“Everything Will Be Fine.”

This is a brief summary of the most notable parts of Kevin Spacey’s interview with Ksenia Sobchak. The meaning and context have been preserved, though some parts of the conversation may have been shortened, edited or rearranged.

According to Spacey, the current situation in the entertainment industry resembles the era of Hollywood blacklists. He believes cancel culture will end only when key figures in the industry begin publicly standing up for people who find themselves in such a position.

Spacey called society’s main mistake the idea that social media can replace justice. According to him, many offensive things were written about him online, but in real life he did not encounter that attitude: on the contrary, people supported him and showed care.

He also said that legal proceedings effectively deprive a person of normal work and income. According to Spacey, in Hollywood he was “put on the bench”: expenses kept rising, while no new income was coming in. At the same time, he rejected rumors of a large fortune, saying talk of $50 million was greatly exaggerated.

Spacey said he sees what happened as an opportunity to start life over and remember what it means to live without excess. He noted that real friends stayed by his side from the beginning, while those who appeared only after his victory in court are not friends to him. According to him, some people did distance themselves, but they were not the closest people.

Spacey separately commented on his connection to Jeffrey Epstein. He said he flew on Epstein’s plane in 2002 on a humanitarian trip to South Africa, but did not meet him either before or after that and knew nothing about him.

Spacey also said that not a single liberal journalist came out in support of him. According to him, history ultimately shows that he and his supporters are doing the right thing, and “everything will be fine.”