Ian McKellen apologized on Friday for remarks he made about abuse accusations towards Bryan Singer and Kevin Spacey, implying that the director and actor became abusers because of their closeted homosexuality.
“As part of an extended podcast recently, I suggested that if closeted people were instead open about their sexuality they wouldn’t abuse others. That, of course, is wrong,” read a statement posted by McKellen on his Twitter page.
“My intention was to encourage the LGBT audience I was addressing to be proud and open about their sexuality. In doing so, my point was clumsily expressed. I would never, ever trivialise or condone abuse of any kind.