- Robin Wright has finally spoken about her relationship with Kevin Spacey.
- Spacey was fired from Netflix's "House of Cards", which he co-starred in with Wright, after a string of sexual assault allegations.
- Wright told NBC's "Today" show, "I didn't know the man. I knew the incredible craftsman that he is."
- Spacey is currently being investigated on six allegations of sexual misconduct in the UK.
Robin Wright has finally addressed her relationship with embattled co-star Kevin Spacey.
Wright and Spacey were the protagonists in Netflix's "House of Cards", however, Spacey was forced to step down after a string of sexual assault allegations.
Speaking on NBC's "Today" show, Wright played down her relationship with her ex-colleague.
A preview clip of the interview, due to be broadcast on Monday morning, said: "Kevin and I knew each other between action and cut and in between setups, where we would giggle."
"I didn't really — I didn't know the man. I knew the incredible craftsman that he is."
“Kevin and I knew each other between action and cut.”
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) July 8, 2018
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Wright and Spacey play husband and wife, Claire and Frank Underwood, in thr hit Netflix show.
Wright made headlines in the past for calling out the show's gender pay gap between her and Spacey.
Spacey was reportedly paid $500,000 an episode in 2014. It was reported in 2015 that Wright made an estimated $5.5 million from "House of Cards," which is approximately $420,000 an episode.
"I really don't like being duped," Wright told Rhapsody. "It's such a male-dominant workforce still. There's a conditioning. And changing the condition of men is what needs to happen."
Spacey is currently being investigated over six allegations of sexual misconduct in the UK.
In October 2017, actor Anthony Rapp accused Kevin Spacey of making a sexual advance when Rapp was 14. After Rapp came forward with his story, other men began sharing allegations of their own— some of which date back to the early 1980s, the start of Spacey's acting career.
In November 2017, London's Old Vic theater found "20 personal testimonies" of alleged inappropriate behavior by Spacey during his tenure as the theater's artistic director. Spacey held the post from 2003 to 2015, during which time there was a "cult of personality" around the actor that made it difficult for people to speak up, the Old Vic said.
Spacey is also under investigation in Los Angeles, California, and Massachusetts regarding allegations of sexual assault, according to TMZ.
As well as being fired from "House of Cards", Spacey was edited entirely out of the movie "All the Money in the World" in post-production.
The sixth and final season of “House of Cards” will run without Spacey, featuring Wright as the sole protagonist.
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