Independent presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. landed a celebrity endorsement Monday from embattled Kevin Spacey — who hailed the independent candidate as a “loyal friend.”
Spacey, 64, is facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct from multiple men in the upcoming documentary “Spacey Unmasked,” which drops Tuesday.
“There’s a lot I can learn from this man. When the world turned its back on me, Bobby leaned in,” Spacey posted on X.
“He’s a formidable fighter for justice and a loyal friend that’s not afraid to stand up for what he believes.”
Kennedy promptly reposted Spacey’s endorsement.
Spacey made the endorsement while reposting a video cut by Kennedy’s campaign of the candidate reading dismissive and derisive headlines of himself.
The two-part British documentary, “Spacey Unmasked” will feature the accounts of 10 men, nine of whom purportedly have not publicly told their stories before.
None of those men were connected to the trial that took place in a British court last summer during which the Oscar-winning actor was ultimately found not guilty.
Those 10 individuals’ stories span multiple decades and involve alleged interactions that occurred in London, New York, and Los Angeles.
Some of those incidents allegedly occurred at parties and on the set of “House of Cards,” the hit Netflix show that made Spacey even more prominent in the political world.
Spacey has directly denied those allegations.
“I’ve got nothing left to hide,” Spacey told former British journalist Dan Wootton during a lengthy interview last week.
“I take full responsibility for my past behavior and my actions, but I cannot and will not take responsibility or apologize to anyone who’s made up stuff about me or exaggerated stories about me.”
In addition to his legal victory before a London jury last year, charges were dropped against Spacey in an assault and battery case out of Nantucket and he prevailed in a $40 million sexual misconduct lawsuit back in 2022.
Spacey publicly condemned the UK’s Channel 4, for the upcoming documentary, arguing he wasn’t given sufficient time to rebut the accusations against him.
“I will not sit back and be attacked by a dying network’s one-sided ‘documentary’ about me in their desperate attempt for ratings. There’s a proper channel to handle allegations against me and it’s not Channel 4,” he posted on X.
“Each time I have been given the time and a proper forum to defend myself, the allegations have failed under scrutiny and I have been exonerated.”
Spacey has admitted to what he characterized as consensual relationships and flirting with younger men but denied illegal activity.
“That may not have been the best decision and it’s not one that I would do today. But it happened. It wasn’t illegal, and nor has it ever been alleged to have been illegal,” he said during his interview with Wootton.
After the sexual allegations emerged publicly around 2017, Spacey was cut from the final season of “House of Cards” and lost out on numerous acting gigs.
