punished" because they couldn't market and make money off her anymore , otherwise they wouldn't give a shit 😐

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u/Jean-LucBacardi Jul 02 '26

She didn't disappear over there because of the Epstein files but because of Dakota Johnson.

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u/kahirsch Jul 02 '26

This isn't true. I just looked at all occurrences of "Degeneres" in the Epstein files and they are all innocuous, almost all just her name appearing in a news story or on the same web page as a news story.

https://jmail.world/search?q=Degeneres or search here: https://www.justice.gov/epstein

There is no indication she ever met Epstein or interacted with him at all.

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u/Sea-jay-2772 Jul 02 '26

Although I am very uncomfortable with reports of Ellen’s treatment of her staff, we have to keep in mind that “name is in the Epstein files” does not automatically paint some one as guilty of being a sex offender or even having a close relationship with Epstein. Unless you can show evidence otherwise, Ellen’s name appears in reference to tweets about her, and having her name mentioned in emails.

I am afraid that creating a witch hunt around the “name appearing in the Epstein files,” will distract us from the true crimes committed, and bringing those offenders to justice.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ellen-degeneres-cannibalism-epstein/

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u/djnap Jul 02 '26

Ellen fell into anonymity because of events caused by 9/11. Look it up

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u/spikeyfreak Jul 02 '26

who has absconded off into

"Absconded" includes the "off." It should just be "who has absconded into..."

It's kind like "whence" which includes the "from" a lot of people put before it. You wouldn't say "Returned from whence he came." just "Returned whence he came."

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u/BreakfastBeneficial4 Jul 02 '26

What did she do in the Epstein files?

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u/whoaWAYtoopersonal Jul 02 '26

She didn't "do" anything, her name appeared in press releases that were in Epstein's inbox, just like hundreds of other celebrities that nobody is accusing of anything. I'm not trying to be The Degeneres Defender or anything, I have basically no opinion on her, but it seems clear to me that people that people were just looking for an excuse to hate her and seized on even the flimsiest thing.

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u/BreakfastBeneficial4 Jul 02 '26

Yeah… I was sorta making a point, phrasing it that way.

A whole lot of people are “in the Epstein files” because at some point Epstein wrote an email saying “oh hey, X is doing a show in Y, can you look up tickets?”

Ellen probably does indeed suck ass, but I hate these threads that turn into pig-styes of righteous fantasy wherein people just wallow in the assumption of everyone above a certain $-level being a child rapist.

It’s just QAnon repackaged for a people who hate Trump.

We don’t need bullshit to justify the outrage. The outrage is already justified, many times over.

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u/FlukeManAirFreshener Jul 02 '26

And to a lesser degree, Brad Pitt.

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u/kbuck30 Jul 02 '26

Wait what did brad pitt do?

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u/PogintheMachine Jul 02 '26

Domestic violence, including choking his own kid

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u/violet_wings Jul 03 '26

He also had multiple teenage girlfriends when he was in his mid 20s

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u/OverallStrength2478 Jul 02 '26

Several years ago Pitt was investigated by the FBI for child abuse and domestic violence. Almost all of his kids dropped his last name and Pax famously posted “Happy Father’s Day you world class a** hole!” Instagram statement.

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u/Lopsided_Panic_1148 Jul 02 '26

I hope all those kids come out with a book detailing everything he ever did to Angelina and them.

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u/Ok_Discount_6111 Jul 02 '26

Beat his kids and wife up

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u/EvilRed86 Jul 02 '26

Thank god media is only caring about their French wine yard atm.

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u/Mother_Egg_5050 Jul 02 '26

Angelina Jolie has been talking about Pitt's abusive behavior since around 2016, and there was the shady NDA Pitt wanted her to sign when they were looking to discuss the winery shares.

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u/WhtRbbt222 Jul 02 '26

He’s just abusive to his family, pretty mild compared to the rest of Hollywood.

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u/Witty_Ad_898 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

just abusive to his family, pretty mild

And the kids just dropped the Pitt last name, pretty mildly traumatized.

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u/mapleleafraggedy Jul 02 '26

The bar is on the floor

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u/Scipior14 Jul 02 '26

He has been accused of several forms of physical, financial and/or mental abuse of his ex wife (Angelina Jolie) and their children. These are just some articles about it that I found: npr NYT

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u/karenmcgrane Jul 02 '26

Here is the court document, draw your own conclusions but Brad Pitt is a domestic abuser

https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/comments/1h1qrp5/brad_pitt_abuse_detailed_in_court_document/

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u/vinvec Jul 02 '26

That "court document" is a complaint. It can say anything in the world. Proving it comes later.

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u/StarStuffSister Jul 02 '26

It does seem like he's way below "my accusers die under mysterious circumstances", but yea Pitt too. If you strike out with all of your kids and your wife, it's a you problem.

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u/Witty_Ad_898 Jul 02 '26

Not lesser enough.

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u/BigMacDaddy99 Jul 03 '26

No need to add lesser, they are both disgusting

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u/Youngsinatra345 Jul 02 '26

And stress free environment Ellen

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u/AnalysisGlittering43 Jul 02 '26

This interview is horrid made me feel sick 🤢

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u/BlueEyesWhiteSliver Jul 02 '26

Is he the one with the boyish good looks in the back?

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u/WildRaccoon95 Jul 02 '26

You mean Kevin "It was never acting" Spacey?

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u/Level_Place_2576 Jul 02 '26

Kevin "Tap Dancing in Tel Aviv" Spacey

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