- Spacey denied spending any time with Epstein while on the South Africa trip
Kevin Spacey has confirmed that he was once on a plane with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, former President Bill Clinton and a group of 'young girls'.
Spacey, during an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored published Tuesday, admitted that he flew to Africa on Epstein's Lolita Express in 2002 for an eight-day humanitarian mission.
However, the two-time Oscar winner denied spending any time with Epstein while on the trip, alleging he was primarily working with the 'Clinton Foundation people'.
He also claimed that Epstein made him feel uncomfortable and that he felt the billionaire 'put the president at risk' because there were 'young girls on those flights'.
The conversation with Morgan comes as the actor is selling his home at auction to settle legal bills following allegations of sexual misconduct made against him.
Spacey, known for the hit Netflix series House of Cards along with the award-winning 90s romcom American Beauty, was found not guilty during a London trial after being accused of sexual offences.
Kevin Spacey, during an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored published Tuesday, confirmed that he was once on a plane with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein , former President Bill Clinton and a group of 'young girls'
Spcaey admitted that he flew to Africa on Epstein's Lolita Express in 2002 for an eight-day humanitarian mission. But he denied spending any time with Epstein while on the trip, alleging he was primarily working with the 'Clinton Foundation people'. Spacey is pictured with Bill Clinton in Hollywood, California in November 2014
The Unusual Suspects star, 64, addressed his alleged connection to Epstein on Morgan's controversial YouTube program, in an episode uploaded Tuesday.
He explained that Clinton had invited him on a humanitarian mission in South Africa aimed at raising awareness for HIV and AIDS.
He told Morgan: 'It was primarily to raise awareness and prevention for AIDS, and particularly for mothers who had HIV to get the medication they needed to not pass it onto their children, so I said yes, absolutely.'
The actor said that he has 'since learned who [Epstein] is' and that the 'airplane that we flew on for this humanitarian mission was owned by Jeffrey Epstein'.
But Spacey reaffirmed, 'I didn't know him. I have never spent any time with him.'
He said he was working with the Clinton Foundation during the trip, but also alleged that Epstein - whom he claims he did not know - made him feel uneasy.
'I didn't want to be around this guy because I felt he put the president at risk on that trip to South Africa, because there were these young girls,' he recalled. 'We were like, "Who is this guy?"'
Morgan, responding to Spacey's remark, questioned again if they were 'young girls on those flights?'
'There were young girls on those flights, yeah,' the actor replied, without further elaborating.
Spacey, during the interview, claimed that Epstein made him feel uncomfortable and that he felt the billionaire 'put the president at risk' because there were 'young girls on those flights'. Pictured together are Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Clinton
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are pictured together on his Lolita Express plane
After the allegations about Epstein's sex trafficking ring were made public, reports surfaced alleging that Spacey had visited Epstein's Caribbean island, Little St James.
Spacey, in his interview with Morgan, denied ever travelling to the island and said: 'There's a big difference between not remembering that I met some guy and some woman on a humanitarian trip where my focus was entirely on what we were there to do, and not remembering whether I went to somebody's island.'
He also addressed a controversial photograph in which he and Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell are sitting on thrones at Buckingham Palace.
He said the picture was taken after the humanitarian trip, detailing how Clinton had been invited to London by then Prime Minister Tony Blair to speak at a Labour Party conference.
'We flew then to London, and the president said to me, "Before we leave tomorrow, do you want to come? I am going to go to Buckingham Palace tomorrow to see Prince Andrew, do you want to come?" Spacey recalled, adding: 'I said, "Sure."'
'This Maxwell woman, she was one of many people to sit down next to me in that throne room,' he added.
'I have no relationship with her. I had no relationship with [Epstein]. I mean he's not my friend. I am not a confidant. I've never spent time with him.'
Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges
Also in the interview, Spacey offered some insight into how he is living at the moment, including how his home is being sold at auction.
He shared: 'This week, where I have been living in Baltimore is being foreclosed on, my house is being sold at auction.
'So I have to go back to to Baltimore and put all my things in storage. So the answer to that question is I'm not quite sure where I'm going to live now, but I've been in Baltimore... since we started shooting House of Cards there... I moved there in 2012.'
When asked why, he replied saying: 'I can't pay the bills that I owe.
'A couple of times when I thought I was going to file (for bankruptcy), but we've managed to sort of dodge it, at least as of today.'
Spacey said he owed 'many millions' of dollars due to legal bills, and seemed emotional at several points during the lengthy interview, which was conducted in person.
He was sacked from Netflix's House of Cards when the 2017 allegations emerged during the show's sixth season, and later edited out of the movie All The Money In The World and replaced by Christopher Plummer, who had to reshoot scenes at the last minute.
Spacey won a US civil lawsuit after being accused of an unwanted sexual advance at a party in 1986, and last year was acquitted at Southwark Crown Court after being accused of sexually assaulting four men in the period between 2001 and 2013.
Spacy last year was acquitted at Southwark Crown Court after being accused of sexually assaulting four men in the period between 2001 and 2013. He is pictured outside Southwark Crown Court in London on July 26, 2023
He has always denied any criminal wrongdoing, and misconduct allegations. But Spacey admitted to Morgan he had been 'pushing the boundaries'.
When asked how, he said: 'Being too handsy, touching someone sexually in a way that I didn't know at the time they didn't want.'
'I have caressed people, I have been gentle with people, that is the way that I am,' he added in response to accusations.
'You're making a pass at someone, you don't want to be aggressive. You want to be gentle. You want to see if they're going to respond positively.'
He added: 'They should let you know they don't want to do it so that you can understand it's non-consensual and stop.'
The actor also denied fresh claims of inappropriate behavior that were aired in a Channel 4 documentary titled Spacey Unmasked, which he criticized.
A spokesperson for Channel 4 previously said: 'Spacey Unmasked is an important film exploring the balance of power and inappropriate behavior in a work environment, aiming to give a voice to those who have previously been unable to speak out.'
Spacey's two Academy Awards were for best supporting actor for The Usual Suspects in 1996 and best actor in 2000 for American Beauty, which also secured him a BAFTA for leading actor. He is pictured in the 1999 film American Beauty
In 2022, Spacey was sued at the High Court in London by a man who claimed he had been sexually assaulted by Spacey and suffered 'psychiatric damage'.
The case was paused during his criminal trial, but has since restarted following a hearing in May.
Famous faces including Sharon Stone, Liam Neeson and Stephen Fry have been campaigning for his return to acting in statements to the Telegraph newspaper in May.
Spacey's two Academy Awards were for best supporting actor for The Usual Suspects in 1996 and best actor in 2000 for American Beauty, which also secured him a BAFTA for leading actor.
